The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-04-13

ter from this place, copied from the New
York HsraId OF March 9TH. We deem
the letter worthy Of comment, because it
i illustrative Of the style of mind which
directs and infuenees-or has directed
and infuenoed-tke articles Of what the
proprietor i pleased TO term the hide
pendent Pres Of this city. 1t shows their
T.ersistency in Misrepresentation; their
mode Of advertising their paper; and to
what extent ten dollars 1.-THE price Of the
letter. vii induce some men to 90. 1t
VII be seen that the author illustrates
via; the . bonded system is" by quoting
-.from articles which have lately appeared"
and then gives what be probably wrote
himself for the said Independent Press"
Il seems TO be their habit to write things
themselves. here, which have no partie-
ulzr connection or foundation; to write
the same 10 other papers, as quoted from
their paper; and then to requote them
a-ain a. the @opinions of the Press"
This / manufacturing public opinion with
= vengeance. The little quotation made
On the letter. from the " Independent
Press brings 70 mind a subject which
Ne did not allude TO at the time of Its
publication. namely, the authors def
milton Of serfdom.7 and likewise re-
minds rs. Of the historical view of the con-
dition Of the Hebrews in Egypt, which, it
VII be remembered, was in his opinion
thsi Of ehattel slaves. bought and sold,
individually, by their masters. This au-
thor saws serfdom" is a species OF
slavery brought TO pass by the contracting
Of debt, the debtor binding him or herself
% service by written contract until the
debt + Equidated" Other persons have
thought that serf Is one bound to work
on ; certain estate, and thus attached to
the sol and sold with ii !" the connection
between which kind of slavery and the
condition Of a man who agrees to work
certain time for a certain stipulated price,
which NAV, OF may not, be prepaid to him,
: only obvious to that intellect which can
give 10 the world the following import
ant legal statement as pertaining to this
country: After having worked his slip
ulzaed term. be finds himself more deeply
n debt 70 the plantation than he was at
the time Of contracting The consequence
Is. that be Is compelled TO reship,-OR,
USDER YoUR NAsrER AND SERVANT LAW,
70 90 TO PRIsoS." We would ike to see
this Publicist point to decisions of any
Court II this country by which any per
son ever went to prison" because he
xOald not re-engage, after bis contract
had expired But we all know that it is
necessary to make the letter piquant, and
that trzdoction and SANDER are always
more piquaut than truth and soberness-
and the ten dollars must be earned.
The editorial, at the top of the letter,
states that the believers in free labor
regard the system Of which they are the
champions as best calculated to develop
the resources of the islands, We have
often sid that there are none others here
than believers N free labor, or, at least,
there Is no man forced to labor except for
czine; bnt Il would be difficult TO show
thss Mr.. J. o. Carter, or Mr.. G. J. Lyons,
Who Justly regard themselves, and are
Justly regarded BY Others, as the spokes-
nen against the introduction of -Asiatics
VINO kaye contracted TO serve a stipulated
time for stipulated price, have ever
{ eh4mpioned- any & system" Their plan
5 % SAY that what everybody else does
OF szys Is wrong, without either by pre-
oept or experiment, indicating what is
right This Is illustrated by the letter
= The British officials have been blind upon
OCCASIONS Of which he says, enough
Is known here to prove it,"-yet he can
not prove II The old Missionaries are
wrong, and wiiifully 50, but the cause
Of their support Is found in the fact that
some are directly interested in plantations,