The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-22
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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tinsburg and I~larPer's Ferry, up the Rapla-
hammock, over the Blue Ridge 70 Manassas
junction, and 80 on to Arlington Heights,
trying 10 regulate things. We have stormed
batteries and taken them like a true soldier,
made splendid retreats, but all u no use
our side is beaten badly licked It's no use
trying TO blink that. The SOutherners are
. bricks of course they are, or they could
not have done it. We acknowledge the corn :;
We have taken q reef in our physiog, and
We advise our cOuntrymen about town to DO
the same but we are not dlsheartened, We
have simply resolved 10 do better next time.
BY the way, We cannot help admiring the
military genius who has the courage to DISC
hey orders, and prefers sacrificing himself rath-
CT than his soldiers upon the altar Of patriot
ism We particularly admire the system Of
warfare that places political generals in
command instead Of military ones. Think of
the brilliant defeats and all the glorious IT,
treats since the days of Xenophon. We shall
have the privilege Of recording Il few more, if
that system continues.
In the din Of battle we had nigh forgotten
the Iahaina Sugar Company-not . Company
y" or = Company B. thank stars, or any
other fighting squad, but = company Of far
more value III this latitude. We have not
forgotten, however, neither were we Indifferent
to the movement Of tire Treasurer of said Com
IIny, while here d~iSposing Of the balance of
the stock necessary to start the enterprise.
When, Us We thought, the last tug Of fin
ance battle was reached, we came forward
with our reserve guard and generously OFF
cred to take the balance but were told
it was too late. The capitalists of Honolulu
had caved, saw their true interest, and came
down like sensible men 10 the last dollar. We
were grieyed ut our hardness, but have sur
vived, and with cheerfulness enough left to
wish them luck. Editors are supposed TO know
eyerybody's business better than they. We are
no exception 10 the rule, and, as u quid pro
patronage, are duty bound TO give good advice,
right and left, whether solicited or not. The
jolly Treasurer Qong may he wave, or rather
waddle, with sound shins and an " eye single to
the glory > and interest of the Company Will
appreciate sensible advice, and as he is a power
in the concern, will take notes. The Lahaina Su-
gar Company, as is well known, is formed Os-
tensibly to manufacture sugar, depending upon
the natives resident to grow the cane. 1t Is
said, one hundred and fifty acres of good cane
land in the vicinity of the mill are secured by the
pAtA6 W. AAAhA
upon that, and when they secure one hundred
and fifty acres more, we will double the dose,
and SO on al 6unguIum, till they secure all the
mill will take off. The fact is, we are not over
sanguine as to the natives perseverance in cul-
tiyating cane or anything else. Trey are apt
to reckon too many chickens to the number Of
eggs, and when disappointment overtakes them,
back out. That is the nature of all flesh
cOlored races. When Laid II Co. started a
sugar plantation at Koloa, the welkin rung with
what the natives were going to accomplish. To
get rich was not the ALTA civilization was to
come out of it-disinterested beneyolence was to
be rewarded in more ways than one. Good
times hose-we counted the years, one, two,
three in the last, we saw one, : sore-eyed SAM
Of all the host, pegging away at a few square
fathoms of cane to be ground on shares. We
then thought him a - brick, - and would say
so now if it was not vulgar. Many years ago
saw ut Waikiki, Maui, the skeleton of Il WA
and the picturesque ruins Of Il sugar
house, that had fallen martyrs to the same idea.
and Miner tried it on at Makawao and
failed. If we remember right, some person at
tempted the same ON a small scale ut Lahaina
itself in later years. and he too failed, but it
is said he was incompetent, and it served him
right. We believe it was tried at Waikapu, and,
the perseverance of true faith, it may be
tried there again. At Waimea, Hawaii, it
failed, even with the aid of prisoners forced on
by the power Of government.
We do not mention these facts upon the sup
position that the Lahaina Sugar Company are
ignorant of them. They know what they are
Times are altered, the whaleships have
and the Industrious natives of Lahaina
have nothing else an The ,coTd to do but cultivate
zane and the Company grind. We simply col
facts just for the fun of it. and not to make
! newspaper article, a. our neighbor might do.
He has aired his benevolence in 4 score Of leaders,
providing small patches Of cane. rice, cotton,
4 al. &c, whereby the poor native may feed and
clOthe himself, and lay up Il trifle against seoesh,
means a rainy day. We certainly APP
prove his good intentions. The members COM
posing the Lahaina Sugar Company have read,
hey will take warning from history; they
nave "A profound scheme. of their own there
here is no fear for them but our neighbor, in
the heat of his love for poor natives, has buried
Ill the above facts out Of sight and probably
will forever keep them there. Now, we do not
pretend to disbelieve the possibility of e~levating
Inc native above what he is ut present. Neither
10 we believe that philanthropy and benevolence
ire mere words, but we do believe that diSiHtcr-
Sfcd benevolence never made i noise in newspa-
,ers. We do know that natives prefer hiring TO
he foreigner, who will pay. feed, clothe him
% getting a living on his own hook. as the saying
:. This is characteristic of the dark races, in
hort, it is 4 great chronological fact, patent to all
Who read. Wherever the superior and inferior
aces mingle, the former will furnish the brains
nd the latter do the manual labor to the extent
f his ability. There is no shutting our eyes to
hat fact. Is it wrong? Wherever the two races
i've together, Us above stated. the inferior, if
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