The Maoris are there patiently waiting the course of events. They have been expelled from Waikato, and crushed at Tauranga, and a fewliA'e in trepidation at the Thames ; but at Taranaki, and along the entire coast, from Ncav Plymouth to Wanganui, thoy are para mount. We have a bare footing at New Plymouth and Wanganui, but that is all. If peace is to be just and permanent, there fore the natives must be compelled to acknow ledge the authority, of the laws and the supremacy of the Crown. Until they sub mit, without reservation, to this, no peace that could bo made would be either perma nent or just. The natives would consider themselves victors. They would continue their oppressive and domineering treatment of the settlers, and the authorities would be unable to protect them in their legal rights Avithout a resort to arms ; therefore, the first attempt at enforcing a legal process would, in all likelihood, result iv a renewal of hostilities. The peace would be broken. A petty war would begin, into which neighbor ing tribes Avould be drawn, until once more the peace of the Avhole colony would be dis tui-bed. Peace, afc the present juncture, would ineA'itably lead to this ; and why ? Because it Avould not be a just peace. It would not be just to the Europeans, for it Avould leave them unprotected and weak, at the mercy of a savage race, smarting under defeats in the field, and loss of territory and prestige. Peace, to be permanent, must be just to both races in the colony. In peace negotiations the Europeans must not be over looked. Their interests must be as jealously guarded as thoso of the natives, although it. lias hitherto been the habit to pay too little attention to them. We say, therefore, that the Independent is right in pressing this point upon tho Colonial Ministry. If the Government is unable to carry out the policy for which they were put into power by the Assembly, they can appeal to the Legislature. It is not their fault if they do all they can and fail. The final decision does not rest with them, but with the Governor. 