The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-06-08

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q inalienable rights of man." therefore man had
rot right to contract to do certain labor, for a
certain limited time, and reasonable wage, to which
he might agree. So likewise, the gravest wisest sin
cerest and oldest friends of this people and are
in favor of this law-I the Missionaries. At
the time Of its enactment the native accustomed
| to work few days whenever he wanted any parteu-
I lar thing-and that want being satisfied, he would
leave his work. 1t necessary to bring the native
to habits of persistent and continuous labor; and
this law has been equally advantageous to the en-
ployer and employed, by giving to the first surety
for his labor and the second, certainty in his
ployment and remuneration. Their foresight saw
that such law would be good, and their experience
still upholds it. You can put all this experience
against newcomers, and those who willing to
make trade of mock philanthropy and let the weight
of authority fall where it will.
1t is interesting to me to hear these destinations
against slavery, touching matter that has nothing
| in common with slavery-from the gentlemen who are
pleased to furnish with such declamations hold
| in nv hand an extract from letter from gentle
man whose adherence IF slavery long antedates
theirs; who, more than twenty-five years ago, sep
arated himself from the Mission Boards employ be-
cause they accepted contributions from slave-Owners
mean the Rev. J. S. Green of Makawao. He says ::
Scarcely anything seems to flourish among ex-
cepting sugar-cane But for this the native popula
ton would scarcely make living of it. The planta
ton hands well fed, and better clothed and housed
than their friends and neighbors who are not thus
employed. In consequence, fewer of them have been
sick during the last fifteen months and of those who
have been sick, fewer have died because they have
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ployment to not few of the people. Besides those
who are employed by the year, the month, or the
day, many engaged in teaming, drawing wood, or
blowing the land for another crop. By these means
not little money is circulated among the people ;
and this helps them to obtain comforts for their
families
At the time of the passage of this law, in 1850,
entire exports amounted to S536,522 and imports
for that year ST. O35,O5S.7O Perhaps you want
to know, Mr.. Chairman--perhaps some gentleman Of
this House, who here at the time,-wants to
know how this large difference supplemented 1t
sometimes makes wonder whether / am asleep or
awake, to hear gentlemen, who know, ought to
know that the seeds of the decrease of this nation
were planted and before that time, prating about
existing causes of decrease Perhaps, ia their zeal
for the good old time, they would like to the
women hocking to Hilo Lahaina and Honolulu in the
fall season, to obtain money by such all
know. 1t was at this time, 1850 thereabout,)
that as phlanthropic as those who ad-
yOcate the repeal of this law started agricultural
enterprises in the country, with the idea of beneftng
alike themselves and the people Themselves they
have benefited but the people, they most surely
have and in 1862 exports had risen s. ,0O0
and inasmuch sugar sold at profit the invoice
valuation, the real receipts $4,000 900, of
which sugar formed greatly than half-eyery
dollar of which distributed among the mechanics
and laborers of this country. Let take journey,
in Imagination, to Waikiki in 1850, and for mauy
years later. Then few cattle ranged over hill and
plan, and the VIII lie interest of the few people
there, was centered in catching lassoing a
bullock. Now it is of the richest districts of the
Islands. The people are happy and prosperous. In
the district of Kohala, represented by Mr.. Lyons,)
where formerly few, and a very few cattle ranged
and those cattle almost worthless over half a
million of dollars has been disbursed by planta
ton, and land that was formerly worth some incon-
siderable sum per acre, has come to be valued at
many dollars. veteran Missionary having come
to the conclusion that it useless to preach to
idle people, solicited his friends TO establish
there plantation which, though it has not enriched
the proprietors, has certainly added to the comfort
and civilization of the people This business has
built your roads, aud maintains your Government;
erected yonder wharves, and given the means of
communication with other lands and even between
the Islands, by afording cargoes for both steam and
sailing packets. 1t has built your school-houses
and paid your teachers and clothed your wives and
children. 1t has been the lfe-blood of the nation
And this is the business that they wish to destroy
that they acknowledge themselves willing to par
alyze, for fanciiul ideas of refined construc
ton of words.
l can not but adopt the idea expressed by Mr.. /
Bishop, in his address to the House, which / will |
take the liberty of forming into my own words. /
When l see some men, by letters and otherwise,
urging that it is advisable to make the planters I
poor, and that by 50 doing, the people would be-
come disconnected and ready to subvert the Govern
ment of the Country; and when hear the mover of /
this Bill saying this floor that he is in favor of
Republican Government, and intends to favor all 4
measures that seem TO tend that way, must say |
that there is a singular coincidence, and though at
the same time that they urge this measure, they |
profess the greatest regard for the sugar interest,"
and the greatest desire to aid it, must use Mr..
Bishops words, and say that am constrained TO
distrust them," and if there are any who do not
entertain the views which these gentlemen express,
and yet advocate the repeal of this law, they are
certainly found in very bad company. Mr.. Lyons:
/ rise, because the remarks attributed to are
untrue Mr. Harris l have spoken no names, but
if the member for Kohala considers my remarks as
applied TO him, the House must Judge between US
to the TRUTH for all spoken in presence of the
House.
Bullet us return TO the Constitutional argument of
my Colleague. The words 10 which the clause in
question was given to the Hawaiian are: " o ka
noho hoopilikia ole ia mai" These words, prob
ably, would not assist the Massachusetts Judge in
arriving at idea of what is the meaning of the
Constitution. He could not read them if he had
them before him; but they the only words
which most ofyou regard The translation of them,
Mr.. Chairman is, "a right to live without molesta-
tion," and challenge any one, except the member
from Kohala to say that this is not exact literal
translation; and from this expression my friend and
Colleague deduces the idea that it is forbidden to
man to make a bargain TO do a certain work for a
certain limited time, for agreed wage. And since
we appealing to authority / will quote, in op-
position to his opinion of what constitutes the nat
ura and inalienable rights of man. an extract from
quite distinguished writer in the North American
Revier:
"Another modification of natural rights of an in