The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-04

haole bribe giver.
My question: Are we dancing
on G volcauo| referred simply to
tho threats. and 10 nothing else. so
that we arc troubled, as mischief
seems to be brewing against It's, not
against the Chinese.
Mr.. Sing writes: ''lIe (II. G.. NJ
and people OF his kind ---- have
not enough at stake to be hurt" |
will 10 this simply say, that | have
my family to support; and that n
Chiuaman don't understand what
that means, is not surprising. Per-
NIT me to say, that that single word
"Eanily,' has been the cause of
many a bloody struggle against op-
preston in different shapes, and in
different countries, it has saved
many country from being con-
quered by foe. it stirs the very
soul of every white man, of what
ever nationality.
| said in my article: "There are
men and families enough here ready
to occupy your places" Yes, adj
nit | wrote so, and ] mean it too.
The meaning is simply this: Mr..
Sing thinks the country will 90 to
the dogs if all Cinnamon should leave
it, there would be nobody to occupy
the lands and till the ground. To
this | said, there are them here
ready to lill their places. 1t is far
from me TO say the Cinnamon ought
to be driven out, and l did not say
it. Look at what the Portuguese
can do! have seen many piece
of land, so barren looking that even
Il Chinaman looked at it with dis
dain, titled by Portuguese, and
they have succeeded splendidly.
Take a walk under Punchhowl hill,
and see what has been done there.
Mr.. Sing thinks that he under
stands better what is ''the substan-
tial block" than the planters. Per-
nit me to have my doubts about
that-the planters have Il little more
experience in that than Mr.. Sing, |
presume. The last words in Mr..
Sings answer, l think ought to have
been as follows: at would be u
very short sighted policy to get rid
of the sound foundation and trust
the welfare OF Hawaii to the rice
alone. If my (Chinese) fellow citi-
Hens would think little more about
the practical part of the matter, [
believe we should soon hear the last
of the loud talk"
Mr.. Editor, rice is admitted free
Of duty INTO the U. S. Suppose now
that America would drop the duty
entirely on rice, or would exclude it
from our treaty, what then about
the rice industry? Then Mr.. Sing
would find that his solid foundation
for Hawaii rested on sand. Rice is
used to q greater extent in America
than in any European country or in
Canada, whereas the contrary is the
case with sugar.
In my reply / wrote: "They must
be a very corrupt set, which L, how
ever, hope or believe is not the
case" Mr.. Sing seems to have
overlooked that expression of mine.
What | meant, and what ! mean is
simply this: / make distinction
between Cinnamon. | do not mean
those respectable residents here, that
are landowners or are married and
lave raised a family of their own, |
do not for 4 single moment wish
them out of the country, but | do
think that it is a bad thing for the
| country to have the unmarried hor-
dcs Of Chinese coolies here, it is
against them | am writing, and l
have heard respectable Cinnamon
express themselves in the same way.
1t is the thousands of unmarried
Chinese that are n curse to this
country, as we'll as TO any other
were they are present in such large
numbers. / will repeat it: | do not
| believe the respectable class of Chi
nese to be Il corrupt set, and where
| use the word Chnaman it refers
solely and only TO the lower classes,
to the coolies.
/ can give many illustrations about
the moral influence of the Chinese,
about the dark ways and their cum
ming tricks, about their mode Of liv-
ing, but this article is already long
enough.
a lew words more, Mr.. Editor
and will be through. | think the
question about religion better he
kept out, that only irritates, and
did not mention it in my answer tc
Mr.. Sing. The language in Mr.
Sings epistles are, to say the least
very ''gIibly" and firmly believe
that he has not written his articles
himself, in fact, it strikes me as ex,
traordinary that Mr.. Sing under
stands English so thoroughly that hC
only has the right understanding O
proceedings in the Legislature. Will
his knowledge OF English, the place
us interpreter ought to have beer
given to him.
/ consider this my last answer t.
Mr.. Sing. | have no inclination tC
keep on a controversy with him ol
any other Pro-Chinese, my object il