The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-11-17

ada to. o. found a reputation for their adj
vOcacy Of haman rights BY heApiug SIAN
derous epithess On the persons whose duty
Il was 10 carry ont the views Of the Legs
la,nre. or on those employed to carry them
cut, sre nov quito earnest in their con-
mendAtiOns Of such schemes. only reserv-
Ing. as $ slight covering 10 their shameless
ness. and fron srnong their whole stock Of
wrong that WAS 10 be done Oh, NE like
70 have then hooGght here. but without
contracts. thS; is TO say, turned ashore on
the beach to shift Cor themselves, without
any assurance that they viii have support
or remuneration. Blu, they say. .'oh, some
body would employ them Yet, there
have been advertised by the Board, for
some weeks, nine men aad eleven women.
Of the passengers per Assa'.s'aI, having
with them eight children. Ssi not one Of
these phihntrOpsts q has offered 10 fai
them o, any number Of them employment;
and ii IS hardly improper TO Say, that Of all
;he men who spoke al the late meeting
Sg&inst the employment oC Chinese. no;
one Of them is Sufficiently interested in
the industrial enterprises Of the country
to emnley two men, much less any COZ
siderable number. if Mr. Whitney be ex-
cspsei, who, IS pablisher, employs quite
uumber, ba; has little or no occasion for
ride labor. Even this pretended favoviug
Of he ManAhikis, IS 50 much preferable to
Chinese. is : mere sham; and they take
god care 70 e1ssculSte their resolution in
this respect aud it is to be inferred that
they did 50 parposely, to prevent, IS far as
IN ten lay, the introduction Of &ny labor
ing element Their Resolution, originally
vas IS follows:
& RsSs1ssi, That we DO approve Of the
appropriation Of governmental funds t. the
assistance Of Pacific Islanders who come
he-c free q contract,
and Was amended. by adding provided they
become permanent settlers" and IN that
facn was passed. Who Is going 10 know
whether they viii become permanent
seiilerss- When IS the money to be
Siv&aced. - before or after tbey start :
Who is to pay the passages If the public
treasury. when IS it 10 be dOne.-befOre or
after they announce their intention Of being
permanent seitierss- If payment s to be
made SAer the expression Of such deter
niaatioa o. their part, is the ship-Owner
to play pbilAnthrOpist, and wait for his pay
I'LL they have made Up their minds! II their
passages are to be paid On their arrival. or
even 70 some extent before the starting Of
the ship to bring them, then how do the
gentlemen composing this meeting propose
70 get b@ck the money, when the immi-
grant shall conclude 10 50 back to bis
country, or to go from here TO some other?
Mr.. Caspian hit the matter exaetly IS
far IS any who were voting for the Res
buttons were concerned. other than those
whose simple desire it is to excite s
little eommo.io1. no matter at what risk.
for the purpose Of making themselves Of
some little fzneiei Consequence. His AZ
gameEt shows that the difficulty in bis
mind. is not II the question, Of contract or
no contract, bat it Is the fear tb@t the Chi
nam2u vii learn the Cooper's tr2de.-eone
into competition with himself.-aud this
consideration controlled every man vOt-
Ing With Mr.. C@pl2n, except very few
who merely talked to create disSztis
faction, FOX their oEn petty ends Hence
the rebuke Of NJ. Hughes. TO the effect
that any mechanic who could not con-
pete With Chin2man. ought to fail. Aud
this L, or oaght TO Be, the feeling Of
every m4n who Is able 10 read and
get the ideas which are being developed
regarding his trade. and abOr-saving
ll-Cl4lc>- A-AS - " SAl--- ~ A--
idea Of eves! nan who Is capable Of
speaking aaently, and uDdsrstandiDgiy, the
language in which the business Of the
country Is carried on This Is. and should
Be, the idea Of every man who believes
that the intelligence Of his head can aid
the industry Of his hands. and improve the
skill Of them, ss vel as control and OBJ
tain profit from the iDdastry of less ed
uczied. OF less experienced, or less astute
men L It not true. then. that any man
Who fears the competition Of Chinaman,
-zad that Chinaman one whom they
ch2rzcteriIe By the EPITHETs derived from
the COAsT Dictionary, edited BY men who
have such symPatbies and predictions as
to induce them, IN New York, to hang
negro TO the lmp-pOst. because he vas
black. and eoaId compete With the glOrioos
white skin in the labor market-aDd vas
volunteering 10 strike bl0= in defence Of
his country and for the freedom Of bis
rzce-iniicztes by that fear. that he Is not
50 high in the scale Of civilization, in his
own opinion, IS the Chinsm2n.