The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-09-05
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Mr.. EDITOR A brilliant janus of the Gazette
of . late issue. il heavy on confrGcts,-indee one
way he is heavy geneIally.-on crops, consequences.
conclusions, constructions and concentrations accord
ingly. The Gazette is a weighty paper in its own
eyes, and its correspondents are worthy of their pa
irons.
'Forms of contract" says this LRius, are very
convenient and used more or less" and truly, 50
they are but who would have thought it, but for
being told Where inapplicable they will not be
used" Certainly nor,-a marriage contract. for in
stance, means more than twelve months service and
would sometimes be g inspplcable.' 1t is very well
TO know il, so thank you. Janus two-taced
Janus-vou can look backward and forward, if not
much to either side. All contracts are supposed TO
be drawn in conformity to law (~spPpOsed is good)
-" lrhEch they must be ia order 10 be ~isgdI"-and
when found make a note Of, for if our highly posted
: Janus hadn't told us 50, what would become OF
the country and His Honor the Chief Justice Coke
or Lyttleton, avaunt! Strangely enough though,
our janus omits to add, what it seems to me
would have been in place here. that all contracts
must Be signed before they amount to much, But
Janus had something extra heavy on his mind
lust then, which threw him for a moment oft the
track, and "supposes " terrible examinations on
the decease Of the employer" Truly, such sad con-
tingeneies are to be anticipated, to the bewilderment
of planters and lawyers, not TO say housekeepers and
small contractors. But how is il when the servant happens TO
slip his wind? Wouldn't our Janus carry il 70 the courts!
Isn't there manifest injustice in escaping a contract that way!
II can see no oppression 70 the employed in their being obliged
n fuI6l their Contract" Well, suppose you co1fd. the fact l
fancy would not create an earthquake. But rather, with all
the philosophical Tootses Of our community, il wouldn't be Of
the slightest consequence"
- Janusr IS concise and elegant toc,-thus: PLANTERS are
compelled by circumstance (such rs afflicted the young man
Guppv, / presume, 'over which they have no controrD ito
make large advances 10 lahorers which are to come out of their
wages. tlev generally cont.ive 10 spend il all before they COM
mence service, ard then they must draw nearly all their inii
wages for their current expenses (and dog taxi Syntax and
Parsing. look at that Thrice happy, Mr.. Editor of the Ga
zefte. 10 own d power over such ponderous euphonisms!
This state of things is undesirable and Improbable 10 the
planter. but it is also unavoidable ; he submits reluctantly, but
has no alieruature but 10 do 50 q T see his crop spoil" Yes,
like Ancient Pistol. he cats his leek. he eats and exc he swears.
But where did his crop come from before this state of things
began - And 1t seems 10 me that under this state of things
IL is no Injustice or hardship TO the expiration of his contract he
is stu indebted" Seeming and being, Mr.. Janus, are two
Of things" kept in bondage for wears and years under an orgi-
nal contract for six months service, and certain pull and other
men of the past found much profit in practicing this iniquity
until il became odiOus, or they found more profitable invest
ments for their capabilities.
But all this merely leads one TO ask, why all this fuss about
a very simple matter! If vanity wants Its name continually
sszetted at the foot of official notices and can add n cuht 10
its stature by such weak means, let it be INDUCED. There 5 n
Gazette in London, and there is a river in MHcedon, ana there
are bull frogs as well as bulls
If this published form Of contract suits and IS te0dt, there
can be no harm in using il. but there can be no compuisIon
about il. Almost any planter can draw up a contract 50 legal
would lie willing To run a tilt with it against any rosy-red eN-
Celency OF them all.
Goodbye, Janus, perhaps you'll be asked to dinner, for such
JaiaHS'es as YOU are rare