The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-21

Ed. p C. A-Sir: The wording of
the efEusion of one John f. Smith In
the Bulletin" of the 18th of this month
compels me to rush into print, although
don't profess to be az good q hand In
that respect as Mr. s. does Mr.. s. has
answered my writing by no argument OF
reason, only by one of force He has
not combatted one single advancement
l made fr my countrymen in this King
DOM All he does is to declaIm against
as for our national dress; says that we
are nasty, and that we make Honolulu
a spIttoon. This is what am told he
means by his elegant word "cuspidore-
This Mr.. Smith must be very learned
man, But he says he is champion for
the voter-the franchised citizens Of
Hawaii-and as such advocates the right
to kick us out OF the land In which most
of US are employed by the leading people
i'm trade and wealth In it, without whose
generosity and kindness this very Mr.
Smith and most of his envious country
men would not be here. This he calls
christianity" 1t is 50 with ven
geance. don't believe that the stChris-
tian" voters he would call on to do US a
manifest wrong would call it so, neither
will they, for they must have better
opinion OF the rights and duties of Chris
tians in this and every other country
than he does. Christianity calls for
peace, goodwill, brotherly love and
charity-none of which Mr.. Smith sup
ports as his special virtue. Let Mr.. Smith
look in at the Chinese doings in their
church ON Fort street and at their adj
joining institution and see for himself
what the Chinese advocate there. Let
him peruse the constitutions of our be-
nevolent and friendly societies framed
for promoting all the above virtues, and
then what kind of face can he put on?
/ am not the special advocate of any
form of religion-Chinese or haole-but
am, and my countrymen, so far as /
know-whether followers of their fore
fathers, great Confucius or Christians
are advocates of the above virtues. and
Smith does so or not. The free consti-
tutional Government, 50 called (if there
be one) is not likely to do
US a wrong by compliance with
Mr.. Smiths urgent demands. The
law of this country will protect Us in the
right. Neither nor my countrymen
can object to anything which may law
fully be done in depressing further inn
migration of my countrymen into these
Islands to help the leading industry.
But it is right for Us here to demand an
equal justice with all other free resi-
dents. Slaves, as you, Mr.. Smith, have
termed US, we were neither bought nor
sold; our sins have been honesty, to as
great limit as humanity will bear,
frugality, peacefulness and advancement
in business; not enviousness Of others,
but law-abiding, quietness and nom
political. We think that you, Mr..
Smith, must know something of slaves,
perhaps, IN another country, the eman-
cipation of whom cost that country SO
much blood and dollars. If you think
we are really slaves why don't you
rightly start at once to emancipate and
elevate and enlighten Us, as your coun-
trymen did, instead of treating us to the
lash and usages bestowed on the real
slaves you SO well remember? If you
did SO you would meet with the support
you call on to keep us slaves, "born to
be slaves of the fields" as you write,
and not otherwise. As to our nastiness
and harming, the litter speaks for itself.
Thank you, Mr.. Smith, for according us
some one thing clever as to the former.
There must always be good and bad in
everything. Honolulu is not clean
place, but the lawmakers and those en-
ployed by the Government for health do
everything that they can to keep things
clean. The Chinese, if out of order, are
subject to lawful correction, and so are
the natives, haoles, Portuguese, Japa-
nese and other foreigners, who are equals,
if not worse, in their lines of uncleanli-
ness, as officials will recognize.
Now, Mr.. Smith, you have heard from
your .slave.' I have on my part been
forced into writing this. Anything un-
charitable or unchristian which I have
written, please excuse, and in like man.
ner I excuse you for anything in yours.
Yours, ETC., Ho FoN.
Honolulu, March 20, 1888.
Ponce Coure.