Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-09-03

tipy under such circumstances? Would not such a
course of living threaten the existence of race of
Racoons? The tenure by which human life is held
is decidedly too precarous to justify the belief that it
may be long subjected to such a condition with mpu-
nifty. The missionaries, and other foreigners, multiply
at the Islands with the usual rapidity The natives
are not struck down by maggie there is no noxlous et-
uyia floating in their pure tradewnds, leveed against
them while it spares every body else Nor are the
diseases and vices of foreigners moving them down at
the fearful rate at which they fall. Their manner Of
living is the immediate cause of their many diseases
and frequent deaths, and their expressions are the
cause of this manner of living.
WHAT is THIS OPPRESSION?
1t consists in disability to own the SOIL and in com
pulsory labor required be performed by the people
for the chiefs, to the amount of about half the time
las reference to their laws will show for which they
get, in return, all the benefits of being governed and
piece of land to cultivate of from two to four acres
in size. communication from the mission, publish
ed in the Annual Report Of the Board for 184O speaks
very encouagingy of the improvements in the govern
ment 1t is there sad the land is now secured to the
property
the people, Illegally than they can take his In regard
to the land, it certainly would be as correct if not
more SO, to say, that the people secured to the
land, as that the land is secured to the people, For
mery, when there fewer foreigners on the Islands
who were carrying on business, and who would hire
the natives to assist them almost every man was COM
PEELED to have piece of land of his own to cultivate
At that time, as punishment for delinquency in doing
the chiefs work, his land was taken away. Now
however, there are so many foreigners to hire the ma
tives that taking away their lands, in many cases.
no punishment at ALL
Another mode Of punishment is therefore resorted to
for deinquents in doing the chiefs work, while the
tenant may not eaUe his land, except upon severe and
vexatous conditions These conditions are that his
land must be put into first rate state of cultivation
before he leaves it, but of this the chief whose tenant
he is, and who is interested in keeping him on it, is t.
be the Judge. If the tenant leaves the land of course
he avoids the payment of the rent which amounts tc
nearly quarter of years work-so much clear loss
to the chief Perhaps the most numerous of all the
classes of cases of litigation the Island of Kauai
was that Of tenants running away from these lands that
had been secured to them. great privilege, truly
but Just such one as the slave If South Carolina
can boast who wishes to visit Canada for he too has
land in abundance secured to him.
As to the king not now being at liberty to take a.
way the peoples property, it is only necessary to say
that it is true but so long as he takes away so much
of their time, and permits them not to the soil
&c bnUin ,1rh
to be temptation to any other than most beggarly
king.
VARIOUS RESULTS FROM OPPRESSION.
Does any one marvel that oppression may be SO
welded as to depopulae nation because at the south
even under slavery the people increase2 The saga
cous stakeholder at the south does not degrade his
slave to the condition of brute, and then leave him
to build and repair his own house. rent his land cult
vate his food for himself and family manufacture his
own clothing and provide for himself whatever other
Indispensable life may need If he did so, though he
might give the slave sutfciency of time in which to
do it, its almost certain misimprovement would insure
such extensive want and suffering that such popua
ton would probably decrease. Forethought, manage
ment, care, economy, vigilance, &C., characteris
tics of man, not ola brute And no one who pro-
vdes suitably for his own and those Of his own house
hold, does so without the exercise of these qualities
Winter needs to be provided for before the is
ended the time of harvest must be thought of before
seed time past; timely repairs about the house may
save the whole roof from being swept away; but will
slaves consider all this?
If either the southern STAKEHOLDER, or the Sandwich
Island chief would give his victim his rights, it would
alter the case The power of thought would revive il
the emoncipated mind the prospect of reward to tot
would nerve him to industry, animate his hopes, ant
stimulate him to action Self respect would be rein
stated IN one who felt that now he is really man, ant
not mere pocket knife, for some mans use; ncreas
ing affection to wife, children or friends, he became
elevated, would beget ideas of economy, care ant
management which never flashed across his sonI be
fore. Slaves must be provided for freemen will pro
vide for themselves.