The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-04-14

fold riches of the soil. Even the glorious
Of the picturesque and romantic
|scenes through which Their Exeellencies rode in
delighted admiration, induced IN their minds a
feeling of regret that the busy hand Of man was
wanting to utilize and improve the prodigaliSo OF
nature. All three Royal Commissioners brought
With them, we are told, on their return home Pi
Honolulu, the firm conviction that che first and
most imperative duty of the government of this
kingdom is, to devote It's attention to the intro
lduction of Iaborers into these comparatively
dspopulated islands. We employ the term
a Gepopuiated,' - because, as the Commissioners
are well aware, the decrease in the native Ha-
waiian population, estimated by Captain Cook at
400 900 souls, has been SO great as to warrant
j the apprehension Of the total extinction of this
race. Ii is true, Of late the births among the
natives are about equal to the deaths IN some
localities. Now, as we are discussing the SUBJ;
! ject of population, We are aware that someI
people here seem to think that the preservation
& of the native Hawaiian race is a matter of no i'm
p~ortance, and, N short, conclude that the
q Hawaiians are doomed to die out, like other
8 races heretofore. 1t appears to US that this is al
d fatality which tfe native Hawaiian government
4 of this kingdom ought, of all things, to endeavor'
to prevent. We can understand how foreiguI
8 governments can ave an object in the extinctionI
of native races il certain parts of their %territo-|
3 ries. Thus, the red injuns . have been almosti
q exterminated in The United States of North
= america, uhoe- a renuhlican government. nssi
a thus, of SO, 0o0 aborigines on the island ofTasma-i
nia at the beginning of this century, the very
& last-their old quen,-died not long since att
q Hobart-town. But where a native race is Cow
q erned by its ow1 native king, and fortunately
enjoys, owing to Christian influences, what may
& be truly termed 10 model government" SURELY
. any policy may lie called suicidal which can:
81 overlook the very possibility of the decay and
g gradual extinction Of the native race of the couh-
q try. Hence, while the question of the introduce
81 tion of foreign labOrers into these islands,
unavoidably force itself upon the attention of
q government, as ole result, and the most impor-I
taut, it may be, o the tour of inspection of the
q Hawaiian Royal Commissioners, such a measured
. should never lose ight of the still more impor-|
= tant question of tie preservation and increase of
q the native Hawaiin race itself. Indeed, it is to-
s. be highly deploret that this amiable and sympa-i
8 thetic Hawaiian race has gradually dwindled
& away so greatly a to render the introduction Of
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& sity for the planters, whose capital is invested in
raising the produ'ts of these islands, principally
. sugar. Heretofore Chinese laborers were mainly
q employed on thei. plantations; and some of their
. body are still disposed to favor the introduction
q of laborers from the " FlOwery Land" But as,
in the matter IF the importation of foreignj
& laborers, their influence upon the native Hawai-
q ian race has to b. considered by the enlightened
q Legislators of this country, the question has been
s raised as to whether it might not be better to lay
81 out the money of the country on the Importation
81 of East Indian lsborers, of a superior class, who
q are more likely to amalgamate with the natiyeI
Hawaiian race, than Chinese. We have already
& expressed an opinion on this subject, and lately
g alluded to Sir Nordaunt Wells schemes for dis
. posing of the "Eurasians,'' or East-IndianI
s. half eastes, y Who, being Christians, might, we,
suggested, be .dvantageously introduced into
s these islands. We learn that this government is
8 more in favor of the scheme of importation of,
8 East-Indian laborers, than any other. We also
s believe that we are correct in stating that Her
g Britannia Maesy's Diplomatic Commissioner
q and Consul General at Honolulu, who had him.
q self occasion to note the paucity of population
! and the great want of laborers, during the occa-
q sions that he accompanied the Hawaiian Royal
. Commissioners on Hawaii and Maui, approves of
s the plan of Introducing East-Indian laborers|
q here, and that, in the event of it's being adopted
8 by this government, he is disposed to recommend
Z the matter to hs own government, so as toI
Z facilitate the negotiation of this government with
the Anglo-Indiar government. upon the subject.
s We have no DOUBT that, should this government
Il decide unon tn, introduction of East.Indian
s laborers-which we are told is very likely-the
mattcr will, thpugh the kind Offices of Major
Wodehouse, be e,sily settled with Her Britannia
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