The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-07-14
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HILO, June 70. 1866.
Mr.. EDITOR Having an eye to the proceedings
of the Legislature. now in session, | saw a piece in
your paper of June 9th, concerning the repeal OF
the Navigation Law-Section 4 of the Civil Code
I In that paper | noticed the inquiries of Mr..
Ukekc. He wants to know where the Captain of
the Kjlauea was when she got on shore? How the
Emma Rookie got on shore How the 1npie Laurie
was lost? And where was the Captain of the
Aberni when she was stranded mt Waimea? Now,
Mr.. Editor, | can answer the whole of these ques-
tons. with one exception. In the first place. the
Hdauea got on shore through having natire officers I;
the 1nnie Ld"rje got on shore through having a
stranger or m0IobiRi, as Mr.. Ukcke would call him.
for master the 1berBj got on shore through slip
ping one chain and the other parting. and had no
other anchor to let go.
Now. | will answer some more of Mr.. Ukekc's
questions by asking him a few questions. He
wants to know what nGtiue Captains have lost yes
sells in this group. In the first place, who was
master of the N0i WdLine, when the Governor of
Kauai was on board bound to Honolulu from
Kauai. when that dignitary rather sarcastically
advised going back to Kauai to take a fresh start
and the whaling brig Victoria fell in with them
northeast of Hawaii, and showed them the way
back to Oahu. That was not one of Mr.. Ukeke's
." hifalutin navigators.' Secondly, who were the
masters of the schooners Margaret. EinOole. John
Young. Hokulde. Ed7aamdlu. WjHelnjoe, s. s..
-HoIokaj. sIoop Lnka. and N1ry Ellen otherwise
KukjmGaU, and many others, too numerous to men,
ton? They were none of Mr.. Ukeke's hifalutin
navigators." No. they were natives that now want
so many thousand dollars Appropriated to teach
them navigation. and $50 each TO buy them suits
of clothes. and so many dollars appropriated to
have their pictures taken.
As IA looker-on. ! think Mr.. Ukeke would be
more at home i'm a taro patch than sitting in our
House of Parliament, making laws for a civilized
nation-or a nation that call themselves civilized.
/ do not blame him So much. however. as the four
white men (who are owners of veSsels) that paid
$50 to pass the bill through the House to repeal
the Navigation Law. Some Of them We're Captains
of coasters not Il great while ago. and they don't
know how soon it may come to their turn to serve
in that capacity again. No. because they can get
n native Captain for $50 OF $50 per month less.
they did not like the Navigation Law passed at the
last session Of the Legislature. and have done all
in their power 10 have it repealed. Of course they
are the monied men. and can get anything passed
with money. But we are the people that are max
ing the money for them, and are poor, and the only
wav we can get Justice from a discerning public is
through the medium of your valuable columns.
By inserting the above in your next Issue you
will do Justice to more than one OLD COASTER.
FLOR the information of our correspondent and al
concerned. we will state that the King has declined
to sign the law passed by the Legislature, and re-
ferred to BY an ok Coaster. Consequently, the
Navigation Law still remains in force.-EDl