The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-09

many bloody struggla against OPP
preston in different hapes, and in
different countries, it has saved |
many a country fruh being con-
quered by foe, it stirs the very
soul of every white man, of what
ever nationality.
l said in my article: "There are
men and families enough here ready
to occupy your places" Yes, / adj
NIT l 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 fill their places. 1t is far
from me to say the Cinnamon ought
to be driven out, and | did not say
it Look at what the Portuguese
can do! have seen many piece
Of land, so barren looking that even
a Chinaman looked at it with dis
dain, titled by Portuguese, and
they have succeeded splendidly.
Take walk under Punchbowl 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-
init me to have my doubts about
that-the planters have little more
experience in that than Mr.. Sing, l
presume. The last words in Mr..
Sings answer, think ought to have
been as follows: "lt would be
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-
zens would think Il little more about
the practical part of the matter, L
believe we should soon hear the last
of the loud talk"
Mr.. Editor, rice is admitted free
of duty INTO the L. 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 a 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 very corrupt set, which |, how
ever, hope or believe is not the
case" Mr.. Sing seems to have
overlooked that expression of mine.
What | meant, and what l mean is
simply this: | make distinction
between Cinnamon. do not mean
those respectable residents here, that
are landowners or are married and
have raised family of their own, L
do not for q single moment wish
them out of the country, but l do
think that it is bad thing for the
country to have the unmarried hor-
des of Chinese coolies here, it is
against them | am writing, and |
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 well as to any other
were they are present in such large
numbers. | will repeat it: l do not
believe the respectable class of Chi
nese to be corrupt set, and where
/ use the word Chinaman 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 Gun,
ming tricks, about their mode of liv.
ing, but this article is already long
enough.
A few words more, Mr.. Editor
and l will be through. l think the
question about religion better b'
kept out, that only irritates, and
did not mention it in my answer Il
Mr.. Sing. The language in Mr.
Sings epistles are, to say the least
very "glibly" and | firmly believ'
that he has not written his article
himself, in fact, it strikes me as eX
traordinary that Mr.. Sing under
stands English so thoroughly that h
only has the right understanding o
proceedings in the Legislature. Wit
his knowledge of English, the plac
as interpreter ought to have bee
given to him.
l consider this my last answer t
Mr.. Sing. | have no inclination t
keep on controversy with him 0
any other Pro-Chinese, my object il
answering Mr.. Sing was only Il
point out the fallacy of his expires
sions, the danger of his threats, hi
int llv'ng remarks about bribery by
haoles, and his insults to the Legis
lature.
A few general remarks, Mr.. Edi
tor, hope you will allow me space
for my remarks about Mr. Ton
Dow's threats has drawn forth al
epistle from that gentleman, at leas
one over his signature. He men
tions my article, and that is SUR
p oof that my expressions were vel
founded. He seems to have a very
low opinion fDout my knowledge
well, / can stand that. know tina
China has large army, know tha
Chinese has q large navy. | know