The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-02-21

lation has some function to reform. since he speaks
of the 9" want Of laws for suppressiug - certain " dis
eases" We will therefore inquire. what - the true
function Of such legislation What can Il do
We shall see by and 10y. if We do not already,
what IL can 10. Reformation, IN the sense OF reach
iuE the heart, Is not "a direct object Of legislation.
Governments. at least enlightened Protestant Gov
crumeutS. Including the Hawaiian, 10y courtesy. II
the author Of Thoughts deuurs NJ the rght.)
ignore every attempt 10 make their subjects religious
by compulsion.
cauably. ue protection q che Savernei.-aud that too. hH The
s-sr,utiau at crime. Aud who j. 50 daring "a : 10 assert that
te morality of any civilized community rates no h.shcr than
.ri r-,r,ll. a lccra, OF outward ouedicucr 20 law, Who can
prove tlat the current morality u a nation l. NOT. after All. 81
au amended kiud-au outerowth % he stringent enforcement
% statute laws. We SHAH have occasion hereafter 20 slsaN
of thc alarming danger. that thr hypocrisy OF a community
will keep exact step with lis morality " Prevention" this
saving c.auSrof l'" -mHAin-' WHICH has neen sac ~ uemo OF
OLD uue. % Doe better Jlau " cure wouti seem 20 oe oar oniy
Far al-ht that appears, he would consider it mot only safe, hut
desirable, for This Hawaiian goyernme"; to dispose with all
wGr~y than useless. Aud this leads t. "a more particular in
qu5ry as &, what Hawaiian legislation has done for lis subjects.
In the beginning. the hereditary chiefs were the government
When the law OF God, A. contained in the Iecaiognc, was pre-
not ., better than to adopt it. in virtue Of it, being adapted 10
the deep human needs q Hawaiians, as wen as Ie6r,ws-and
also a. "a basis OF future legislation. Al 'hAi Poh' OF the'r pro
c-ess. could they have been hei-ei in for a season from a too
wasII. in due time. have been embodied in institutions which
represented their rapidly Increasing wants. And this would
adapts itself 10 the expansion Of the healthy holy.
But the time came all too soon, when their "foreign relations
unii AZ Isn-th an impartial observer would have concluded that
the nation existed for the benefit, and 10y the leave, Of foreigners.
Then did this youthful government commence a John Ghpin
race in pursuit Of older and more advanced civilizations, in the
grociRg. Foreign models were in vogue, foreign fashions, for
eigu court etiquette, and foreign vices, to the infinite disgust Of
many who prefer the native growth Of ~icAednsss even before
mongrel imported article. Law was heaped upon law and
50 much. And. as in many older countries, the mnning-ground
OF government IS limited only by the power OF endurance on the
mart Of the subjects. 50 in this little kingdom, the mighty alb
straction. ia-. was and Is felt everywhere. 1t pervades leagues
Of unsuryeyci sea coast-it runs up the rivers and fsh-ponds-
it has A SEA in every shop. boat and Ware-huuSe-is Argus
eyes peep into the ladies' bani-boNes, and it thrusts its dining rod
into inuocentlooking provision casks. Ii goes with its open
sesame to every house and every purse IN the kingdom; 1t
lays its to toT'aT3ns IRON II On mt the fa iEI., Of Your Thn ,i Pr pony I: ,nt %mI ~
lively told when. where and how much fence he must make to
90" 40 az aWd ~" nnss sH :. Stnn-, at-noisrS nav n, a emit
against the family Of Conchs," that they may one and all
q" blow" hereafter according to the Statute book.
ton is for the benefit and protection Of the people. At any
rate, it is a niggardly soul that does not aid cheeriuiy IN the
support Of government-sPeciany if it is honorable, econon-
ical. AMI uuencumbered by political Ieeches. who seek To live
only on its blood. But IL this government can do all this, and
vastly more than has been enumerated, then surely, there IS
nothing worth speaking OF which it cannot do. Yes there Is one
know that a prostitutes houseis a. sacred from intrusion as
our o'cn. except under proper warrant ," Do We not know that
sometimes lid, defy the police, and shut the door in their faces =
runaway sailor. a Seceder from the " mitigation law. or a case
Of small poN, would not the proper warrant be torthsom-
crature, and which makes the very air OF heaven smell rank
thoritauye method Of reaching. BY a due amount OF pattlng
and coaSing, the offenders can be lured from their dens, to
tCCS q illlA- % NtEItS uNtfliNE a"A E'tl dAFNS- anu
then be let loose for the benefit of whom il may cOnceru-Only
be sure and return for the repair Of fresh ravages!
The upSIat Of this reasoning seems 20 be. punish those you
can't catch, and let those you can, escape. And should any Of
them retire behind their impregnable Gitraltar's Of inch
boards. or Pan3anuS LEAF walls. why then there is nothing for
1t, hut the Kings posse must stand still and have the door
shut Ia their faces! Who does not pity a government reduced
to such dire straits d? q. We gartcred ministers-ye be-Spaugled
belk)nigbted cavaliers.-where is your ohtvalry. that you
10 not come forth, and show that this guvernnent-the young
Hercules Of your adoption, adequate TO so many great and
things-is able and willing to cleanse these reeking
Augean stables? ENQUIRER.
P : Enquirer takes this opportunity to acknowledge the
IuStnesS Of the grammatical criticism Of :" ieiOiuder,' in the
PoiyHsS'aH Of Feb. 2d. The true antecedent to the pronoun
they, was omitted I'm the article Of d" Enquire" from some
mistake not yet explained. Had it been inserted, il would have
spared .. Bejojnder" the trouble Of answering q question Of
MS own asking, and would have given him the opportunity Of
eplying to one which, as yet remains unanswered.
ION referring to Enquirer's manuscript, we find that an omis-
sion Of several lines was made at the end Of the first paragraph.
rhe lines omitted were these:
The reporter complains that " the class intended to he ben
by the law are easily lei Gstrdy, and have been thus
d astray in their views Of the law, by those whom, from their
infancy, they thought could not err"
Had the communication been printed as written, "Rejonier'
not have been " led astray" to spend his strength and
on an u~nimportant side issue, not in any way connected
the subject