The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-07-30

spare time 10 the Improvement o. uhnus u bAN II "aS ~. 20
the question of reform. He c"ntsnded tina, every man not n
within the pale Of the constitution. Cloud and long continued
cheering Il was all very wei to have armies, fleets. and for
;idcauons, but i; was Of more Importance To have hearts bound
together, and he believed that such a moddlcition IN 70 ran
together of hearts, which would tend more than anything else
to the strengtheni & Of the institutions of the country
Here Is another report OF his remarks
What I want to know is where fairly lies the burden of proof
in this argument whether on the party who maintain that the
franchise ought not to be touched, or on those who say thatit
ought speedily to be amended. The honorable member for
Shorehan saws that If We disturb the present franchise the case
his epttaph the wor's I was we'll, l wished to be better, here
I ann, and that the effect Of this motion will be TO divert US
~ !, 1 aT. ST 10y, al m rbr excitement Of = Domestic reydtution.
= AT Tnet ,: rSn a AN LIZ rmc ats .nch Iang,,,gs sn9no tbe hill Of
my honorable friend without entering into the question of
that which would be best whether We should base it on rating
or occupation, or whether W e should not have a loiger or an
educational franchise, but this L say IN order that l alprehend
the princIIe-and to ii l give my cordial coneurrenoe-io be
o. n ~3rkahg srsirfns,s :" il; n fr,nchise, What I mean is. that
there should be such an addition as would have been given 10y
the lin which as a government We submitted to the House in
SESSION lie with US! What is the state Of the constituency, any
departure from which the hon member for shoseham aepre.
Gates as rlunging US into domestic revolution! AT present we
have a constitution OF which certainly less than one-tenth IS
twentieth. including town and cnntry. l believe to be about the
proportion. and that one-tenth or one-lwentleth SUI leaves
less than one-f tieth of the whole working classes in the enjoy
ment of this franchise. 1 want to know whether We can fairly
describe as a domestic revolution any attempt to improve such
a state of things. l contend that it is on the honorable member
for shoreham that the burden of proof lies Yes, sir, l contend n
that when he would persist in sxclndins forty-nine mites oa IN, ne
working classes from the franchise, it lies with him to show the
lncaplCitS. n nnthSS tc IsSobu~Nt VI NfSNN
fitting them for its enjoyment. Well, 1 am very sorry that we
should have introduced into this discussion what in mild phrase
1 may venture To call inartculate reasoning. L shall not o
woke more ofit than 1 can help,but 1 must alhere to my OPINION
tie Franchise, the onns Of proof lies on the party who would
advocate the continuance Of such exclusion.
And in reply to an attack upon his premises
he repeated the spirit of his previous statement
in the following words =
Now. what 1 say is this, that every man who is not incapaci-
at,ed oy PERSONA maj. unh h,naS G mn nos entjfIed to come within
the pala OF the Constitution. Loud cheering
Commenting on the debate, and the question,
which promises to become u very popular reform
measure, the Times says:
THE REFORM DEBATE.-The debate on Wednesday, May IL, on
thraa Ba' as s. m2 RaGnn TOR f Fr, se ehina. T has nrsd Ta ei Very . un "a !.
ted results. 1t has long been said by the Conservative party,
delight to battle them, that the great principle OF Reform in
Parliament was dead and not only dead, but was buried, with
such precautions and formauties that it would ne'e rise again.
Very few persons can afford 10 prophecy and certainly these
saw the greatest orator of the House, and the wisest statesman
in the kingdom. get up, and heard him so plead for the right,
pond to it. Mr. Gladstone's speech will form an ep CHI in our
dation Of a movement that viii more advance the true interests
Of all classes of the people than any my other that could have n. Seen
cate and the advocate will rejoice that he has SO srana
a new life and virour will be given to the progressive party, the
people will be reused from their apathy, and many evils that
rectfed, and we shall become a wiser, IA better, and a happier
than an Grafton, made by MIR. Gladstone. win he taken as a
new s"os creed a, Of pol no!idG a. rights 1sh, ,I it wil s"1 nd l like the call nIa OF a
arousing Enylishmen once more to carry out that pur1hcation
of the Constitution which has been transmitted to them by the
patriots f former generations as an hereditary duty.
Is it not Il little remarkable that here in free
Hawaii, i Ministry should be found anxious to
take IL step backward, and deprive men of rights
which they have enjoyed for fifteen years, and
which to all appearances are doing more to
elevate and enlighten them, and to cement us
together us a nation, than any other thing that
can be done? Is not this retrograde movement
strange and almost unaccountable, while the
wise and liberal statesmen of England and other
countries are advocating and battling for the
extension OF the very privileges which are
sought to be curtailed here?