Correspondence.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 81, 17 August 1868, Page 3

Correspondence.

WAN, TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE STAR. Sm, — It U quite evident that wo arc to have anotlior war with the Maoris ; and a war carried on as wars have hitherto been will bo the ruination of the whole colony, I am iv peaceable subject, nml, ax such, I am opposed to war. But ft 3 Mr Stafford, if ho remains in office, or Mr Fox, if he succeeds in obtaining office, arc determined to do war with tlio natives, Arc (the Southerners) ought to have some voice in the matter, seeing that wo contribute the lion's share of the revenue of the colony. P( Mr Cnicrof t Wilson, C.8., some few years ago, at a time when we were at war with the Maoris, mado an offer to the House of Ilopre* (tentative* to the effect that, with 500 men of his own choosing, he would scour the North Island from end to end, and so free us from all further wan*. And now again has the--Bamo gentleman stepped forward/and offered " to take n contract to settle the whole thing for 110,090." /""Now/ft there is a man in the whole colony capable to deal with the Maoris, to free the. colony for ever from these perpetual out* breaks,' Mr Crncrof t Wilson is the man. ' And a.i the Government are determined to carry on war, they ought, fit justice to the Soutli — in fuet, to the colony—to appoint Cracroft Wilson, C.8., as Commandor-in«Chiaf, and ro put an end to Maori wars in future, and defeat the " jackall tribe" of loafers that resides in- the North and get* fat by yjaJ3 Your obedient servant, DINGO. ChrUtehureh, Aug. 17, 1868.