The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-12-04

cadence of native races some time
ago, and he made the following
terse remarks: "If it is Gods plan
that native races should give way
before the civilization of the whites,
don't you think there is serious
question involved, as to which kind
of civilization is the better one? or,
in other words, does not an awful
responsibility rest on the whole
Anglo-Saxon racer" Your cores
pondent would do well to think over
the above sentence, and having
done SO, ! hope he will come to the
same conclusion as that at which l
have arrived, viz: that if it is Gods
plan that in his inscrutable wisdom
the white man should be the. final
rulers of the world, then it is posi-
ton to be accepted with deep hum
ility and submission to His will, and
is not matter for the vainglorious
boast (too often expressedD that
"meles and songs are but the walls
of an expiring race for which the
world has no further use."
The assertion that the aboriginal
races of the Pacific hinder civiliza-
ton in their localities and that "the
aborigines of Hawaii are no excep-
tion," is not true. The lives of the
old missionary fathers fully attest
this fact. Nowhere on the face of
the globe have such strides been
taken towards civilization in the
same space of time as can be shown
right here. Again, the assertion
that "as class they shamefully
abuse trust and cast discredit upon
any high Office that they are per-
mitted to fill'' is a wanton use of
the English language to express
convictions which have no founda-
ton in fact. If your correspondent
drew his conclusions from the NAL
administration of the last Govern
ment he certainly displays ignor-
ance of all the circumstances. So
far as l can find out, the lament
able doings not only in the last
Legislature and Government but
also in the present go plainly to
show that while the native Hawai-
ians were deep in the mud, some
white folks were very much deeper
in the mire. But such affairs are
better not discussed. Let Sojourner
(if he is an American) look at home.
Let him study San Francisco jury
frauds, Chicago and New York
Doodle ringers, and few other
things which have been so we'll sci
as examples for these same races
for which the world has no further
use, and will venture to think he
will have to hide his head will
shame for having made such crue
and shameful assertion as that jus
referred to.
Your correspondent goes in fol
some statistics at paragraph six
which certainly must have beer
taken at hap-hazard. According tt
the census returns of 1884 tn,
owners of land are close on 6,00O
Who they are is not specified. Blu
|
, pose in this argument is clearl.
shown, viz: who are ih the ma
,, jority for purposes of Government
L exclude all Chinese from any con
sideration on this point. Tha
:. they have been accorded certai
privileges we all know, but as the
y have no voice in any shape or man
ner in the internal affairs of th
i kingdom they cannot figure in 1t
! politics. From this view the nu
- merical proposition is exactly til
J, reverse of that assumed by "Sc
= journer." The total number of n;
tives and half-whites was in 1884
>, 44,232, while the total number {
y all foreigners was only lS,4O7, s
y that the natives had clear majo
ity of two to one.
Il Thanking you for the space 20
! have allowed me,
:, Yours truly,
- w. +. REYNOLDS.
Dec. 9, 1888.