The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-01

necessarily for publication. but as a guarantee of good
faith.
To the Efitor Of the Pacific Commercial AdUertiser.
Mr.. EDrToR,-So We are in a fair way to reap the
full harvest Of ills which INSCRIPTIONS devoteiness
TO selfish aud soriii interests generally brings in its
train.
We are about to gather the harvest of the deadly
Upas planted, watched. aud tended with so much
care in our midst; u harvest as bitter as dead sea
apples; dust aud ashes in the mouth, and death TO
the body.
Six hundred men with small pox among them are
let loose to carry disease and death 10 every village
and hamlet throughout the islands.
Whose is the fault? Is the pilot or port pIrysi-
elm to blame? Or are the officers of the vessel in
which The scourge was brought Or are those
men responsible who were the means of bringing 1t,
those who invited the Chinese Company to introduce
these swarms of men ? Or is it not still better to
trace back this evil to its source and say it is the
consequence of reprehensible arts dating from the
commencement of the present reign.
1.-THE gods are Just. and of our pleasant vices
Make Instruments to scourge us"
but unfortunately the innocent too often suffer with
or for the guilty.
What steps has our highly respectable Govern
ment taken to protec, the people. aud punish the
guilty whose carelessress or villainy has brought
the pestilence upon US?
The Gazette says the steamer Cnssandra was al
lowed TO leave on Messrs. Hlckfeld & Co. giving
bonds for payment of all EXPENSES incurred by the
President of the Board of Health up to the 28th of
April next, on account of the disease introduced by
that vessel. But who is to answer for the lives sacri-
feed and the sufferings of the victims of this un-
parnllelei piece of scoundrelism /?
~ NJ C-l :-.. En,t rL...o. -.o-;laa that
. Any vessel - which shall be the means of
clandestineIy introducing into this Kingdom. any
coustagious disease dangerous to the public health
shall be liable to seizure couf-cation and sale, for
the benefit of the public treasury"
Both of to-day's papers admit the delinquency of
people connected with the vessel. but still the often
ders have been suffered to escape unpun ished. Why
is this So, Why has the law not ieen enforced !?
Is il possible to conceive u more aiject confession IF
utter helpIessness in the presence of imminent dam
ger self evoked than has here been made?
The public has a right to protection; but after
what has just passed have not other foreign nations
a right to demand for If cir subjects or citizens and
property, at the hands of this Government, a like
exemption from punishment for criminal offences
that has been extended to this vessel her officers and
owners?
No wonder natives feel alarmed and have had an
Indignation meeting. Those who attended it made
a mistake in denouncing the Board Of Health. They
should have struck at the root of the evil by de-
handing an investigation into its cause. But the
course of events shows there is little hope tor the
people until public opinion is brought to bear upon
Hawaiian affairs. ard such representations are made
to Hawaiian officials as will not admit of disregard
or denial.