The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-03-17

-Aaoug the items appropriated : TIE
sru q $50 900 10 procure Immigrants. for
Which objecs BIZ has ben passed. Tbs
sum Was voted with the distinct under
standing that il was 70 encourage the I'M
migration q uizrriei s. aceonpAn-
led xith their families. vh.' re wiling 70
Contract 10 lzbor for term Of years. and
after that 70 make these Islands their
hone II this system can Be carried oct
Of oStziniax lahorers accompanied ,et;h
tssf- urfreS. and Il fo2nd 70 NOyk vel. Il
nav pruvs 70 Be the tRr1iDg pelRt N the
decrease Of our population
1t matters cot from where these imni-
grants eoue-frou Japan. Sweden the
/ Azores. MieroneSia. Or any other folEne-
san lsisnds-ths idea i 70 Introduce rlrgg-
lis. that vii insure Al iacsrslESS Of habor-
s-s and population. We fruiy believe
that. with proper Efforts. ten thoussnd in
Migrants can Be scared during the next
ira wears. All that Is needed are means
and sneryv on the part Of this Govern
ulent. TIE means have been literally
provided by the legislature let the Gov
eminent nov &C. II the sane spirit. Snd
CARY o.. with determination the vii Of
the people
Now. in conformity TO the = VII OF the
people, IS expressed BY the Legislature,
the Government chartered and despatched
the lfs4naloa TO the soathern Islands Of
this ocean. for the perpose-as the iuStruc-
tons 10 the capsain and agent Of the Gov
ernueut show-of encouraging the in
migration Of married aborers. SeeOnpsn-
led with their families, who are wiling 10
eoutract TO labor for 4 tern Of years. and
after that make these Islands their hone-~
Fron the qaotatiOc above. one would sup
pose that this step Of the Government
would have net with the approval and
moral support Of the = Independent press
but such hiss not been the case The oc-
easiou has been taken sdyantsge Of. not
only 70 uliS-epreSeut the objects Of the
expedition. but 70 assah the whole labor
system Of this Kingdom, giving, by lis
misrepresentation. the impression to the
world that system Of labor exists, in this
Kingdom, which Is characterized BY all
the evils Of forced labor systems. under
the most arbitrary and oppressive eondi-
tons. Were Ee to look further back in
the columns Of the independent press
we would find that although-Ss In every
thing elss-it hAs been opposed to the
Government measures for the Introduction
Of hbor from abroad. it Is only recently
that 1t hss taken the high moral stand
which II now assumes 70 Oeeupy- When
few years sgo. the Goyerument-as in
the present instxucs-in Seeoriancs with
AZ act passed by the Legislature. des-
patched sn agent 10 ChiEa 10 procure
Chinese labocers, 70 be introduced into
the couutry under the auspices and spe-
eial protection Of the Government, thus
securing to then the guarantee Of the
faith Of the Government. that they should
be honorably dealt with ard not placed Al
the mercy Of any companies or individu-
as. the Commercial 4drsrfiSsr was most
bitter IN denouncing the measure, and was
alike unsparing in its criticisms upon the
Government and upon the gentleman who
acted IS the agent Of the Government.-
Tie high moral aspect Of the question,
however, had not, at that time, presented
Itself to the minds Of the writers Of that
Journal They simply saw that the eoan-
tn vas about to Be ovsrruE by the pratt
cal ofscouriDzS Of Asiatie civilization.
Anarchy and confusion we're sure to fol-
low, and they saw In their fsrvid imaginA-
tons, commerce fleeing from or deToted
shores, and agriculture pining under the
blighting inference Of irtraetable and IN
c0arolIAble eooIe labor. They sighed for
the innocent and traetable NicrOnesian,
for the poor Islander, starving on his mar
row coral reef, longing for the tine when
his civilized kindred Of Hawaii should
come to relieve him, BY taking hin to
their homes and making him part Of that
people who we're destined TO perpet1ats
the PolyneSizn races, in the happy King
dom Of Hawai- They saw in their scheme
for the introduction Of the Polynesians Of
the southern Islands, the Only means Of
checking the decrease Of their people, and
cursed the bind and stupid policy which
attempted TO corrupt and eontauiinAte the
innocent Hawaiian, BY the introduction Of
the ofcasts7 Of Asa Among the
greatest of the dangers. they deprecated
in the introduction Of Chinese hborers,
vas that, at the time when their terms Of
lzbor should expire, they would be let
loose 10 oFerun tie eoontry, resOrting to
robbery and plumber for = HTehhood,
rather than to honest labor The change
n these heightened and sentimental peo-
pie Is to say the least. sonezh4t amusing.
The Chinese hborers have been intro
duced. and. With fes exceptions. they have
been found TO Be tractzhle and valuable
A5orers- Without them one-haIf Of the
productions Of the country must cease
Yet, although half the tine for which
these people agreed to kbOs has not e1-