The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-01


The Ha,caiiaa Ga.e1e of this week states that
the native paper Ia Lahui Ha,caii ; opposes the
introduction of Chinese hborers through govern
ment agency Anyone who will intelligently
read the article alluded to in the native paper
will know that the statement of the Gdzette is
not true. Read the article in question, and then
read the Comments thereon by the Gazette, and
the animus stands out. This attempt of the Ga
2ete is one of those cases we often see illustrated
where the partial statement of a truth, separated
from other stated facts and from the general tone
and spirit that gave them utterance, becomes
more damnable than an open lie. The writer in
the native paper, a native himself flor We happen
20 know who he isl is discussing not merely the
question of repopulation. 1t is not a question
with him whether there shall be people on these
fair islands in the future. He knows there is a
future for Hawaii, grand and happy. But will
that future be his? Will his race be the people?
That is the question for him, as it is uppermost
in the mind of every intelligent Hawaiian to-day.
He sees his own race quietly but surely going to
extinction, while as surely another people is COM
ing up to take their places and to possess their
lands. He buries his dead and plants n fig tree
over the grave, because, he says. the foreigner
will respect the tree for its fruit, and so the
sacred dust will be safe from intrusion when
there are no loving eyes to watch it. People say
he is growing lawless and lazy. 1t is not the
ugliness OF n vicious heart. 1t is the yiciousness
of despair, and his soul cries out to Heaven and
to humanity for help. He expresses the opinion
that the Chinese are not the people to assist in
preserving the identity of the Hawaiian people,
because the Chinese will not affiliate with other
races, but maintain their own distinct national
character wherever they go. Is he not correct?
The writer in the Lahui Halcaii says distinctly,
I quote his language We are not opposed
to their coming, by no means" And he repeats
this sentiment at the close of his article. At the
same time he says, " we do not see the ~propriety
of the government importing at the expense of
the people" = = And may not a Hawai-
ian fail to see the proprietyo of a thing that fits
the Ga1ete's immaculate conceptions of pro-
priety ? And if he fails to see it, may he not
have the manhood to say SO without misinterpre-
tation, and without subjecting himself to the
charge Of being 90 unjust ?" Out upon such driv-
ling as that We think we know what ails the
Gazette.
The Lahm Rdtcaii is asked if it is not expedi-
ent for the government to do any thing towards
fostering and aiding plantations. We will not
presume to answer for the editor of that paper,
but being a close reader of its columns we know
whereof we affirm when we say that it's writers
are doing all in their power to impress upon the
people the Importance of fostering every indus
trial enterprise in the land. Regulated industry
and labor, both on the plantations and on their
kuleanas ; honesty, sObriety and thrift temper
ance; purity Of life contentment, and obedience
to lawful authority patriotism, and domestic
affection and above all a happy, hopeful looking
forward to a higher spiritual life these and
kindred themes are what occupy the attention of
those who regularly write for the Lahui HaUaii,
go that the paper is at present the most powerful
instrument for the education of the masses that
there is in the country. And yet when a writer
"a Hawaiian by birth, his heart overlooking
with love for his race while he sees their impend-
ing doom-has the manliaess to stand up and
say generously, " Let the Chinese come, we do
not oppose them, but they are not the people to
save our race, and we do not see the propriety
of introducing them for that purpose" then the
Gazette must step to the front and raise its voice
about the "uniust statement, " as the cur bats
the lion at bay bleeding from his death wound.
All honor to those Chinese gentlemen and their
families who exercise a healthful e~levating iniu-
ence upon the native people. They are the ex-
ception, and the exception proves the rule.
The Gazette adds, SO it will not do to condemn
the Chinese as a class and teach the natives to
despise them Notice the wicked inference. Of
course, the Lchui Raioaii condemns the Chinese
as a class and teaches the natives to despise them!
g Oh, shame, where is thy blush !" We throw
back the insinuation.
Who pray, condemns the Chinese as a class?
and who is teaching the natives to despise them?
In the name of humanity we protest against this
attempt of the Gazette to raise an issue between
the Hawaiians and the Chinese for the sake of
thrusting it's lance at the Lahui HaeCaii. And
could it find no better occasion than this, no less
guarded point in the armor, no more vulnerable
place at which to point the dagger? But it has
failed even here.