The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-02-10

RUE puo4lsuets ~ Tue Uft-citc Lana " "s.1-
I sth. 1859. which reads as follows:
Il. On the arrival Of any vessel at any
port Of this Kiaglen. from port known 10
% Be infected with the smallpox. though no
ease Of smallpox may have occurred on board
during the voyage. Meth passengers nor
crew shall be allowed t. Ia rile-s period
I % fifteen DAYS shall have risssed from the
tine Of her sailing"
From this, it IS quite evident that the
Board bad no intention of qaarantining
I vessel on her arrival AT this port. under the
conditions set forth-that is to say, having
DO case Of smallpox on board The pas
+ sengers and crew are ordered to be deiain-
ed and wbys IL order that they may be
under supervision for the period OF time
which has been considered the limit OF de-
velopmeut of the poison OF smallpox
No doubt. it IS disagFeeable thing. TO
be detained 4 prisoner. 50 TO speak; but
Z the public health must have precedence
over all other conscientious. 1t will,
I therefore, be seen that the remarks Of A
( Passenger. TO this effect: If the Board Of
Health. OF the Port of Honolulu, think
that they have really quaraniined the Ida
/ 10. we forgive them. are not pertinent
the Board never having bad the most dis
tAnt idea Of so doing. is it the desire OF
the Board 10 destroy the passenger traffic
Of the steamers RI AdrsrtiSer. Feb g.
+ Well. no: il does not desire TO do 50. but
we believe such to have been the desire Of
the writer here quoted. and some Of his
friends; we may say more-they desired
TO destroy the steamer traffic altogether.
The petition of the committee. appoint
+ ed NJ the first meeting at kawlishaO. TO
the King. says The recent action Of the
I Board of Health. in permitting the entry,
into this port, of the steamer Idaho, on
Monday last. the 2lst inst, with an un-
doubted case of smallpox on board. etc,
etc. were proceedings on the part Of The
Board of Health. calculated seriously 20
! endanger the health of Your Majesty's
subjects Adrertisev, Jan. ,. What
would have been the condition of the pas
senger traffic. or any other traffic, carried
on By those vessels. had the wishes OF that
meeting been carried out by the Board {?
Clearly. the result would have been dis
astrous loss TO both owners and shippers
of freight by her. Now. We say. the
motives which act1ated the movers in
this matter. vas not regard for the health
of the People, bat hostility to the steam
ers themselves. on account Of the selection
Of the Agents, by the Company in san
Francisco, and We think We are justified
in saying this. by the remark in the 4drei--
ttSsr Of Jan. 9Th: Bot the Board Of
Health must satisfy the Public, and SO sac
rifce the steerage passengers on the altar
Of Quarantine; Captain Floyd. saying to
them in excuse. that the strong sailing
packet interest on shore demanded that
something should be doue Really, the
Board felt that pablo opinion demanded
more care than had been taken. and that
some show of caution must be kept up"
We say that 10 such expression was ever
used by any one. Mr.. Rockwell writing
and evidently using the above passage,
says in long letter Of the 18th inst. in
the Adrsrtiss1-, of that date: The Cap
tain said to steenge passenger that he
had been all day trying to effect the reno
val of the Quarantine. bu: that the sailing
interest, working against that of the
steamer, was too strong for it" We have
the authority of Captain Floyd for deny
ing the above assertions. but their publiea-
ton shows the aaimus of the party from
whom they emanated
There have been so many falsehOods
published on the subject, that We might
take up several columns in mere denial,
not to say refutation. We propose how
ever to point out two for which not the
slightest foundation exist DIR. Hutch
ison states that the Quarantine was chief
" on account Of the Chinese on board"
fSee Mr. Roekxell's letter. AdreT4issr.
Jan 10. and again. see AdrsT1issr. Janu-
AIRY Both in a minor Editorial. DR.. Hut
Gibson. President of the Board Of Health
and DIR. Bufan, when the case Of a nat
i've Of Guam, resident of Noaaalua. Who
had called on DR.. McEibbin Jun, CON-
planning Of pains in the back and head al
ternating with cbilIs and fever, was first
presented to them, declared to be Vario-
loid-" Now. On the authority Of DR.. Hutch
isOn, Ee assert that he never has given oe-
easion, in the smallest degree, for either
of the two misstatements.
Bat it appears in reviewing this matter,
that if man is confined, then a wrong
has been done: If one is allowed to 90 at 1
large. then a wrong has been done if pas
sengers are required to stay on board the 1
ship, so that they may be under supervise
on, 10 case that symptoms of disease should 1
develope themselves. great wrong has
been done to them and to their families
and if they are allowed to come on shore