The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-10-13
Very respectfully, yoGr s<rTt,
DAyIP J. LES, N. D.
The following letter WAS read st the
meeting on Monday

meeting on Monday
HsSolrLU. Oct. :. 1859.
t. he CiGirsier1s q tie PsaHssrs' Nsssisy -
Slz. Il : only AZ this late date that the saes
has presented itself u nv mind that fen
words from ne, enc q the hard Of pioneers
. IL inrrcdaeing Chinese Coclie labor into these
Islands, might net Be embarrassing or IN
profitable % this meeting. 81 to the community
. u Wkich We arr al members. and With whose
wsii-beiug eur eva individual interests zre in
ssPSrzbly eoaHeeted- I shall not pretend 10
give any elaborate scheme. b0t shall lust j0t
down tsU Jh0sshts that are suggested BY the
suergeeey Of the occasion, ear eNn prsssin :
necessities, ssd the 0vercrVvGed state of sQns
foreign countries. a. We see Il described il the
newspapers that every mad brings to CUR
shores
I take Il for granted tia, every gentleman
{ present a. this meeting SHOWS that the Board
I Ct Innigrsrion has bsen for some tue past
/ engaged. under orders from the last Lssisla-
! tars. n irtruGueing among Is natives frvm
( southern Pelynssia- Il would net become
/ ne 10 give n opinion As to the manner in
woich the Bcsrt : accomplishing is task. bat
/ this think l misht say. looking AZ the mag
I nitUts Of the object We have in vieS, and the
/ prospective Increase Of prosperity which We
/ al desire 10 see realized. Il strikes ne se are
/ tTaTellns IN ! wong direction, for il must be
evident 70 every psrs0n. sh0 thinks at all
about the latter, that the namber Of persons
Vhg can Be introduced by the Beard. is totally
I inadequate to the wants Of the country. We
Z can bat expect to obtain, 81 the fcrthsst. BY
their present action. few hundreds Of inmi-
grants. gentle, auiz5le, and wiling, il may
bs. bit UnSkIlsd and uuiuured TO labor
and net nearly 50 hardy as the races CT whom
an about TO SPEAK. These few hundreds u
people can have bat very triaing influence
IN promoting the prosperity We are all locking
fer, AID they vii absorb great part OF the
appropriation that Is made fer their intro
dUetiou.
In view Of these facts. suppose We look
further than Polynesia, ard see what are cur
chances Of securing a sufficient supply Of labor
tr0u ether and larger sources and in these
days Of Of cooperation, railroads, and ssift
steamships. think ve shall do well TO or
gaaiEe, i possible, cur forces in such man
nsr as 20 obtain OCULAR, periodical supply Of
immigrants 4S long as they are required. That
this nay Be done, l have no doubt There
vii, Of course, be difficulties in the way. as
there are II every considerable undertaking.
5zt these EiIl vanish bssS-s iztsIIissas, aaiseS
action and determined perseverance,.
There are, o. earth, some countries in
Ehieh the population i 50 abundant that the
means Of living are most dISealt to Be OBJ
taiusd By its 0ysrer0Eisd inhabitants, and for
which the removal and provision for certain
nuubsr Of them would prove unqualified
blessing Il Is 70 one, OF more, Of these
countries that, IN ny opinion, ~e must look
fer relief; the question Is. 10 which shall We
tEru cur attention. and THAT are the measures
We shall takes
First, and nearest to Us, there Is japan
then China afterwards the Indian Archi-
psl1Eo then India itself then the diEe-eut
countries Of Europe Il Is Of no use to men
ton the Uzitsi States, for thsy have not
su5eient poP9lati0n for their own purposes.
ard the only class CT raes that thsy could
sI5ri % part With, or that could be induced to
cone hsre-the ue<rosS-EOUli not suit Us
fsz re all know, or believe, that they will not
Ecrk. and II Is precisely to work that We re
qzire the services Of the proposed immigrants
Tuning 70 Japan As or nearest neiehbOr
znd the country from which, we're all eirruu-
stances prvpiti0uS, We ought to receive large
influx Of people, perhaps 4 REuber sufficient
q rs-psoPls the whole Of our waste AID de-
populated lands / understand from Dr.. Ice.
with whom have couTerSed on the subject
that were ! treaty made between Cur own
Govsruugut aai that Of Japan, be has no
f1Eht that Thousands Of the japanese would
fud their vay here al their own expense. 50
that or ds1rth Of population would II once
vanish Il ( Euneeszs1ry for re to say more
On this portion Of tie subject, a. be has writ
ten paper for the meeting, thoroughly ex-
pl1inins his TisEs-=irh Ehieh a-7ee. a far
a. an abls 10 judge from the premises
With regard to Chinese Coolies. most Of n
know their capabilities, and their good aud
had qzaiitis<- As ne have bad several shTus
Carrying them and hound elsewhere, touch
here for supplies, there can Dc no doubt that.
nth zu6eisrt l. iEesueEt, they can be brozzht
here II any number The great dI5eGlrT
EoEli &c 70 bring women with them, and here.
l think. the GoveruEeat, for national par
poses, might step n e the assistance Of the
Planters, aad pay for the Importation Of 4
certain EzubsE Of women for every handrsd
Esr introduced This measure would induce
those zho married 70 look upon these Islands
IS thsiE permanent h01s, and keep then IN
the ecantry- Tes services Of these women
need net Re lest, for there Il .buuGzres Of
Light Eork On sTs-y plantation that EouId Be
suitable fsT their strength and eoudifioz.
CircG1st4cees do not appear 70 &c fzEorable
70 the obtaining OF immigrants from the In
dian Archipelago. CT account Of the hostility
0f TIE Dutch GoTsruuezf. which claims juris-
disSi9a il that part Of the World; and our
limited kaosisdge Of, and total isolation from.
India pEOPsr, entirely forbid any Undertaking
u the sort II that quarter, for the present
Ihere remains Europe TO BE considered az \
scarce fr71 Which re nay drzE part At least
Of tie population ne nay require, and IN nv
opizica TIE British Islands are the czIy part
Ct Ezrops Il Ehieh re are likely to sueesed.
o. lcoki1g over Al English Newspaper, ore
can Eot hep beng struck With the poverty,
misery and sSarTati0z which cover the lad.
ard Ehich. Of late, have become 20 nonstruus
that the British G0ysrnnsrt itself has found
Il Przdent TO relieve the prevailing dis
trsEs By grazing free passages II GoFsrrnent
trzzEport-ships 10 Hundreds Of fzzEiss Who
desired 70 sEiErzts TO Canada. IN search Of the
EerT zses.szries Of life In the sane manner,
Ct lAte, many CT the Pz-oehizl authorities aud
taoss Via have charge e the Unions for the
rsi1ef Ct TIE poSr, have eouzencsi TO turn
their attention to snizTztion, a. the only
means Ct rsliesing the understanding destifu-
tex Hzr- hzndrgds, / before might szT
theuszuds- of both sexes azd ali ages. have
bse1 assisted 70 Australia Canada, and the
IEIred stztss, the sxpe.Ee Of their removal
fr0z oze c0z1trT 70 the ether being Jointly
borus BY al the parties intereztsd, a. veil by
the eosntEy they are leaving ~ that 70 zhieh
they are bei1g trzrEfs-Ted- Why shoald re
rot AZ least Eate sdors 70 obtAin sUs.e Of
these tho1EAnis q hzE4n beznxE. uhosf posi-
tisn n TIE land q their birth Il helpless and
hsPeissEf II eSal1 obtazz bat I've Hundred
year, cf al ages, very short tine ss1la