The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-13
ANSWER TO RO EON,

49,
EDITOR BULLETIN 1t is said "He
that writes, or makes feast, more
certainly invites his judges than his
friends; there's not n guest but will
find something wanting orilldressed."
Thus / have invited mine. Permit
me TO give them another chance to
pass sentence on me. was much
pleased with Mr.. Ho Fon after read
ing his very nicely corrected" ar
gument, it was quiet readable in
type" and the temptation of shak-
ing hands with him was great in
deed.
The gist of this gentleman's argu-
ment is simply this: The Chinese
coolie, his countryman and equal, is
also the equal of the whiteman or
Christian, not because he does not
sin, but because he sins less.
Concerning the equality of the
European and the Chinese coolie
permit me to tell Mr.. Ho Fon that
the white man will, nay, Must con-
quer the Chinese wherever he meets.
He will be, as he is, the superior of
the Asiatic while this world stands.
While coneuests will come to pass,
which will enforce Christianity in the
country of Mr.. Ho Fon's nativity,
Japan will be the superior power in
Asia. 1t will be so through its
acknowledging the superiority of
modern and civilized countries, and
by recognizing that the first step
tending to that end is the adoption
of the laws and customs of European
countries, in fact to assimilate with
the Christian.
1t is this which the Chinaman
studiously ,zealously and persistently
avoids, it is this which can never
make him q desirable citizen in any
civilized country.
1t is not his sinfulness, his
uncleanliness nor his learning we
have to find special fault with, but
his attire, his habits, his food and
the sickening eXhalations which
seem to permit his abode and which
no white man is ever capable to en-
counter without becoming i'll.
Yet all this is irrelevant and not
at all TO the point. l would not
have mentioned any of the above
only for the reason that Mr.. Ho Fon
has not said one thing which tended
to disprove the right of the Anti
Asiatic Society to demand legislative
measures against using Honolulu as
a cuspidore for Chinese slaves.
/Mr. Ho Fon asks very pertly who
will deny them the right to better
their condition.
| will answer. The voters, the
franchised citizens of Hawaii! When
the voter and the ruler of q free
constitutional government and coun-
try is menaced by the great thrift
and lowdly smelling presence of
Asiatic coolies, who through their
extoled virtues attempt to take the
bread and butter from the man, who
through his generosity permitted
this thing to come to pass, and this
Chinese natural born slave in re-
turn is keeping on to crowd him tc
such an extent that starvation seems
unavoidable, then, by the gods
say it is time to look into this matter
and stop 1t if possible. Mr.. Ho Fol
says "the Chinaman is as good al
his Christian neighbour" whose very
vitals he is eating out. For argu
ment sake l will grant this. Blu
Mr.. Ho Fon will surely not deny u
the right as franchised citizens
voters and thus, by our constitution
the rulers of this country to sa,
whom we want in our land. w
have already said the Chinaman shall
not vote. And we will say now, tina
in the future he shall not be dumped
among our midst to hurt in inter
eSts.
And Mr.. Ho Fon, we also say W
must have Chinese We want jus
such "persevering" and "frugal'
men, their sins and all. But II. i
we want them were they belong
were they will work for us, an
make money for us. They wer
born to be slaves of the fields. Fo
our families sakes let them be re
garded, treated and respected a
such, and such only. They are il
fact the missing link, the best cor
nection between the planter and til
canefields of Hawaii. ! Mr.. Edito
l have eneroached on your space
not one more word | say except
come again Ho Fon!