Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1852-07-10

riously from 18th to 18th. Now il is very
evident that the richest culture must be ap-
piled to it. What then will you do with the
vast amount of mountain land' Can you do
better than to cover it with bleat;ng herds
and cheerful shepherds The golden fleece
is as good as the golden ore, and why not
gather it While the former has certainty,
the latter is hidden beneath the earth, and
its development frequently requires waste
of health which its glittering treasure cannot
restore. The expense of producing wool in
the Southern portion of the United States is
but eight cents per pound, while in the north
it is twenty-seven cents, and strange to tell,
1t is but recently that the attention of the
South has been directed to it. | am satisfied
that it is staple that should demand your
attention. The temperature and hard soil of
the mountain is healthiul to the sheep and
you have, the green herbage for the whole
Year; while in northern countries it requires
the labor of the summer to supply food for
the winter, and yet in these very countries
this husbandry is profitable. 1t is clearly
proved that the south produces larger and
finer staple.
Send to Sydney for the best breed, and
their hocks. They are better than fences.
And you cannot well build these expensive
fences, till you have something for market to
pay for them. And if it is contended that
you cannot have sheep until you have fences,
it is equally clear that you cannot have
fences until you have sheep. This state of
affairs reminds me of a remark of noun
taneer who resided near one of those lofty
mountains in the north, which for months
wears its white mantle to the sky. On being
asked when it would be warmer, he replied !:
-'sWhen the snow from the mountains has
melted away" ''And when will that be 7"
said his neighbor "Why when it is warm
er weather, to be sure" Instead of sending
to England for the iron fence, or TO the Unit
ed States for lumber for the same, plant the
Usage Orange, and in five years you will
have a hedge, hardy and impregnabe.
There is every inducement to cheer you
in the course of Improvement. You have
prospective markets greater, far greater,
than"Jyour prospective products. And this
will continue, although you make every field
wave with luxuriant cane and wheat +; and
every valley ornamented with the burdened
fruit tree, and perfumed with the cassia, and
the camphor, and the various flowers OF your
cline. Let there be one paradise, one oasis
in this desert of waters. Nature has given
you healthful climate no miasma, no des-
olating fever; and | have no doubt of the
fact that the European race can do more
work here in twelve months than IN their
own native land for the reason, that here
there is no long winter to pass without en-
ployment, and labor here as there, is invig-
Grating. The navigators will not visit your
har bors for your mountain water and lew
veg eetables only, but aril seek your burdened
warehouses, your teempg vallies, and your
mountains vocal with flocks and herds, tc
supply the wants of a population on the west,
ern coast Of the United States, which has en-
creased, and will increase faster, by thous
and fold, than any colony in the history oi
the world You now supply their wants on
ly to a limited extent. You may give them
cup of coffee for week, and sugar to
sweeten it but you seldom ornament their
fruit dishes with the orange and the grape
The eye of the ,rorld is directed 10 the Paci-
6c. Every steamer is crowded with efflcI-
ent, intelligent emigrants from the United
States and Eurnpe, and Asia is already be-
ginning to pour in from her laboring millions
those who will help the unprecedented growth
of this rich empire. Remember that year
there makes the change of generation in
any other country And have you been pre-
pairing yourselves to profit by this great ad-
| vance IN the settlement of that country ii
is no time TO he depressed ; son, still on, .
should be your MOTTO. But we have no
means" saw YOU Well, command them.
Combine your influence, get the government
TO aid you by its liberal measures. And can
YOU seriously entertain the belief that the IL
Der cent will not induce some of these An
glo-Saxons, in their adventurous voyage
around the globe, TO pause here and drive a
bargain with you ,rhich shall at least pay Their
expenses You want more men, more means,
and you can offer profitable inducements.
You must not rest on your oars, waited as
the gentle waters may take you. lntell'-
gence and enterprise can alone command
success Linger not too long under fhe
beautiful shade Of the tamarind, the bread
fruit, or the orange, famed by the balmy
breeze Of the mountain or the sea. Take
not the f1aitering JUNCTION to your soul that
tropical cline is an apology for Incidence.
Why not make one grand effort to advance
the arts of civilization higher, nobler, purer,
than any where else Your physical ad-
vantages are ample for this purpose. Ia re-
ligious and moral teachings the foundation Of
your nation is securely laid !; for it rests on
the eternal principles of the Bible, which will
last after the pilared frmament shall have
crumbled and fallen into chaos. Education
too is progressing, and hope that the youth
of this nation will be taught to know some
thing of The earth, which sustains them. 1t
is for you to develope the resources OF
wealth, so that institutions of learning, and
beuevolence can be established ; the beauti-
ful garden, perfuming the air, cultivated ;
and all the ether arts which adorn the char
acters and manners of people. One would
have supposed that the mother OF all the arts
..o.,ld hauo attracted fhE, first ATTENTION