The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-21

rived FROM the Malay; but the Hawaiian has little or
no relationship to Malay proper. The Maiays are
mOderns in Malaysia. You must look 10 the kaui.
the dead tongue Of Java; and to the Sundese, limo
rcse and Moluccans. for the sources Of Hawaiian.
Tahitian aud Maori languages. | believe that We
ahall tnd the root OF every genuine Hawaiian word;
not IN modern Malay, hut In some ancient or recon-
dite tongue Of the great archipelago.
Let Us notice a few examples in support Of this
belief hni. the sea. Is iaat in Malay; not much
alike; bu; ia the MoluoeaS. il is kahi. and ekai in
the Sandese tongue Again. manu-, a bird, docs not
resemble the Malay burning. bat the Javan word MA
nuca, Is almost the same. kanaka, man. Is orang i'm
Malay. but tamata in the MolAccss; and the Malay
~perampuan for woman is bini. finch. and wewins in
the olden tongues-so much like our Wahine. But l
need not cite more instances to show that the rclA-
nonship Of the HaHaiisa with the Malay Is slight
and remote; but close and intimate with the Molne-
cans and the ancient people OF Java I hope we shall
soon have an able illustration of this subject from
the pen Of Judge Fernandez.
Ii a native Of Java. or Of Timor, Bali, or SUM-
bawa, or Of Celebes. Ternate, or Waigiou, y should
walk the streets Of Honolulu IN our costume, he
would not be noticeable as being any other than one
Of our own kanakas. OF course you could not say
that Of n Japanese or Indian. or any other Of the
brown races 1 have heard DIR. iIillebrand say, who
visited Java, that Jayans would be undstinguishablc
amongst our native people. Now Il such an identity
Of race exists, rs l believe 10 be the case. then here
we have the stock 70 revivify and infase fresh blood
into our scrofulous, decaying race because ~ AL
breeders know, we must restore and improve decay
ing stocks with q kindred, and not with n too vio-
lent cross Of breed.
have advocated, and do advocate the immigration
Of Japanese; but only in order TO meet the immediate
needs Of labor on plantations. The japanese might
assimilate with the Hawaiian; but IL Is pretty certain
that we viii have to bargain 20 carry back all that We
may bring here; and then where is our hope Of in
crease Of population We must not look for IL In tie
Chinese race. 1t Is well 10 have a few. II IL well 10
have merchants, mechanics, and cooks; but let the
Chinese once have a numerical majority in this weak
country, and you will have turbulence and massacre
as surely as they have happened in Batavia. in Sing
apOre. in Siam. in Australia. in the PHILIPPINES, In
BorneO, and especially in the little principally Of the
celebrated Rajah Brooke.
At present, Japan offers a fne opportunity: be-
cause there is a populous and we'll organised empire
that is favorably disposed TO spare us temporarily q
number Of people; and don't neglect that opportuni-
~. But IL you have any hope in the preservation Of
this Kingdom as an independent Polynesian State,
then look 10 Malaysia There is a great population
of thirty millions; although IL is true they are %
conditioned, that they seem almost inaccessible to us.
There is the Sovereignty Of the Netherlands In India
that declines to permit any emigration OF the people
under its control; and the petty independent princes
of Malaysia might be difficult 10 treat with; but for
all that, l say there Is q hope for Hawaii In those
vast and populous islands; and II il were followed by
proper effort, the civilized world would look with In
terest upon our endeavor to mingle kindred rnces
together TO build up n weak and struggling State;
and to test a most interesting experiment Of tropical
civilization.
What shall we know, or what shall do we without
effort when the far-Seetng and tlluStrious hanies
urged upon the attention Of the British Government
the importance and need Of establishing n British
emporium somewhere in the Straits Of Malacca, and
pointed out the Island Of Singapore ms the most Gt-
ting locality, his importantly was not needed; and he
lost for a time his position in consequence OF his i'm
pertinence as n subject in endeavoring 20 ~enlighten
an Omniscient government. He was treated as an
enthusiast and n visionary. 1t was said. what shall
we do with u barren island, with only eleven fisher
mems huts upon itf Where shall we find people TO
meet oil the needs Of commerce and of q naval depot
at such a pointf But for all this, the great Rafies
who had n burthen on his soul, like a prophet Of old.
was not to be silenocd. lie agitated. be wrote, he
talked, and said entreatingly: III you will only
anchor a ship of war in the Straits and make the
British flag a rallying point for the vast native com
merce of Malaysia, you may do something towards
repairing the sad and grieyous blunder Of. giving
away the richly teeming Java. At last he found q
listener and a sympathizer, who had position and
power, Lord Mimic; who said, let Rallies try his ex-
pertinent. In 1920, about the time of the arrival Of
the American mission in these islands. did Rafles
with a few emigrating Malays Influenced by his en-
thusiasm, lay the foundation Of his settlement on the
Island Of Singapore. In the first three years, he saw
about 10000 people gathered to his colony from the
surrounding islands; and now after a lapse OF fifty
years, about 200,0 o souls are settled on the Island,
and the great emporium Of Singapore will render IL
lustrious for ages. like Alexandria has Alexander,
the name of the great and good Sir Thomas Stamford
Rafles.
Now shall VIC despair where there is a greater need
of effort. Our necessity is not to establish a port or
emporium, but to save the life OF our infant state.
We have declined from some hundreds OF thousands
to about fifty thousand. We have not enough people
to sustain the proper diplomacy Of a State, unless we
are served gratuitously; and need we be always O
dependent Kingdom-I say no; we have the basis fora
rich and noble State. Our towering, flaming noun
tains, and our seat on the great surging ocean should
inspire us to action. We have room for millions.
Our difficulties will disappear with the increase OF
labOring hands. If the guests that We may desire
will not come, We must 20 out into the highways OF
the world and bring in the poor and suffering that
have no friends. Every rude hand that comes and
stays will be q pillar of the State; and those are the
pillars of which a statesman may be proud. Our en-
deavor. | say, will interest the best thinkers OF the
world, in striving to save n declining people. The
persisted in the Canaries, and the Caribs
in Cubs; and 80 may the kanakas in Hawaii; but If
we who "move in the foremost files Of time,''
shall with love, and skill, and power, bring diverted
streams to their ancient channels, we shall behold n
overflow of souls in these isles; and our
will be blessed as the saviors Of q race, and as
up-builders of a proud and enduring State.