The National tribune., 1891-04-02

was matter Of form. No preaching could
impiant idea Of personal responsibility, or
make them realize the doctrine of retribution.
Too intelligent not 10 perceive the mpOssibility
Of TctaTdiug the march Of that foreign ingTcs-
sion which was gradually dispossossing them,
and whose inevitable progress they expressed
in the saying. Who can stay the surf that
beats on Wangauufs shore?" they neyerthc-
less accepted the situation with undisturbed
cquanimity. Outbreaks against alien rule
frequently occurred, but they subsidized and
left no trace behind.
As the Palkclia fly $50 runs their own
aph0rism-" has driven out the Maori fly;
as the Pallella grass has killed tho Maori
grass as the l'alkelia rat has slain the Maori
rat; AS the Palkelia clover has starved the
Maori fcrn-so will the Palkelia destroy the
Maori"
They perceived their fate and announced IL,
aud they forgot il Immediately, so that with
them no abiding sorrow sapped the sources Of
life. Prcscicuce Of approaching extinction
evoked none OF the historical examples Of con-
staucy Of purpose to delay its coming.
PATRIOTS AID HEROES
they produced IN plenty, but no representative
man. Greatness in individuals can only arise
from race in which greatness is immeuent
The Maori were doomed and they knew IL.
But il Is one thing 10 foresoe misfortune, and
another 10 realize it, OF the latter the New
Zealanders were incapable. anonymously as
their tattOOed skins cOutrasied with the gar
ments OF civilization, as their phallic dances
and festivals Of death were at variance with
the faith they prolessed, 50 il was with every
thing. The iucaments Of scmi-sayaRery were
masked. nothing more. When the last war
between the English and natives broke out,
there was religious re .OTmatlOn. An ecccn-
trio amagamati0n Of indigenous suporstitions,
spritualism and Christian doctrine was
preached by their own priests. which had as
rapid O success as that religion which il dis.
placed. Their liturgy consisted Of extracts
from the Missal, Protestant hymn book, aud
multiplication table and the people were az
much attached 10 their new creed as they had
been 20 the old one.
Naturally as time wears on, and the infu-
ence ~ association more aud more determines
general conduct In special directions, con
iOrmity 20 tbe rule Of the strongest must be-
come more common through hercdity. What
ever their reasons may Doe, men cannot long
AIT IN any way without bringing about organic
changes which tend 10 be inherited.
Alteration or hyUOCricy ia serious things
may be detrimental 70 the individual, bat they
are good for tho race. The motives which
prompted assimilation and fraud disappear
but good conduct persists because IL is born
again, aud because il las a direct influence in
bringing about corresponding moral states
Given the continuation Of like civil ziug infn.
euces under like conditions 10 those now ia
operation, AID the
REMNANTS or THE RACE
win undoubtod y reach a higher degree Of do
veopmcnt before their death. This IL not the
result contemplated by philanthrOpisis but il
4 ls exactly the end provided fOT BY the Laws Of
nature.
ID would bo very poor reasoning. however. d
/ conclude that because fatal consequences FOL,
] lowed a sudden aud violent change in the cir.
cumstauccs Of life here, all oXtranoous efforts d
4 improve sayaPca were necessarily destructive
/ The determining factor ia such experiments Ii
/ the man himself. New Zealand was in process,
Of depopulatiOu before tho English appeared
there. What they with the best intentions
did WIS 10 hasten tie end. These strangers
met there an immigrant tropical people, who