The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-18

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you intended to unite thus enthusiastically o.
this occasion, TO request His Majesty to inaugu
rate such a radical but underlined" chang
in the policy of this country" that" withon
further t~emporizing or delay" you may be Sc
cured, almost all the national blessings which
can be derived from the best possible forms o
Government, at the very least possible expense
although | am prepared to admit that such
request may really appear interpersed through.
out your Address.
There can be no doubt Gentlemen, that tn,
importation OF people may be n proper object
and one that Is of much interest TO most of us
especially at this time when there is every
probability that a treaty which will add largely
TO the value of our main products is almost
daily expected to be concluded, and people
VIII be III the greatest demand in all the maiI
branches OF industry. 1t so happens also thai
IN trying TO effect our object we may all have
the great satisfaction in feeling that our own
interest and our patriotism may fairly be COM
plled. Perhaps however Gentlemen, if you
had the framing Of your Address to do over
again, III asking for that which would be Sc
palpably and so directly Of value to many OF
you, you would be more careful TO see, that
your patriotism and your loyalty, which no one
doubts, should not be asserted too prominently,
and above all you would be careful to see, that
the danger which you apprehend to the State,
IN case your wishes are not complied with,
should not be exaggerated, in order to place
your patriotism and loyalty in a stronger light.
You would certainly in again addressing
your Sovereign, avoid everything that had
even the appearance of a threat or that would
permit a suspicion to arise of an attempt at
intimidation, or unnecessary alarm, either to-
wards King, Ministers or people and you would
not am sure, think it necessary to remind His
Majesty of such an event as the riot on his
election two years ago by the otherwise
meaningless statement that the official expen-
diture" of this country is not " at all times
sufficient for the preservation of it's own peace
for you would see at a glance that the official
expenditure of no country on earth ever sufficed
Tor that. No Gentlemen, no country will ever be
rich enough, no country will ever be powerful
enough, to at all times " maintain the preserva-
ton of its own peace" until God in his mercy
moderates the ambition and subdues the evil
passions of men. But above all, you would
not, whatever explanation you might couple
with it, first inform His Majesty that you
strove "for his Accession to the Hawaiian
Throne" and then tell him that this must
be DONE"
What must be done ? Must, as your Address
reads, "every device and measure of His
Majesty's Government be directed towards the
acquisition of people,? Must Asiatic men
and women be imported into this country
whether the King and those of his race who
are most interested, like it or not?
No, Conference.-The Legislature of this
country called King Kalakaua to the Throne,
and the Legislature of this country alone, with
the Kings consent, can permit the revenue of
this kingdom to be used for that purpose.
Had it been your duty, as it has been mine, to
consider this question in its different bearings,
you would have perceived ere this, how deli
cate a matter 1t IS, to go to this Hawaiian
Legislature and ask them for liberal grants of
money with the object of introducing a foreign
people, to reduce the value of their own peO-
pies labor, which they may urge may be the
direct effect of it. But you may answer, it is
for the good of the country and for the peoples
own good, nay you will appeal as you have
already appealed to every motive, even to Sc
curing the independence of the country, or as
surfing the safety of the Throne. But Gentle
men, the most intelligent Legislatures on earth,
are not always guided III the measures they
pass, by even such great motives, men will
band together in a firm and united phalanx to
serve their own interests, or what they may
consider their own interests, and it only re-
quires a little dexterity to string together a
succession of mellif1uous phrases, to shew
all the patriotism and all the loyalty is
on their side, and even to brand their opponents
as traitors. In this case it would be very
easy for the native Hawaiian to do so. This
and the unfortunate tone of it, may
offer an incentive to them to band together and
the now nearly obliterated differ
ences amongst them, unite in the Legislature
to resent what they may easily c%Onstrue, al
though it was not so intended, into an insult
their Sovereign, and to repel what
they may consider an aggression towards them
selves Il homme propose-et Dleu dispose"
But, Gentlemen, even though the Legislature
should refuse to appropriate money for the in
of people, and they would have
every right to do so if it so pleased them, is
country then ruined and it's independence
By no means. If the treaty we are
and which will benefit most of us so
materially goes into effect, population must
,ome. 1t will come as it has come to every
country on the face of the earth, in the natural
course of events, and if these events are unfa-
yorable it will be all but impossible to oppose
hem. But the agriculturists aud others will
require people, and they will get them from
whatever part of the world may seem good to
hem, untrammeled by official incapacity, ana
hey will be we'll able to afford to bring them
It their own expense. The Reciprocity treaty
With the United States should it be concluded
will be by far the most effective measure for
he repOpulation of this country from abroad
any Legislature or any Ministry ever
completed. Should we obtain this treaty it
nay be we'll hat a regulation should be en-
orced, making it compulsory that If large bod
es of men are brought to the country at pri-
expense, a certain proportion of women
lso, should be brought, the expense of which,
he State might bear. We are not, Gentlemen,
nest of unhedged birds waiting with our
open to be fed, and if we require people
o assist us in cur various enterprises, we must
nut our own shoulders to the wheel to get
hem, and not rely entirely upon His Majesty's
government. Self interest may after all if we
nay not rely on the government, prove to be as
good o method as any that can be desired for
he repopulation of this country from abroad.
As has been we'll observed on this subject,
here are three main modes, and three only, by
countries are usually repopulated from
abroad namely, BY conquest, from religious
enthusiasm, and by self interest. The last must
,e our main resource. The steady increase of
he products of Hawaii, is an earnest
hat our general population may increase, even
without the expected treaty, for the portion of
he population that you more especially repre-
sent, Gentlemen, those of foreign and mixed
has been steadily increasing, and
a nucleus for a nation, with an indefinite
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