The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-11

afforded them during their period Of administration
70 advance public welfare, especially In respect T.
the great question Of population. should respond by
a special plea in behalf Of the governmental action
Of the past. The purpose q the address, and We
believe Of the resolution that called for the rcr'y was
10 deal with the present, with what they had done or
proposed 20 10, But instead Of this We have n series
Of apologies for past fruitless action or inaetou.
And wherefore are Ministers shouldering other mems
burthens. and taking SO much pains 10 Vindicaie the
course Of preceding governments, unless u be that
they have taken into their counsels, nay have per-
haps merely copied the yindication Of . participant
in the pas; iuglorious history which they set forth
In this reply, the main points ~ issue, the very
grayamen Of the address. the consideration Ct the
need Of this country, and the action necessary for
recuperation through Tepopulation arc evadei and
We are treated IN q spirit Of unworthy banter aud
inuendo, TO many side issues and particulars Of
minor consideration. The spirit Of the address seems
20 be treated and resented in the reply, as IL It's pur-
pose was solely that of an attack on the government.
And yet why should these two Ministers jump at this
conclusion, since both their business partners signed
the memorial ; and il was subscribed TO, after careful
perusal, by members u preceding g~oyernmentsr IL
would be difficult to understand their sensiuveness in
this matter, did we not recognize the evidence ofan in
trusiye voice. tina; assumes the yindication Of the his
tory Of the reign Of Kamehameha ", that period Of
wasted opportunity in Hawaiian affairs. And hereas
Elsewhere, this voice must NEEDLE in every discussion
and movement il is one that seeks TO browbeat in
the council aud the forum that has prompted or
dictated TO yielding Ministers a vindication Of other
causes than their own; that leading them into n
false position may have induced them 10 transmit
for publication, q report Of His Majesty's reply,
which is garbled and false, as can be proven by
every menber Of the Committee, who listened 70
His Majesty's words, as read from a manuscript CD
and the same misleading voice may have counselled
the folly Of rushing into print with such a statement
Of public affairs, intended chiefly for the royal ears,
and their own; and furthermore. the gross dis
courtesy Of having printed and proof read. both
address and reply. without 4 previous presentation
Of the latter to the parties with whom they were
authorized 10 communicate.
But let US proceed to a consideration Of some Of
the points Of the reply; and we may properly begin
with the one upon which the Ministers have laid the
greatest stress. In one Of the longest-winded para
graphs 10 be met with, probably in the literature Of
our language, we are referred TO a statement in the
address, respecting the views of K~amehameha w..
referring to repopulation, and which is said TO be 80
previously erroneous, as he, they say, meant only
sanitary reform, that the Ministers doubt not. had
the intelligent portion Of the memorialists had their
attention properly directed TO it, they would have
either joined with the Hon. S. N. Castle, a gentleman
of long and great experience in Hawaiian affairs, in
qualifying their signatures, or they would have en-
tirely remoddled this part Of the document they
signed. Had some indeed looked closer and farther,
they would certainly have sought 10 remodel this
part Of the address. and Ministers would most surely
have also remoddled their reply, had they, like
thoughtful and capable public men, kept themselves
well informed in respect TO past transactions in pub
lie Affairs, for in a record with which they should be
familiar, they would have found these words in the
speech of, as they truly say, one of our most en-
lighteneQ S0VerelguS, OF hamenamena W., aQ-
dressed to the Hawaiian Legislature, April Z, 1856
cit is to be regretted that the Chinese Coolie
emigrants, TO whom has been given q trial Of sufi-
cient length for testing their fitness to supply our
want of labor and population, have not realized the
hopes of those who incurred the expense Of their in
PRODUCTION. They are not so kind and tractable, as
it was anticipated they would be and they seem to
have no afinities, attractions, or tendencies, TO blend
with this, or any other race. In view Of this failure,
it becomes a question of some moment whether a
class of persons more nearly assimilated with the
Hawaiian race could rot be induced TO settle on our
shores. 1t does not seem improbable that a portion
Of the inhabitants Of other Polynesian groups might
be disposed to come here, we're suitable efforts made
to lead them to such a step. In a few days they
would speak our language with ease; they would be
accimated almost before they left the ships
that conveyed them thither; and they might bring
with them their wives, whose fecundity is said TO be
much greater than that Of Hawaiian females. Such
immigrants besides supplying the present demand
for labor, would pave the way for q future popula-
ton of native born Hawaiians, between WhOm, aud
those of aboriginal parents, no distinguishable differ
ence could exist"
Now mark you, these words Of a great hearted and
patriotic King, one worthy Of the most devoted love
Of his people. follow after the solemn appeal and
invocation quoted in the address. Then what must
be thought Of Ministers, who have 30 falsely misin-
terpreted this appeal, by SO positively asserting that
the words of the good King in his earnest entreaty
to his Legislature could have had no other interpre-
tation but that of sanitary reforml This was indeed
a great purpose of his patriotic soul, as shown in
az HHNA NhS'ho
Of himself and illustrious consort Queen Emma.
But did the enlightened Liholiho stop at thisl Did
not be lament the depopulation Of his native isles,
and pray for their recuperation from kindred sourcesI
And why could not Ministers, if they have any men,
Dry and observation to qualify them for their posi-
ton have borne this in mind, and not have stulti-
fed themselves in the face of the recorded truth
But no,-they must listen to O loud and influential
voice in Council, anxious to interpret Hawaiian his
tory in accordance with its own selfish and inglorious
participation, and so be led to brand themselves as
disqualified by their ignorance 10 enjoy either the
royal trust or the public confidence.
Now let US look TO the points touching the main
question at issue. They say that the subject Of
the repopulation Of these islands - I" has anxiously
occupied the thoughts and the time Of every Hawa-
iian King and Cabinet, during the last quarter Of a
century" although by the way they said that Ka-
mehameha ~, never intended the introduction Of
any other foreign or cognate race into this country.
And furthermore, they say that all this anxious
thought during this long time, has only resulted in
60 abortive attempts to introduce a permanent and
useful population and hence they urge caution,
a. 60 that the resources of this kingdom may not be
wasted by yielding to the temptation >" to waste the
public money in schemes which are put forward
with the most confidence and holiness"
Such a statement, considering the source from
whence it originates, forces one to cry out patience
patience! What are the facts to sustain this mon
strous assertion? During the past eighteen years
this poor little declining kingdom has collected and
spent S7,l7O,664 go Of revenue! Of this sum it has
expended $4,029, 1913 for salaries and ordinary
expenses. And during the same time we find S229,-
668.35 for "sundries,'' and only 1929, 1908 for
internal improvements, Of which S133.611 lie for
our government building and S25, 103.78 for our
mischieyous barracks. But as regards expenditure
for the repopulation Of Hawaii, the writer here
defes the ministers, or their special ~prompter, to
produce any evidence that for this purpose alone
there has been spent of Hawaiian revenue, without
any return, in all Of the past quarter Of a century,
even ten thousand dollars
Ministers will, Of course, not point out as aboriive
or as q loss. any Of the immigration Of about 1000
Chinese male laborers, the expense Of whose intro
duction, with the exception Of a government bonus
paid for a few recently introduced, has been borne by
the industries Of the country. Nor can they 50 speak
Of the japanese immigration Of 10 males and 6 fe-
males, the chief cost Of whose importation was made
good by the writer, along with many other employ
es Of this people; and occasioning only a loss Of
S2,lO7.O5 to be borne by the government. Nor
should they allude at all to the japanese draft Of