The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-04-07
CORRESPONDENTS.

correspondent prides himselfupon, it is upon
a certain mildness of expression, when
speaking of matters of public interest. You
can therefore imagine the severe shock suf-
fered by him, at seeing his communication
on the labor question, published in the
GAZETTE of the nth ult, characterised by
your ''gentle spoken" friend of the AdgeTfi-
ser as "vituperative and malignant As
you may well imagine, your correspondent
was not little demoralised by the stern re-
buke he received from your contemporary;
and, it being consequence of such demora-
lisation, he begs not to be held too strictly
responsible for again reading the 4dpertiseT
to considerable extent. Not so much the
Advertiser OF the past month, or even the
past year, but "away back back so far as
to have passed entirely out of the memory OF
the headloug and impetuous individual who
"does" the high moral and affectingly SEN
timental, for what has been irreverently
termed Sour Watch Dog" otherwise I'M
doubtedly he would apologize for, and ex-
plain the apparent inconsistency Of his pres
ent position on Immigration = Coolies,
and Chinese, with his views, upon the
same subjects, in years past. Every
one knows the promptness and can
dor of your friend, in apologizing when
found in error, and the satisfactory man
ner, in which he explains away his APP
parent inconsistencies. 1t is true his expla-
nations are not always very logical, but they
have the advantage of affording amusement
BY their absurdity, or ingenuity. There can
not, in fact, be any doubt, that no unneees-
sary time viii be allowed to pass, before we
hearan explanation which will, fully reconcile
the sentiments expressed in 1866 and '67 with
the high-the very high moral and philau-
thropic-sentiments of 1863 We may eX-
pect to see proven to the satisfaction of the
most sceptical, that the Advertiser has all
along been the Moses of the poor, oppressed,
deceived, illegally held and withal, Gentle
Coolie. 1t should always be recollected that
said deceit, oppression and illegal holding has
been rendered possible by that monster, the
constitution of GA
1t may be interesting, if not amusing to
your readers to have presented, in a compact
form, some of the expressions of sentiments,
of this pink of politeness, who characterizes
his neighbors, as ''ignoramuscs and knaves,"
and as it would be irksome, and perhaps i'm
possible for them to hunt them up, l, having
a little time to spare, and an anxious de-
sire to be of use TO my fellow citizens, have
taken some pains to look them up, that they
may be compared with those which we are
now favored with from the same source.
1.-The spirit of the age" seems to have
g pervaded" your friend all along. That
I" aggressive spirit of the age" which repels
all restraint upon the liberty of the subject,
mot much.) But, that which repels the re-
straint put upon some people, by the law of
sense and a regard for the fitness of
demands that men shall be
truthful and consistent in their opposition,
seems to have 'pervaded " your friend to a
much greater degree than has the spirit of
truth, of consistency, of patriotism, or even
Of that wild and romantic love, which he,
from time to time expresses, towards the
Sovereign and the people of this Kingdom.
Let us now proceed to give the views of this
profound expounder of international law pa
triot, statesman and political moralist; and
-ace-if possible-the gradual, the almost
degrees, by which he has ar
rived at the platform, with FLOUR PLANKs,
which he now says he occupies.
"The act to provide for the importation of
aborers and for the encouragement of immi-
grafton is good one and is amply sufficient
% provide all the labor necessary, be it from
India, China, Europe or anywhere else"
P. c. A. Feb 21st 1865.
1t is better that the Government should
AXE this matter 1.-THE Introduction of labor
srs) in band, to avoid the possibility of abuse
md malpractice; though, as Sir Rowland
Hill said of the British Postal System, it
night be done more promptly by private en-
erprise." p c. A. Feb. 2Sth 1865.
1t will be seen from the above that the val
liable support of the advertiser was apparent
y, cordially given to the "Act" and also to
he immigration scheme' at the time
when the "Act" was passed and the Board
# immigration first established.
ave profess to be advocates of equality as
ar as human rights are concerned, and would
lot deprive the most degraded coolie of the
of the law. We would treat them,
S we would the burglars, There's and murder
RS of the most favored nations, but we doubt
he policy of placing them on the same moral
evel, as the higher and more civilized ma
ions of the earth''
P. G. A. Aug. 25th 1866
One world think, from the above that the |
ditor Of the Advertiser did not admire
Coolies" Strange as it may appear how
yer, little less than two months after the |
ate of the above, in commenting upon the
rival of another lot of Coolest" he |
GEMS to think much of them, even consider
ng them superior to the Hawaiians.
:" In the course of few years it is not I'M
kelly that the Chinese element will by immi-
ration and intermarriage, outnumber the
ure natives, and thus a new and superior
took viii supplant the old race"
PC. a. Oct. Goth 1866.
"The Coolies cost the planter according to
his table s114,O5 each (per year, On some
ther plantations, the yearly cost ranges from
$50 to $40 per man. The two Norwegian
lborers cost on an average $50 per year"
P. c. A. May 25th 1867.
From the above it would seem that one