The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-25
LAST OF THE HAwAIuANs,

The laws of nature, which have DO
creed the extinction of this once pow
erful people. are working swiftly and
surely. sod in few years more some
one will write the obituary OF the last
OF the Hawaiian race, just as that OF the
Last Of the Tasmanians" has been
written. Men are living who can re-
member the time when kamelhsmeha, a,
surnamed the Great, could summon
Thousands Of strong armed warriors to
fight his battles. but the heir OF his
throne could not get hundreds today.
His lands are in the hands Of the
stronger. and that stronger is the Chi
namsn. He has found the place suita-
ble to bis taste. He has made il bis
home and it will soon bs his 10 rule and
enjoy. One thing which has tended
to render him secure in his claim is the
close afflilistion he has made with the
dying race. Wherever the Chinese
race has gone. excepting to America.
they have married the women Of the
land, and . hAlf-csst rsec has sprung up
which has taken the language. hsbits
and customs Of the father. There are
thousands of hslf-css.e Chinese in
Australia, the offspring of Monaghan
fathers and Auglo- Saxon mothers: there
are hundreds OF thousands in the Phiili-
pine Isisnds. the Straits settlements.
aud the Malaysn archipelago. the Off
spring Of Mongolian fathers aud moth
srs Of Malsyan origin. The sarne thing
is taking place RAPIDLY in the Hawaiian
group. A rigidly enforced law declares
thst no man and woman shall live to-
gethsr as man and wife unless they are
married. The Americans. English and
French have intermsrried with the IA
tive race, but the Chinese have doue so
more extensively than any other. The
majority Of the native woman prefer
the Chinese for husbands. Their habits
are better than those of the natives.
They work hard. accumulate properly.
become shOpk eepers. have homes and
take care of them. The natives iare
lazy. shiftless people. content with taro
pstch. mat and poi. The Cinnamon
look Ont for the rainy day; the nssives
do not. Hence the reason Of choice.
The Anglo-Saxon take the cultured
few, the Chinese the mass OF the women.
While the native marriages el.fruit-
less or result in the production OF weak
progeny. those between native women
and foreigners produc. u race Superior
III intellect and physique to the moth
ors. There are only 265 full-blooded
Chiue.e women in the kingdom. and
these are all wives. Opium is absent.
A strict law prohibits its transportation
in any form. aud woe bctide the man
who is caught smuggling it. No fine
will be accepted. A sentence Of impr;s.
onmcnt in ''the prison on the reef is
the only course which follows onviction
The law il followed strictly aud justice
dealt out impartislly. The Chinese
favor the exclusion Of the
drug. though many OF their people
resort to every device to get it. 1t is
shipped concealed in all kinds Of mcr-
and the saloon walters. etc.
on the Pacific Mail boats. and men on
trading vessels bring it from San Fran
cisco. Australia and other places. At.
tempts wore made to send it ashore at
every calling OF the steamers and YES
sells, bnt the custom house officers are
vigilant. AMI the smuggiers are often
caught aud placed on the reef Opium
is in great demand. and fabulous prices
are sometimes paid for the possession OF
small parcels which have escaped the
vigilance Of the authorities. The gen
ersl impression is that all the Chinese
love the drug. yet there are hundreds
OF them who look upon it anu refer 10
it ss Cough aud Murphy regard and
speak Of whiskey. When the Chinese
first settled at Honolulu is now mat.
ter Of discussion. One Trustworthy &C.
count says several Of them were there
when tho missionaries first came. At all
events. the year lS4O fourd few Chi
nese merchants at home there. f.
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