The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-13
sIarder- ON the Chinese Rcru.ed.

II the Ministry have never before been ashamed
Of their organ, or the public been convinced O;
the disgrace and opprobium attaching to the gov
eminent, from its attempt to print a political and
Official paper as an exponent Of its policy and
views, and = a defender OF its cause. the last two
or three issues Of the Pobncsian afford the most
ample proof. We have before charged the Ha-
waiian Ministry Is fully responsible for the efforts
Of it, press u trtduce classes of Hawaiian sub
iects, for no earthly reason whatever, and the
last issue Of that publication furnishes but another
instance Of q cowardly and wanton attempt To
hold up before our community and the world
abroad. in an odious character. Il respectable class
Of or citizens. We refer 70 the official attack
made on the Chinese merchants. It was only q
few months since We exposed a similar attack
made by the Government Organ on this sane
class. We quote the following:
~~S"pggFEg osi"m, Uas a geHhsHg"ig TaStime among
tts tslesH1ts b-to-e- hut after t- T---argof tae a. Owe re%r5e-
~. .l.t r-amin-at Cliaauen or.-,I .e cover ment $1,000 Gr
81. monopoly % t- trade. promising not - -. tYany tutt--ir
- So,
Ministers themselves. Is this base charge Of snug
Cling uttered? And against whom i it leveied?
Against our Chinese merchants, than whom. We
say without fear Of contradiction. there i not u
4I'-N -NF num- anu AtAN-'t-iN NiEH Az IA Ai4-
dom. Now. whoever wrote and published the
above. knew that he was uttering "a SANDER. or
if he did not know it, is unfit to Le trusted ID
speak.
We have taken the trouble 70 inquire whether
there is any ground for the statement made by
the ministerial organ in thus charging the
Chinese with the smuggling Of opium, and find.
- far from there existing even the slightest fJun-
dati1n for a suspicion. that the value of opium
regularly entered through the customs for four
months prior 10 the new law going into force.
and paying regular duties. was over $1,000!
Does this look like .. sInuggling?'' Yet the Min
isters' exponent boldly asserts that smuggling
=. became the rage" What the object Of the
Official organ can be, in thus publishing its SLAM
ders, except it be to nalign a peaceable and in
class. we leave others to say. The very
duties and taxes which these Chinese merchants
pay into the Treasury. are thus used 10 sustain
an engine Of malice and TO hold them up before
the community as an odiJus and law-eyading
class of smugglers. We know not how others
may view this conduct Of the ministerial organ,
but we cannot else than despise a Ministry which
it and it is not to be surprised at that
the Chinese merchants, who have become cogniz-
able of this base charge, are indignant at it,
when it i a well-knOwn fact that as a body they
scrupulously exact in complying with all our
We have nailed one Of the ministerial organs
to the wall; let us now look at
As i: Topiuml paid neither duty or
license, it increased in consumption as il fell in
price. 50 much 50. that prominent Cinnamon
the government $4,000 for the monopoly
4 u -. . - e.. " = ---- Ill .
the large importation of opium was caused
solely by the anticipated increase in the duty to
- per cent, the Chinese physicians having had
10 intima:ion that their calling was % be wholly
AIKEN away. and the sale Of it prohHited except
" foreign physicians. And when the new Code
down ON them. and stopped the sale Of opium
" them. there was ON hand, as we are informed.
seven thousand dollars worth Of opium, for
which there was no market except " Illicit sale,
which they scorned 70 resort to. The Chinese
musicians sought over and over again TO procure
license. but it was refused by the board Of ply
icians. As a last resort, in order To save them
elves from total loss, in the heavy stock they had
n hand. they sought license from the Minister
+ the Interior but we DO not believe, simply on
he authority of the Pohuosi1u. that they ofasd
o pay Il license Of $4,000 "a year for the privilege
+ dcalin. in opium. TO four OF five hundred Chi
.sse. But whatever sum they did offer, if any,
felt was better than a total los Of & 600.
Is {, whether natives or foreigners, who choose
D. smoke opium, cannot procure 1t as regularly
: their daily drains Of whisky. /, Is idle 70 talk.
+ natives can procure rum. with the prohibition.
can Irocure Opium. and they now viii and
% procure ar.
oar remarks are not called out because We
any recunilry relations with the Chinese.
re- have very little % DO with them. We know
only as a I@4e-l5.e. quiet class Of our citi-
ms. But We cannot; allow the ministerial organ
, hold any class Of our people up w~ant.uly -
ublic scprn. and thus abuse them. when not the
ight-st ground exists for its course. We blame
be- Ministers and hold them responsible for this
r..- attack .H. -f. Chine. iseausa thev have F,