The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-06-01

all, thc meddling Of those whe know nothing Of The
subject. TWAS net always the case that laborers
contracted and he would rather see a man vorknRon
his own land but those who did nothing had better
contract and be made TO work. All were primarily
dspendsn. on the cultivation Of the soil. but. all
conld not dig for living all could not raise Kalo
but every one should do that work which win pay the
best. no matter what ii was as long as the produce
would being money, wherewith the nscsssariss Of life
could be purchased That which paid the best in this
country sugar. and It brought riches in and paid
the taxes.
grcatdealhadbe been said about the word e KauHa.'
but ii amounted to nothing This was hardly the
place to decide the Constitutionalty Of the law and
he sorry that It had been brought in to the dis
cussion. It had been said that we must do Justice
though tho heavens may faln Sc. We muss but prob
ably all do not have the des in regard to Justice
good deal Of friendly interest had been expressed
BY for the plantations but he was sorry to say
that be had not much faith in such expressions. A
good deal Of such interest had been expressed for the
Reciprocity Treaty. while all being done against
Il that could be the same might be said in regard
to some Of the friendly interest felt in the Govern
meut by certain parties. lie would most decidedly
vote in favor Of indefinite postponement
Mr.. Lyons said that calm consideration, Of this
subject next to impossible. on account Of the
great interests concerned But he sorry for some
Of the language used by his side. He objected to
some of the points that had been used by the other
side, for instance the subject Of annexation which
had been flung at him. tina. was about played out.
He began his active life among the people, surveying
their Kuleanas and from that time his interests had
been ndentcal with theirs aud the people knew il.
When the question of importing laborers from the
South Sea Islands during the last session Of the
Legislature, he uncertain how to act, there was
something that he did not understand bu, et to bs
wrong, and from that time till the present, he had
been considering and examining the matter. Last
fall when the labor meetings were called, he had re
ceived new Light and had seen that the whole mat
ter hinged upon system. In the United States,
not even the apprentice system allowed aud
in England steps had been taken to keep the Is
anders of the South Seas at home. It was all
on this ground, of the contract system. Why
was not this law placed upon the same basis as
any othert Why did these labor contracts require a
special law why must there be special provisions for
the control of this kind Of contraetG what did the
opposers of the present Bill know Of the workings Of
the law they not those who went with the peo-
pie, who were the most interested in them. 1t had
been said that the consideration of the present subject
was election dodge he denied that in toto, he was
well that this the popular side and had
not brought them honor When the slavery system
in tbs Northwest states done away with, this
very system was adopted with the negroes, of con-
tracing for long terms of years. but had been aban
doned account Of the of slavery that entered
into it. He spoke of contract that he had recently
seen, it was much the same thst spoken of by Mr.
Thompson. where the was sentenced repeatedly
by the Judge to new work and imprisonment Ii bad
been said that this side asleep, now they were
awake and it was the other side that slept and he
called upon them to awake. He spoke Of the differ
cnce between the West India Islands and the United
States In Cuba and the other Islands the same law
was in force here, and all knew how the country
was in rotten condition, whilst in the Southern
States they were beginning to grow.
On motion, the Committee rose asking permission
to sit on Wednesday. Reported progress. Report
approved, and the House adjourned.