The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14
ADDRESS TO THE EAWAIIAN
PEOPLE.

There j. a "a wing among men that" God helps
them who help themselye-; a saying based upon
the general observation Of mankind, that those
people who make no effort % improve their
condition in lie, are never assisted by any PR
yIdential interference ~ their behalf aud tI.is
aging j. well deserving the attention Of the
Hawaiian people.
IL - said by writers and intelligent observers
~ these Islands, that the native people are de-
Ginning in numbers and passing away a. a nation
isOm of the face Of the earth, partly bcciu-e
they will not help themselves. Yet HawaIians love
lhe n much a the rest OF mankind; and If they
decline and de more than other people. il must
be owing % ignorance rather than % md ference
about their fate. u j. not that the uawaIians
Cd not care, but that they do hot know " hat TO
do And these instructions originated IN "A hope
and belief, that by more knowledge Of the laws
OF health, the tide OF decline would be stayed In
hawaII; and they are sent forth, as a voice Of
love % you, o., uawaiIans, that you may by
them be led 10 consider your sanitary condition,
and see wherein you, as a people, come short ola
wholesome life, violate laws Of health, and cause
your own decline.
When a mans estate il ~ncumbere with debts
and appears 10 be in a bad way. leading TO utter
ruin such q man 1t possessed Df any good sense,
will begin To- take stock and form u careful es-
tlmate Of what he las, and via; be must do in
The way 1T saving, precruton and effort. IN or
der % redecm h- estate. Such an Investigation,
wItu ali precautionary euIeayUG-, - nOw press
iu=ly CtI.rd or BY TIE Hawaiian political estate
10 IS 90 suc.l q ,tlte Vi Decay, that II - especially
urgent upon you Hawaiian pc pc % tukc stock
% Your OSn race. AMI examine into the con-
dittJu oT your u1-iInal existence and 20 by
knOWInk JIc danger that a~-rIi you - - people,
learn 10 meet ur avoid them. And III tins re-
tttiJu Uae Ut tine must important matters Tor you
UtwIiatus 10 exiui.de iu,O aud % study Is the
last census rcPIrt OF tLa Hawaiian Kingdom.
IL j. ,~firiIily stated after q careful CO INT by
competent persIu=. that there are now only u
htle over r5rtv-four thousand native Hawaiian
people in these ~l-lant-!
Where are the mulurudinOus children OF Uni.
and Jt keIwe vi the Oldcn timea-dnd later on
Of KImeeianUku aud JUC OIher heroes vino helped
u establish the foundation % tac Kingdom OF
Ktmshamcia =?
WHEN the crca, HIrlriln CDnqIerOr COM
meuced his work VI uniting and organizing this
ArchipeIagp. there were according 10 the most
moderate estimate. about one quarter vi IL million
two hundred and iity thousand native Hawaii
an T. UpIe. a. thc basI- Of Jhc Monarchy Of ka-
ur-.IiiIeha the Fire.: and when Kalakaua the
Seventh KIM -ir- on the Throne, there are only
forty-'our thousand, or about the seventh part Uf
tine reputation that constituted the first iOunda-
uOu ct Tine Hawaiian Kingdom.
Ga such u small basis OF native population as
fOurty-iOur thOu-and Uf all ages aud sexes, the
Hawaiian people would never have received
recognition us an independent Kingdom from
Foreign Powers.
II Il could have been shown to the Govern
ments Of England and France, or Of America. at
the time the Hawaiian Commissioner Richards
and HaaliliO went TO negotiate for recognition of
Independence, that the Hawaiian people num-
bcred less than the population OF a third rate
town Of Europe or America: and that there
were ut the same time, as there are now, as
many able bodied men Of all foreign races, as
there are or able bodied natives in the islands,
those Governments would not have accorded to a
Hawaiian Chiei u recognition as an Independent
King Of the Archipelago.
Those Governments Of Great Powers. or some
one Of them might have conceded a protectorate,
or some form If vice royal government, such as
has been granted 20, or imposed upon Tahiti,
samoa or FJi but they never would have adj
mlttci 80 small q tribe ~ the present Hawaiian
pee pie, into the family Of independent, diploma
tirtly recognized nations.
Thf- D. % subject hat calls for the most earnest
N consideration Ut every Hawaiian subject Of any
Face, who has any sense ui patriotism IN his soul.
. For bear in mind this possibility, that the great
political privilege, which has been accorded 10
this petty Kingdom under q more favorable con-
dillon OF numbers and hJnug:neity of race
might be taken away, should -Jne especial occa-
sion arise when tie Kingdom virtually ceases TO
be u flIwaIian native state, and i constituted
mrlnly by n mIugrel as-emblage of races Of
mcu from al parts Ut the earth
Now Just here, sIms hopeless lItwaiiJn may
cry out aud say, - What eau we d.? The hand
IT Gud - against Us. Death prevails more than
lie in our midst. We and our little ones die
like sheep in a plrcici ani wasted land. And If
the Kingdom OF kameiatnein i 10 stand here
after. 10 must b. upheld 10y the incoming of
white foreigners. Of Chinese, Of japanese, Of
Portuguese, uf PoIyne,iIns, Of Hindo =, Of Ne
grJes, and Of other races Of men, and not by
any increase OF the Hawaiian people"
But hold there, o., despairing Hawaiian, and
do not surrender the hopes and privileges of your
race : Do not believe that your race, or that any
race Of men on tie earth, are specially or prOvi-
dentnlly doomed to extinction, independent Of
any preventable causes of decline. You Hawai-
ian men are of good physique. Foreign ObSery-
ers admire your well built, we'll knit forms. You
are stronger IN body, man for man, than the
Chinese or the Japanese. You are more active
than the negroes. And you can when you try,
labor IN your own climate, better than white
men. or any other foreigners. And therefore it
l. PLAIN 10 every observer, that YOU Uawaiians
do not decline in numbers, and pass away, be-
cause Won are n weakly, diseased race. Not 50,
by any means. but chiefly because The IrOHlbS Of
your tr1meH are made sterile, and then bring forth
feC children and those JeJg are not properly
cared for.
TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN.
Tie children are the hope and the future Of
your race and it should be the chief thought
and purpose Of every Hawaiian parent. who has
not only parental affection in his or her heart,
but also some love for the Hawaiian name and
nation, to care more for theis children than
money, place, or any other gifts or joys Of this
world.
Yes, Take care OF your little ones! Take
care Of your girls Take care Of your women :
And by so doing. o, llawaiIans, your race will
provc that il Is not dDOmei to extinction. but
will increase, and 50 help PerPetuate your ma
tional independence!
But here, the hopeless Hawaiian may say
again, How can we take care OF our girls, and
~ ,rr women. 50 that they become healthful and