The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-01-19


EnrroR GAxErrKs-If it Il sublime to die FOR ones
faith and for ones opinions when nothing can
prove that they are wrong, ON the other hand, tho
man who sticks % his opinions after having been
shown that he IS wrong Is either eiock-head or q
knave; and what in the rst instance is noble hfu-
ness Is only foolhardiness aud stnebonness IN the
second.
In religion have my own opinions and I will
adhere 10 them 10 my last breath, because no one
can prove that am wrong; IN natural sciences
am ready TO yield to a sound dcIuonstration,andf in
political or social science lam ready TO be con-
vinced BY faclS.
Thus. when l first came hero was a friend Of
The Chinese, as l would be of any raca which would
seem oppressed. according 10 the inherent ehiyal-
rescue sentiment which perneates all the latin races
and has made them throughout history, always Dc
the champions Of the weak. But, although az that
time they were only one to every TN persons in
this kingdom-waile now, thanks to the present
Government, they number one to every rouR.
very soon found out what danger the Chinaman
constituted to this Kingdom and TO the other races
living here. And since then I have been-uot an
enemy of the Chinese-but decidedly opposed 10
allowing their number to increase To such al cx-
tent as 10 allow them to suPersede both hawaiians
aud foreigners.
Chinese are certainly of great use here both for
plantation work and also for doing certain things
like rice culture, which certainly nobody outside Of
them would undertake. But am perfectly con
vinced that they what the provcro says of IRE.
"a very good servant. but very bad MASTER The
moment they displaco the foreign and native la
borers which specially want TO protected, the
moment they dlsplace the other store keepers and
merchants, and as soon as they can command a
large amount of money. which they send away, and
which is inevitably lost to ths country, then am
not only in favor Of stopping their immigration,
but also-as was first 10 advocate-l believe that
1t becomes Indispensable 10 force their number to
decrease, by not allowing their licenses to be re-
newed.
At the time proposed this last measure of self
protection for this country, some very wise men
proclaimed that my ideas were perfectly ridica-
lous,n but now have the pleasure Of seeing that
the public generally is with me.
IL is consequently crime for me to have for
merly been friendly TO the Chinaman and to have
employed them, when l did not know them, and
when they were SO few. And il ought 10 be put 10
my eTeiif to have long ago publicly retracted my
error as soon as discoyeredie
On the other hand It Is certainly very bad taste
for the Government men to try to make of this
question n charge against me, at tune when their
masters are still constantly employing Chinese Ia
borers in preference 10 white men or kanakas. And
as said in another paper, also consider that it Is
far preferable, far more honest and ChristiGn-lko
to employ Chinese laborers and pay them punctu-
ally as did sooner than to employ white laborers
and afterwards "humbuS'' them by refusing to pay
them their Just earnings, thereby reducing them
starvation ard suicide \. MARQUES.