Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-02
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

rho Sandwich Islands lie In the Pacific Ocean, 10 line
nearly direct between San Francisco ana ,aGn 10 nson
China The distance from the coust OF American 10 aoo
one third of the way say 400 miles TO oOO from Inc
islands TO The coust Of Asia The ordinary aanG time
San Francisco in good weather. is about twelve Gays neY
are in about the same latitude Cubs and enjoy one OF INC
most heahfu and balmy climates ia The world o me sla
are seven in number with an area OF noont ooVo s9ae
mil, g. and population Of about UUuU nat'es 10 auuoh
TO whom there is considerable, and from their superior III
leigunce aud energy, controlling class OF foreign resi-
dents wu though numerically inferior To me naive class
es and by any means united among uielSe'os '""u
encu the whole public policy of the Kingdom.
One Of mar ked phenomena 10 regard 10 these
islands is the decay OF the gnal popuaon whch seems
10 be going extinction In ratio more RAPID man
that which marked the progress OF the extinction OF inc
tribes Of this continent on The access oil INC whites ihe
number decreases every year. Islands crowded with
inhabitants nearly depopulated. Some OK Inc causes o
this melancholy decline of gentle and at one lime happy
and numerous race, reflect little credit on Inc cslzaon
which has invaded expelng them, or to christianity
in whose perverted they are corrupted oeoased anu
destroyed The law of nature seems 10 be, however, that
when savages whether mild like The Ponesan or feroclous
New Zealander come into contact win me ronnc
civilization they acquire lis worst vices and become
Victims perishng speedily out OF The land 10 ihese islands
of which after their first discovery poets ravcd as newly
discovered paradise where The most beautiful and gentle o
races basked in perpetual spring-throueh whole year
of flowers" sierner have set up harshe DOMINION
changing The ace Of the country and ploughpg up The
for gain; building great warehouses temples TO Matnnon
turned the paradise into Workshop and dug graves Tor
the moor helpless aborgnas feeble 10 resist tempa-
lions excess simple Join Ia the great 0use or gam
and thus wasting BY whole tribes and families out OF Inc
land. IL will be melancholy tale ~hch an mpatia hislo
~ must write Of the fats Of the Indians OF the Sandwich
Islands.
The islands will be- before many years under the control
of the white races absolutely. The little remains OF the
aboriginal authorities feeble that they exist by anier-
ance OF the inferior numbers Of foreigners IL leans entire
y upon the intelligence Of strangers and oitcIs lat DC
withdrawn II is tossed md irn az the rSn Influences
which seek direct obtain huctua!iuG CONTROL Inc
of numbers will be ere many years VII" The
Immigrants and Of them tho greater proportion VIII BE- Norm
Americans letter from the islands, published In
the New York Evening Post estimates Inc annual decrease
Of the natives about eight cent In ten years WIN
out The Intervention any extraordinary or Infectious disease
il il computed that the whole native population will tall ~
80 OO0 The North Americans will reach that number WIN
in shorter time The tlmc therefore, is near ut hand I'D
yapcing inevitably for which there ID no check
when the GOV. of the islands must pass in name and
fact The heirs Of the ancient possessors and become par'
of some moro powerful government la the lifetime of
nation years very few within which this result must
be reached with rapid und progressive as that
which is lhonging those shores from ours will not
uuire much patience wait until the population becomes
assimaed 10 ours and the transition 10 American forms
becomes easy aud naluai-[ hew
Orleans Picayme.
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