Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-01-21

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Arrow--was expected at Honolulu to open com
munication between the various islands, of tht
group, and to carry the public mails. The island
are now in prosperous condition, owing, in'gooC
part, TO American enterprise. late Honolulu
paper states that buildings progressing at on
unwonted rate"
/ This people have a navy superior to the squad
ron with which Columbus discovered America, OF
that with which Drake left England to circumnav
gate the globe" They own, too, many merchant
and whaling vessels. They have an army revenues
n Government, after the responsible models of Eu
rope, churches schools-thc arts and implements Of
civilization
The great decrease Of the population of the
islands presents the dark side Of their history
but this, it is believed, may be accounted for with
out implying any essential incapacity in the race
Captain Cook estimated the population, in 177S at
4OO,OOO. This was, undoubtedly, an overestimate
by one half Ellis, injlS22. thoughtthe population
would range from 10000 to 10000. Twenty
years afterwards it was rated at $4,000. This
number has, without doubt, been somewhat reduced
since that time The true number we shall soon
learn, census was to be taken ON the 29th Of the
last month.
The causes of this decrease have been various
war, pestilcncc licentiousness, infanhcidc-nnd
in later years, the seventies Of the traffic in sandal
wood, and emigration. Travellers are not agreed
as to the extent and effects of intempcrancc
While some have said that the lower classes are
temperate even beyond the standard Of clerical
setdenial, it has been generally represented and
Is probably true, that French brandy has not been
among the agencies least influential in the work of
depopulation. OF these agencies the most sweep
ing and painful have been weakened since the ad-
vent Of the missionaries. II may be hoped with
good reason, that the principal causes of decrease
are passing away and that there are influences in
Operatlon-whch would be greatly assisted by ex-
tending over this people the full benefit of Ameri-
can ciyilization-that will ultimately remove them
an. Ihe Panama fever which has been recently
introduced, It is hoped may be but a temporary
vlsitant; and there is little reason to expect re-
currencc of the disease which has made such fright
iul ravages the past year.
The vices and propensties of The islanders arc
such as are usually found in the Malayan races
al 9ut generally IN forms of mitigation and relief.
lhclr good points of character, however, are so
numerous and striking to justify the most conf
don't antcipations Of REFORM under the influence Of
Christianity and civilization. Visitors have gone
rally concurrcd in representing them us handsome,
strong wel-lmbcd, and in height above the average
standard OF Europeans. From the descriptions we
have, one might think them cross of the Caucas-
ian and Malay. "As race" says an observing
traveller, they are considerably above mediocrity
both in face and person. The women are decided
~ pretty" Ellis says they are in general rather
above the middle stature, well formed with fine
muscular limbs, open cOuntcnances, and features
frequently resembling Europeans. Their gait is
graceful, and sometimes stately"
Notwithstanding what may be inferred to tha
contrary from their early intercourse with foreign
ers, lend their excesses have been neither strange
or unacconntable,) the HawaiianS are gentle and
amlable. They are at the same time courageous
and valiant; in these respects far ahead of all other
P0lynesians habit of labor has been implantsd
IN them by causes peculiar to their situation and
condition, until ithey have fairly earned the rcpu-
taton OF an industrious people. This fGct rs much
perhaps as any other assures the hone that they
lppona tbn .c
ton. The narrative which | am about to give will
illustrate their toughness of muscle and supple
ness OF limb" not more than il will Justify con
hdence in their capacity for improvement.
"a man and his wife, both Christians were pas
sengers in n schooner, which foundcred Mt a con
siderable distance from the land. All the natives
on board promptly took refuge in the sea; and the
man in question, who had Just celebrated divine
service in the ll-fated vessel called his fellows
some of them being converts as well as himself,
around him to offer up another tribute of praise
and supplication from the deep in which they were
struggling, to tarry, with combination of courage
and humility perhaps unequalled in the worlds
history, in order deliberately to worship God in
that universal temple, under whose restless pave
ment the speaker, and the most of his hearers were
destined to find their graves. The man and his
wife had each succeeded in procuring the support
Of a covered bucket by way of buoy, and away
they struck with the rest for Kahoolawe, finding
themselves next morning alone in the ocean, after
n whole afternoon and night of privation and toll
To aggrayate their misiortunes, the wife's bucket
went to pieces soon after daylight, that she had
to make the best of her way without assistance or
relief; and in the course of the afternoon the man
became too weak to proceed, till his wife, to q GER
tain extent, restored his strength by shampoonng
him in the water. They had now Kahooawc in
full view, after having been about twenty-four
hours upon their dreary voyage. In spite, how
ever, of the cheering sight tho man again fell into
suph n state of ayhnu gtiOn that tba tool
his bucket for herself giving him, at the same time
the hair OF her head as q towing line; and when
even this oXortiOn proved to be too much for him,
the faithful creature, after trying in vain to
him to prayer, took his arms round her neck, hold
ing them together with one hand and making with
the other for the shore. When very trifling dis
tance remained to be accomplished, she discovered
that hc was dead, and, dropping his corpse, reached
tho land before night having passed over upwards
OF twenty-five miles, during an exposure Of nearly
thirty hours"
Mr.. Chairman this people are capable of doing
moro and better for themselves and the world then
they have heretofore MS inhabitants of remote and
isolated islands, known conceived. They have
claims upon Chrstendom for better government,
laws, and institutions than they possess For their
own sake they should be protected, held up,
and sustained by one of the stronger and more adj
vanced Of the civilized Powers. Only by the null
tplied means of education and discipline which
such connection can give, can depopulation, and
the vices and wrongs which induce it be entirely
and speedily stayed, and long and weary years Of
pupilage and preparation abridged.
The SLAVE TRADE IN CUBA.-A late arrival from
Cuba brings decree from the new Captan-Genor-
al upon the subject of the slave trade, in which he
pledges himself to enforce the laws against the inn
portation of slaves from Africa and compel faith
iul observance of the treaties Of 1917 and 1885 for
the suppression of the traffic. As n substitute for
slaves from Africa, he proposes and authorizes the
introduction of free Indian laborers, the Asatics
and Spaniards. This is doubtless the measure that
! has "thundered in the index" scheme for the
Ahicanzation of Cuba. A short time will suffice
to determine its true character, and show whether