The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-24

quence far above its own legitimate citizens In TINS
country, (Americs,) we well know the jealousy ana
perpetual feuds murders, and FORTH when are al
all times going on between border white popula-
ton and their savage neghbors, even when govern
men lends its energies to quiet the passions Oh the
turbulent both sides; and we can, therefore, eas
ly understand the condition of excitement ana pau
| feeling which the conduct of the home government
must have produced between the natives and settlers
| in New Zealand. This, however, was greatly M
creased when the decisions OF the commission pc
gan to deprive the emigrans OF their honesuy-paia-
for and laborously lands; when not only
ruined the individuals who "los their improvements,
| Gas we say in America but at once destroyed the
character of the company and all its means OF use
ulness either in sending out more settlers, or In az
fording protection to those already IN the siahds
| from the maraudng incursions OF the pets OF
| the English government-the native cannloa lnhab-
| itants The company at once lost all character at
home, the prin,a tacs evidence before the public,
| prior to the late parliamentary investigation, (the
decisions of the commlssion) stamped all tneir land
sales with fraud ab iniho MIR. Butler most eloquent
ly portrays the CONSERVATION and distress among the
settlers when they came realize the fact that ac-
cording to the commissioners reading OF the law,
they were deprived of their all, and, at the same
time, were suffering such bitter prosecutions from
| the home government, TO which they had every nat
ural moral and legal right to look for aid and pro-
lection in their praiseworhy efforts to extend the
profitable commercial relations of the kingdom. Of
their CONSERVATION and broken spirit and Of the nat
ural result of the policy of the government with ref
erence to the natives, he speaks as follows:
The result had the Of the company and the in
fiction the greatest misery the settlers He expressed
great regard for them but they had been the chief sufferers
his violation Of his own They had denied
lands which they had bought and paid for They had
tribes who had from distance, and occupied their
lands in the hopes OF exorng payment with the sanction
their crops fire. and their lives menaced In every
case Of such outrage to the eempsnys settlers all re-
The last intelligence received was that Captain Fitzroy
impeed by the pecunary necessities brought on his gov
in direct contradiction Of the views which he promulgated
before leaving this country gone with his usual violence
Having refused to give the people Of New Plymouth and
Wellington title the lands which the commissioner had
awarded them he Fzroy the colonial goyernor) offered
to give land in the OF Auckland where
well known that he had none to give On their refusal to
ton to remove them bodily to Auckland Would any one
wonder that the result Of these things had been produce
objects of sympathy what had they in effect donel All
the money spent On them mao been n 1SDoea
tecto Nothing had been done by the government for the
q Tbe poev Of S r them
might be described in few words Afraid Of their physi
cal force had no object in view with them
that Of pacying them when they flushed by
concession Of their demands without thought
to get on with them except our government scattered
handuls Of whalers lived for all along their coasts
months before the establishment Of British authority in
New Zealand our settler, at Wellington 900 IN number
various tribes all round Our government came, and set
them quaellg for additional price for land, and had
aised up animosity which sense Of injury would not
speedily allow to subsidc nothe stronger We had
raised eud Of blood between the two We had
strength; had altered the kindly feelings Of the settler
into those of and alarm But they would try
ss
how happened that all these evils which afflicted the
pany settlements exhibited in tenfoh force in the
north Of the island where the company had shown
itself and where the had had thing its
for trying their system Of to the natives Johnny
Se sSn hs sna
roy accepted note Of apology from Hockey and for his Of
through the farce Of having laid his feet and Immediately
returned but before he ventured to do this he had reward
thought gave him umbrage Stanley sent out insirnc
tons to the governor to organize militia and the govern
dspease the johnny Hickey and bis brehfen
rode this willing horse too hard Three chiefs committed
cutting down the flagstaff turned such capital account
cut down twice in the sight Of thirty unrcsng soldiers
he would cut down the flagstaff at Auckland. Captain
Fitzroy had taken the warke line. and ssrUd procama
flO0 Hackcy ackey said this was treating him like
g and had retaaed by offering 100 Of land for the
This subject is of such interest, that we have un-
consciously spun comments and quotations to
too great length; and yet we ask permission Of our
readers 10 bear with us upon this question little
longer, while we turn our attention to the unnatural
spectacle presented by the course of Britain to
her own people and interests in those important is
lands. Sir Robert Pees government is not regard
ed as responsible for the greater part Of these evils
and difficulties. They were the result of the time
serving and timid policy of Lord John Russell, his
predecessor, who had not the moral courage TO repu
date, and at blow to correct, what he must have
known were gross faults and Encouragement on the
| part of his agents and fayorites in New Zealand.
To hide their wrongdoings, and his incidental
nexion with them, his policy has, step by step, inct
ed such injuries upon the honor of the British NAME
and upon those of all others who most deserve the
sympathy and support of an enlightened govern
ment-upon her native pioneers, who fearlessly
| counter the privations and difficulties incidental to
! emigration to so far off and isolated region with
view of adding to the business resources Of the
kingdom, which, after all, are indeed her power and
I glory This sad picture Of the want of manage
ment, and (what is much worse) palpabe want Of
moral principle on the part of the English govern
ment, makes the heart sck-more especially when
one reflects that it is movement retrograding from
the spirit of the age After this, with what consist
ency can the advocates Of British laws, institutions,
and principles in America, point to the practical
effect of her government as model, as they
secretly doing almost dalys With what grace can
her miscalled philanthropiss overlook the of
the poor emigrants in New Zealand, in their brother.
ly love for the well-cothed we-ed, and well treated
negroes of the southern United States' What
noble field does this present for The exertons
OF real Od-faShlOneu English philanthropy, that IN
days of yore was so famed for its noble sacrf-
ces in the true cause of human rights and human
suffering; but which, alas! appears to have died out
when their government commenced practising on
the principle that 'al things fair in politics''
that 1.-THE end justfes the means''-as they most
suredly have in the of the New Zealand island
n ers and emigrants.
i Ten years since, the colony of New Zealand was
the most prosperous and promising British settle
ment in the Pacific. Then home-protcction had not
been extended to it. Now, 1t is part and parcel of
the realnl--and how changed is its condition!
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