The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-21


BILE, unschooled and untaught, living in
the rudest way, laboring but little even to
secure comforts with no commerce and
little agriculture, and with crude ideas
about property. Bat the native was taught
how TO increase his comforts BY labor,
which he has done 70 some extent, but he
does not like it. He has learned that civil
lied Governments require officers. The
Offices he Iikes-most men do if the salaries
are Iarge-for he has learned that it is an
easy way TO get a living. He has also
learned that TO support a civilized Govern
ment and pay its officers requires money,
which is taken from the people by law in
the way sof tax. These things he has
learned, but he has not learned yet of the
sacredness of money taken from the people
by process of law. and the personal and
moral obligation of every officer to restore
to the people full value for every dollar
taken from them by process of law, and
that the people will hold him strictly ac
countable for it. This he has not learned,
and must be taught it by the white man,
and you, gentlemen, must teach him. All
the native seems to comprehend now IS,
first, to get into office, and if his salary is
not large enough TO support his fancied
dignity, he must raise it; and if the money
is not in the Treasury to pay his checks,
he is to take it from those that have it by
process of law, as he has been taught. So,
almost without discussion, without consul
tation with the parties most affected, in
hasty and undignifedImanner, and by, as
it were, wave of the hand, 1919 per cent
is added to the tax roll of the Kingdom.
This, say, the native has been taught by
the white man, but he does not yet realize
that to all this power there are necessarily
some bounds and limits fixed, as well as
the moral and personal obligations attend
ing it. And further, he does not realize
the danger there is in taxing people with
out their consent. An unwarranted use
of this power has upset the authority of
powerful nations and caused the shedding
of much blood The white man has organ
lied for the native a Government, placed
the ballot in his hands and set him up as
a lawmaker and a ruler; but the placing of
these powers in his hands before he knows
how to use them is like placing sharp
knives, pointed instruments and dangerous
tools in the hands of infants. They do not
yet realize the effects of their own acts
even upon themselves; hence they want
teaching. You must teach them; do not
take these powers from them, but teach
them how to use them, so as not to injure
themselves and US. 1t is now painfully
evident that our last Legislature and the
preceding one were handling edged tools,
and in a manner dangerous to this King
dom, injurious to the people and to the
health of the natives. need only refer.
you to the two laws upon opium and rum
to make most of this apparent, while the
Governments Genealogy Board, armies
and other follies clinch the argument.
The danger to the natives lurking in the
'Indulgences" laws above referred to, be-
ing in their nature death dealing, will
destroy many natives to one Chinaman,
and hundreds of natives to one white man,
so that the natives will waste away unless
they are saved by the white manly you,
gentlemen, and the white people outside of
these walls. You must, under God, save
their bodies as the missionaries tried to
save their souls. Where there is will
there is a way, and the white man, belong
earth at the present time, and possessing
as he also does goodly share of intelli-
gence, always finds way to carry out his
projects, whether they be laying cables,
running railroads, exploring the heavens,
or governing among the nations. Hence
take it, you have a right under your
charter and bylaws to save this Govern
ment and people and to protect their inter
ests whenever and by whatever means you
think best, and whether these interests be
financial, political, moral or legal. And it
is the duty of this organization to protect
their own interests, whether they be as
sailed by taxation, or by imm oral or ex-
travagant laws.
We now ought to call upon all the peo-
pie of these Islands, of all nationalities,
who have the welfare of this country and
people at heart, to come to the help of the
Lord against these mighty sins of intern
perance, extravaganza and folly, and by
their acts protest against those laws that
have opened the flood gates of intemper-
ance and let loose the juggernaut of hell to
roll over and crush the weak victims of
intemperance.
This doubtless will be set down as
" Politics" All right politics means the
science of government, and if not polluted,
good government. When an individual
thinks he can shut the mouth of an Amer
lean, British subject or a German when
he talks of taxes or sumptuary laws, by
simply calling politics. - he is much mis-
taken.
Mr. H F. Glade, who had now taken
the position of president for the time be-
ing in place of Mr.. Baldwin, who had to
leave, said that the company would |
scarcely be justified in accepting the re-
port as a committees report, but at the |
same time it might be well to publish it, |
1t formed an excellent lecture to a great |
many Hawaiians.
Some informal conversation took place !
IS the outcome of the report, and resulted [
n the Secretary moving the following res
button:
Resolved, That the P L. and s. Com
,any hereby place themselves on record as
,eing opposed to an opium license, re-
,retting that a law authorizing it should
lave been passed. as they consider it in
urious to the planting interests of the
country; and that they consider the in
ba lot |