The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-08-07

Objectionable, until at the present time there can
he found but few, among honest or reasonable
beings. who will not endorse them. Our views,
once accused of being antagonist upon this ques-
tion) to the planting interests of the country are
now endorsed by the planters themselves. We
more than once have been accused of a criminal
alacrity to pull down, and a want of disposition
and ability to build up, by those who held to the
opinion that Chinese labor was, and would be,
indispensable to the country.
The question heretofore has been: What
can we do without them 2" And, "What do
YOU propose as a substitute for the cheap labor
they furnish, and of which We are so much in
need p The tenor of the questions now most
often peopounded, is: "What are we to do
with them? And how can we rid ourselves of a
class of criminals and Migrants, who will not do
honest work themselves; and who make their
living by a trade in illicit wares, which directly
i~nterferes with the order on plantations.
According to the census of 1872 there was a to-
tai of about 1000 chinese on the islands, about a
quarter of which number were residing in Homo
lulu, and according to the census of 1873, We
had a total of 1915 on all the islands, and 1899
in Honolulu alone, while the total of other for
eigners on the islands foots up only 1861. Fig
ures like these, with the prospect lin case there
is a cabinet to be found who will endorse the
payment of the subsidy to the China line of
steamers) of a fearfully rapid augmentation of
our Chinese population, may well cause a gener-
al feeling of insecurity and alarm among respecta-
bic people, both native and foreign. And,
,Lo.,l1 49, -, Iii ~ ,s;1o,a Lam daokr,ok
i've Of the parity clauses of our treaties with
other countries, become a law, we can well ex-
pect as the Gazette says, to have a perfect
howl Of indignation going up from friend and foe
alike"
With the accomplishment of such unwise laws
as have been passed by the Legislature of 1880,
no sane man can look to a renewal Of our Reel
procity Treaty with the United States, or even
for the continued protection of our independence
by foreign powers, and the helpless plight in
which this nation would be placed without such
guarantee, can be imagined, when we consider
that the impotence of our Government, bears a
direct ratio to the numbers of our Chinese popu-
lation. It is useless to dilate upon the demorali-
zing influence of these people among US in regard
to trade or to morals. Enough has been said to
make the wise tremble. Our prison is now filled
to OVERLOOKING with the Mongolian element, and
the authority of Government in many cases is de-
fed by it, and shall we longer look with indifer-
ence upon this tide of heather invasion, when
even the great nations of the Earth are express
ing their uneasiness at the war preparations of
China, and the rapidly increasing immigration of
her people into foreign lands? In a lengthy arti-
Gle on China's war preparations, the P'ttSbury
Leader expresses the opinion that there is a real
cause for alarm in Europe, and declares that
90 the conquest of Europe by the great Monaghan
nation would not long precede an attempt, at
least, at the conquest of California and of Amer
lea"