The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-09

highest sense q their responsibility to the public.
That lie j. further aware that tie member q the
Bard are a~z-iIG0us II tLeir attention % their duties.
Tie Minister Il Interior j. b. the statute, e~x-cf5ci0,
President q the E1lri, and the other members have
been selected from the m1-t careful AMI c0usiieute
men in the Community, AMI serve gatuit1u=ly, and
further, that upon careful perusal of the petition, he
does not observe that you have 1T forth any reason,
nor Is there any known 10 him, for requesting the
resignation q any - th0-e gentlemen
have The honor % Re,
Your Obelient servant.
FED. ". HUICHI-OS.
~ Minister Of the Interior.
wv. KEtvEmrxtmtLA, J. VI KAnALEwAL.
Interior Ofee, January 4th, 1859.
Perhaps this reply i satisfactory to the public.
The gcnerl feeling, however, seems to be that If
the smallpox doe not spread, il will he through
especial favor Of Providence, and not through
the watehial care Of the Bard Of HRalth.
+ When the Haho came To anchor outside, AMI
tie Board Of Health were made aware Of the
state Of matters, this latter body found itself in
an unpleasant preiicament. Unpleasant, that i,
fr persOns who have not tie manly Independence
u make tie safety Of the community their
supreme law of action, but who, On the contrary,
must be guided. just when they ought not 10 be
20 guided, BE- tie fear % this mans and that
mans opinion. At other time, when the senti-
meutz Of others should guide them, then they are
zublimeiy indeIendent.
H0w wa il in this case? On the one hanI. fear
Of the mercantile community, whose Hrejudices
might De aroused should the vessel be detained,
caused ready Ierni--ion 70 be given that the ve--
Eel should Immediately come 10 the wharf a. If
nothing Las happened. Prom this point Of view;
well. quarantine laws wereall an exploded con-
Germ, relic Of Iasi age. &C. &e..-nothing Of
that s1rt i sustained by the enlightened senti-
ment Of the present. day. - argued the Board
Of Health with reference 70 the cabin passengers
and cargo.
a different style Of argUHent altogether applied
70 the storage Ias-enger--Let US give a few
facts before preceding The pantry-Inan who
had this disease was In the cabin. slept IN the
zane compartment with two Of the stewards,
changing berths with them. having bis box Of in
fected clothing from q house in san Francisco
where several deaths from smallpox had recently
occurred. and was in the cabin till after the erup-
ton broke out, and Of course for days after the
disease was communicable, to say nothing Of the
clothing which be had with him Then the fore
ca=tie was cleared for his accommodation, a Place
totally separate from the storage. The Storage
was not at all infected. The cabin was.
lAA AaE 1SNAAA "a AANeAa- nus rAAATAN IL pun
lie, and 20 sacrificed the steerage passengers on
the altar Of quarantine Captain Floyd say
ins to them, in excuse, that the . strong sail
ing-paeket interest on shore demanded that
solaeffnq should be done. Really the BOard
fl, that public opinion demanded more care
than had been taken, and some show Of caution
must be kept up. - the unofendng and harm
lcss were kept on board. Natives from on shore
meanwhile loading and unloading the ship. The
Storage people, fifteen in all, were sent to the
quarters prepared for them. y Chinawoman.
who being taken sick ON the Ias-ase. was sent to
share the forecastle with tie smallpox ~Iatieni,
and the ChinaInan who took care Of her,-these
two were pat with tie steeragc passengers, down
on the reef at Koholaloa, perhaps, may be, 10 en-
sure their having the SMALLPOX. \ doctors ex-
pertinent. may be-
The facts with reference to the stecrasc Tasscn-
ser-, thei= being uninfected, &c, were known u
the President Of tie Bard Of Health, before the
orders were given to quarantine them. But We
must satisfy the sailing-Iacket party Poor
comfort that % give % the honest fellows that
tried o. save a few dyilars by coming A. -,ecagc
passengers They, many Of them looking t.
their daily labor for support, must be kept "a
tiently waiting. % crafty for-ooth the pr,judiccs
Of that terrible sailinS-packet party. And the
others were let ashore. because d. there would be
complaint that the eoun-e of trade was Oh
structci."
y more miserable example 81 utter uumanli-
ncs- AMI irc-Dlution can hardly be conceived Of.
And we arc called uTon t. remember tina; the
Bard of Health -erye without Iay, We believe
that services rcnLred should be paid for, hut no
true man would think Of pleading this a. . IalIi-
alton under the present circumstances.
We have another query here. Why have not
the Board II Health. long before this, taken a.
IRE measures % insure the vaccination 81 the
people out-iic Of IIDuDlulu? II WIS their duty.
two months ago, % have forwarded 10 the most
competent persons in each district tie best VIC
cine matter that could D. obtained. with dircc-
ti,ns A. To use Il j. the duty or the Govern
mcut, under ihc statute, 70 zee continually. every
Xxx months, that every person has been within q
reasonably safe period properly vaccinItci. (Sec
Civil Code, Sections 5O9-3lj) This has Hofbe.H
Now, NJ this h;c day. IN the GG-.vs and
Ar Ot0a, which IaIcrs have not more than one
third the circulation OfthC 4drarfiOer and hugLDG,
they issue requests and instructions with respect
to this important duty. We have no comments
to make. We know very well, however, what
the sentiment Of the country has been on this
Of those 10 whom this business has been
committee Ly Law. IL J., a. we said. a PECULIAR
ty If tie present Government, managed - IT j.
By a clique, al playing into each others hands, to
commit all kinds Of absurlitics. for far this and
,rouId Dc said, and ut tine came time 70 dis
what the true sense 81 the people demands
their iauI-.
u ia- been -aiI ila; quarantine regulations