The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-15

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tempting. 4 divided jurisdiction will all these isl
ands With fehous and s~mugglers and the base and
/ p~rotigate Of every class. Good citizens VIII lie slow
TO accept any advantages which are purchased by
/ such degradation.
Finally. this island cannot sustain two cities. II
Pearl River rises, Honolulu must fall Invest
meuts in real estate will prove = total loss The
enterprising population will seek the stronger ma
ton. 10 enjoy the rights OF American citizens, and
open and unrestricted traffic with every port o! the
American Union. for even under the reciprocity
treaty many articles will remain dutiable on each
side. The greatest good OF the greatest number
NAV call for sacrifices but can this Kingdom
afford TO sacrifice the city Of Honolulu, aud the
revenue directly obtained FROM the taxes and
licenses Of merchants This suggests the last in
quIry-how shall the Hawaiian revenue be OBJ
tanned! Various eXpedients were suggested TO
meet the deficit anticipated by the ratification OF
the last treaty, but an increased property tax. with
an income tax and stamp duties were thought in
evitable. More will be required under this new
scheme, and every man of enterprise aud wealth,
except the planters. will emigrate TO Pearl River.
The planters being lett with all the burdens, VIII
have TO pay as much at this end as they save AT the
other. and viii gain nothing but q change Of rev
enue officers.
Finally. the natives. if every industry but the
most seTyile labor on sugar estates is 10 be driven
from the country. must go to Pearl River too, 10
ship as seameu on American ships. 10 work on the
American docks. 10 tipple at American grogshops.
and their humiliation will be most speedy. There
can be no doom more dreadful than such an end of
an interesting people, for whose salvation millions
have been iavisbed by a philanthropic world. l
regret to confess that l can see no consequences
OF this Pearl River scheme. but a decay OF the re-
sources OF the nation, and the degradation and
final extinction of the native race. They must de-
sert the homes of their fathers, and the places
which once knew them shall know them no more
forever. l cannot see how this project can attract
any but those who insidiOusly seek annexation,
and l speak the words of truth and soberncss in de-
claring my belief that it would be disastrous to
every interest in the nation.
GLOOMY SITUATION.
The situation Is sad and gloomy. This nation. ii
Is said, cannot sustain itself at the present price of
sugar. Simple reciprocity, twice refused by the
United States Is declared hopeless. The Pearl
River scheme will not tempt America and would
ruin Us. At such times people get wild and are
not always wise. The man under a tree in a thun-
der storm, relieved the agony of his situation by
simply calculating. Something must be DONE
Some natives bound TO Honolulu lost the land, and
did not know where TO look for it, but one Of them
thought the best plan would be to return to the
place they started from. The captain of a sinking
ship advised all on board to secure a spar, or some
thing substantial. One terrified passenger dashed
himself to the anchor. But Mr.. Webster used TO
say that when you don't know what TO do, you
should not do you don't know what.
ANNEXATION INEVITABLE.
If the life of this nation depends on free access
to American markets, land | cannot deny it, al
though slow 10 believe it, / see no remedy but
speedy annexation. 1t is the only thing practicable,
which will afford adequate relief. Were foreigners
alone concerned, it would be compelled by the
overwhelming pressure OF public opinion. The
rights and supposed interests OF the native race
deter many good men. l propose therefore to con-
slider the advantages of annexation to the Hawaiians
as well as to the United States and then estimate
the disturbances of the scheme after calculating
the force of its good and bad influences.
ADVANTAGES OF ANNEXATION To HAwAHANs.
1t is better to live in a large Kingdom than a
small one. There is a prestige of strength, espe-
cially in a free republic, which has indicated its
power by civil war and is now advancing in a won
deriul career OF progress and self development.
National institutions seem more permanent, and
valuable confidence results from this belief. At
the present time we are suffering from the unwill-
ingness of foreigners to trust money here. a large
country also implies a variety of climates and the
exchange of products within its limits, without pay
ment of customs duties. Everything will be raised
and manufactured at the cheapest point, and natu-
raj advantages are not at the mercy Of artificial sys-
TENS. This is emphatically the case in the United
States with its marvellous system of internal free
trade. Should this kingdom become an integral
part of that republic, its products and manufactures
would circulate duty free. We should not be con-
fined to cheap labor and course work, at the mercy
of California retnerics. We could refine orr own
sugar, dress our own hides. If Manila hemp were
raised, we could make our own cordage. As the
only American possession within the tropics, we
should be protected by the American tariffs.
The United States would undoubtedly show their
appreciation of such a possession, by extending all
their systems here at an expense far exceeding its
own contribution to the general revenue. Dock
yards would be at once constructed. Generous
appropriations would be made for harbOr improve
ments and a stimulus given to every kind of in
dustry. Money would How in, not out. and the
present high rates of exchange would cease. The
customs system, the lighthouse system, the coast
survey, the postal order system would comprehend
these islands. The benefcent effect of a good and
strong government is most sensibly felt by poor
men in small matters. 1t would be q great privi-
lege to be able to send a letter to PASSPORT for two
cents, or to pay small bills in New York by postal
money orders at par. Steamers and telegraDhs
should be remembered with the Post Office. The
United States would never be satisfied with monthly
communication. Regular mail communication with
foreign countries would undoubtedly be secured.
Less money than is now paid for mail service in
Idaho or Montana would ccOmpli this. An
ocean telegraph. however, is Indispensable to the
development of the Importance of this position.
The influence of the United States exerted in it's
own favor, would soon defect some great line in
this direction, and the government would con-
tribute largely to its support. The establishment
of telegraphic communication would compel YES
sells on this ocean to call regularly for news, and
would attract more business than twenty %reclprOc-
ity treaties. They would all pay a toll to Homo
lulu merchants. The hotel would swarm with
visitors. Strange faces would appear in our streets.
The news OF the world would be published in
hourly bulletins, and the port would have tie
aspect Of a busy railway station on the land.
My own convictions require a reference to the
influence OF free institutions. The name of COM
Is not past and gone over three quarters
OF this grooming globe, and the spirit of American
liberty Tears her head unconquered and sublime
across the far Atlantic even to the surf of the Pa
ciac seas. 1t has checked reaction, and all the
great impulses to human progress have been re-
from AHeFlca- hlIhln us own limits, IL Is
active. 1t has achieved a revolution and
suppressed a rebellion. 1t il vigor Ites forty milli-
ons of people and guides the civilized world by the
moral influence of its example. Prosperity and
happiness follow in its train, and wherever the
flag of the republic waves, a busy and enlightened
community attests its generous Influence. Its ex-
pansive power is increased by exhiIerating strength
a gently Overlooking movement, like the tidal
wave of the ocean is quietly celebrating all con-
barriers to its progress. This petty ma
tionality cannot resist such power of absorption;
but, once become an integral portion of the Amer
Union, its detached position will make it con-
and secure its influence.
ADVANTAGES OF ANNEXATION TO THE UNITED STATES.
The advantages of annexation TO the United
States are OF a general character, but quite OBJ
vious. Ii is always profitable for great nations to
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