Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-26
Tne Randwioh Ialands

The Sandwich Islands
Though thu Washington correspondents who
furnish cabinet gossip the Nurthrn pfe>s,hnd
devote their rpare time IL the prosecution of
clum- aud the bol,tcring up Of patents. diltef
n 10 whether the treaty for the anu, 1ation oi
the Sandwich Islands has actually been received
nl the staff Department, thrr" s'e1n- {" be 10
frasou To question the mann laci thai such treatt
!. in embryo and that il vii ~ submitted iothc /.
) Seuate ri it. HeIt session. The treaty originates,
SO are told, IN proposition nom thu Hawaiian
government Ia cede tie islands 10 the |. states
all the members of the pary council, with the
exception of two, and the King himself beng IN
favor II annexation. The heir apparent, Prince
Alexander ihoiio, Who has been adopted by klng
Kunrhaucha as his son and her, however op=
poses =. md Ia meet his opposition to the que
ton, We are told by one account, is 10 BE- submit
ted 10 II vote ot the people at the Islands, bliore
tie act of session shall be con.unlnated.
The condition Of The native population OF the
Sandwich stands j. not an anomalous eur, though
il presents many strange features. The natives
oi u soft and luAariun- cline they ar" passing a.
nny before the rcsistlc,s energy of the Northern
stranger, who has usu1pcd their places directs
heir commercial pursuits, controls their State
policy. aud though sill numerically inferior, -
IN tact The muster If their destiny. They have
embraced Christianity aud learned the arts of
civilization, aud yet have faded II Obtain ne
choicest blessings Of either. Christianity has
not made thcm moral, nor ciylillau II given them
power and SELF reliance. They have been apt
scholars in learning the vices Of civilization with
ont gaining the moral strength or physical STAN
ina that would enable them To resist Their ELECTS.
In thrce-tonrhs Of Il century three hundred anu
twenty-five thousand oi the nnliye population
have died, aud at the same rate of defamation
many years cannot elapsc before the last Sund-
wch Islander will belong To the past, and tie
race become extinct. Possrssinga climate I'M
surpassed for its equnheness and favorable 10
sustained longevity, RIGHTEOUSNESS wide spread
and deep rooted, has done It's work. Ferers,op-
thaImia. cutnueous diseases aul >erotuia abound,
but the great seourge Is loathsome affection,
more fonl than the Icpiosy of the anciens, and
the direct effect of the most violent disregard OF
the sacml laws. ltcNists among old and young,
peryades all classes and a perpetual pagae
i ever reaping in il, harvest of deaths
1t has been pcrpctuutcd and extended, says
recent visitor to the islands, until language
Is too feeble 10 express the wrctchedne>s
aud woe which huYe been the result. Foul
ulcers Of many years standing everywhere
abound, and ysages horribly daformcd- eyes rem
dercd blmd-no,es entirely Il, ~troved-mouths
mon-tronsly drnwa aside, from their natural po-
undertaking palate and almost useless legs
aud arms, mari most CLEARLY the state and prog
res, of the disease among an Injured and helpless
people" In ls,i3 the Chief Justice of the king
dom reported 10 tho hing that Il .iecntouonese Is
deeply planted IN the heart of this nation
the cancer Ina. spread lis roofs So entirely
throughout the body polite, that NJ skill 81 the
legislator can cure it. and II must eventually de
slroY the uation.e Outraged nature il thus ter
ribly aveuging it-ell, aud before the scoarge the
native Hawaiian i, fat disappearing.
ihis rapid disappearance and threatened to,
tai extinction oi thcnati,r race Las hcen one Of