New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-16

eS two Hawaiian and three Brieiah.
Iqsp "Of little Leo than 16, 000, 900 pounds
x 1tueee exported during the Same year, L
500 goo, and Of l,A9,508 pounds Of ri
g t. United States. All tie cotton, {
sH} goetskins, nearly Ill tho hides, all Il
u WOOL, the greater part of che peanuts IN
thnnh0lae
s14esJ d lie ts6es 1sad, q Si,sa, L
tho value Of duty tayi6g merchandise =
I'll ported during 1872 into the isleHde, Egg y
III Great Britain and Cos, 396 from German,
Besides this. Of the total value of bonde
goods, e349, l35, tAe large smount of 9l35
49, ~ brought from sak by Vhalemen, Q
most a0~0f whom were Americans, IN
e99, 5@ Were g0oda from the United S1ato
I 6Bnded iAp1etstioAg $235, 900 oDAmelaCa
pe1uets, agsinst e2l Sol Of Brieish -
/ e2S,o04 Of German d
| "Itis plain the island trade Is 20 larpel
IN ourhands that NO other f,atiopAan b
aaid 70 dispute 1t with ms. If our Nag fe,
Jkhve more complete monopoly Of ia
Z IXeiisn; commerce than We alre&dy enjoy
Moreover, almost all the sugar plAntauoni
= the most pnaduotive and valuable propeft
on the id! 4ds, are owned BY hericsng
and tho SANG is true of the greater humble
cf bt0ck farms. Our political predomi
nance is - complete or. tho Islands - On
the ministers except ono afe Americans
! His was true also Of the cabinet of tt,
- King. or the Supreme Court, two O
the jd0g0 &re Americans and, Onb 10 Gar
man. ALMOST Ill of the executive or q
mfnistrative offices - in the hands o.
Americans or HawaifaAs. What the island.
:te they are because of American effort
/, I "A sA-N
American. mission aries Oivilize them. Amer
icans gsve them laws wisely adapted te
v me custom} and habits Of their people.
II Ahaefican enterprise and Boston 0apital
eet1bhshed the sugar culture and other OF
the Important indnstfies. =
i SO ~ the i1lksda ever offer them,
ts S. e az slsa pH.ss. Il vil be e
I Won = native, look to No. their neighbors
nd friends; and the King last snmmer
p!nrted outs day: yhen toe pueA Eipe
81 anne1atian came, ( pnst be j the Gni}sd
S6eps4 Eitkth9 United Statss eovesnmSSSt
fot Tho purpose Of offering rs Pearl liver In
R40hange for - reciprocity treaty.n* "
IA ONT pre1aRt condition the chief use of
distant Asv0 stations aprAersfp mo TO be
- ,conve9iept out-oftsSU blacesa for
.vssSnf tie public noRel: Pa6h Ager
Slelsanf, sinecureg, and the sI6enditure 81
4B3e or1Qur millions OF, money. II aeemd
to me. therefore, it would u dear bslaain!
Fo6 the Accommodation of merchant S&sm-
err And ships Ho1onlu offers sufficient ia.
eNtlng. There are ingenious American me-
o8Ancs who have, taken. . fiR1te upon 3
t@potary dry, dock and repaired her hull"
Now, 1t is plain that al the commodities |
NH ,<>A> -. - - A.
exportati& ,eotS to the msfkets Of the
.p9ited Statet. ana SEte' entire comuerce |
ana ShiPping Of the iSiandb arA in the hands |
# Americans, 40 that their. Jaws, flame- |
work pr sotiety aud g6va4pont, have re- |
eHved the Impress of America. Whyshpuld /
We eEire to make any change in relations
e nienly sansIactorys Has any power
No i9&imstion has been made to this 6fect,
Are i8 institutions, the 9byernment lie thJ +
people falling into decay and exhibiting any
pyMptO4e Of dissolution? It il true that
Che population has fallen off some in pnm1
bers. But it was hardly, 10 be expected
that people who few ears ago we're IN
t u9: saEsges coald ufdergo the severe
.cnoolng' 94s 1edl0al changes, and rigid
their wild state without !gch RESULT
Indeed AL estimates Of the .popula-
lion untI they were brought Within the
embrace Of civilization and a regular
government established were conjecipral,
and unreliable. With tina OK. ,
'eption, whicb is easily accounted for. they Ii
rave made marked progress IN the arts Of |
,eace. They have schools and colleges, q
government modelled 1pbn.Our Own, divi.
ion of labor, and perfect security to lite h
I repSat then, sir, what are ahe-eousiders! :
ions Of . public pr pstri0tic chaSa ter I'd | 9
brcgae the treaty, under shelter Of which
pc islan&A have progressed 90 satisfactori, .
z under which their independence js asl p
zee zee; and % our co%mesc1al supremacy CONT !
LIS e f assst ssat
!et pound Of which fqI exfbrte tion It haa n
~ be adHtted fr9e of duty. Tfhas ~ y
ti4ated " the SECRETARY OF. the Treasury q
~ the amotnt 50 remitted ,f& the tansf d.
- 1873 II About S320, 345. fhiAtamcoh1 4
'sawed As 3 bonus opthe twenty-five oHteSl
irty Ame1can sugar Planters wGnld me I'd!
esarl!y enhance their profits, raise the ed
lction: Il 1oSid Be In inVicsticS to tboss| to
anters TO bring in hordea of Chinese into m
Q, Hsv aiisn islands, un0er tbs contract Tx
stem N3ich Prevails 4thefe, md they 90
Nd exts1d the afea Of sugar culture 80 nc
to embraeN every foot of arabic soil = tt.
asa gentlemen If it 10 desirable, look he
: Of Sthe true welfare of the people 6f
tn Sandwich Islands, that rs m.
luldssbe patty q . policy That 1 2n
III cohvert the islands Into 0de vast 10
crowded Chinese settlement devoted tio
tho exclusive task of producing sugarq tlv
anEoohAaon, lee - effect 0pon pre- du
~ Nhst the Chinese are aaKe have seen Blu
m y this country. They - the most thi
d Pal of mankind; they have none of the ne;
1te. Of, civilized man; they contribute cha
ming 70 'theQreal wealth Of the State; lit
y have no appreciation of free institu- @
49, and they war upon all the elements By
= form the basls Of the strength, safety the
prosperity of free institutions They In,
y Without their families; they merely we
up q the soil. They are amply skilled ter
oaraeAs when We contrast them with tha
e9eae Norkmen, American freemen. The mo
q 9ct1r IN modern civilization, the prin. Cha
. wb3oh has preserved and borne aloft res
banners of Christian civilization anal not
ID ~ pillars ofe the modern state | VA,
,Qnh oars, revolutions. and all changes. era
beel the family tie, the institutiqe Of ehS
l1QlK!c. 81 PA sfsiy r. | tre,
I, eDenl these islands to these eastern th i,
les, A4d you condemn ito whole civili- fSw
pn. it1 i9situttons, its liberties founded min
q .1aws the benaHolent auspices unaer N61
% these people are being gradually bfti
1ed and. 9rdoung.ne 0to1owell formed g
compact eoNmQnWea yQurcodoi epn epe,
. to state worse than that from whiph the
nave but Aoo@tly rescued them, to q carr
y and intellectual sterility in striking | the
last to the gardens %Eese Chinese ma gar,
liets, dsbassd and debasing; will plant Zen,
ala thssl0Ees and plainE; the hillSdes our
valleys Of these islands. and
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