The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-06-30
SATURDAY, JUNE 80, 1888.
AN OLD STORY FOUND IN A
WOODEN CYLINDER,

EDITOR BULLETIN The 30th of
June is herel One year has passed
since the Inauguration of the Re-
form party, and we are bound to
notice the good or evil, advance or
retrogression, contentment or dis
satisfaction of this, our movement
for the best; yet, with its folly and
wisdom, its idiocy and erudition, its
selfshness or patriotism that might
have been gained or established at
this date we have nothing to do in
the present issue.
The question of to-day, at the
present hour, is, whether the China
man or the native, with the help of
the white man, will rule this coun-
try. This is not a question of quail
ity, morality, fitness or superiority,
but a'plain and simple question of
elf-preservation
This word self-preservation af-
fects all of us. 1t means the plant
er, the banker, the merchant, the
lawyer, the medical man, the clerk,
the mechanic and the laborer alike.
1t means the existence of all these
classes. 1t means the control of
these Islands by the Christian ele-
ment or by Chinese.
Ii some of my friends are loath
to accept my general theory, |
would beg them to look about them,
and see ii they cannot trace steady
and sure advance in the power, iu-
fluence, control and general predom-
nance of the Chinese element since
ten years ago.
Mind you, am not arguing that
this advance and encroachment of
the Chinese coolie has been, or is,
brought about by himself, but my
only object is to draw attention to
the fact that it is,-and being such,
is it not time for US TO up and act?
| Though our unthinking and hasty
greed for cheap labor has brought
these people here, though our hu-
name feelings prompt us to deal
kindly with them, though their cum
ming got the better of our upright
and trusting natures, l say, we have
had enough of them, and their pre-.
sence makes us ill.
Let it further be understood, that
with forbearance, which IN mod
ern history has not its equal, VIZ
have agreed mutually to only apply
our Legislature to strictly constitu
tional law concerning those Chimes
now present, and enact only law
which will further the planters in
terests and the mechanics welfar
alike.
The falacious idea that Legislation
contemplates to restrict Chinese i'm
migration to the detriment of tn
planter, is absurd. The only inte
rest being to control and regulat
it. And concerning those that ar
here now, nothing more is demand
ed of them than to conform to tn
r laws of the country. The impre:
t sion is abroad, and think rightly
r that a goodly number of Chimes
are unemployed, and being so, th
, aim is simply to enforce or create
law which will compel every one c
!, them to earn livelihood.
Much talk has been raised latel
about class legislation and the COZ
e stitutionality of laws contemplatin
restriction of Chinese immigration
f / take this to be subterfuge or e1
cuse to get out of it. Being Unfit
enced by mercenary feelings, thes
men with Christ III their hearts an
}, Chinese dollars in their pockets, al
u trying to dodge the question b
raising idiotic arguments. For th
man who refuses assistance to hi
fellow man when the latter is crowt
ed to the wall, l have only one wisl
1t is not to condemn him to hell, b.
cause there is none; it is not to wis
him the acme of delight by witne
sing the writings of those cast I'M
everlasting flames while in heavel
II because this is absurd; but l wis
e from the innermost of my heart tn;
= they each may be taken in the
y turn and erected on single sit
~ and that there NAV be worn o