The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-05-15
Shall Cinnamon H We the Bary, ,


SAID ana written about resident China
men becoming citizens of the Ha
"alian Islands; but it has been said in
? vague sort OF way; and the dislike tc
0nen as a race lies partly in the shape o.
preludlce, for which good reason has
not been fairly shown. 1t is very con-
Nenient at times to have them round;
but shall we give them citizenship,
and make them members of the body
politic2 Shall we give them the bal
lot? The islands swarm with them;
shall we make them part of the
responsible population?
We have enfranchised the natives; it
seemed but Just to do so; but it has not
worked well And now only few
cranks can be found who do not think
the natives have been given too much
power. and that they have used it
badly. Shall we take in another race
Hho certainly promise no better than
the natives promised; and have BON
ceits beside, forty-Fes. five hundred
generations tbieS-if their Chronology
Is 70 be followed, and into whose
heads, even as compared with the ma
rtves, no more light can enter?
The natives are cl3nnish; Justice has
little chance where the race is con.
cerned. But Cinnamon are vastly
more so, and will stick together to de-
feat the ends of justice True, their
p1Oclivities might counterfeit those of
the natives; but in some very impor-
tRnt points of morals, they would not
do 50; and the old fires, still shoulder
ing, would break out anew by the
addition. They can hardly be kept
curbed as il is; but have an evident
leaning to the unreaSoning status OF
one hundred years ago. / have al
ready mentioned some points which
would initiate against admitting the
Chinaman as a citizen; let me be
little more explicit
The Cinnamon are essentially at7-
ciUilized, and they evidently glory in
II, and intend to remain so. The
Chinamsn throws his Stops, rubbish, |
etc, into the street, to the annoyance |
Of decent people. He blocks the side |
walks and obstructs the ways, just as
FAR a. be is allowed to do so. He sets |
his house over the line and eneroaehes |
on his neighbOr, If he can do it. He |
would make the street 4 slough if per- |
mitted. He is not public spirited. |
Once in great while a native will, of |
his own accord, do little to mend the |
ways; / have vet to learn if a China
man ever did so. He attends to his |
own selfish interests, without regard
10 his neighbor.
He cares not for the law, only TO
keep clear of its penalties; but will
even risk them where he can get an
average profit. Where he cannot, he
viii work lawfully, but still without
regard TO the good of his fellow men.
their almost universal sale. in
? ciandestine manner, of liquor and
opium. II is the Chinaman, too, who
buys the license to sell opium and
AVA be cares not one farthing for
the destruction he causes, and the
deadly results OF his work on the COM
nunity. True, he is not alone in this;
he licensed liquor seller is of the same |
stripe. But shall we make more eiti-
-ens OF the same kind2 Have we not
enough blots in our body polite al :
-eady?
S-They DO not make progress.
other nations, who only few hun /
ired years back were savages, are now s
n the front rank of civilization, and '
lwayS progressing. need not waste +
ime in showing that the Chinaman f
oes not progress. He trots along in
he same old track of a thousand years |
GO, except where some advance has l
zen forced on him. {
+Of his clandestine ways | have al 9
eady spoken. In cases of contagious Y
diseases he is a dangerous factor in {
Oeiety. And his very buildings are c
Tanned for eluding the officers of law
nd justice. For "ways that are dark q
nd tricks that are vain" he is with
Ut a rival. And his wits, confessedIy I
harp, are seemingly bent to ways
To society. I
5-AnOther reason for Withholding [
be ballot from the Chinaman is that v
aany OF them are as much slaves as G
american negroes were, and are 1
ought and sold as they were. They u
re not their own men, but must do as 0
ley are hidden. That would unfit a
hem for the ballot, even If they were
OF too ignorant to vote. Not having L
~ political privileges at home, why a
lould they have them here? Il
6-But the reason, of all others, 81
hich ought to debar them from citi- o
,nship is that they do not bring their a
ives with them to this country. Is 4
because they find fault with the
larriage relation as if exists here9
7 is il because they do not intend to
.main; but merely wish to get money
take away, and therefore can feel a
. interest in the well-being of so L
ety9 Whatever the reason, the fact O.
.mains, that they show a very low "
,rt OF interest in the welfare of the :
if they show any at all and a
lould not have the power to mould II
he country TO their minds. c;
There are honorable exceptions to II
he above charges, as everybody II
nows; but where shall the line be
-awn2 Some of our Chinese resi- u
ants feel aggrieved that they are n
enied the ballot, while it is given to =
me less deserving than themselves; n
Id the kindly regard of all good citi- u
ms feels wounded that it is so. But 50
TeTy nation has the right and duty 81
act in its own defense, and admit N
HON it will to its family, and ex- s.
ude whom ii will And these islands II
N never become a desirable place of NJ
sidence for refined people, though q
.ving the finest climate and the al
eatest beauty, while any consider w