The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-17

SuCn. IS he want OF water even n the GangellC Nctlt- uun
Calcutta the reasantry fight for such puddles of water as are
still left, wherewtth to keep their rice alive"
Coron.-It is remarkable how extensive is the
prejudice against color. even III the United States,
where so much blood has been spilled on account
of the slave. 1t is not generally known that ne
groes are allowed to vote without restrictions in
only four States of the t~hirty-siX composing the
Union-Iowa. Massachusetts. Vermont and Kansas.
In Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, they are
under slight restrictions not imposed on whites.
In Rhode Island they must have Sl30 in real estate.
In Massachusetts they must be able te read and
write. and in New York they must be worth $3.50
over all debts and membranes. In Connecticut.
though the State is largely republican, a majority
Of nearly 1000 was given in the last election
against allowing the negroes to vote The old
nutmeg State has to stand 4 vast deal of fun on
account of her prejudice against the blacks, Of
which the following is a sample:
They used to tell of a peddler State
Where the souls were small and the wits were great,
The spis en- merchants e ,1ai1 there mere i nc f4s5d I'll their bPi hoard
But those " nutmegs' now have lost their meanness,
And the = horn gun ain!s" have lost their greenness,
For the State is now meaner
And not a bit kecner,
Than a man who has been by a robber attacked,
And whipped him with powder and bullets, in fact,
Aud then caved-andb bit his own nose Oft because it was BACKED !
And vet the same prejudice that prevails there
exists all over the world, not excepting our own
favored isles, where it has crept into the C%onstitu-
ton. and is unfortunately famed, under the guise
of property qualification, shutting out a large ma
jority of the people. against their will, from all
participation in their own government, and would.
if it dared, shut out every one. In New Zealand,
the same prejudice against color is discriminating
the maori race. by first depriving the natives of
their natural rights, and then, when they seek by
force of arms to regain them. calling them savage
rebels. and hunting them down with powder and
shot. Were the negroes of America possessed of
halt the brave spirit of the New Zcaianders, there
! would be perpetual warfare between the races till
the negroes were exterminated as the maOrieS will
be in time. But fortunately for the blacks in
America, they are more peaceably disposed.
UARPER's MONTHLY AND WEEKLY.-The popular
itv of these publications is very great. Over 200,
OuO COPIES Of them are issued in America. and over
80 COPIES are taken in these islands. In the Jan,
10Th number of the weekly. the publication OF a
new and original story was commenced called
e Inside 1t Is a picture of the interior life OF the
South during the r~ebellions drawn by one who was
born in that part Of the country. and who has
always lived there with the exception of temporary
visits elsewhere. and who was inside of the rebel
lion from beginning to end The author has beer
always an answering Uniorman. His story begun
with the rebellion and written as it progressed
shows plainly the methods by which ignorance
superstition, prejudice, and every passion were
made subServient 10 secession by the rebel leaders
"OUR You've Folks. This is the title of a.
illustrated magazine for boys and girls. published
by Ticknor K Field. of Boston. The January anC
February numbers are at hand. 1t is a most CAPT
tai monthly for the Juveniles. Among the writer:
are. Prof. Longfellow. Harriet Prescott, Mrs. Stowe
L. Maria Child. d" Gail Hamilton" Captain Maynt
Reid. aud other popular Juvenile writers. 1t i
charmingly illustrated. and all the young people
say it can't he excelled for pretty stories. 1t l.
furnished n the bookstore, in Honolulu, at only
50 80 Il year.