“Honor the Brave.”

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 264, 23 February 1889, Page 4

“Honor the Brave.”

A satirical correspondent writes Soon there come, amongst us the friend of Native Ministers and Under-Secretaries, the leader of two hundred armed warriors, the ones hated and detested outlaw, but now brave and lawworthy To Kooli, Ho comes, as he says, carrying his life in his bands, but he does not fear. He is under the protection of the law, and the law would avenge him. Brave, noble man 1 When he was master of the situation the law troubled him but little, and now he falls back under the protection of the lew 1 All is changed, and Te Kooti is, by virtue of the Queen's pardon, a peaceful citizen! While ho was a worse than murderer be dared not, however he desired it. visit the scene of hie former crimes, but now he comes in all his pomp aad glory, clothed in the authority of a Queen's pardon and the grasp of a Native Minister's hand. Native Ministers and Undersecretaries, frozen meat companies, dairy, sugar, and tobacco factories have honored our distinguished visitor. Why not we ? I would suggest that a public holiday be proclaimed so that a fitting reception may be accorded him. Let the Hoeears, in all the grandeur of their new uniforms, be allotted to him as a guard of honor. Secure the services of the Garrison Band. Invite him to a public dinner and present him with a testimonial and a vote of thanks for the honor he does the district. Have we not the assurance of the Auckland Evening Star that he was more Binned against than sinning—that he Would have, but was unable to, restrain bis followers, those followers who he now assures us are given strict instructions not to avenge him should any accident befall this brave man 1 Let bis welcome be a right hearty one such as Poverty Bay is ever known to accord 1 Let us heap coals of fire upon his head, for is be not a peaceful, lawabiding and worthy citizen ?