The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-11-03

the contrary the whole thing had been couuhttee
to Mr.. Lobschied. whose name In China was guar,
antee for all that was pure and good Mr.. L. hal
been famous there missionary for many years anu
that he mir. L. who acquainted with the I'M
nese language had taken personal supervision Of the
whole matter. There was no such thing aS bara-
cpon- But the mustered into = house tlat iiad
been appointed by the Colonial Government where
they entirely free to aud come as they pleased
The form Of this contract posted up IN the house
where they were mustered-rhat on the DAY Of the
ship sailing he had repaired board with the Rev
Mr.. Lobsehed government Interpreter anu the
British Commissioner Of immigration, aud the con
ract was read over to them paragraph by paragraph
and at the end Of each paragraph they were asked u
they heard it, understood it. and agreed to It, and
hnally-when the anchor was under i'ot-and tie
sails being lnoscd-they wore told BY the tcui
missioner that If there any who did not wish
60 then the time for them togo ashore, and he
might go. This saw and heard myself. len the ship
to 90 ashore and before got % land The ship was
standing down the harbor bound for Honolulu
never wrote any such letter as that mentioned by
Mr.. Wood to the Board Of Immigration or any men,
Der thereof or to anybody else wrote that women
had been substituted but not men, and that Of the
first hundred men mustered for the first dip. had
good TO think that had got possession OF
the tickets, not any considerable number but some
A good deal Of talk has been made on the iden that
the names Of some Chinese have not been found in
the contracts, to which they have responded. IL
may be So and il be easily explained by the fact,
that the contracts are all the same; and that the
clerk after the contracts had been sent TO me 70 De
signed having been previously agreed 10 and signed
by the Cinnamon, not careful in distributing
them and to the people, it was Of little consequence
which paper they obtained. Ifany one. became pos
sessed Of anothers contract ticket Of acceptance
certainly deceit was practiced upon the man who
thus substituted himself for another and no one was
responsible for the change except the Chinanan HIM
self.
The Doctor having made his statement Mr.. Carter
resumed with some further rhetorical hourishes-
and that the system was founded In deceit and
sustained by force-nOt condescending 20 mention the
deceit of whom or the where the force was, but evil
IDENTIFY borrowing from some other oratoraeal light
Went off into Egyptian bondage. SAID that Egyptian
bondage which was signally punished by God, was
freedom compared to il. The Hebrew slave had every
seventh day, every seventh year: all che days de-
voted to national festivals and the privilege on all
family festivals evidently without the smallest refer
ence 10 the act that the aborer here has every
enth day-Sunday-and large portion OF another
day-Saturday-and all the other days mentioned
and that his stipulated time does not reach TO seven
yearsand that the Hebrew had no voice IN entering
into the agreement lie could redeem himself, or
his friends could whenever they had the requisite
amount. and the law required that il should be equi-
table If he escaped from his master he was mover to
be restored Not advertng to the idea that the Chi
naman had no occasion TO buy himself because he
was no mans property, but had stipulated vountari-
ly for hire for just the time he chose TO serve And
then went of ints question ffOin pamphlet regard
ing Sir }. P Grants administration in Jamaica And
in asmuch : Sir J. p Grant did not own planta-
ton hOw he found that out did not appear suggested
that the Administration Of this country should be
own plantations-did not mention the names Of the
persons But he did not state how the fact Of Sir j..
2. Grants administration in jamaica, having been a
successful one bears upon the idea that law for the
specific performance Of contract Of labor, which
prevails in Jamaica, to-day, ought u be abolished.
And wound mp with an exhortation to his hearers to
assert the dignity Of labor.
Mr.. Il. IL. Davies endeavored 10 get hearing, but
this strenuOusly Resisted by Mr.. Carter and 9TH
ers but after time he was permitted to proceed as
as follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN think it must have oc-
Cured to many, US IL has done to myself, that
this meeting, or series of meetings is to a
considerable extent, in the hands of three or
four gentlemen who call each other "we,"
but who appear TO be linked together by a
bond of prejudices, rather than by any spec
ial unity in political principles or theory; a
kind of moral lshmaelites in fact, except
that if their hand is (as some think) against
every man, no mans hand seems to be par
ticularly directed against them. Here WIS
great cXcitement-great outcries Of unpar-
lamentary language. The Chairman. get
ting on his feet, declared he considered it
personal to himself Mr. Carter was like
wise of that view--it making all the differ
ence as to whether your OK gored my cow.
or the contrary.
| regret that l was unable to gather from
the formal announcement Of the resolutions
on Thursday evening, full appreciation of
their terms; but / confess that subsequent
perusal does not lead me to any great ad
vance in this knowledge. The second reso-
luton (passed the other EVENING" reads as
follows, adopting the definition given of the
word "coolic:"
''That the further introduction into this
country of Chinese Asiatic male labOrers,
bound to service for term of years, is I'M
desirable"
Mr.. Chairman, have said that the gentle
men who have formed themselves into the
opposition, or as they may prefer to be called
the "party of action" have manifested more
identity of prejudice, than of principle.
would ask whether there is anything but
prejudice against the Chinaman, in this sec
Ond resolution? If ii does not mean that, it
means nothing; for the contract system is
dealt with, in the resolution now under con-
sideration. If | am wrong why are not the
words ''Chinesc" and "Asiatic' omitted,
and the resolution brought forward on the
clear principle,
THAT the introduction of male labOrers
bound to service for a term Of years is unde-
sirable"
As it is, a resolution was passed amidst
screams Of delight, by whose provisions you
may bring as many male laborers as you see
fit from Japan, siam, India, or any other
country in or out of Asia, except only China,
and they may be bound TO service for term
OF years as long as they and you may see fit
admit, sir, that the resolution was judi
ciously wOrded, so as to bear, when read cas-
ually, very different meaning; but it APP
pears to me, there are two classes of men
who are so unhappy as to have excited the
hostile prejudiees of the legal and literary
gentlemen who are arrayed against them
the Planters and the Chinese
1t is true that the member for South KOna
deprecates any anti Chinese movement and
also states that many of the PLANTERS arc his
clients, and that he does not wish them TO fall
on evil days; but you will have observed, sir,
that the members of the firm take distinct
departments, and another gentleman states
that under certain circumstances he would
yield point and let the planter go under,
adding that he has already Withdrawn what
money he had advanced on plantation secu-
rity, so that he is happily prepared for any
contingency that may befall the passengers
in the doomed ship.
Mr.. Chairman, some of us have been ae-
cused of pOOh-pOOh-ing a scheme proposed
by these gentlemen for supplying the want
We are met to discuss. / hardly thought.
Sir, the proposal was seriously made Why
one OF the heinous charges against the plant
er is, that they seek to bring at their own ex-
peDse number of Chinese and others who
will, after term of years be Thrown on
society,"" whatever that may mean. And
the remedy is to vote $4,000 in the next
biennial Legislature to be expended in the
same object, but without the years Of delay.
This would be possible boon 10 the planter
but do not see where the mechanics and
Hawaiians who are TO pay the cost, are to
look for their recompense, and in a moment
OF seifshness it might occur to some Of them
that there was a tinge of absurdity In their
paying the expenses hither of men who on
arrival would be as likely to take the trade
of mechanic as of a sugar eultivator.
picture to myself the arrival in Chinese
waters of the vessel chartered for this phi-
lanthropic enterprise, and ! suggest that the
originators Of the scheme be prevailed upon