Sir George Grey, governor, high commissioner, and premier : an historical biography . e ExecutiveCouncil. He expressed his conviction that a great wronghad been done. The natives were wholly in the he urged that steps should be publicly taken toacknowledge the justice of their cause. The Ministryshould issue a proclamation declaring that the land-purchase should be rescinded and amends made. ThePremier of the hour was Alfred Domett, Brownings*Waring and Greys personal friend and guest, withwhom in after-years he was in regular correspondence;and surely the author of Ranolf and Amohia
Sir George Grey, governor, high commissioner, and premier : an historical biography . e ExecutiveCouncil. He expressed his conviction that a great wronghad been done. The natives were wholly in the he urged that steps should be publicly taken toacknowledge the justice of their cause. The Ministryshould issue a proclamation declaring that the land-purchase should be rescinded and amends made. ThePremier of the hour was Alfred Domett, Brownings*Waring and Greys personal friend and guest, withwhom in after-years he was in regular correspondence;and surely the author of Ranolf and Amohia should havebeen a philo-Maori? The Native Minister was Sir FrancisDillon Bell, who had reluctantly found the incriminatorymap. The two agreed upon a plan. On April 4 the landtaken at Waitara should be abandoned or restored. Buteither Grey or the Ministry (and apparently it was both)seemed not to have magnanimity enough to make anabsolute surrender. Like Danton on his way to theguillotine, they must show no weakness at a criticalmoment. They must duly evacuate the Waitara on April. AT,Fiu;i) hoMi/r-r I GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND : SECOND TERM 143 4 1863, but on the very same day they must takepossession of Tataraimaka, which they action was equivocal on the face of it. Ihebest-laid schemes gang aft agley, and an lU-laidscheme was almost certain to go awry Ever ..anxious to show strength and assert superiority, (jreyinstructed General Cameron to march into the Tatarai-maka and take possession of the district hefore theWaitara was abandoned. It was unfortunate, and it wasa fresh fatality. Were the Maoris to be blamed for mis-taking the intentions of the Governor? One fatality breeds another. In answer to the seizureof Tataraimaka, the Maoris, on May 4, laid an ambuscadebetween New Plymouth and Tataraimaka, where anumber of British officers and soldiers were killed ortaken Four days later in hot haste, alarmed at last, theMinistry issued the long-delayed proclamation. It
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