The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-07-02

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undertaking tssir n,anagsEsat. Or iOse&Seeey Of
capital 70 larry establish them. have sun beeO
a,teodsd wiIh certain amount Of S0ooeSs, SO@e
are now paying Ihess 0WDers baodsOuly Others
are in fAis var Of dong 50. and NE kuOS that
oe~ plantations are in the iaeipient state, both
% 0ahe and Hawaii,
We see that our people, although they are, ua-
happily. nos 50 naneroGs as 10 ZINES gO0e oy, are
sin %, 20 fsu bat that nenoers can BE- found to
suabarS ia rev ensespsisss- ('sby, II Is b, a
Es~ days ago that eighty aborers we're taken To
the seAeoaes {, N. Ward 70 work at the Gaano
Islands, And are they worse clad. worSe led,
~ ~oeSs lodged COW than in the god ola times
I Have they lssS mOeey 10 their locketS, % feSey
chsncss Of gsiDiaz IL Are they les Intelligent
and les able 10 DO battle Tor exiS,eres now. Or
to appreciate the civilization that Is forcns Ihem
% Are they les h~,sb,diag now than then :
Is lie or property 90 these lSlands more Insecure
than II used TO BE- On the contrary, IS act
every Ha~siis1 who chooses to work. and vii
i've economically. = thousand times better Of
nos than twenty wears ago; The departure Of
The whaling feet. If uufnrt1nsts for the foceigu-
ers Who sre 6ouiicIed here. : hot % for the
natives. "a the contrary. / take it TO BE- bless
ing: tor if the Wbalsrs braaght money to yonr
doors they also broagb, death in the woeS. fora
Il mean BY The vice that accompanied and was
praeliced by many of these mea. II yO1 have
lost the benefit eoUf-sred by the expenditure of
their earnings amOog yea, you escape tue demon
zizatiou caused by the periodical iniax into yOlr
ports Of 50 many men whose only Idea while they
remained vas 10 amGSe themselves. regardless Of
the con>eq 1snces to you It the cessation of
their visits has len yoG poor II has also lett you
i better chance to preserve your existence The
yogng Of both sexes are now. thanks to many
good and self-denying foreigners infinitely better
cared for than formerly, and the last census
proved BY some Of its details that HA~aii had
good reason to hope for the preservation OF her
children. aud the repeOpEug or her Islands. 50
uay It be!
Is there. in fact, any reason, as Cir as aa-
wailaus are concerned. Why remission Of datieS
on sugar in the markets Of the United States
should be Purchased at such cost As a ceS>ivn
Of national ,s-ritoryt l think not. and il yUu
are not too tired 10 listen to me will give yOs
MS reasons. Although such remission Of duties
EJ1ld be very pleasant Tor those gentlemen who
have capital Invested 10 plantations although it
would materially add to their iueOue<, ami give
them the opportunity Of expanding their opera
lions and adding 10 their estates. no Que has yet
undertaken to show that such remission Is
necessary. will not say to their existence. but
10 their great prosperity. We know that some
OF our plantations are erniueu,ly prosperous. aud
If some. Why DOT allI Our sugar planters are
not II a worse position than those of other eoun-
tries bat even If they we're, they would be 50 by
their Oxu acts. and 10 The prosecution Of their
own interests; they did not plant sugar cane to
benefit Hawaii bot themselves. then would Ia be
right. wvald It be jg,t-oH the contrary. would 1t
not be uoustrous, would it not be wicked, TO
sacrifice The political. aye and the physical Hfe
az sell. Of this people numbering some lily
thousand sous, to 6t the pockets. or ease the
circumstances Of some City injividuals2 for that
l. what 1t would amount 10. The sugar planters
are undoubtedly Of great service to the country;
they are enterprisiug. industrious 10 some cases,
perhaps. overJasked. men; they deserve every
consideration Al the hands Of the rsst Of the com
mg0rry, bat the life Of the land would be too
high a prlee 10 pay, even Tor their comfort.
Do you understand, have yo1 considered what
this cssstOu Of Pearl River means. that Is can
vsrSsed 80 giiuly ard openly. and Is advocated by
both the fvrei2n papers Of HOuolglu. one uf them
being the Government paper. and ITS editor
member Of be Kings Privy Coaucii Il means
this RePublic within Kingdom Govern
msut SIthla aud independent OF another. With
separate AEs, institutions. Customs and interests
which must be conflicting. with certain death aud
extinction for the weaker Of the two bot acces-
sion oi territory and power Tor the stronger; II
means trouble. continual and uuesa>ing. from the
time the ceS>iOn L made. EIth -di>p0>SeSSiOu vt
lands, breaking up OF domestic ties. denial Of
legitimate sovereignty. AMI gradual but certain
i-aOra!Iz4rioo Ut the weaker party until At the
Convenience Of the stronger. the 6uai blow Is
struck aud the independents Vi the country for
ever g11e. PaulOz given up. yOa could DO more
prevent this lrOm happening than yoa yoald pre-
veHt tue destruction Of 4 stranded ship by The
breakers of the Uce4n- Or the universal rum that
would tOli0G the thruss VI q great earthquake.
DO not Imagine that IN saying tins. ! am Iudi
rectly ImpeaciIug the houUr or integrity 1t the
Government OF tie UHitei S>ates. Ga the con-
trary, | am persuaded that everything Woaid be
thtI possibly cugld be done by that power 10
protect you % yuur res and unhappy state TIE
evis VOC would sUI-r would not ND. cted BY
the Government uf the United States. but would
f1IloS a. natural Consequence the commission
Uf = fatal mistake
Ia order that yVu may understand that | have
not uyeriraxu aha; must inevitably happen upon
The ces>iou Ut any part uf oar territory. let
cite les examples at the consequences Of a Ike
cessiun ia other countries. aHd what bis been The
IugarIabe result. tor history alEsys rpeIls Itself
W. need not travel further than The Islands Of
Nsa Zealan.i aud i u>g.aIIl. 4 crHJuFy az. a.
TAR a. W kHoE. The foot Of foreigner bad never
pressed these lauds but the iiae eas5e, aud with
II the men To EhDm lands E=re cesied N immense
tracts by their original OEHers EIth the prUprie-
tssrshIp VI the lands went the sovereignty after
6erue struggie> and Gar-. SINE Of Which only
lust fHisbeg. s1d nos see b0gh these cliun ri-s
ruled by the fJFriguer aloHe- IL mast be burue
IN mind. htiEeser. that 10 bath these cases when
the Sovereignty changed hands. the settlers
ogtnEmbered the original inhabitants here, On
the other hand. The natives Of the sJIi Humb-r as
abogJ t=enty 70 one u these Of foreign bLad;
beside. here sc have regular gOs erHment. there
there AS R0ue-
Lei nov take glance Al the history 81 Ameri-
ca Itself Ia Tie early parT q The ~fIfeeuf century,
shortly arr is discovery By C'slGmbus, the Whule