The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-12-06

will have the support Of natives-if commenced wiih
a firm hand, and urged with condolences. They are
however dissuaded from all enterprises by a ~parading
OF the difficulties, dangers and disadvantages. and il
makes no difference that those dangers. difficulties
and Disadvantages may be entirely Hypothetical
Letter from Maui The Ministerial Escapade
EAST MAUI. Nov. ~. 1873.
Mn. EDIroR-The news Of the disgraceful collapse
of the Ministry in regard to the Pearl River scheme,
has excited the ire and contempt Of all parties here
the ire of those friendly TO the measure. and the con-
tempt Of its opponents.
To say that the Ministry have inflicted a severe
blow on our sugar interests. viii sound strangely
abroad. hut nevertheless il is true; and when We add
10 this the statement that they did 30 20 save their
own political necks, il will scarcely be believed. But
so il looks to us here. They may pirate as they please
about the scheme having met with popular disfavor,
but it is evident to all that If they had thought they
could have over-slaughed the popular vote in the
coming Legislature, they would have stood to the
scheme and carried it through in spiteof " popular"
feeling. In what way has the tremendous %"opposi-
ton - expressed itselfH There have been public
meetings called and resolutions passed condemning
the measure, and that is all. | have seen but one
expression of opinion in the public prints-excepting
of course the .Vthou-and that expression has been
in favor of the declared policy Of the Ministers in
Offering to cede Puuloe. But the Ministry were not
sure that they could get a majority for the measure,
and if they did not. they would have TO resign. Their
resignation might be accepted, and hey, presto "A
new deal. Now, the King is sick; IL he stays in IIo-
noluIu he may grow worse; If the Cabinet resign he
must stay and form another, or-assure the present
incumbents Of His 'undiminished Z" confidence in
their ability. chow very small must have been that
confidence that couldn't be = diminished - by this
recent act Of theirs) and so they would continue to-
to-draw their salaries.
There is but one parallel TO be found FOR this
affair. When the Indians run out Of whiskey, to-
bacco, etc, and find that transient supplies mot
whaleships, but emigrant trains) avoid t%hem-thcy
make a treaty. And not seldom, when their over
lures are on the way to the proper headquarters, n
nuhom strikes them, and they swear to have nothing
to do with the white man, to keep him clear Of their
territory, and go to scalping again.
Mr.. EDIroR:-I consider it my duty to draw the
attention Of all true Christians to n base maltreat-
ment of living creatures by an agent Of the Hawaiian
Government.
I A great many of my fellow citizens have done ~ |
did and have taken n walk up Emma street. along
IPunchbowl through Pauoa valley. They could not
help noticing the wretched condition Of the horses in
the Government Pound, half starving and half dead.
That they only get little food is quite economical. but
I that they get no water, say even not a drop OF water,
with the exception Of two or three months a year,
! is inexcusable. How easy would it be for the Govern
ment to select another place. better adapted for n
horse pound than that present one. We need not TO
mention Nuuanu or Manoa valley; there are many
available pastures. In Pauoa the pr nd occupies the
most prominent and best part Of the valley, infects
the air with poisonous gases, and makes the valley
really uninhabitable
! have heard many complaints, and leave their
justification TO the decision of anybody. who will take
a walk there on a calm evening. All this prevents n
great many people from settling in this p%rettiest val
ley around Honolulu, and have no doubt that as
soon as the pound was removed, it would be the most
inhabited and fashionable valley on Oahu. Now
there are houses unoccupied for years, and even un-
saleable. This valley is also otherwise neglected. for
instance, a bridge over the stream ought TO have been
laid years ago; the road is worse than any other on
these islands. But this is not what / want to CON-
plain about; my object is simply TO state that the
Government allows horses to die on account Of scar
city Of water. 1t ought to be remedied some way or
other, but no official seems to care for these poor
creatures: they are only horses. NJ. 4.
Since writing the above, the weather has changed
and the horses may now subsist on mud.
Mr.. E~DIToR-Permit me again to trespass upon
your columns so far as to copy a paragraph from the
decision of the Chief Justice in, and make an extract
from the records Of the case of the coolie Wong San,
Chief Justice Allen says:
81 understand it to be admitted by the counsel for
the petitioner that the contract was legal and proper
in its terms, and thst the steamer furnished suitable
accommodations, and that there was no evidence Of
ill-treatment; but he contends that the petitioner had
a right, as a passenger, to come on shore when the
vessel arrived at the wharf for any purpose he might
think fit, and that the restraint put upon him was
unlawful
From the records Of the Supreme Court we have
the following ''And now comes here the petitioner
in the above entitled cause In Re Wong Sau on
habeas corpus) and says that he withdraws from the
consideration Of this Court all allegations and evil
dence Of cruel treatment, and all objections 10 the
contract on file herein, in respect Of its assignability
and clause against leaving the employers house with
out written permission; and asks this Court 10 rule
the law merely on the respondents legal right TO e-
ercise any restraint over him to prevent him from
coming on shore here, by virtue Of anything in said
contract contained. He merely insists that there is
nothing in said contract to take him out Of the ordi-
nary rights of passengers, but that as a passenger he
has a right to come ashore while in this port Of Ho-
nolulu. EDWARD Preston,
Counsel for Petitioner."
How far the Chief Justice is warranted in saying
that the petitioners counsel had admitted that the
contract was legal and proper, and that his client had
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