Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-24
RI" REVIEWED.

You are Mt liberty to give up my name
MIR. Editor, to any person interested or
desirous of ginning or furnishing inform
ation," says the author of an attack upon
MIR. Armstrong published in the Z. G. Id
retisr of last Saturday. Being already
in possession of all the relevent inform
alton we deem the author capable of Civ
ing and not being ourselves in position
to furnish such conclusive arguments as
would be required to prove circle to
mind that would insist it was square, we
have not sought by the conclusive means
offered to establish the identity of the
author of the letter signed "R." We pre-
fer that his incognito should be preserved
in SO far as the means he has lately
adopted to disguise himself may tend to
secure such an end, and in so far us his
open title might benefit our readers hold
ing adverse opinions.
The author, however has the staunch
support of an anonymous noble who lately
wrote n pamphalet divulging the intri-
cacies of American annexation schemes,
another noble who openly and upon every
occasion has expressed himself in strain
not dissimilar from that in which the
author II" has written in regard to In
dian immigration but outside of the
support of these two individuals and that
OF the very responsible Editor of the p. c.
44deertiser, the views of r." Judging from
appearances in regard to what has gone
before in relation to this subject are
likely to gain but little support. But as
adverse views are so generally entertained
by people directly interested in the i'm
migration question, and these under q
general hypothesis are classed by the sup
porters OF s. r as annexationists, and an
nexationists again, are traitors, doubtless
he is able to derive a certain amount of
comfort in the contemplation of quality
in the absence Of quantity in the matter
Of support-not that he loved Cesar less
But ar" is especially distressed with
the judgement" Testimony being meant)
that East Indians are not suitable or de-
srable" as immigrants. Owing to the
limited natural capacity of the Commits
soner the want or neglect of opportunity
to gather and digest information on his
part as evinced by such Judgment his re-
port as whole is condemned, while a
contrary Judgment is held as binding
and rs guarantee that it is unimpeach-
able &" gratiously offers his real name
TO such as are still disposed in the least
to doubt, or are cropping about in search
of reliable information.
As near as we are capable of under
standing the writings and opinions of "R,"
it is not only labor we want, but British
labor, not mere immigrants, but British
immigrants, the nationality if not actually
supplying the lack OF quality, ut least
being indirectly capable of compensating
for it; and therefore Mr.. Armstrong is
wrong in excluding them upon any terms
from among those he supposes desirable.
Upon these grounds he has no right to
mn Ea hon nj ~ or,
the pagan, or immoral proclivities, or the
want of physical stamina OF the class of
immigrants we would be likely to get from
India; and much less to inform people
that British law would protect them in
the performance Of their religious rites
and ceremonies however repngnant they
might be to the laws under which we live.
Neither has he any right to allude TO such
document as that addressed to the Coy
ernor in Chief of Jamaica, and represent
ing tat least) the majority opinion of
1900 religious persons of the Baptist
denomination in regard 10 the undesirable
character Of Indian coolies as people
with which to stock country. The coolies
are there represented as lacking "rdigious
AID moral sdue''ioa, indasiry, energy, eater
prise" and educated isisiiigeaes"
"R" however has not given MS hls
opinion IN regard To the changes our laws
would have TO undergo, for the accoInoda-
tion of the Indian immigration project; OF
how We could avoid the difficulties that
might arise in the intercourse of our
authorities with the British Protector that
the scheme would necessitate as being
intruded upon us, and who would be i'm
portant just in proportion TO the disparity
that exists between the nation he would
represent and our own. But perhaps
upon this phase Of the question he will
reserve his opinion as more appropriate to
tho deliberations OF the Legislature short