Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-07-15
SATUR DAY PRESS.
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vNsI SHALL 81 IHt FUTURE GOVERNMENT
Or I'VE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS?
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ton some new and intricate political prob.
lens out country can not become i'm
different ,o ,hi, island ucighhor in out
western sea. II is the pnstcm door al ON
continent II is the natural outpost. in
military sense, ol this western side o, nu
country, necessary Tor Cur protection and
defense, AMI necessary as IN adjunct To
ouI commercial intercourse with the pco-
PIC beyond us. The United State has
had no colonial policy, further than the
general resolve that the country needed
no dcpcndcntirs off her main land.
Hence all attempts looking toward the
acquisition oi Cuba ~ Santo Domingo
have me, with hut little favor. Cuba hc-
longs to Spain, and, so TAT a. NC ate con-
ccIucd, is substantially well governed.
The Hawaiian archipelago presents diff
icren, conditions in all respects. Il is
,si gt9r'iS among nations IL, original
people arc rapidly passing away, des-
irolcd hy disease. Worn ont by nttti-
ton with other people, the native popu.
laiion is wasting, and now numbers, all
told, abou, ior,y-iour thousand people
= native population about cqualing ,ha,
ui Alameda county, and yet porss,ing in
the parody of 4 royal government 1t
suppoi,s kanaka king, with crown
costing ten thousand dollars. with thirty
thousand dollars To nc added for the cN.
pcnsc of coronation frolic: a palace
costing as much rs wealthy gcn,leman'S
country seat; an army not equal 10 Il
city's police force; navy not equal To
yacht club; house OF mobiles and leg
islati,c assembly who own
no appreeiable part OF the eountry's
property, and pay no per ccn,age OF the
nations taxes; orders OF nobility with
decorations OF honor; all the pomp. GER
cmony, and small nonsense OF i court /;
III the irappingS, pagean,ry, and brigh,
colorS OF a national bahy-Show. The
King has Just returned from a trip around
The world, where he has been rcceivad rs
: monarch. Only think Of Victoria Re.
gina, Empress OF India and Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland, giving rcccp-
ton TO this monarch of a country
no, half 50 large rs her crown lands, but
who draws from his taxed people royal
salary nearly twice rs large rs the rcpub-
lie OF the United States, with its fifty
millions OF people, pays to its chief mag
isuatc. In this age, when the people
are asserting the majesty OF their power !;
in this generation, which has accom-
pliShcd the unitiea,ion OF Germany into a
grea, empire. and Italy into consoli-
dated Kingdom; tina, has taken civil au-
,hori,y from the Pope; that in France
has destroyed the dynasty OF Napoleon.
and on its bloody ruins laid broad and
deep the foundations OF republic, this
little kanaka sugar-patch seems the very
travcsty OF government. II may live,
and for time endure. Its very feeble
ness and insigniiicancc may preserve ii.
Blu; it scemsStrangc, when nihilism shakes
the foundations OF the rule of the Rom
Inotf. when agrarian Ireland sets a, def
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socialism colorS the legislation OF the
German empire, tina, this burleSque oil
hlack-cork exhibition, with 4 king in the
centre. 4 native bones ut one end OF the
cabinet. and Mormon advcnturcr at tn,
other, can endure. i, can not endure, foi
It is even now, with all its seeming pros
pcrity, bu, bubble dancing in the wind
It's population is composed of twelve
thousand adult kanakaS. iifteer
thousand adult Chinese, who have in.
vsded its valleys, purchased its lands, ant
debauchcd and stolen It's native women
and less than five thousand adult foreign
ers OF all na,ionalitieS, who monopoliz,
tn, larger part OF the property, the large
part OF the business, and all the enter
prise OF the country. Yet the Legislation
oi the nation is under the control of III,
native population. In the Legislative as
sembiy are only two white men. In III,
house OF mobiles less than half are OF pur,
white blood. Offices are held, taxes lev
led, and money expended by this nativ,
government. The revenues OF this king
dom are ample. its business men AZ,
prosperous, and real estate demands goot
prices. The reciprocity treaty gives I,
the sugar-planterS IN annual bonus o
some millions, and there is great tempo
rary prosperity to the majority of person
doing business a, the Sandwich Islands
As i, IS more than doubtful whether tn
government OF the United States vii
continue this treaty unless j, obtains iron
the islands some guarantee OF their polit
ical control, i, is we'll that the men VIII
own the property and do the business O
the islands should look forward to
changed condition OF affairs in the even
OF certain contingencies. To permit tn
natives OF the Hawaiian islands to hav
sole political control Of them, under tn
rule OF = vain, unintellectual, and capri
eious king, who delights in palaces
crowns, armies, navies, and other roya
toys, is sure TO ultimate in financial bank
uptcy, To permit An unrestricted immi
grafton OF Chinese is sure to result i
making these islands Chinese colony
Whether the population is increased b
rn,ernzrriage with native women, or b
the importation OF Chinese wives, or 4
=, present, by the invasion OF Chimes
males, only ono result can follow, an
tina, is the complete Asiaticising OF III
entire group of islands. II there be an
business men, planters, or good house
wives who think the Chinese are TO b
treated Is a temporary convenience, I
be removed at will, let them consider th
history OF Chinese invasions OF othe
lands, whose governments are stronge
than TIA, OF Hawaii, and whose pcopl
could present against them a much stoute
resistance The Chinese adults to-da
nearly equal in number the adults OF III
nstive-born and Europeans combined
In : conflict, the Chinese combined woul
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