The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-23
ASlAIIC ASCENDENGY.

known and Indisputable fact that Tor
several years past the work and
policy in which the Hawaiian Gov
ernment has been engaged is to hold
an American Treaty, and yet forci-
bly, drive from these shores the
Anglo-Saxon races. 1t is evidently
intended TO accomplish this object
by landing here an Eastern race of
people unskilled and uncivilized,
Judging from the appearance of the
900 odd lately let loose and on pre-
vious exhibition, many of whom
were indecently habilitated, upon
our streets, in presence of the fair
ladies of our land, without regard to
good morals or common decency,
which they would have shewn if
they, these people, were in state
of civilization as claimed by our
rulers. From appearances an i'm
partial citizen can only come to the
conclusion that in future they will
be scourge on society here and
living monument of disgrace to the
governing and directing powers of
the Hawaiian nation. Drawing
conclusion from an article headed
Japanese Immigration," that made
its appearance in the Government
journal this morning, these Asiatic
coolie immigrants are considered by
our statesmen and rulers to be in
an advanced state of civilization,
and will become dutiful subjects.
Sir, ponder over the situation and
then conceive the opinion which
enlightened people must form of our
leading statesmen and ruler, who
have perseveringly and at great
expense, and at time when our
treasury contains only about 5000
dollars sent ambassadors, ships and
means to the japanese Empire to
convey here the uncomfortable peo-
pie of that Empire, in order to
crafty the desires of q small mino-
rity of planters who now derive their
living from the generosity and at
the will and suffrage of the Ameri-
can Government. His Mikadoship,
with the shrewdness of an Asiatic
ruler, can well afford to be generous
to this country, and undoubtedly
considers himself lucky in being able
to convince our statesmen that they
are skilled and in an advanced state
of civilization. This Asiatic poten-
tate must have formed strange
opinion of the people who are gov
erning this small Island Kingdom
(now to all outward appearances in
q state of degeneration), and who
are eagerly wooing the lower order
of the Kings subjects, presumably
among other ideas that of recuper-
ating the Hawaiian race and estab-
fishing higher and more elevated
standard of morality amongst the
native people, and in order to retard
and check continuous state of
retrogression visible everywhere on
these Islands, according to this light
of Government immigration, this
system will hereafter add wealth,
comfort and strength to the Hawai-
ian Government to retrieve its lost
prestige by fulfilling the well-known
remarks "Hooulu Lahui," meaning
to increase our population, without
taking into consideration the well
fare of the Hawaiian subjects who
are supposed to be classed amongst
the enlightened races. When it is
taken into consideration that nearly
thirty thousand of this class of i'm
migrants have been added to our
population in order to appease the
gorging appetites of sugar planters,
it is but natural that travellers visit
ing these shores, after viewing our
population and understanding the
true state of affairs now existing
and casting conclusions (for aught
we know on anthropologists support
ing by inspection and exhibition in
foreign countries the Darwinian
theory that primeval man was des-
cended and the product of the
lowest order of the animal creation,
this conclusion appearing after eX-
perimenting on few specimens of
the coolie on Hawaiian soiD, should
come to the conclusion that the
Darwinian theory is correct? If so,
then the propagator of our immigra-
ton scheme in all probability here
after would be immortalized, and
after passing from this stage of action
would be viewed with awe and
veneration by the most learned and
scientific of the age, not throwing
into the shade the most famous John
c. Calhoun, whose memory above all
should be retained for the future
benefit of our Hawaiian rulers.
u. Y. SQUIREs.
Honolulu, 21st July, 1885.