Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-10
The Native Press.

Office anonymously to Mr. John Sheldon who is
employed by Hon. w. N. Gibson as Assistant
Editor of the Eieie. The following is translation:
John Sheldon-( otherwise Kahikina Kelekona.)
If you do not quit the employ of w. M. Gibson,
trouble will come upon you. He is a very bad
man. 1t is not well that you should oppose the
foreign ministers and other foreigners. If you
shall take heed to this warning voice, it will be
we'll. If not, you will be to blame and must bear
the consequences. Look out" The Eiele pub
fishes this, with comments, under the heading
"Cowardly Sedition." 1t says that when the
time OF election draws near, certain people, who
are in Office and SOLICITORS of retaining their
places, begin the practice of trickery and mean
artiice This anonymous, threatening letter, sent
to the native editor of the Eleie, is very good
an arrant coward would be capable of it. 1t is
manifest on the face of this letter that the author
is not native Hawaiian. If the object was to
on the side Of the right the Welfare and prosper
ity OF the King, the people, and the maintenance
of law and order, it will be found that we are not
cowardly and anonymous attempts, and we tell its
author that we shall not vary course were
there even 9 thousand more at his back; he is no
gentleman"
The Pae Alma talks in Il satirical vein about the
proposed mission to Portugal, as follows:
The good of the people and the prosperity of
the country depend greatly on the continuance in
office of the present Cabinet, who have accom-
plished 30 many improvements by their manage
ment. And the people have accordingly very
| earnestly desired that they should keep their
places until the Legislature meets in order that
| they may receive the expression of the nations
thanks and also be decorated with crosses of the
Honorable Order of KnIghthood of the Island of
| the Long-legged Plover. But on last Tuesday
afternoon we were definitely informed that the
King had signed commission for the Hon. II. A.
T. Carter, appointing that gentleman as Envoy
Extraordinary to the Court of Portugal, and that
Mr. Armstrong had been appointed as Minister of
the Interior nd interim; whereupon at
tackled with II dizziness of the head and q fit of
nausea and family inquired, what does all this
mean The answer we got after while was-not
afraid OF the coming session; oh no! but simply
steering for Portugal. We very grayely doubt
the return in time for the Legislature of our
small pon-continuing Minister. However, the old
saying will be e1emplited that i'll order to learn
to be a soldier one must learn also how to run :"
From another editorial Ill the same paper we
quote:
"Now the main object for which the appropria-
ton for immigration was passed, was not simply
to get cheap labor for the sugar plantation , but
also for the purpose of increasing the population
OF hllng the country with people. This last con-
sideratlon IL what has carried 30 large appro
priation of money during succeeding sessions of
the Legislature, and it would not have been posi-
bie for Ministers, with all their management and
earnest persuasion to have passed such heavy APP
preparations under this head, if the provision had
not been added-and for the increase of the popu.
lation. And what do We now see2 The constant
bringing III of cheap laborers for some bedy' y
| sugar plantations. During His Majesty's tour
around the world, he noted in foreign coun-
| tries as a King looking for people, and that the
| bottom plank OF his Government policy was--In
crease the People. And the King does earnestly
desire the realization of his dream of long years
in this particular; but behold! far different from
this are the views OF those who now have the lea
IN the Government. On u somewhat close exam
| nation 1t would seem that the main object of
those now in charge Of the Government IL to fill
| their long brown-cotton bags and those of their
| friends. Meantime they are continually hypocri-
tically crying-Aloha Aloha ! Aloha !!
correspondent Of the Kaoioa, II. Pahia, who
1 IL 10 Tor
| bly, heads letter with the querey-"Is the Haw-
allan !tace to Disappear EnIirely3" He goes
somewhat into statistics. In tue year 1872, the
total number of natives was 1904; by the census
Of 1878, it Was only AOos, 10 that the decrease
| III six years amounted to 43B. And he calculates
tina. a. 1hls rate OF decrease BY the year 1882
| asks, will be the last and who will bury his
bones and he gives words tn his touching lament
for his country and his people, whose graves will
be plowsd over by the stranger. But he finds that
the mixed bloods in 1872 amounted 70 2,4S7 souls,
and in 1875 TO 3,4SO,-an increase in six years Of
n' is
blood shalt give up the ghost, there will then b
not less than 1000 Of mixed blood in the country.
be proceeds to congratulate hia oOuntrymen on
the fact that although their own pure blood Is dis
appearing, n purer element, that Of the mixed ia
taking its place, ~ that, after all things are
going on there will DO people on the Islands with
Hawaiian blood, long as the world stands.
= MI Pahia thus concludes his letter: 10 my loved
nation do you hear this--that yoa are not to
| uWihuio anu uissppcaI eullrety {! " my blood IN
what channel shall you aowS o my body will
Kalawao bs your graveI . redskins! when shall
| you increase in numbers 7"
The KHokoa promises editorially to give next
week . statement Of the causes that are now opsr-
ang TO hasten the decrease and to prevent the in
| crease Of the native people.
The Elsis rejoices 70 say that intelligence has
been received from Italy, giving good accounts Of
the young Asw.iians being educated in that
country. James Booth has arrived at distinction
in the Military Academy, and IL q candidate for 8
Royal Badge Of Honor. Robert Boyd has just
returned from cruise ON the war weasel Victor
Emanuel, and was highly spoken Of for activity
and industry; Robert Wilcox is st the Military