The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-08-02

To The Editor ef TIE Pdcifc1amerciot AdrertSo'
SIR II cordially accepar. Castles disclaimer
eff writing against me penally, although in the
same paragraph which Gains 1t he adopts the
SANDER which was started tn a lie of circumstance
in this paper, under its :mer proprietor, several
years ago. Mr.. Castle sathat in 1913 | expressed
my satisfaction that the nds were under British
rule now this is not pesent to the question un-
der discussion, but | inv Mr.. Castle to produce his
evidence that l did, andhen he has convicted me,
/ viii cheerfully submip punishment commensu-
rate with the magnitude the otiense.
The question, as | terstand II, IS not as TO the
state of the sugar mari, and the increased amount
of business that michIe transacted by somebody
after a cession of PeaRiver, although l have some
thing 10 say on suoarlrther on. but, sis it to the
interest of the count (that is, the welfare Of the
native race who coJtute nine-tenths of the whole
population) that thibroposed cession should take
placer" [ mainta; that it is not [ have cited
history to show thaalch a cession Of territory and
sovereignty has new yet been attended with other
than disastrous resf to the peop.1 making it, and
my authorities haYlot been questioned. Mr.. Cas-
tie, ON the other Id, declares il to be his convic-
ton that such a zion would be productive of un-
mixed good TO thdople, but he s unsupported by
any precedent. does attempt 10 prove that ma
tons will sometik sell or give up a distant colony,
but there is n 1t difference between that and the
cession of an intral part of the state in the very
heart of the cotry. What reply would the United
States, Great ftain, France or Germany make,
either one mang such a proposition to another?
1t strikes me tue would be Immediate preparations
for war ON thcde, at least, of the safe to which it
was made.
Mr.. Castle avs, at is right 10 cede if the good
of the COUNTY demands it, and it IS wrong not to do
it. = $ IS As to any peculiar sacredness being
attached to ne sovereignty of territory that it must
not be aliaated When the good of the people de-
mands it, do not blieve it." | was taught, and /
believe, tat the sovereignty of ones country is
priceless ind sacred. SO apparently thought the
NorthernStates of the American Union when they
plunged into Il tremendous civil war rather than
suffer dsmembermen! Bat admitting, for the sake
of argument only, th.t it IS right, on the call of ne
cessity. to cede territory and sovereign rights to a
foreign power, Mr.. Gastlehas not yet shown that the
necessity exists. Wat IS it? The people are not
poorer now than thy have ever before been there
is no native wall over their distressed state there
are no clamors foIrelief from them on the contrary
we have every reaOn to believe that they are plenti-
fully provided with the material comforts of life and
that they are cntented with their lot. There has
been a great deasaid in the foreign papers, lately,
about the bad 80 has
TNHE UNrtERSIGNED ARE PREPARE
t yet been shos.Ie on Fire Risks with or without the aU
Plantation Buildings and Machinery. Priya
LIE now than J. Stone and Wooden Stores, Merchandise. Goa
,quent accoun Or, &C. on the most favorable terms.
l~ntations, onrrs - - pm" +" mere II
ry reason me WALKER & ALLEN,
Agents for the Hawaiian Islands