The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-28

native Hawaiians. dependent for their living
on daily or monthly earnings, can be c~ontented
TO give up poi, and make the cold Atlantic ports
their home, is NOT easily explained.
Wherever We went we found much inquiry
about the islands, and much curiosity tn learn
what they are and what they are capable of
becoming. The opinion Is common in America
that our islands are now under the rule Of the
English, which has gained currency from the
fact that an English bishopric has been esta6-
iishei here. and IN some mysterious way con
Meeting the kingdom, like n colony, 10 the
English Government. Though it l. easy to see
how such an idea could gain currency by infer
ence, yet it is wholly Incorrect. Another no.
ton, which is common there, that the IIawaiian5
are ~relapsing into their former state of bar
barism, is equally erroneous. There has never
been q time when the masses were more enlight-
ened, industrious and civilized than now. When
asked to refer inquirers to a reliable book, Civ
ing general Information respecting our group,
we were at a loss to name one, for though
Jarves' History is unquestionably the most reli-
able on such topics as information is sought
for, yet it is now out of date in its statistics
and wholly out of print. DR.. Anderson's book
treats mainly of the moral and social condition
OF Inc lSIdlllS, ana on THESE points Is Ilc DSSL
work to be had, though it is not free from mis-
takes. But most of the other books that might
be named are mere compilations, written 10 sub
serve some pique or notion of the authors, and
are little else than impositions on the public.
DR.. Baxley's new book is of this class. \ good
history of these islands, embodying general and
recent information, data and statistics is 9 de-
desideratum. *
= Respecting the ignorance that exists abroad
about Hawaiians, the notices of Queen EMMA,
in some of the American and English papers,
will serve as an illustration. 1t is stated by the
newsmongers that her ancestors prided them
selves on having eaten Capt. Cook. Now the
Hawaiians, whatever else they may have been,
were never cannibals, at least there is no proof
to fix on them the stain of man-eating. Refer
ring TO Queen EMMA again, we observe that she
is receiving in Europe the attentions due to her
rank. She is indeed a truly noble woman. fit
to grace the royal circle of any European Sove-
reign, and far superior to many European noble
women, in moral culture, simplicity of heart,
and all that goes to make an exalted female
character. We trust that before she returns,
she may visit America, and meet some of the
gifted of her own sex there.
When we left Honolulu in April, the war
was still in progress, and every bulletin an
nounced some new battle, with lists of killed
and wounded. But before we landed in New
York, the whole face of things was changed,
the shell had been broken. and the rebel frame
work had tumbled in, terrifying northern rebel
sympathizers almost as much as the rebels them
selves. The war virtually terminated with the
capture of Richmond and the surrender of Lee.
SI,,o o-o,., ,lo 1ror1- Af raoOn.+r,oFf,,a
and peace has been going on as fast and as
as the most sanguine ought to expect,
and soon the old United States will be the same
rs it was in former days, save that the cancer
Of slavery has been cut ont from her body
polite. and peace and health again restored
to her. We have full faith in the South, and
believe that hey people are honestly return
ing under the folds Of the old flag, ana that
TEN ycnrS from now, the story Of the
will be virtually forgotten, and that
the Southern States-even South Carolina her
self-wi!l be among the most loyal in the Union.
And within that period, the whole people Of
e very Southern State will endorse and approve
Of the abolition Of slavery ~ q righteous YER
Dict. and wonder that they tonight 90 10 sustain
it. Prosperous ~ America has been during the
war, she is and will he ten-fold more so in the
peace which she has now entered on. Her reve-
nue. in 1860 was eighty millions-in 1865 it
be not far from four hundred miHi0nS, or
about one-seventh of her public debt. Who,
then, can question her financial ability? Every
may justly be proud of her as the
only power on earth that could have subdued
such a rebellion or survived such Il war. And
she now stands among the nations Of the earth,
l wonder and a miracle, n colossal of republican
whose power they must respect, and
whose alliance they will eagerly court.