The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-04-11
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
4PRIL II.

- 1890
assistance Of foreign capital and management,
p, collect and prepare for shipment their sugar
cs.ur. rice. c,f.r and cotton. Without express
ing assent or dissent Z, the views there given.
or any opinion upon their feasibility. W
were glad 20 see "a well-meluiu- euieayor u
promote - good object. But the las, article.
considering the cotton culture. contains. wrap
ped up in this innocent covering, some matters
which are too startling to suffer 10 Tas, without;
comment. S~Feaking OF these several branches Of
industry, It wisely urges that they should not
escape " the attention Of = wise and !tr-seeing
government, and induce 1t 70 strain every nerve.
and if need be cramp itself. in many "a passing
expenditure to spread, protect and encourage
these cultures among tine people" \ truly sen
si5ie recommendation, which We would like to
see followed by striking of two-thirds from the
appropriation for the military, three-lourths
from the public printing, and by -undry other
retrenchments which We have often enough
urged. But following this. il uses language
which we Will quote in full, and save ourselves
from the charge OF AN unfair extract
when We speak Of the Government; 81 a means
whereby 10 move the people 70 action. We do not
mean the bureaucracy, the army Of ofice-holders,
the iuHas Of every degree and capacity, vino excite
no respect and less love in the people, who are seldom
Obeyei unless preceded by the iistorS and tasces OF
their Office; but We do mean His Majesty the King
AMI the members Of his family, 10 wnom the native
looks Tor example and encouragement, whom he res
poets a. = superior, a ttbue1 beng, whom he obeys
unque-tioniuE and uudOub;iugly a. he would a God,
and whom he loves because he eau not help il.
Few know better than We the kind and liberal
views OF the King on these suHjec :. and his anxious
desire aud repeated persouHI Efforts To awaken the
slumDeriug energies Of the people, Or to direct them
where u more beneficial result might TOW from their
labor. Bat the anomalous condition Oi the people,
.rqrtrus- ur -t- p.rtug- gF fvR ruul41 ~ wfefef
the sudden loo>eniUg Of their ancient bondage, the
awkward it Of rHeir new garments, their rowing hab-
its, the unexpected but temporary facility with which
they supplied the wants Of their new life by au indus
try that often superseded the necessity VI agricul-
,ure altogether, or rendered IL OF but = secondary
consideration IN their resources u life; q system Of
constitutional government ami legislation that after
twenty years practice J. >tll i mystery 10 tie pee
pie. and, IN it, actual, practical want Of appreciation
and sympathy by :hem, would prove but a rope OF
sani At the touch u ala IHpergfOr, while II j. "A daily
cllukiug feJter on the steps OF a PGfer PGtTtR and
tue difficulty OF persuading where no experience run
meth 10 the contrary. where no pressing need quick
ems the perceptiuE--these and similar circu INSTANCES,
added To- the wai,t OF a landed gentry, = nobility
sprIng!ng from and living among the PEOPLE, (not
wasting their time and means IN sio;h and dissipa-
ton At the capital. and becomin. burdens on, in
stead G: supporters 81, their kiug,) have hitherto
often frustrated the Kings desires and neuiralized
his efforts. But
'Qaod olim suit, non semper ert.
GHi he story or B~uce ami the splitter WILL YET Er-
cEIvE An ILLUSTRATIONS that history may record ,ciM
PRIZE"
What has heeD, shall not always be"
Here then is an unmistakable announcement
of what has often been whispered in private con-
ver-ation, that the present system # cuustitU-
tionul government would &. prove but a rope Of
sand IT the touch of an HHyerafor." should he
be disposed 20 lay MS hand upon it; and of his
feelings on the subject, we are told by the minis
terial organ, - that II is = GaiIY ciaRkiHg J,ftey on
st,yS If n Pater PatlG." The burcau-
cracy, the army of oGice-holders and the luuas
Of every degree and capacity from the Chief
Justice, who Is the head of the lunas. are con
temptuously set aside. they ''orate no lore aEd
respect in the people" But by the govern
lncnt is meant His Majesty tine King and the
members of his family. 1t Is thus that the min
iSterial organ while attempting to laud the King
nd nauseanl, despises altogether those advisers
assistants through whom he must consti-
act. and without whose moral aid and
support his individual labors and efforts are com
weak.
The further references in the article to the
King are 50 numerous and direct. that it Is I'M
possible to avoid the conclusion that il was die
tetcd e. by authority" Is this then a fllcr
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the nominal responsibility of the editor, to asccr-
how quiet the country would he should the
laily clankins fetter of = constitutional govern
ment and system Of legislation be suddenly taken
some fine morning? Such. Enthusiastically. is
the import Of the language quoted. if it means
%mything, and the subsequent context does not
but confirms the induction.
An article upon Agriculture was hardly ap-
-. - Ill 3 III 49,,
The Government Organ solicits the introduction
md investment Of foreign capital in the soil,
md in the same breath declares that the Consti-
tuition. under the sacred guarantees ofwhIch alone
,apitll can be introduced. and under which We
,njny 50 much freedom and security, j. "a &" daily
.!auking fettcr" upon the steps Of one who
would be 4 Pater Patri;e but for this impede
nent. This declaration, we fear, unless it j. un-
IuIlificd!v Withdrawn, will do more to deter the
introduction of capital and labor, than
my petty encouragement viii invite Il, while it
nust tend TO shake the confidence OF those who
ave long and m~anfully struggled, amid mani
old discJuracements, 10 d~eycloTc the industry of
he cJuutry-ty have the unqualified threat hang
ny over them. that our liberal Constitution may
{ any moment Toe abolished, for some uutried
chema. ,
Under q free government like the present, a {
i.ht tariff, which we have advocated. an oath of
which does not require the ahiurati5n
+ native country, and 4 to;al abolition Of restrie-
upon aliens right to hold real estate, [
americans and EnglisLmen have settled here in {
ne full confidence that the Constitution, which v
AL been patterned after those of their own pros I
erous countries. would he enduring and perpe- I
IaI And IL j. only while that confidence i un- 3
that foreigners will here plant their
ONES and invest their wealth. That capital Is "a
mid. hns come to be a proverb the world over "