The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-12-04
A Few Words from an Old Resident.

To tie Editor of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
SIR,-The all-absorbiDg topic of the day seems to
be sugar and immigration. As a working man, L
offer q few suggestions, and I have, and we have,
many Of US, after q residence of a quarter OF
a century here, a right to speak our minds
concerning the welfare of the nation. If our tax
receipts could speak they would stand up in our
defence, as the '' voice of the people" The reasons
for the introduction of immigrants to these islands
are far different to those calling for the peopling of
o vast Continent, or colonial possessions. We want
people here of the same color and habits with our
natives. "Long live Hawaii mel IL" We want
people from the Pacific Isles to become part and
parcel of this land as we are ourselves, and no g ad-
venturers.' The East Indian, by all means, is as
much acceptable, and far more 60, than a " hood
lum " element. The Western Island men and women,
or Portuguese, are a blessing in any country to in
crease and multiply, and utilise the broad acres Of
the soil thereof The Chinese are necessary evils to
be got rid of when il is too late. However, any
port in q Storm as the sailor says. Chinese are
necessary when you cannot get along without them.
Let me ask one question of the public at large.
Where is morality and purity of character at their
hands? Honesty is good policy" Alas! where is
iti Where are their females Why not bring 1000
OF them mere, aQQ Danlsn tue tOOt u cAistiuS v
Of ~ipiquity that sits in their bosoms like q cancer ?
We are men Of families, and we claim protection for
our homesteads-deny it who can. 1t is as per-
ceptible to the naked eye as q rainbow from the
ethereal sky. Then eradicate the evil. AS to foreign
immigration, either from Eastern or Western States,
or Europe, these islands are not their homes. 1t
would be much better for these young men to remain
ct their continental homes than be seeking here whom
they may devour. Look at the Police Court Record
and Supreme Court Calendar for the last few years.
Oh Good Lord deliver US. We admit that many
Of them are Of o class of responsibility and standing,
but very well could We afford to do without them.
We have q 9 hoodlum " element increasing here
that is q curse to any nation. Go on the corners
night or day, seek tneir abodes. listen to them at
meal hours and give ear to the scurrilous topics
thereat discussed ; and if you have brain and nerve
TO listen to immoral slang. go and join them. and
become a disciple Of hadamanthus. A certain Sheriff
in Court, a short while ago. publicly stated that the
majority OF white men coming here the last few years
were a disgrace to our natives and Cinnamon. Is
this not authority? What further is %wantingf Do
you want to know that many of them can stand q
competitive examination for any den of vice, or herd
Of ~losfers? 1t is about time to bring into operation
the old adsge, that sc one ounce of prevention is
better than a pound of cure F." How is it to be done ?
Where is the Privy Council and the Board of Immi-
grafton to make regulations, so that character shall
have its value! In former years, when our big
hearted whslemen visited our ports. they had to pay
sixty dollars, more or less, for a passport of only
two months to rusticate themselves. Now the Hood
lum element only pays two dollars each for the
Queens Hospital, and then they growl. What a
contrast between our former whalemen and the scum
Of todsy. The whslemen were the sons of farmers.
merchants. mechanics, and o~thers-young and limo
cent. hardy, and vigorous and many Of them
obtained the highest positions in this country by
their talents, purity. and honor. Would we had
such men again. By all m~eans-reform and on
ward is the word.
And let rs be ourselves once more,
With neither key or lock on door
Our homesteads peace and quiet,
And blessings on us every night.
REFoRMER.