The Taranaki Herald.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 1108, 22 July 1871, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald.

PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.

SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1871.

A celebrated painter was once asked bjan amateur, who vainly endeavoured to c»py the glorions creations of the artist., what he mixed his colours with to produce such wonderful results, he replied, " with brains, sir." If we were asked how to settle the native difficulty, our reply would be somewhat similar, for we believe that brains will do more to procure a permanent peace tha.i the keenest sword, wielded by the most muscular of the Constabulary. There is, however, a class of persons who d i not believe in the supremacy of brain power ; whether it is that they are endowed with a surplus of muscle or a deficiency in brains we cannot say, but the fact remains — they worship physical force. To them Thor and his hammer, or, more properly, Blunderbore and his ha«-e club, are the embodiment of all that is excellent in gods, and man, notwithstanding that the veracious history of our childhood must have tanght them that these muscular heroes were easily circumvented by the brain-endowed Jacks of the period. These persons are so im- ] pressed with the all sufficiency of force j that they would employ a troop of cavalry to hunt a rat, laughing to scorn the more effectual but less assuming- agency of the domestic trap. In dealing with the disaffected natives, this tendency is more fully developed. The experience of other people does not teach them. If any difference of opinion arises, Blunderbore and his club is once more invoked, forgetting how many times this robust but brainless hero has exhausted his strength in thrashing- all round, with his ancient weapon, to the amusement of his active foes, who prick him with their jharp weapons from the friendly cover of the forest. We have remarked that on all occasions, when fighting is the business of the day, and the muscular element is in vigorous operation, that these worshippers of physical force do not get involved in the mazes of the fight. They always appear at a safe distance, impassionately urging other muscular men to participate in the glorious but doubtful struggle. Wellington city seems, to be " the head-quarters of this class of animals. The other day we remarked on the ravings of the Advertiser ; we now find that the Post, yielding to the barbarism of thought by which it is surrounded, has forgotten, for the time, the teachings of civilisation, and appeals to the tomahawk. Its titterings are but an echo of the Advertiser, with a few untruthful additions to season the literary dish to suit the vitiated taste of the reading puwiic of Wellington. It groans in spirit at the peaceful disposition of the

Taranaki settlers ; is disgusted at the native policy of the Government, and from the depths of its muscular consciousness has evolved the state of feeling of Tito Kowaru, and, for the information of our readers, we give the result of tl is eduot of animal magnetism. "He has waxed bold and actually demands from the Government a condonation ofhis offences, aud permission to return within the pale of the law." This will be news to many of our readers. But what does it mean by Tito " waxing bold P" We thought Tito's boldness w*is more fully shown by penetrating the Wellington Province some thirty miles, and throwing the good citizens of Wanganui into a most unreasonable panic, — so unreasonable that the ladies of that district, losing all faith in their lords and masters, petitioned the Queen to afford them some protection from Tito's muscular followers ; but it seems we are mistaken. The Post knows better— it setsthepropervalueonTito's courage when it states that Tito openly shows himself in the vicinity of New Plymouth ; that is the true te.«t, it seems, of Tito's boldness. Tito never came so close to New Plymouth in 1868, as he has a much greater respect for the Militia and Volunteers of Taranaki than has the Post; for although they do not vapour much during the piping times of peace, he knows that whi-n fighting must be done, they take their brains as well as their rifles int.) the battle field. The Post seems to be horribly disgusted at the prospect of peace beiuy made with Tifco Kowaru, and indulge* in a little spiteful and fooiish claptrap calculated (o stir up the politic.il mud and augment that feeling of hatred between the two races, which, happily, prevails as yet to a small extent. "'The people of Taranaki have never been famed for any display of spirit," savs'the P<>4. This is very true; not for such a display of spirit as the Po4 is mo>t familiar with — the spirit of a whipped cur. It is not the spirit of the people on all occasions to call on Jupiter when by putting tlit-ir own shoulders to the wheel they can gut their waggon out of the mud ; neither in dealing with the natives, do they resort, iv the first instance to their muscular power. They try the influence of brain, knowing that there the

muscular native has less 'Material afc his disposal ; antl in nrjfiu^- the Government to endeavour to off >ut a jmeifio settlement with Tito, the.y have adhered to the sa'ise principle. They have simply said, gentlemen be good enough to use aright the brains with which a wise and benevolent providence has gifted you. Do not waste the resources of the Colony in a muscular contest with semi barbarians. Show the people who have chosen you to rule over them, that you are determined to utilise the good qualities of both races in the development of their common country. Show them that mind is superior to matter even iv dealing- with the native difficulty. And finally, if mere animalism shows itself utterly uninfluenced by the dictates of reason, whic i occasionally happens, let your muscular efforts to co.-upel a more reasonable state of thiug-s be in all cases governed by brains, and place in the front of the battle all fire eating editors and stump orators of the muscular type, biddiug them in God's name fight to show that there is some good in them ; failing that hang them right off, so that for the future they shall be unable to cause mischief to honest folk.

The Provincial Council raft on Thursday last. Our report, although in typr>, lias to stand over until Wednesday uext, o.viug to oar limited space. The Whale Bikds. — A considerable nnmberof whale bird* [Prinn turt", I ), something ivso- moling a small sea-gull, have Ij .-en blown inland by the late gales. New Plymouth Five Brigade. — We are glad to see by advertwem Mit that the Fire Brigu.de has been again formed. The members are requested to attend a meeting si- the Institute, on Wednesday evening next, fur the purpose of adopting the rules. A Largr Wiivle Washed Asuoue nisau Stoney River. — We hear that a large black whale has been washed isliore near the Stoney River, and the natives have secured it. Whilst they were engaged in cutting ont the bluhber, the body of the whale turned over and fell upon one of the natives, brpakisig bis ribs. The whale, we believe, wan about sixty feet long. Classes fob the Study of Physicial Science. — We understand that a geutleraan of acknowledged ability intends shortly (should sufficient inducement offer) to open classes in connection with the Taranaki Institute, for instructing the young men of this place in physicial science and nainral philosophy. Those who wish to join these classes are requested to leave their names with the librarian. Advertising Texdeks for Mbtu.lixg Roads at Waitotaka. —In the Wanganui Weakly Herald of Bth July, ihe follo.vinir paragraph appears : — "A correspondent writing from Waitotam, says, • I observe advertisements in the Taravaki Heuald for tenders for metalling at Waitotar.i. Tenders here are nmdn to wait , and their deposits detained in the Public Works Office until ll r. Ciirrington goes throusjh the farce of ascertaining what tenders there are in Xew Plymouth. This causes great dissatisfaction amongst contractors here, and appears to be a mere waste of public money. An advertisement in the Otugo Daily Times would be about as serviceable to the Colony.' We might ask, has Mr. Carrington ceased putting these contract advertisements in the Wanganui papers ? It is easily seen that the consequence of these tenders not being advertised in Wanganui, is, the contractors of this and the R-iugitikei district are virtually debarred from tendering." We do not get copies of onr contemporary with any degree of regularity, and had we not accidentally come across a paper which has found its way to this town, we should not have been aware *hat such a false accusation had been made against Mr 0. Carrington. We challenge our contemporary to mention oue advertisement which has appeared iv the Taranaki papers that has not also found its way to Wanjjanui, and been printed in its own columns. The advertisement referred to calling for tenders for " Metalling seventy chains of road on the west bank of the Waitocara River," we may inform our contemporary, appeared in its issue of 3rd June, — at I least that is the date of the copy we have seen it I iv. The correspondent who writes to the Wanganui Herald cannot be a constaut z-eader of that journal, or he would not have made such a glaring mistake as he has done ; and evidently shows by his remarks that advertisements inserted in our journal, have as much publicity at Waitotara as those inserted in the Wanganui papers. We feel sure that our contemporary on seeing that he has wrongfully charged Mr. O. Carrington, will make a retraction iv au early issue.