Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-04
The Native Press.
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measure they greatly desire to be brought abont
by the coming Legislature is to make iouor free
so that everybody may drink without interferepce
oil law; and this appears to be the view of a large
proportion of the people i'll Honolulu How il
this question viewed in the other districts 1t
VIII be better To extend the tabu on spirits To the
thihese ana the natives of all the Pacific Islands
r"ther than to take it off altogether, az proposed.
IL SAID that some OF the Chinese are the princi-
pai breakers of the existing law, by selling to
those tn whom it Is forbidden But we are told Inv
those arguing for the repeal, that if the tabu was
taken OF. there would not he n great increase of
urmkhg That II 1t were no longer unlawful they
"ouiu care nothing about it. This is rather tioubt.
iui. There are many who are now enslayed by
the destroy ing power of drink and il the restraint
9i law were removed they would go headlong to
destruction. And If their own personal loss were
all 1t would not so much matter to the general
public but the evil brought about by iutemper
hnce and the dealers in intoxicants ia not cnn6aa
TO tue users or sellers, but affects as we'll those
VINO abstain. Look at what has recently occurred
ut Waipio, Hawaii. where several deaths have
taken place and much trouble, not only among the
MW-oreakers, but among orderly persons also
Not only has life been sacrificed but the p.ace
ana good order of the community.
~ IL SAID that at present liquor can be obtained
With facility by those to whom il is Forbidden Inv
the law; that the present law is a dead letter;
lhht some OF the police themselves aid in the in
traction of this law. If all this is true we had
better carefully consider the situation If the
Government is powerless to enforce the law will il
not also be powerless to keep the peace and pro.
tect life and property, if the law is repealed that
now restricts the traffic and of spiri Is? Let
ls not he In haste or may get nslray How
wonld 1t do to absolutely prohibit the sale of in
toxicntlng drinks IN this Kingdom
10 me Newspaper h"ohon 1T appears that two
important measures are To he brought before the
coming session of the Legislature, viz: THAT
we Government shall borrow ten millions of
dollars; THAT the liquor traffic shall be free
Ana therefore think will be we'll to give little
explanation Oh these points, so that every one
y, th. Il,
measures. 'i
J notice that you have opposed these desirable
measures IN the h"okOd of late, but trust that
after what | shall herein say in their advocacy
you VIII change your mind, and having acknowi. |
euHed your iauit, turn to the side of the people.
These TWO proposed measures are ardently de- |
sired by the Hawaiian nation, from the King on |
tue Throne to the commoners from Hawaii To Nil |
hiu ana We may assume that this desire is based
upon careful and wise considerations for this |
nation Is no longer ignorant and barbarous hut |
enlightened, is famed among the nations for |
knowledge and wisdom, consequently we cannot /
say ihat these proposed measures have been |
agreed upon and determined by the entire nation |
through ignorance or mistake.
lhtre being such unalimitv therefore amonu
true iiaHalians- II Will be unnecessary for Inc TO
MI the hno1oa with statements of the benefits that
VIII accrue to the Hawaiian people by receiving |
these great gifts from the Legislature of 1892 and
shall leave this duty to Lilikalani, and other !
Royal spokeimen, restricting my remarks to the !
subject OF the good that will accrue to us sugar |
planters through these great and beneficial meas
ures.
We are not sure of the perpetuity of our Reel
procity Treaty with America but it looks as
Though that country might put an end to it in !
ISL only two years hence; and if So there il only
one thing that will save Hawaiian sugar plapta-
tions from destruction, and that is for Hawai-, to
be annexed to and become an appanape of that
country the United States And how is this to be !
accomplished! 1t is plain that the Hawaiian peo-
PIE VIII never consent to annexation so long as
they are living IN peace and prosperity. but ii the
waveo Of trouble come the nation i have
strong hopes that they will consent. Then. like
a sick child, Hawaii will be glad to run and hide
in the broad bosom Of its mother government.
How can 1t be supposed that trouble is going to
result from big debt and free rum ? Thus The
nation is like an individual ii a man realizes "A
thousand dollars year from his exertions and
borrows ten thousand dollars by mortgaging all
his property, then all his income would 90 To pay
the interest ON his mortgage, and leave nothing.
with which to support his family. This would
probably have Ia come out of the principal and
what would be the end That all his property
would be sold ~ pay his debt, and he be left with
out either house or land. And with the Haw-
hiian nation, II they shall borrow ten millions of
dollars and squander it forts, war vessels,
soldiers and other playthings, and then when the
time comes to pay up the money, behold thsy are
empty and desolate. The country will 90 to the
Government that advanced the loan. And think
That " the Restrictions liQuor are Removed il |