The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

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Gus to the native Hawaiian race.
Owing TO the large excess Of men in the popu-
latiOn Of these islands, there are numerous in
stances Of
POLYANDRY.
This Is the ruin Of society and civilization
cannot flourish, where il shall become u recOg-
nIzed custom that many men may c)habit as ac-
knOwledged partners with one woman. Two
men cannot be cOnJOintly the father Of a child;
therefore the second man who has intercourse
with a woman, already married, serves only u
promote Eurtful excitement and sterilIty Of the
womb. \ second or third husband, or rather
partner IN a wOman's embraces, destroys hopes Of
O~f-pring, and you, Hawaiians, hoping for the in
crease Of your nation, should learn to Danish the
word punaiIa. your name for the third member
81 a cOnlugal or sexual union, from your Ian
guage. You should cherish above all things the
Institution Of
TIE FAMILY,
As a promoter Of health, and as the condi-
ton for natural increase. y man with his wife
and children, united IN a comfortable home, con-
stitute a perfect miniature state OF the tTuest and
most enduring character. Place another man IN
such a household on equal and recognized cOnJu-
gal relations with the first man., and you infringe
not only laws Of health, but you destroy the fam
iIy, and the very foundations OF civilization.
Therefore every patriotic Hawaiian must re-
gard as more important than wealth of money,
7 houses or lands; more important than govern
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the maintenance Of the family Of one man with
one woman, and the preservation Of the chastity
Of woman.
4 race which cares not for the cha, tity Of It's
females must not hope for independence or per-
petuity. And although despairing HawaIians
NAV have much cause to say, that il is in vain to
try 70 guard the chastity OF females who are en-
yirJncd and impDrtuned by a thTeefOld disprOpOr-
ton Of the other sex vet they must not, for all
this, abandon the cause of their race. They
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peal in behalf Of their suffering race, that their
Government shalt be awakened 10 devise and adopt
all possible measures TO prOmote their health and
increase and be fully aroused to consider that
the chief and paramount duty of a Hawaiian
Government is the welfare of the Hawaiian peo-
pie, the foundation and sovereign constituent Of
the Hawaiian Kingdom and TO see that they
suffer no detriment from excessive immigration
of masses Of foreign iaboring men without
women, or other causes.
Meanwhile. Notwithstanding the injurious dis
proportion Of the sexes in these islands, the chief
work in trying to sIve the Hawaiian Nation and
people, rests with you, o., Hawaiian Fathers and
Mothers
Neither King, nor Minister'S. nor Legislatures
can take care of the little children, the future
IIawa ian people. but You can.
And you, o, Hawaiian people. don't think to
be saved by doctors and medicines, if you won't
help yourselves.
Good doctors are great helps. They have val
liable knowledge, acquired by long study and
practice especially IN the important crisis Of
/ collaborating, when they often save lives. And
they have positive knowledge about the human
body, the flesh, the skin, the siuews, the Intes-
tines, the bones and the blood and they can
remedy bodily injuries occlsioned by cuts or
bruises, burns, or scalds, with an assured skill.
Yet, bear in mind, that by far the largest num-
Der Of feshly ills To which you Uawaiians, and
the rest of mankind are subject, are proven
table maladies and that by living in well venti-
lated houses, by wearing suitable clothing, by
eating nOurnshing food, and by observing the
varisus laws of health. "a herein set forth, sick
ness may be avoided, health preserved, and long
life maintained, without the use Of medicine, or
the help OF u doctor.
The object Of tie instructions in this book, il
not to teach the Hawaiian people to cure dis
/ eases. but rather to show them how To take care
Of their bodies. and avoid diseases. And more
over these instructions have been prepared for,
and are chiefly addressed % the very poor and
ignorant Of the native people.
You Hawaiians must study the laws OF health.
There is yet a young. vigorous and healthy rem
uant Of your race. say that there are no more
than twenty-five thousand young men and women
and children among the natives of these islands
yet twenty-five thousand people, understanding
and observing the laws OF health, would be a
good foundation for a state, and many OF the
most notable nations OF the world have had much
smaller beginnings.
I Therefore, awake, arise, give heed To instruc-
ton, and consider, o ,IIIwaiiaus, for the cause of
your race Is not yet by any means lost. You
have yet among you many young healthy bodies,
and abundant vitality. YJu have a guudly
troop of bright, pure young girls at your schools
and many cJmely young women OF your race not
yet dcfled by the invading spoilers, and you
must take Il fresh stand for health, virtue and
Increase.
Take care Of your own health, and Of your
children's health, whatever else may happen.
Let the white foreigner come and 90 with his
ships and machines, and gather his great wealth.
Let the Chinese in your midst ploi and dicker.
and save and send away gold. and keep TO their
own home fashions, If they will.
Let all other races here work their own ways
and live in peace with you in these free islands.
Let progress come with steamships, railroads
and tightening wire under the sea.
Let art and science change with new devices,
the very face OF all things in this Archipelago.
Still, if YOU Hawaiians-if you Kanakas-you
the Indigenous race of this Archipelago. discov-
cred by Cook. and rendered illustrious by Kane
hameha, shall give heed to good instruction for
your health. and take care of your bodies and
if, above all, you will hencelorth take care of
your little ones, and regard them as more pre-
cious than untold gold, then you Will once more
increase and multiply in your beloved islands
and good and enlightened people of the world,
everywhere, will rejJice to learn that the Hawai-
ian race is no longer moribund or declining, but
is cJnyalescent, increasing and multiplying, and
firmly establishing and perpetuating the indepen-
dent Hawaiian State founded by the Great
Hawaiian Hero Kamehameha.
WALTER NJ. GIBSON.
LANIKEHA, LAHAENA. December, 1879.