The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-01-15
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.



Nh EDifoRI notice in your paper Of Dec So.
. communication from F., in which Suggestions are
made which the writer " hopes may be OF benefit to
ms country" Such philanthropic spirits are rare,
and p undoubtedly would be entitled to the high re-
gard OF his compatriots, If he had but studied q little
more the true Legislative spirit OF this enlightened
age; but Z. being . good and sensible citizen. he is
truly I" glad to see our legislative fathers walking on
% snaRtlyi In their path and that an assertion of
eooAsnt - sn&aient to cover the error in which he
faLb under the common suppositon, that what Is
sance for the goose = also sauce for the gander. or IN
other words, that II the manufacture Of wine requires
aliosnss II $50 and . bond Of $500. the mauufhc-
ture Of sug1r. Aour, etc., ought to be equally taxed.
+. goes TO work and reasons like q just and honest
citizen; but, Sir, allow me to cell you that, although
you may be the best and most upright citizen. you
voah bat make q sorry legislator in this enlightened
age with ysar absurd notions. oonceiving justice a
necessary part in . law. or perhaps imagining, like
some old-fashioned people. that the encouragement Of
any improvement Of raw produce would directly ben
eft the treasury" I should like to see you take
your sAt NJ the Matching Of this wonderful egg,
called . code. Perhaps you will be astonished when
it 10 done being hatched. Perhaps the egg turns out
. eroeodils's egg. amer all, and young crocodile will
show tn thousAnd pretty. hungry. little teeth. Let
me give Jon . few explanations in regard to the true
spirit Of Regulation in this enlightened age in a. fe"
words as poaihla
Law making consists Of two systems. In the hrst
aspirit Of common justice Predominatea This sys-
tenn - prsedced IN some few countries; but the idea
OF common justcs being stale, 1t il termed the old
10y system The other, the system of this enfght-
ened ago. u BY some called the Machiaveliian system
afer . noted stasesman,I believe, and may De termed
the e'1y or focus system This system IS rather DIM
cult to understand, because the objects at which II
aims are only arrived at oy the most crooked ana
tortuous roads This modern or, as IT IS often styied'
moral legislation, 10 . kind OF branch faith OF the un-
fortunately extnguisned mugs with the only inner
ence, that while the Thugs only murdered the body
this distills . poison. as insidious as aqua fofand,
through the veins Of g nation, numbering honor, hon
esty and every virtue; it is in fact the revived hydra
head OF the inquisdton OF old
The secret and hidden objects OF this spirit OF mod
ern legislation are:
1. To bring the people to a focus, that is, to dimin-
ish rs much - possible the number OF the people Leg
islased over.
2 TO bring the currency to a focus, or In other
words, consider the people as a lemon, from which as
much juice a. ID possible IS to be squeezed
B. To completely hide from the public eye or the
world IN general the above objects by a thick veil. or
in other words, cram as much dust as possible In the
peoples eyes
Nov, Sir, any law which successfully accomplishes
the above three objects il called a masterpiece
Duplicity was the veil used in the strictly Machiavel-
Ian system; hut modern science and q more enight-
ened age have invented q new veil, as thick rs the
thickest alpaca. Some old fogy, perhaps, calls it
hypocrisy, but it is in fact the suJiimest morality, a
morality which rests on the strongest foundation of
charity. I. says that the Savior drank wine and made
it. It is we'll that this was not in our age, or He
would have been too poor to pay his license pre-
vious to performing the miracle. Two or ten stout
kikOes would have kicked and cuf5ed him before
Judge Griewold, to undergo q process of squeezing"
or make himself useful on the reef With equal pro
priety you might say. that when the woman found in
adultery was brought before him, the Savior did mot
throw . stone at her head" For shame! That
woman should have been torn from his feet, dragged
by q dozen kikoes through the streets, her clothes
rent in threads, and brought before the Judge, to
either be " squeezed" or sent to learn true morality
amongst q multitude Of outcasts.
Let us take q glimpse at a few masterpieces of Law.
For example. this beautiful wine law. Suppose it
did not exist. what would be the consequence ?
People would perhaps become more industrious and
plant vineyards. people would make wine and drink
1t, people would use but little poisonous liquor, peo-
pie would % healthy, Is IN ofner WINE growing
Countries and not die Oh IKE rats. people ~ouid De
very htsie drunk ana Ie" nnes u h''e Squeezing
would be the consequence or out re" oe sent 10 tna'
m'saa seeoo'. ycept cnan-eAhs' 0 g 'nl0"s"a ""s
course OF ssoay. NO" iooh AZ 'ne aasan'Ase' : ..'
"ooei ia". re0P'e aon uiinA ""e
too expensive; people VIII dnnk' ana .nere'ore u,nA
poisonous liquors or rosgu'' because the nisn uuy
nno"' Ny any ~ ,osa
ro'sonous liquor Aihs people Prey -
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