The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-18
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser,
MARCH Is.

81 DRDA , . -htHCt .
y In the last Gazette we notice the post
ponemcnt Of a meeting of the Planters Associa-
ton TIL further notice. - When we three shall
meet again. three resolutions, " proposed by
Mr.. willie" and published, will he discussed,
and, doubtless, adopted without q dissenting
voice. Mr.. Wyllie's pluck Is certainly 70 be
admired in placing before the eyes Of this COM
muuitv resolutions 50 distasterul - the we'll
. known public sentiment. We fancy that Mr..
Willie is not az taf, as usual, in regard 70
. uubIic feeling about this immigration business.
The community Is not likely 70 g into ecstacies
OF c~aniption fits in their eagerness to vote the
proposed resolutions. One can fancy they do
not q. appreciate" very D. thankfully gracious
speeches, O. recommending industry and q supply
Of foreign labor which have ended and 'cero
intended 10 end IN smoke.
IF Mr.. Wyllie has not discovered by this time
that the Government and Legislature have not had
the slightest intention % import Hill or Chinese
coolies a. far back as the passage Of the rice
act. he is to be pitied. There never was the
shadow Of a valid reason advanced in support
IF that law, and there is none, except the pure
and simple determination to prevent the en-
trance Of coolies into this kingdom.
The - Bureau of immigration Act is
nothing, more or less. than a dog-~in-the-manger
affair, placed in the way of immigration Of
coolies, and what is worse, clothes the members
Of that Bureau with a power to prevent every
kind Of immigration, if so minded. We are
sorry to see such a power granted 10 that
Bureau, for as the Government is now consti-
tuted, it might take it into its head to exclude
all Europeans and Asiatics, and admit none
but Americans, which would q bad affair.
Judging from the past.
AIr. WyIlie thinks we ought TO be very
thankful for the three ordinances publish
ed February 18th. We Will not comncn upon
those ordinances. The events that led to their
inception and PRONUNCIATION, as well as the cor
respondence Of government with some of the
leading mercantile houses in this city, in conse-
quence Of them, Will appear, probably, IN due
time. The public may look for something rich
about that time, as the old thunder-man says in
the Almanac. Mr.. Wyllie thinks the planters
ought TO " cooperate zealously with the efforts
Of the Bureau Of Immigration . in view of the
above facts, we fancy they viii and " to raise
Immediately as much money among ourselves as
possible, 50 as to expedite the operations of said
ordinauces.'' Enough Are Mr.. Wyllie's eyes
open by this time?
Mr.. Wyllie asks the planters to odrance money.
The government asks the planters 10 advance
money. But it is reasonable to suspect that
they viii not exhibit a very great alacrity in
advancing, when they remember that those who
receive, offer no security, and their own personal
credit is not the highest, and they still smell of
the perfdy Of trampling out the Constitution
and some Of the most sacred rights of the people.
1t is doubtful if any person will feel very
- thankful for the - bencficent labors Of the
Legislature, unless 1t may be those who get all
their . coal free of duty. The two acts of, the
last Legislature, one admitting coal free of duty
and the other excluding - every species of manu-
featured machinery, implements and tools used.
in agriculture, was a mastery stroke Of national
economy and private policy, evincing minis
terial sagacity rarely exhibited. and all planters
ought to feel especially " thankful" therefor.
Since - plate, pig-iron, coal"-all the raw mate
rials are admitted free, and all machinery that can
be made here, must pay duty, somebody ought
to get rich. At any rate, they ought to be
- thankful" for gracious speeches and 60 and
Mr.. Wyllie's resolutions.