The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-27

the hrss year, as follows:
70. the l.; aa.s.r. Of ssa registered we're cured III
q "a IS IS
We learn by this table, that while the number
Of FEMALES is Continually Increasing, the number
of those diseased has diminished according to the
intent of the law. lie remains, then, to consider
whether the body of the law is in agreement
with rs fius- r#rr r--. H.rrs.
In embodying any act, is is usual to make its
several parts TO accord with the title placed ut its
head; because its title is a declaration of what
follows. But abe title of this act is, /. An act to
mitigate the evils and diseases arising &C.; that
"a, the diseases which have spread from this evil
from the first. beginning from Kauai of Mano
down To the present time For from the begin
ming these same Diseases have attended the evil
throughout all Hawaii ;-sickness, death and
steril'ty in great numbers, rs declared in the pre-
ambIe VI this act.
But this act : mitiqates' the diseases only,
while it tends TO increase the eriL iIsey by multi
plying the number of its victims, and the cause
Ut the diseases. Ii is not, therefore, the true
title Er such an act fHl.lclt fT 500
This would he the true title A Act to En-
courage Proaitaion.' IL encourages the evil hy
rlquIrinS the women to be registered, as n Irutec-
tipn frOm punishment, thus putting them under
the protection Of the law Tree from liability of
arrest and punishment, while in the pursuit of
their improper gains. This encouragement has
resulted in their increase the first year from 239
To 2S3.
The law also encourages them BY holding out
to them the opportunity of cure free from expense,
thus enabling them to return without hIndrance
to their previous course of life, and without fear
Of the cons quences which before pursued them.
Thus this law becomes as a city Of rguge--a
pruning-knfe To lop of the rotten branches, that
they may again grow and bear fruit.
And further, this law is stringent in requiring
these women To be enrolled as II protection in
thsir ~ipiquitv. and to be cured of their diseases
free 81 expense. by n government paid physician,
as it they were the friends and Jdrorifes Of the
country.
These facts make il evident that the act encour-
ages proshfufion, and that the above would be
tue proper title To such an act. Ii follows, then,
that u hw which encourages ProshtLuiOn as The
enemy Of good morals, and opposed TO the pros
periIy Uf The country. and being thus. is destruc-
tive Ut gOOd morals and prosperity.
Again, n,ir he conducive to good morals and
the Prosperity Of the country, why are the pro-
Visions Ut the law confined To Honolulu Is IL
because that class Of women can not be found IN
other parts Of the kingdom? How then Of Kauai,
from whence the diseases FIRST spread? How also
or Lthaina and Hilo. where are harbors for ships?
Frvm Kauai OF Mano, to Hawaii of Keawe, there
are muitisudes OF this sime wretched class. Why
then this partial law for one place only? IL can
onfy Do answered, because the thing itself IS an
srI.
Further, why are the provisions Of this law
for the women only, and rot for the men? Have
the men no part in this matter? Are they not
rather at the bottom Of this whole business2 Is
IL not wholly i~ns;igated by their desires? Why
then this one sided legislation? Is IL not because
men have the enacting of the law in their hands,
that they make these provisions ter curing the
diseased women for thar 0trn selfish purposes?
1T not Tor this, u IL not for the safe
ton of strangers landing here, that they may
apart fhaar .unnau .x 49,. - E.-.Er - ruIfn,
Community. and through them replenish the pub
lie Golfers? =" Shall we do evil that good may
come, whose condemnation Is Just p
We we'll know that this Law Is partial, and in
violation OF the Nth article of the Constitution.
Wherefore, nc Is opposed tn good morals. che
Nfety and prosperity Of the kingdom. Such an
act should be repealed in accordance with the cd
article Ut the Constitution.
The third consideration Is, the agreement or
disagreement OF this law with the declared pur-
poses Of its enactment, viz that, being an evil
which cannot be suppressed, the object of this act
- sp mitigate the evil.
We agree with. the legislature Of 1860. IL Is
INDEED q great evil, and a cause OF decrease in the
pcpulatin Of the kingdom. But as I have
shown, he act encourages prostitution. IL there
fOre EaiIs ut attaining Its object, Z" TO mitigate
the evils"
We also agree with the legislature. that the
evil cannot De fully suppressed in the-e islands.
We have neither the knorrIedge, nor the potceT,
Nor the hc1ucSS OF OJu ID put down ruch AN
evil. as when in the days OF Noah. he swept the
earth with n q 'Od, OF when he overthrow S,dom
with fire. What great evil has ever been rooted
out rum the earth by mere enactments? Per-
hAPs not one But If law cannot eradicate. il
can compress and diminish an evil. And because
Law cannot eradicate an evil, should il encourage
the spread Of the same? By the same process.
it may encourage every other evil, that good may
came ro the country. But as this cannot be the
way, then il f,l,Ows, that the objects Of this
enacrm mt have not been fulfilled.
Let the Law. { ~erefore, be repealed. because il
di<igrees with its title, IL encourages the evils
which it prOiesses to alleviate and fails to accom-
plish its declared purposes. Let US alsp labor to
et,ct what IS an our p0,cer to diminish this great
evil which Is destroying the nation, by such
means as shall keep it under.
First, by enEorcIng such laws ~ shall subject
the trln-gressors % hard labor, as in previous
snacfuents. In proportion to tine detriInent re-
csived by the community, let the -tringsncy of
prevention be the same. The present penalty for
70 great an evil as the ruin Of u race. - zoo light.
Second, by the appointment of rulers who shall
be virtuous men, avoiding The evils
Ehey would punish in others.
THIRD. by rhe choice of good men a. legIslators-
a. God il the great Lawgiver who rules IN right
soosnes. 50 let God-fearing men he chosen "a enact
,ueh righteous laws as shall accord with bis will
in the Bible
And Fourth. By instructing the rising genera
ion in Family Schools. where they may reside
nd learn morals. ~sobriety, proper department. !
nd mental knowledge. and be kept from evil
Examples. Let these schools become nurseries OF
irrue and piety. in which shall spring up q new
nee TO propagate q future virtuous peoIl..
Live the Hawaiian nation in %virrue. Cop