The Polynesian., 1840-09-19

dent to show the good company with uLo.
he is associated, in the use of inveo,;'u
against the French gives an extract fiomM
London Times. | should have tbouoh, s
selection would have been more iudjciou'E
made; for where is the English paper wb;'i
ever spoke of any act Oft the French in o,b"
terms than those ofcensurei Ofwhat we;nl,
then is the article? With what truth Is"
could the author of the extract say of Ayv w. w.
OF the French that sit resembles nothiny ~.
have ever heard or read of, but the bucseaO
eering practices of by-gone times" Is a,o
be thought that he never "hcard or read ofY
the attack Of the English on Denmark n,
tine she was on terms of protested peace and
friendship of the bolnbardmcnt of Copenh.
gen, her capital and the partial destlucron
and seizure of the whole Danish fleet, A."
act which even no British statesman ever -,
tempted to speak of than as ga iustiGaLo
and necessary piece of robbery and murderS
Your correspondents labor to make Won,
readers believe that drunkenness and crime
arc increasing at the Sandwich Islands-and
that these evils are consequent upon the 10.
gqllzation OF the spirit trade, by the Laplaco
Treaty. They also assert that whale shms
will IN consequence, cease to visit these ports
for supplies.
That drunkenness and crime are incroas.
ing here, may be doubted; if they are 50
the increase ought not to be attributed 70 tho
operation of the Laplacc Treaty, but to other
circumstances, to the downward progress Of
the mass Of this people, evident for ten years
past. During the prohibition on spirits as
much or more of that article was CONSUMED
here, than previously to the enactment of
the law. 1t is notorious that during that
time, many natives, members ofthe cayinis.
tic church, drank spirits and wine to excess
who were never known to use them before
The legaIization of the spirit trade will have
little or no effect in preventing vessels from
resorting to these ports. Whale ships con.
tinuc to flock to Tahiti in MS great numbers
as ever, notwithstanding the amount of spr,
introduced there is as large as though the
trade was lcgalizcd. They will, as hereto.
fore, is't those places afording them the
most cheap and plentiful supplies. That the
k'ng signed the law prohibiting spirits with
great reluctance, is well known fact
shall offer no apology for asserting my belief
that in all this cutlery against the French and
the Treaty, the missionaries (Nlr. Castle
speaks in the plural numbcr) are actuated by
20 other feelings than these of spleen and
venom, created by the transactions of Cant
Laplace during the "glorious three DAYS"
the 9, 10, and 18th July, 1889, in which the
grievances of French subjects were redress.
ed, the rights of conscience restored, the
worship ofthe Romish religion declared free
throughout the Islands, and a fatal blow
gwen to the domination and unholy influence
exercised over the government of this coun.
try: "Lot the CALLED jade vince"
1t rs not my desire any more than "a
Residents to handy words, and do not
therefore point out the contradictions and
false arguments and reasoning of many parts
OF his letter. That many of his premises are
false, hope has been made apparent in this
my final letter.
Let me close, then, with an earnest re-
quest, through Mr.. Castle, to the calvinistic
missionaries that they do not involve this
naturally well disposed people in further
brollS with foreign powers. One treaty with
the French has been broken; let them not
influence this government to break the last.
Remember that '''the $4,000" are yet in
the hands Of the French. Yours.
Sept 10, A MERCHANT.