The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-06-14

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used 20 give relief to sick Of their own
blood and language, and that they should
not be taxed to supply free doctors bills
for only one section Of our cosmopolitan
community:
THE lessons which history teaches are
most valuable. No man. no set Of men
who undertake to Try and shape the desti-
nies Of any nation can afford to neglect
them Such lessons we would ask our
statesmen here 10 study.
Amongst many points which it would be
well for them to consider. we would ask
-- What drove the American Colonies into
q war with the mother country There
were loyal hearts enough on the western
side Of the Atlantic men Of the colonies
had shed their own blood for the honor Of
the old flag there was no unwilingness
TO subscribe the singTs Of war. The an
swer comes echolng along the corridors Of
time. booming as 1t were upon the ear
Taxation without proper representation
Again. what deluged France with blood
between 1883 and 1895 What sent the
sauguine tide in rolling pillows over that
fair land What drove a naughty no
bihty TO seek its bread by what means it
could in a foreign land And again the
reply echoes back. Tax 3tiOn without
proper representation. Further still back
into the past and ask what gave rise to
peasant reyolts Of Germany and England.
the ~Jacquerie" Of France. and the answer
fairly stuns our ears as it rolls out the
words, Taxation without proper repre-
sentation." What saved England in 1892
from rebellion and bloodshed but yielding
TO the pressure and giving representation
to the tax payers. by the celebrated Re
form Bill 2 The lesson had been learned
by the British statesmen Of that time. and
they wisely acted upon what they had
learned. Ii was this yielding to the inev-
table, this bending before the coming
stable. when Kings and kinglets We're top
pling over like nine-pins during the revo-
lUtionary epoch Of 1880 to 1878
There Is lesson for Hawaii to learn
from all this No matter from whom the
injustice comes, whether it is committed
10y an oligarchy or a democracy, the mo
meut taxes are levied without a proper |
opportunity for aH the taxpayers to be |
represented, to be heard and to have Il |
reasonable chance Of influencing the legit |
innate expenditure, there is danger in the |
air. One way or another the retribution |
viii come II may be swift, it may be dila- |
tory. but It comes inevitably.
That this danger does threaten this |
State at the present moment we are pre-
pared to maintain. The largest taxpayers |
upon real and personal property are not |
fairly represented in our House the few |
representatives they have. argue as co |
gently as they may, make no impression |
on the forcgone conclusions OF " Young |
Hawaii"
We believe we are quite within the |
mark when we state that the foreign resi-
dent tax payers. amounting in all to not |
1000 exclusive Of Chinese). pay five times |
as much ON personal property tax as the
1900 Hawaiians The majority of these
taxpayers look with extreme disfayor upon
the manner in which the money collected
from them Is being spent They are mad
equately represented, and here lies serious
danger We speak as a true friend of the
Hawaiian when we urge him to consider
what he is dong in not listening to the
Of those few IN the House who
o' represent the large property interests.
and when we especially urge upon him to
consider the few historical examples that
We have set before him.
The p. C. 4. may say-it has said that
all classes are properly represented IN our
and have no cause Of com
plant II is folly to say this, in the teeth
Of what Is daily lyoccUTing during the pres
ant session The present Ministry may
boast Of their control over the Legislature;
it reminds one Of ATtemus Watd's control
over the man in whose teeth his (Ward'sD
nose was inserted They can easily lead
the Members to voting outlays Of the
money of property owners: the p. G. i.
Itself, IN one Of its late issues, points out
he votes of the property owners" in the
Assembly But can the Ministry stay the ,
lutays Of public money one penny in the
direction of true economy We do not
believe in taking hopeless views and we
gladly would see the Hawaiian Govern. 1
nent gaining rather than losing. in its
lold upon the principal foreign natiouali-
les which its treaties and its laws have {
undertaken to mete out equal rights and
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