The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-03-06
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
- SATURDAY y. MARCH 9.

"The honor u the Hawaiian Government Is pub
liely pl~lgel that the present expedition shall Ls con-
dgctel in the met honorable and upright manner"
The above line are quoted from a local PAPER;
the expedition alluded o. Icing the one upon
which the bark MaIsaa liza ha- been dispatched.
The writer doubtless honestly believed what lie
wrote, and may have a firm and abiding faith in
what be- s. pleased 10 call tie honor Of tie Gov
ernment. Pact have cyme under our ob-erya-
ton, having a bearing on the NauHa Loa ezpeli-
ton, which will serve % show that tie sentence
quoted IL empty AMI meaningies.
From among tie elrsoes Of Chinese coolies i'm
ported under the auspices of the Board Of Immi-
grafton, the late i. &. Wylie, proprietor Of the
Princcyiilc Plantation, made a selection Of a
number % be- worked Oh that plantation. Thee
men we're shipped 10 the plantation, they were
-@uppozed % Dc Hawaiian citizer-, subject 10 thc
same -ystem II taxation and governed by the
came laws a. q native Hawaiian, and certainly
should claim all the constitutional rights and
privilege Of a Hawaiian subject.
Thee c~yJlic- elue into the Kingdom . under
the protection Of tie -aiI BjaTd Of Immigra-
ton, anil during the continuance of the term Of
contract were varI- Of tie Bard. Tie Board
va- in duty, aye, IN honor, bound 70 see that tire
IHhAHH 'a NrAANt- 10 ".N".H 10y Wv "a=A~A AHA-
filed the terms of the contract. aud they should
enjoy all tie right anI privileges accorded TO
them by the laws 81 thi- kingdom. Have they
hpuoraJly acquitted them-el,c- Of this trust?
Before tie expiration Of their term Of service Mr..
Wyiic dicI. and tire etatc was taken in charge by
executors appointed under the will. In due time
the plantation va- -oII, together with the tool-,
horscs. cattle anil c~sJli,-. r. may b. denied that
IL r.. .--. d -HH- r.. a.
will -ay tLat their caHfrarfs were sold. This j. a
mere ]quitiIe. however. The Chancellor or tire
Kingdom became the PRINCIPAL purchaser. Did
the Bard o. Immigration. ~ guardians of thc
cJDlir-. act hDnpribly and uprightly towards
them in this instance? Was not the assignment
Of these coolic- b. the purchaser under the cxccu-
tor,' sale an Outrage upon the constitution and
Laws Of the KinsIpm! Section 1924 Of the Civil
Code says
"No contract q -eTvise male in pursuance Of the
Ii17th or lil-th sections 81 this chapter. shall bind
the servant aftsr Hs fsIh o. hs H~gssisr.'
Sections I4l7 and I4ls read a. follows:
Any pcr-DH Who has attained the age q twenty
years. may b.ui himself or herself, BY written con
tret. O. serve another IN any art, trade. profession
or other employment. fr any term not exceeding
i've years
IAN engagements q service contracted in n for
eign country. O. b. executed ia this. unless the s1ue
De IN contradiction 81 the laws - TINS, shall o. bIu.i-
ing here: provided, however. That all such engage
meuts male for longer per.Dl than ten year. shall
BE- rciucei o. that limit, ~ count from the day 81
the arrival q the person bound into this kingdom
Under the Law was il not the duty Of tie Board
to notify tire coolies held by contract ON that
estate that by the death Of their master their
contracts were void? They did not do 80, how
ever. but permitted them to De- assigned to the
new purchasers like "a yoke Of cattle or q parcel
ur l,ui. This Na- E"u.milc O.