The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-03

Hawaiian-I am instructed by my Government
20 tender 20 you the aid and comfort Of the
Hawaiian Kingdom, IN preserving your indie
pendence and that Of all other POlynesian races.
RarotOngan-Thanks. So good Of you. How
do you manage 10 keep the first position among
the native races Of the Pacific
H-By assuming 10.
R-Haye you a purely Hawaiian Kingdom
H-Not entirely.
R-Hawaiians as Cabinet Ministers
H-NO : all whitemsn.
R-Hawaiians as Superior Judges
H-NO all whitemeu.
R-Hawaiians o. chiefs Of departments
H-NO nearly all whitemen.
-Hawaiians as bankers 2
H-No : all whitemen-
R--Hawaiians as sugar planters
H-No all vhitemen.
R-Hawaiians as merchants
H-NOi all whitcmeu or Chinese.
R-Hawaiians as rice cultiyatOrs z
H-NO = all Chinese.
R-Hawaiians as tarO cuiuyators
H-Chinese rapidly getting that.
R-What DO the Hawaiinns do ?
H-Driy express wagons.
i ave you an army
H-NOi
R-Have you a navy 2
H-NOl
R-H0w will You assist us IN preserving our
independence.
H-Hanged If I know.
Rare yOu rapidly increasingf
H-No : but permit me 10 present. Your Excel
lency with TIE great restorative medicine of the
nation, % Sanitary Instructions for Hawaiians.
Or. takes iD. II Is written by one W. NJ.
Gibson.
R-CReads.J 1t Is Che Hawaiian political
estateJ IN such q state of decay, that 1t Is es-
pecially urgent upon yOu-Hawaiian people, 10
take stock Of your race" (Reads again p AI)-
There are only fOrty-four thousand, or about
the seventh part Of the population that consti-
tuted the first foundation Of the Hawaiian
Kingdom. On such n small basis OF native
population as fOrty-fOur thousand OF all ages
and sexes. the Hawaiian people would never
have received recognition as an independent
Kingdom from Foreign Powers
Why the blazes are you Offering TO preserve
our independence, when you can hardly hold
your own, if this book IS true
H-Oh, groyelling statesman Of a demorallzed
tribe /! DOtard Of the South Pacific 7! Thy soul IS
narrow Thy heart Is cold : A tea-cup Will
hold thy ambition ! What have facts to do with
the primacy Of the Pacific ?
(Hands a copy Of Jules Yeme's Travels TO
Roratonga) This Is our international law
This Is the text book Of our statesmen
This book of n Frenchman, Mr.. Verne, is
one OF mere Imagination, a book of fines,
and is consequently mentiOned. in a Spirit
OF mOckery.
And the readers of the ElcIe, whether
native Hawaiians or true adopted children
Of the soil, will readily perceive the spirit
of mockery, of contempt for the Hawaiian
race, and Of wilful Misrepresentation, con-
tanned in this invented dialogue published
by the foreign newspaper, which proves IN
the publication Of such language, a bitter
spirit Of ~antagOnism to the Hawaiian race.
As il appears to us that this dialogue
might be pursued "A little farther, in order
to present all the facts and information
thai IL would be in the power OF a Hawaiian
envoy to communicate to- n R~arotangan
chief, we will continue the supposed con-
yersation from the point where the foreign
newspaper leaves of.
arotonga-B Mr.. Envoy, a heard
recently, that your Hawaiian King has
travelled round the world, and has been
received by all the great sovereigns on his
line OF travel, with great courtesy, and dis
tinction, aud has been hOnored as every
inch a King, and "A superior educated gem
tleman. Tell me Is he also n white man :
Hawaiian EnyOy-NO! he Il a native
Hawaiian born and an hereditary chief oil
the Hawaiian Kingdom.
R-Ah, indeed! and by the way, 1 hear
that the King j. assisted in the government
of your country, by an assemblage Of men
who make laws, and who regulate the
receipt and disbursement Of a great Heal oil
public money. Are they all white men?
II E-Not by any means. On one occa-
sion, not long ago, only one white man was
EAAN1EAH - ANNANF@AAA@NAF ~
il will be owing to the favor and good
nature Of the brown native people, II any
white people are elected To this assemblage-
They elected four to the last Assembly
and through the good will Of the natives
more or less white men may be elected to
the next Assembly.
R-YOu say the natives only run eX-
presses or small vehicles for hire in Homo
lulu. Now 7 understand that n great deal
many million Of dollars worth Of valuable
merchandise j. yearly shipped to and from
YOUR port. Do the white men perform al
the labor Of handling IL?
E-Oh, no : all that heavy work o
handling lumber, iron, coal, and boxes and
bales Of merchandise is all done by native
Hawaiians, who work in heat and cold, am
strive hard with the sweat Of their brows
II would be- impossible to get any Of the
white men Of the islands TO do such work
There j. a society Of strong native men
called POOlas, who DO this valuable and i'm
portant work for the white men.
R-Then Mr.. Envoy, it seems TO me
that your Kanakas are a very industrious