The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-01-11

commercial honor. Virginia refuses TO pay her
State debt. The negro i willing to repudiate It.
lie don't give ita thought The most soundly
conservative men in the South, Rrs the Northern
mea. Republicans. who have acquired a lille
/ property. Let the negro get into power. they say,
aad be will rob US By taxation. In South Caro-
lima. IL : "a serious matter. What can the people
| dos Unrestricted voting means, negro Judges. a
hnegro governor. negro treasurer. and negro con
eAbles. The other alternative Ia % crowd the
negro from the polls. Men IN the North read
about ourages at tie polls, and say, - the rebellion
is not ended These very meE would. IL living
in Virginia or South Carolina, 5000 say. " we must
protect ourselves a. ali hazards" The truth Is,
that for many years to come residence IN the
South will not be very desirable. The negroes
will be led into aIl kinds OF mischief BY their
own leaders, and they will vote as ignorant men
usually vote. And when the time comes in which
money can be used in elections, the state of things
viii be frightful. So far. no one has any money
to spend. l could not in twenty pages, give you
the simple facts. which have come 10 my know
ledge within the last year. The newspapers pub
lish the facts. and who give them TO the news
papers. Now no legislation. no presidential pro-
clamation. or Indictment can alter a condition OF
civilization. When President Hayes lett the people
Of the South, both white and colored. to work out
their OWL salvation. he accepted the philosophy of
civilization. II he now interferes. what can be
do Indict the offenders But the persons charged
with guilt must be tried before q jury. Who Will
make no the jury : Southern whites, and per
haps some blacks. With what result acauIttal or
disagreement. Mr.. Lincoln abandoned the prose-
cution OF JET. Davis. because by law he could be
tried in a Southern State only, and any jury of
Southern men would have acquitted him. So
Hayes can do nothing; the army is tied up by
law. the solution comes by a general education of
whites and blacks. The negro is not fully pro-
tected to-day. The scales of justice are not well
balanced in any part If the United States The
laws of trade will finally settle the matter.
The white people are anxious to trade with the
blacks. To-day, the merchants OF the South con-
slider the black trade more desirable than the
white, for the black trade pays as it goes. OF the
five millions OF bales of cotton the black is a large
owner. His money makes the storekeeper his
friend. His money pays for land. His money
keeps the railroads going. 1t is only where the
blacks are in dense masses. and control majorities
of votes that friction comes. But the negro IS
nearly ont OF politics. ara other questions are
arising
I will close by saying that the electric light is
attracting great attention. The prices OF gas
stocks have fallen greatly. Edison, the great in
ventor, is something of a humbug. He has been
for some years knocking around this city, doing
rather clever electrical tricks, but certainly never
respected by the telegraphic fraternity who met
him daily. The electricians are all laughing at
his sudden fame. 1t is a newspaper reputation
only. No invention of his is in practical use at
the present time, and yet heard Of him as an
electrical inventor over eight years ago. 1t wonld
be well to take the statements made OF him with
large allowance. The lighting of streets with
electricity is not an accomplished fact. There are
still serious difficulties in the way. But these
difficulties may be removed at any time. Edison's
new invention is about to be tested, and | appear
as a sort of 9 expert " in the matter. The dream
of my boyhood will be realized when the white
light of electric burners lights up the Pail.
w. Y. a. 4