The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-03-02

fas 3eScAasvaent u 0sr researces has not been
- p.r,zNe3 h,,ie1t - as- OF course. as nation
" have eeSysne nsoye wealthy; We build finer
kscSes Ne pot hanasouer furniture into them ;
han hctter FictuFss on cur walls We drive HIGH
scefgsrs so,ne ~ us have a handsome balance at
C-T hsnkc-s and some Of Us have a handsome
hllanoe o1 the sehf side at our agents OF course,
49, Tie rcpost of cur progress has attracted
cre21 MANY people 70 cur shores We have more
llvyors, aao-e doctors. more tradesmen than form
e-iy. Oar ssoiety has received many pleasant ao-
ceslioas-bui alas the country has also received
s1sse very unpleasant aooossions in the shape of
tie cenus roOghs he has come among us in hls
usal FTv'ozH shape; be does not belong to any
Particular nationality or 10 any particular color
d Il sometimes European. sometimes American,
snuCtimes Asiatic, sometimes white, anon yellow
aud OCCASIONALLY black. OF whatever nationality
O. color he may be, he Is by no means an adyan-
slcc 10 the community and If be goes on increas-
ing ne may become very troublesome. At first we
only hear Of him as being engaged in a little bur
ESry, gentle highway robbery, but by-and-bye he
VII doubtless come out in'stronger oolors, and then
the resources Of police authorities would have
O. BE- put % high strain. 1t is not only, how
ever, IN dealing with the rough that physical force
vii be required 10 back up our civil authorities
there are possible riots OF disafTected laborers
sudden risincs Of men, ordinarily lav-abding,
hut who are occasionally worked ND to disafection
and tamult which ought to be provided for Now
from past experience We ought TO draw lesson.
Eost Of Us remember the mutiny at the barracks
and little later the not which took place when
the present King elected to the throne. In the
former, - men successfully defed all the power,
civl and mlitry Of the nation, until sort of com
promise was effected. In the latter, the town was
only saved from a scene of confagration, and pos
shly murder, by the armed intervention Of foreign
var vessels then in port. By those two events, we
ought certainly to have learned that our machinery
for keeping crder, though effectual enough as q
general rule would easily break down if any great
Errsin were put upon it We think then the or
F1nization Of a semi-mihtary force like that of
the Irish oonstabulary would be of great advantage
. our authorities The men, who form It, should
be either retired soldiers sailorsor police Able
bodied men Of these classes accustomed to drill
and 10 obedience can be found either in the United
States or England. These men would not only
form an Efficient force but in times of trouble.
could be psed officers and Orgauizers to be put
In charge Of outposts They ought to be instructed
and continually examined upon the law which il il
fleir duty to see enforced they should have daily
driI, even when in small parties, and. as often as
once .aonth, the whole force should be mustered
and drilled together. The men ought also to be
tzaiRed horsemen, so that on being landed at any
place they should at once be able TO proceed
rapidly and in order to any spot they might be
raquired We are sure ths mere presence of such |
force ii the county, would have very wholesome
check upon the unruly- We do not desire for an /
instant 20 be alRrmists, nor do we fear that any /
riots are al hand. We only wish to point out that
such things may occur as they hars occurred in the