The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-02-21
The Law Ito Mitigate" Acne. 2.

MIR. Enron One Of the good effects which has
been SYSTEMATICALLY attributed to this law isa remark
able improvement in the order Of the streets, and the
disappearance Of the former thTongs Of ~disorderly psr-
sons. Now the law has not 4 single provision 10 pre-
vent registered women from frequenting The street.
II the police forbid them, it Is no thanks TO this IAN
They always had the power to clear the streets Of thu,
class As well Is Migrants ami d~isorierly persons.
This law is said to be the only measure that can
eIectually combat the disease which IS consumi,,
this nation. We DO not believe II. We believe the,
viewed simply As a health ialc, it Is grossly iefec,iv.
Why, if its object i 50 benevolent. were its sani,s-v
measures confined 10 one class alone F.; Are there 10,
multitudes Of others equally needing compulsory
cure: What possible reason is there, why a he.l,b
law requiring al sufferers Of this sort To come under
systematic treatment, could not be made thorovrblr
efficient Is ii not = fair inference that the real a.
sign of the law IS less to diminish disease generally
than 10 favor the nefariouS business
Why, when cured, is the patient allowed to e1nosa
herself 10 certainly contract fresh disease, by the sur.
cessive rayages Of which no remedies can preserve bsr
constitution from being wrecked Were her benefit
really sought, every means would be taken "a
prevent her from destroying herself What neces-
sity, what benevoleuce Is there in letting her 90 on
We differ from the advocates Of this law, in that ve
would strike at the great root of disease, which il
prostitution snd prevailing vice; while they would
permit the root TO grow, IN order that they nav
merely trim its branches and leaves, giving il a more
comely aspect. They appear 10 regard the vice as no
evil in itself. Its physical effects only are terrible.
We protest against the sanctoninE Of crime. and the POLE
nosidr, responds with insane cutlery, You have no beneyo-
Iencei You refuse 10 cure the poor harriet You want the
people 10 perish ~ Now. l myself have no heueyalenre d. 10
boast Of" But / will say for the missionaries. that foT The na,,
twenty, thirty. and forty years they have been taking great Mains
and expense to combat this very disease wherever they found il
and with no small skill and success. The heEeyolence Of somest
least on the other side, l cannot better illustrate than by men.
tiOniug the case Of a woman | knew, who a few years ago was
happy and prosperous matTon. hut was lured from her home
and has since led a prostitutes life, and il now dying mserabIy'
if not dead. Her daughters are contaminated by her example
and probably will soon be registered. The man who Initiated
ways, and is now one Of the foremost supporters uf this law
Are has motives those Of profound beneYolence towards this d-
ing race!
We do not infer that every man who advocates this Law NAV
not have any benevolent desire for the removal 81 disease. whii-
we are assured that the good men who supported is passage
had none but the best motives. But to our minds the paternity
Of the law is iniisputably indicated by its character. lisa
child Of the profound and organized impurty Of demonHzsd
European capitals, WHOSE elaborated infamy IL is sought to i'm
port and cnCraft upon our Wild stock Il Is "a law adapted to
precisely suit the friends and promoters Of this vice. let a man
desire to have this vice prevail TO have il rs well regulated. as
becomiuEly ordered, and rs well purged Of unpleasant couse-
quences- : possible. and here he has the very thing. This law
VIII suit him exactly. 4 few rehnenents might BE- borrowed
from Paris and Vienna-but We cannot have everything Al once.
This nation cannot he saved, we think, by any means Of
making vice more wholesome hut by vigorously iiscouutenan-
cling il IN every form by perseveringty warning against Il. A
terrible story. Of youthful depOpuIaton is revealed by the cen
sus. 1t il the effect Of the immense stimulus given To vice dur
ing the past few years, and the general relaxation Of restraints.
sincerity, by leading pure and chaste hves in The sight Of this
people. hon ring the seventh commandment ufGoi, and the laws
Of this country On the same subject
P :. I notice that tho PoIynesiG- wants to have Us tell him
hour this business encourages prostitution and RIGHTEOUSNESS.
For answer, / would simply refer him to the capital advertise.
the %superdne article now on hand and ready fr all customers,
especially.