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Aauaiian gegislatnre.

on motion, the item was passed as re-
commended by the special committee.
Hon. Mr.. Kalua recommended that the
SIM of =, 200 for the support of the Female
Seminary at MakawaO, be inserted in the
Appropriation Bill, and during the dis
cussion which arose on the subject the
Commit tee took q recess until 1870.
AFTERNOON.
The Assembly reassembled at 100 pm,
and after discussion passed the item relat-
ing to $1,000 for female seminary at
Makawao,' making it provisional, how
ever that the amount shall not be disbursed
unless the Board of Education is satisfied
that the sum is really required for the in
stitution.
His Excellency w. VI. Gibson moved the
consideration of the item, encouragement
of immigration for r~epopulation as per
Loan Bill, $500, OOO," He trusted that the
Committee would give their earnest atten-
ton to this item. He said that whilst the
Government appreciated the Importance
of securing laborers for the several indus
tries of the Kingdom, yet their object was
to promote the repopulation of the Islands;
and, therefore, they intended TO direct their
attention 10 those races and states that
afforded a promise of a suitable people to
settle ~contentedly in this Archipelago, add
10 its permanent population, promote its
material advancement, and strengthen the
foundation of its independence.
Hon. Mr.. Aholo opposed the item. Want
ed to promote an Increase of people by an
improvement of the civiiiSatlon OF the ma
tive race. The incoming of strangers would
cause the hawaiian race TO be absorbed by
foreign races, and be lost sight of, as the
brown Indians had been in America.
His EXceliency :. X. Kaai supported the
item-had no fear of loss of race-what was
the result of mixed races in the British
Did We lose by the admiXture ? Are these
inferior Hawaiians? (His Excellency
pointing at the time to His Excellency }.
E. Bush, Hon. J.. 2. Parker, Hon. J. l..
! ITar1IDlnVr onA Hon n L Pi0ha r1Snn
who are of mixed blood No, you will not
say so. And if we bring here people from
Japan, Malaysia, and other countries That
will mingle with us, shall we lose our
identity, and the Hawaiian name be lost?
On the contrary, it will be prese. we'd
therefore, 1 urge that the Assembly will
support this item.
Hon. Mr.. Kaunamano opposed the item.
Hon. j. w Kalua opposed the item but
moved an a L endment that it be reduced 10
800, 900.
Hon. Mr.. Kauhane advocated the item.
Said that the country needed more women,
and the Government should be enabled to
introduce women and families.
Hon. j. Mott Smith spoke also on the
subject, and drew the attention of the mem
hers to the progress made by the United
States In population, and which would
never have been accomplished if one par
ticular race of people alone were sought for
immigrants. People We're reqired here
who would remain, and whose chiITFQ
"CNAN SAON up ohu doSlSL III pei pCINilIIhS
the independence of Hawaii. He con-
sidered that the country that was desti-
tute of cultivators of the soil and devoid
of a population that were constantly in
creasing was no kingdom at all, and which
would through natural causes be short-lived.
He hoped that the Committee would favor
the motion of His EXcellency the Premier
and pass the item, as the Government
should have an opportunity in this matter
to forward the welfare Of the Kingdom.
Hon. j. L.. Kaulukou said he was of
mixed blood, part Spanish, yet he prided
himself on being a true Hawaiian, and
hoped that means would be provided for an
increase of new people.
Hon. G. r. Bishop said that man was a
wealth producing animal. What are roads
and what is land without people? If there
was any reason to borrow money it was for
immigration and people.
Hon. Geodfrey Rhodes urged the passage
of the item.
His EXcellency w. NJ. Gibson said in
reference to the amendment of Hon. men,
Der for Lahaina to reduce the item to
100000, that the late Ministry had sent an
immigration agent, Mr.. Carter, to Europe
with q credit in hand of 800, 900 to promote
immigration of Portuguese, and although
the immigrants now arrived and on the
way would return a certain portion of costs
of transportation to the Government, yet
inaSmuch as the parties carving out
Co, had been induced by the agent of the
Government to exceed the credit-he gave
the assurance to the Assembly that the out
lay for immigration, for which the credit
and honor the Government was pledged
would amount fully to 500, 900, there
fore, the amendment of the item as
proposed wOuld not leave a dollar for
the importation of more people, in addition
to the Porting. csc arrived, and on the way.
His EXcellency was anxious to push immi-
grafton, but the hands of the Government
are tied in this matter till the Assembly
sanctions a supply of Inc He trusted
thnt Hnpnrp hIA nlgIlhaPS XVNnlH nnnraaiaf % .
that immigration of new people was a ne
cessity of our political existence, and if
means We're provided-and he would say, as
he had said before, ''judiciOuSly and
economically expended" that such immi-
grafton would be the Governments most
profitable enterprise. Some mistakes per-
haps, had been made in the past, and the
present Government had the advantage of
experience gained in the past ventures. He
did not agree with the views of the Hon.
member from Lahaina (Mr. AholO) about
the decline of the Indian race in America.
Some recent writers are of opinion that
the Indians in the United States and Ter
ritorieS are about as numerous as when
white men set foot on the continent. The Re-
public of Mexico is chiefly a nation of In
dians; of its population of about nine
millions fully seven millions are full blood
Indians. General Romero, an eminent
diplomat, who represented that Republic t
the city of Washington; and he had v!st-i
n Mexican Congress, where a large portion
of members were Indians, and AN inntn
was at the time, the President OF the Ite-
public. At the time of the conquest ~
CorteZ it is estimated that the population
was far below the present number-and the
increase of the Mexican Indians anu the
decrease of the North American Indians. II
true, Is owing in the case of the former u
acceptance of civilization, and in the case
of the latter to a wild spirit that would not
accept ameliOratiOn.
And you Honorable members in his
Legislative body assembled, illustrate the
result of n race accepting the principles of
civilization, and the enlightened political
organization which you accept and honor
ably fulfil, being in your own hands, is the
guarantee of your continued political in
dependence. Why should you fear the in
PRODUCTION of strangers with whom you can
assimilate and tremendously blend with
your own state? We desire population; we
desire the increase of a Hawaiian popula-
ton, and if you vote the item we propose,
for immigration, it shall be applied by us
to promote the best welfare and indepen-
dence of this Kingdom.
Hon. Mr.. \ holo, member for Lahaina,