Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-11-12
SATURDAY PRESS.
THE BLOOD UPON THE MOON
~, 1881.

at does not appear that the masters have
as yet called the infalliblc scent and tiger
nature Of the bloodhound to their aid in the |
will come in time, az they did in Cuba, Flo |
rida and the swamps Of Louisiana" The |
Gospel, according 10 he San Francisco Chroni- |
Gle.
In order that tho words Of the prophet may
be fulfilled, it will first be necessary to intro
duce o new element into this kingdom, to
wit: "the runaway slave" Meanwhile tho
bloodhounds bay the moon, making night
hideous in the immediate vicinity of the Chro-
nicis office. We fear it will be sometime be-
fore we shall be able to indulge in this species
Of amusement once so popular in Cuba, Flo
rida and the swamps Of Louisiana. 1t is evil
dent that go long as the law Of the land
stands, tho slave Bec not accelerate his pace
in time of trouble, for it is written in Section
1923, pages 34l, 3i2 Of the Civil Code; "1f
any person shall be guilty of any crime, mis-
usage or violation of any Of the terms Of the
contract, towards any person bound to service,
either under the l4l7th or the l4lsth Sections,
such person may make complaints to any Dis
trct or Police Justice who shall summon tho
parties before him, examine into, hear and de-
termine the complaint, and If the complaint
shall be sustained, such persons shall be dis
charged from all obligations of service and
the master shall be fined in sum not less
than FIVE, nor more than one hundred dollars,
and in default of payment thereof, be i'm
prsoned at hard labor until the sum be paid"
This heavily handioaps the bloodhound, and
We fear he will come in second best In the
race. We are sorry that in the Chronicles
library of reference, there is no copy of the
"Cyil Code of the Hawaiian Islands," or if it
possess this invaluable volume, we are still
more sorry that the editor has lost his place
in il; for careful perusal of Chapter xxx
"Of Masters and Servants" would have
spared him the trouble he has takcI in making
an ass of himself. We recommend to his
kind attention Section 1925 which concludes
the Chapter thus:
"Nothing in this Chapter contained shall be
construed to destroy the right of Civil action
for damages by master or servant for brcacl,
of contract"
We arc sorry for that particular blood
hound his infalliblc scent and tiger nature
arc wasted upon the desert air. We do NOT
imagine that the infallibls nature and the
tiger scent of the beast will ever be of mucl
service in this latitude we fear that the in
fallible tiger and tho natural scent will never
become acclimated.
This is a strange, weird, fascinating island
kingdom. Sooner or later the most obstinate
. succumbs to it's sweet influences. We car
, imagine the performing bloodhound after I
brief experience in tho arena of the cane fields
fawning upon the slave and fondly licking th'
horny hand of toll. BY this time he will
have shed his bark, and become as rationa
! and common place as any poi-fed cur in th
, Kingdom.
But if he should not" oh horror il
, tho key Of Co. In our minds eye we SEQ al
= tho hdoous details of slavery Ms pictured il
the fell columns of the Chronicle; we hon
the means of the dying, wo gaze upon heap
n Of slain; we see the air darkened with hcen
. slaves of all colors from cafe au bh 10 cat
noir and then-he has been impatiently await
: ing his cue all this time-cnter the Chronic
. bloodhound, a piece of fresh kanaka in hi
a | month