The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-07-26

them As in the growing tree, the countless branches
and leaves derive all their life and besuty from the
healthfnl and vigorous trunk, 70 20 the Hawaiian
people and government are the sugar interests. Let
them be neglected. or die. and We shall feel more
keenly the consequent distress than did the Lanca-
shire people in the cotton famine, produced by the
great American rebellion, to relieve which, eontribu-
tons flowed in from thousands Of Americans as we'll
rs Brltons- 80 must it ever be when the sustaining
industry Of any country, or any place is crippled. or
languishes, or fails, and distress viii be proportional
to the Importance to the country Of the crippled in.
dastry. With US, sugar forms four-Gnhs Of the
whole, and any injury TO il. or any benefit to Il will
injure, or benefit the NATION, in just the same pro-
portion. Reasoning men will understand this, but
many here, and elsewhere, not accustomed 10 reason.
ing. or considering the relations Of cause and effect,
and not having considered this question, do not un-
deTstand, or appreciate it; and not doing so, feel that
reciprocity will only benefit a few. aud whether We
get 1t. or not, it will make little difference TO then
personally; and hence when a gentleman in whose
wisdom the people have learned 10 eonhde, tells them
50, and magnihes any possible evils which a given
cause may. in his opinion, lead TO. he enlists them
in efforts 70 destroy their own prosperity. whilst
they think they are laboring only TO prevent a great
calamity. As TO the right, or wrong Of cession, |
agree entirely with "ReciprOcity.' II is right 10
cede if the good Of the country demands 1t, and it is
wrong not TO do it, II is the business Of those TO
whom the people have conhded their interests to look
out for them. and they ought to make those interests
their study. If they do so. they will be better Judges
of what is required, than those who have no, done so,
and intelligent men who do understand, should
sustain them. As to any peculiar sacredness being
Il attached tO the SoVaraiCnfv NJ forrfforv that n pnuaf
not be alienated when the good of the people
demands it, l do not believe il. France had just as
good a right to sell the sovereignty Of Louisiana,
Spain of Florida, Denmark of St. Thomas. Russia
of Alaska to the United States, and Holland of some
of her East India possessions to Great Britain, and
the latter TO give up. or surrender that Of the Ionian
Isles, y The people aeere teiiiing, as a merchant 10
sell his goods, or a man his farm. | know that the
lonian Islands were called n protectorate, but for
fifty years Great Britain has appointed their ruler.
and he appoints the President and Secretary Of their
Senate, and eleven out Of forty Of the members OF
the lower House; has an absolute veto on ali their
proceedings, with powers Of propagation at pleasure.
a garrison of 1000, and four native regiments beside
two ships of war, always at command. So I have
called it a British dependency, Us il was in fact. The
papers say that Great Britain has given il up. She
has often accepted cessions, as she had the right TO do.
as well as recognizing by the act the right Of those
who made them to do so. More than thirty sovereign
German States have formed a single federated empire.
In these cases the acting powers have made such
changes because they believed them to be for the best
interest of all concerned. SO this government, |
believe. ought to cede n naval station TO the United
States for reciprocity, Gf they cannot get it withOut)
for the best interest Of epery Hdpaiian, as much so
as for mine. If he tcill use his opportunity by the
increased motive to industry which will be placed
before him, it will be more for his interest than it is
for mine. If neither he nor ! use our opportunities,
we shall not be benefited. all who do 30 will, and
the benefits to government will be in proportion,
Prosperity to the Manchester manufacturers is pros
perity to Manchester, and disaster TO them is disaster
to thousands beside. Reciprocity will increase the
incentive to industry 10 every man in the Kingdom.
1t will open a wider door to pecuniary success, and
will the door not be open to all alikel IL is not sup
possible that all will be alike successful, any more here
than elsewhere, but as the Hawaiian needs from his
actual physical condition, n greater incentive 20 in
dustry than the European, by so much more does
anything that supplies that incentive tend 10 his
benefit. Industry is favorable to virtue and temper
ance, and anything which increases the motives 10
| industry is a blessing 10 those to be influenced by il,
| and though all need il, the Hawaiian needs IL more
| than the European. Without a renewal OF his physi-
| cal life, the perpetuation of his race is almost hopeless.
II dHu II tuunO Dt uODtu ~ WlluouI luuubtTJs hnl
| sobriety. And reciprocity will offer in my belief n
| strong motive for the former, which is the most ia
| vorable condition for the latter. Ninety-fye years
ago, Capt. Cook estimated the people at 100000.
| Probably there were 5000 Fifty-fve years later
| still, they had dwindled to $4,000. During the first
forty years, there was but little foreign intercourse
with the islands. The next fifteen it was greatly
| increased, and the last fifty, civilization has made
| rapid progress-but in every stage depopulation has
| gone steadily on. Now with these facts before us,
we cannot expect the stay Of decay, without the in
l fusion of new life into the people, and this can only
be reasonably hoped for from lives Of industry,
| virtue and sobriety, and | can see nothing so likely
TO promote these as the stimulus which i believe re-
| ciprocity will give TO every class Of our industrial
| enterprises. With these convictions, / feel that IL
would be cheaply purchased at a far higher price
than has yet been named, and that every friend Of
| the country, and especially Of the HacdttGns, will
/ spare no effort for its accomplishment. III can do
anything TO promote IL, as one who desires the pros
perity Of Hawaii, | must do il.
l write not against Mr.. Rhodes personally, but
| against the views which he puts forth. IL they
prevail they will do great injury, If they do not
bring disaster upon the Hawaiian people, and every
man who sustains those views, does what he can
(though he does not mean i) to iniure the Hawaiians.
The sincerity Of Mr.. Rhodes views do not deny,
but this will not prevent their disastrous effect.
no more call in question his sincerity now, than in
1843, when he expressed his satisfaction that the
islands we're under British rule. But not because he
holds these views. and because \ think they would
if they prevailed. bring decay and disaster, do / for
one moment think that he is planning to bring the
evil which, in my opinion, will follow. Nor would
l by any means recommend that he and those who
share his views be dismissed from His Majesty's
counsels. Yours respectfully, S. N. CASTLE.
L. 5. For the information Of my Hawaiian friends,
l will say that a large number Of intelligent men
hold the same views that I do, in regard 10 tho good
that reciprocity will do Ha0aiiGns, and the evil that
will result to Hatcaiians should the views which Mr..
Rhodes has uttered prevail / think that there are
many more who think as / do, than Of those that
think as he does, and those who think that his policy
would bring disaster to HaDaiianS are not less their
friends than those who think differently. S.N. {, +
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