The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-29
JUSIUs.
Annexation-No. 5.
Dof that lions hide,

~ AhfN AOb NboNf
And hang a calfskin on those recreant limbs"
Oh Junius EFT tn Brute7" Dost thou i'm
agine. that thou resemblesG either of the brother con-
spirators that caused Cesar to wrap himself in his
robe ut the base of Pompey's statue or dost thou
think thy pulling prose resembles the vigorous and
eloquent letters of the great unknown, who became
immortal under the shadow of a manner If the
former, thy cognomen is well assumed, for thou stab
ibest at the life of this nation. If the latter, the
shades of the many to whom the letters of Junius
were attributed should arise in ghostly phalanx and
pounce upon thee for detracting from their fair fame,
as the spook of Woodfall indites the for as
suminga false name. Think thou of the fate of the
frog that tried to swell himself out to the dimensions
of the OK, and with fear and trembling drop thy
aomme de plume! Sign myself Junior pirLdiS,
for verify thou art n sprig of juvenile ~verdaRcy.
Shouldst thou ever arrive at the years of discretion,
thou wilt mourn over the criminal absurdity of thy
vagaries, whilst Hawaiians, independent, prosperous
and happy. would stone thee for q false prophet if
they had not become the most enlightened and chari-
table people on earth. Thou art n bold youth in
deed, who pretendest to teach the King and his peo-
pie that the political death Of the nation is a panacea
for all the ills which fit before the Imagination Of
crOakers laboring under the same mental weakness
as thee, oh VIridis! A Codrus or a Decius might
sacrifice himself to save his country, but for q whole
nation to sacrifice itself for its own benefit, would be
like Paddy's frogs who committee suicide to save
themselves from slaughter.
There is no comparison between Mauritius and
these islands. A rapid glance at its history and pro-
gress and the causes of its prosperity may be of
benefit to Viridis.
Mauritius was discovered by the Portuguese in
1900, then wholly uninhabited, who called it Cerne.
The Dutch afterwards in 1898 took possession of it
and occupied it with a military post till l7l2. The
French found it abandoned in 1920 called it the
Isle of France, and Immediately transplanted a set
Element there from the contiguous Isle of Bourbon,
which for many years formed a kind of corps du
gdrde. In 1875, under the active genius Of La
Bourdonnais, the colony began rapidly to increase.
The culture Of sugar cane was introduced shortly
afterwards, but it remained in a languishing condi-
ton for years. The English took possession of it in
1910 and it was finally and definitely conceded to
them by the treaty of 1914, and under their flag it
has remained ever since.
Mauritius is $50 miles in circumference and con-
tains more than double the amount Of cane produc-
ing land than can be found on the whole of this
group. 1t is exceedingly fertile and, though noun
famous, can be cultivated to the mountain tops.
The climate is genial and they have seasonable rains.
They have no arid districts of IA and ciinkers, as
angular and undecomposed as the volcanoes in the
moon. 1t is the scene Of the story of Paul and Vir-
ginia, remarkably adapted to the capacity of Junior
Viridis. Prior to the statute Of 6 George 4th,
c. Ill S A, enacted in 1926, sugar and other pro-
ducts from Mauritius, were charged with the anne
duties as like articles from India. By that statute
their produce was placed on a par with that of the
West Indies. This caused the sugar plantations of
Mauritius to spring into new life. The emancipation
of the slaves, at first operated upon them as injuri-
ously, as it did in the West Indies. But this was
soon remedied. The contiguity of the Island Of
Mauritius to India and Madagascar, caused the i'm
migration of vast numbers of Hill coolies and other
laborers from India. and some also from Madagascar.
This immigration to so small a territory as Mauritius
was extraordinary.
Number Of immigrants in 1857, maies............. 1o7y O72
females ..-.....-..- 35l462
I42534
Number introduced In 1855, males Is.43S
" females @ Q63
" children. 3,72O
2s,Ils
Number In January. 1859, males ............... oI257
{" " 4" " females. 1O34
&" /" " " children .-.......... 500
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