The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-03-28

Mn. EDITOR Through you we beg the lndu4-
cence Of asking a few questions
We want to know more about that "-4ct" passed
hv the Hawaiian LegiSla,--, of 1850. and purport-
ING 10 be law d" to mitigate The evils and diseases
arising from prostitution" rs some call II a good
law, and others think it designed only 10 shield fe-
male prostitutes from the old laws which punished
RIGHTEOUSNESS. and the violation Of marriage vows,
and 10 accommodate n certain class Of the other sex,
We wish to see light enough thrown upon it, to read
it distinctly.
In the PolgncsiGn Of Jan. ., 1861, We have the
" Quarterly Report Of the Sheriff Of Oahu and
also Of the Inspecting Physician" setting forth
the salutary effects Of said law, and showing "GE
clear as mud that the bigoted old fogics who on
posed the act, lack wisdom and charity. As We are
thus sadly ~befogged, will you be 50 kind as TO tell
/. For lraose benefit was this law made Was it
to protect and comfort the yirtuouS, or TO shield
prostitutes from the old laws, and to accommodate
Hbertines j?
> How did the police Of Honolulu find and reg
lister 257 prostitutes in three months
{. Could 50 many, prostitutes have been found
in 50 short a time under the cruel old law which
prescribes punishment for adultery ;
+. Had the police some previous knowledge Of the
names and the haunts of these prostitutes. aud could
they have been found guilty in court under the old
law?
5. Does the law 5 to mitigate the evils Of pros
titution - anuul the previous laws ON adultery, and
the elopement of wives from their husbands
+. Do these prostitutes lie when they tell US plain
", that officers of police persuade them to take out
certificates for their vile practices on pain Of being
arrested and punished. under the old ia'c, unless
they are shielded by such an instrument /?
I. Would it not be well TO enact laws " 10 mitigate
the crilS" of theft, arson, manslaughter, murder,
&c, and not 10 punish them
s. Dc the tender-hearted and benevolent legisla-
tors and executors of the new laws feel any pity for
the l49 husbands who have been abandoned by their
periured and polluted wives?
.. Do these kind officers use all their power and
influence 10 restore these wandering wives TO their
husbands, or do they find 1t q delicate matter 10
NEEDLE III family affairs:
10. When these females become diseased by their
profession, does the government comfort, nurse and
heal them on condition, or with the understanding,
that they forSuke their perniciOus habits?
II. Has any one a right 10 think, that a part at
least of this sympathy and care is intended rs pro-
lection and accommodation TO a class of men who
deal in such means
IL. The Report speaks of unusual order and de-
corum in the "prsncipal streets - of Honolulu
'. during the late shipping season." Does this " de-
corum" in the - streets - arise from the fact, that
there is really less vice in the town or Is 1t because
lust is sheltered and satiated within doors, and
need not to prOwl and wrangle for Its victims IN
open highways?
10. Where are the POI prostitutes still under 1.-The
surveillance of the public authorities " Have
they ceased TO practice their lOathsOme profession
under their license?
IA. Under lhose influence did the 90 return " their
certificates . and 90 back, % to their husbands, %
to their parents, > 20 be married, . to the churCA,
and one 10 UirfUc ; Did the law and its officers urge
them TO this, or We're they . thus led astray in
their views of the law by those who from infancy,
they thought could not err. and whose word they
for years have looked upon as law?
10. What Is charity in its fullest, 6rOGdest
sense !: (See RepOrt.) Is it to feel tender towards
brazen faced harlots, but to have no pity for desert
Ell husbands and parents?
men Iaj T u.n"S i "T r..ic 90 nan iaIa III nav cb vT sLoIt mRicb
they preach so much - shall they enroll a full complement OF
vile females for the supply Of Honolulu market, shield them
heal tG their is % sin-enr end diseases Keep them in GOO good work
ing condition, and then tar the Aard hearted PuTita"s TO help
il. Can you tell us, stupid GROWERS, why charity in its
ton Of 1000 dollars to help it in its work Of love? was not the
broad charity enough to work without such ample pay?
wby did rbev mot c,I on NOR. Of the benevolent and cb,rta-
hi. far tberi are any in III l,,4 r. can,r-rutr Of tr.ir fn1ds
to this labor Of loye' Why effort By hIics from the surIy
and aiut-heartel ot higo;s, who hate prostitution, the money
needed in this charitable enterwise,n
10. What is thu document given to each Of the 257 enrolled
Is it a permit. a license, a protection, a policy, a certificate,
it not he wei to publish it for the Information Of the iruorautP
20. Why do not the police officers search out and enroll males
need pity, nursing and medicine. There may also he danger
disease and thus euianrer or destroy Tie lives Of frrnales.
Surely a bro@d charity - should embrace the unfortunate Of
q. Mr.. Editor, did you ever see ''Bfue Lars ;" An an
tqutriau has searched all over the "woJicn-nUtmegn state
and through the pU~itauic REGIONS, and hc declares that he can
find no such laws. Please tel him that. if he wishes to see "a
specimen Of that genus, he must come TO the Hawaiian Islands,
and IN the acts passed by its Legislature in 1850, lac Will find
not a defunet, but "a living e. Blue Law" some at least think
II looks " blue smells &c blue and burns blue
And now, Mr.. Editor, if you can throw any light on the
foregoing questions, either 10y reasoning, by intuition, or by
cnIHirinE Of the " Rsm0rtS.' ." the POiy4ssiHn,' the 80 regis
tered lro-jtgtes. or any Of their special friends and patrons,
You viii confer q favor ON an OLD YANKEE.
Another quarterly report on the IS Blue law audthe state Of
the public health VIII soou De published in the government
index i'm which it l. probable the whole question will be dis
cuSsed. Tin then it viii Dee best To suspend commentators.