New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-10
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of British Colonization from MIR. Roebuck.
We give him all the crsdiJ . which he is
entitled. for such trans parent statement
Of The course pursued by John Bull in his
relations with the Wrstched victims whom
be car get within reach of his horns. Mr..
Roebuck certainly cannot BE- sccused OF IN
dulging in the usual twscdle about English
ustice ard humanity. However impor-
tsnt it may be to conserve the principles
Of Christianity, as embodied in the Nation
al Church at home, Mr.. Rosbuck is
very clear that they are utterly out of
place in dealing with the abjaet Katfirs
abroad. TAX of Christianity and the
principles of humanity" in connexion with
the AborigiEes The thing Is absurd. We
have smitten them on one cheek-we must
now smite them on the other. We have
taken away their land-we must now de-
.troy them as a people. The end Justifies
the means. But Nh Roeouck's code OF
public morality is too exquisite to be stated
in any words but bis own. The following
is the substance of his speech, which was
made in reply 70 some remarks by SIR +. N.
Buxton. who contenCed for the policy OF
ustce and conciliarion toward the natives:
The honorable gentleman talked of jgstce-he
spohe Of humanity-h wanted 20 adopt the prin.
cpes v bch betxeen nations Of civillsaton are
ADOPTED With respect 90 England and what were
called her colonies Yet that honorable gentle
man and those " no blinded themselves 10 this one
fact had forgotten that We had begun with the
natives by committing gross injustice 80 Tar a.
our ordinary principles were concerned. What
had We done IN kailraria Who beg an by taking
away populoas country Aud then We are
asked 10 follow out the principles OF justice We
begsn with the greatest possible injustice aud
then we asked our rulers TO carry ous principles
directly the reverse 20 our hrst acts hear.
Besrl Was there anything to justify an sggres'
sonl He said there was. He was prepared to
begin with the Injustice, as Tar as between man
and man, in the ordinary circumstances oil
the case. he kept bis eyes wide open TO
the ipiustice-he admitted The lustihed
it he acted upon 1t. How dd no
mean to justify 1T He compared It not now
with its ancient state, on It's discovery by Colum'
bus but considered what IL might DO In expeo-
fancy. He weighed the immediate mischief
Great, enormous, overwhelming, and terrible a.
were the coDQuesis Of COrtez and Plzarro miser.
able as were the horrors OF devastaton, BIO would
compare al these with the wonderful results
which had been manifested by the discoveries oil
modern science and OF European civilization.
be would take them together. He would take
the horrors be would take the miseries against
the great advance, and accept the latter Did ne
not know, did not the history OF colonisstlon ten
him, that the moment the white man, and more
especially the ANGLO Saxon white man, wherever
he places his foot by the side OF a brown native
whether il be in New Zealand or in South AT
rca-the inferior man vanishes from before
him; and that the only question was the long
agony OF pretended Justice and the Immediate
or protracted extruslon OF the aboriginal inhaolt
ants1 The organs OF a false philanthroPhy, we are
going to extrude there We are going for that
purpose and tits false and by pocrtich 90 say
that we are going TO do anything less rnere
was Nassachusetts-thst WAS once relSlous
colony Of ours. And what did they dot ono
morning they rose up, and said that they were
about 10 smite the heathen hip aud thigh. They
did draw the sword and they did smite the ma.
tiyes hip and thigh, and they altogether extermi-
mated them Hear hear That was what they
/ old and what they did in the name Of the Lord.
Take Massachusetts now. What was IL COM
pared with the state ia which It was foundf He
mourned over the intervening circumstances, but
he said itwas impossible 10 avoid the consequent
ces except upon the understanding that We we're
about TO plant in X aiiraria people OF higher
and peculiar orgaDiz alton, but certainly oil
higher intelligence We had reached a great
point of civlIlzaton--we had arrived az
point at which It was impossible 70 re-
cede Here was the class OF men We were about
10 plant-there was the savage now unhappily
q degraded being The question for us was, could
we get that man up through all the gradations be-
tween his state and our civilization 10 tho aide oil
the man who civsesl lie said that was tmpos-
sble that the savage man would vanish before
the face OF the white man. The fact OF cOlonisa-
tion proved that We found In Ksiifsria already q
man who lived by hunting whose modes OF life
reouired advance We took HE territory We
seized it, What could he ooi Nature told him
what 10 do. He fought US 10 force opposed cum
Ming Then poor SIR II Smith talked az II these
people had committed some dire Otfense against
morality when they rose Up against oar dominion.
The hon gentleman near me said we should DO
unto others as would they should do unto US. lie
asked him, then 70 become all arian. what,
then, would he do Suppose the HotseDtots came
10 England. What would sny man 10 EDgland. or
what would the hon. gentleman himself do
would they go with Sir Harry Smith and talk
about tender merciesi Would the honorable
geLtem an think that indicated his rule OF moral
lty Ii be did not use an assesai he would pat q
nusket ball through the HOttentot II they were
able 10 introduce large body OF colonists, then
was be prepared 20 60 the whole length OF colo
nizaton bat IL was not honesty and humanity,
and Justice to receae when they mad begun with
taking away that which was tho natives dearest
rigbt-their land. These matters shoald not be
mixed up with anything connected with the colo
pization Of the Cape Of Good Hope The govern.
ment of the Cape Of Good Hope was entirely dii-
ferent British X siraris vas not Concerned with
the Cape Of Good Hope bat a colony by It.
self under. as it happened, the Governor OF the
Cape colony, who was slso tho Chief Commis'
sioner Of Kalfrana Kshrafia was taken posses
sion Of by the British Governor, and q military
force WAS ssLt there--a military force, bat
DO colonists Hear He shoad Do glad
If the honorable Under Secretary would
tell him whether be was right wrong. The
Ksfifs had bristled up because they felt We bad
done them a great injustice. rney we're right Ia
so doing, sbd We could only put them down by
force. Talk Of humanity and the principles OF
Christianity, while by The rules We followed we
RAD Tins eated these aborigines We all knew