SEPARATION.
The position of the writer of the following letter to ourselves, and that of the writer of the Southern letter therein quoted, require that we should give prominence to the communication. We do not believe in separation ; and as we bare read nothing in its favor but what is based on the most temporary expediency, we feel sure that when the question reaches the Assembly, no statesmanlike view of the question can result in a conclusion that it would be for the advantage of two islands, geographically situated as those of New Zealand are, to become independent nations. We are truly glad to be informed that the sentiments expressed by our correspondent are an expositiou of the thinking class down South.
" Don't say you approve of separation of the Islands they will become great united, or not at all. No true New Zealand settler would seek to withdraw from the North in the .hour of her distress, that support which the South can give.' {To the Editor of the Wellington Independent.) Wellington, Jan. 15, 1862. Sih, — The above, which I extract from a private lettei received to-day from the South, conveys, I believe, the sentiments of every honorable man in the Middle Island.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1692, 17 January 1862, Page 3
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SEPARATION.
Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1692, 17 January 1862, Page 3
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