The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-10-17
AUMBUG AND SUCH LIKE.


EDITOR BULLETIN Mr.. Macfie in
his letter on the Chinese question in
the p. G. A. makes the following
statement: They (the Chinese)
smoke opium and they gamble. which
is certainly very shocking and much
to be regretted, but nevertheless is
there not perhaps little spice of
humbug about virtuous indignation
on this scorer" Many even among
the anti-Chlnese believe with Mr..
Macfie that such pleas do flavor of
humbug and therefore rest their OBJ
lection to the Chinese exclusively on
economic grounds, which is the real
cause of opposition to this race.
Many also believe, however, that
there is not only little spice of the
humbug but great deal of it in the
virtuous indignation Of the planter
against anti-Chinese legislation on
the score Of injustice" to the
Chinaman.. The history of the sugar
men as class here at the islands
demonstrates that they have cared
nothing or precious little for the
Chinaman except for what they
could get out Of him. Most of our
citizens remember that when Messrs.
j. D. Carter and II. NJ. Whitney
took up the cry of injustice to the
Chinaman in the Z. Z. A. in the
reign of Kamehameha ", it was the
sugar crowd that positively "hound-
ed" Carter with abuse out of the
Advertiser and did that which is
criminal in . laboring man to do,
namely, combined to boycott the
paper in question until Mr.. Whitney
had positively TO sell out.
The harbor of Honolulu was then
made use Of as wayport for ships
loaded with coolies going from Ma
Gao to Peru. This traffic in human
beings became historically "infam-
ous," and the British Government
finally stopped it with a strong hand,
but the name of j. o. Carter mean
while had become quite as infam-
Gus to the Queen street fraternity
for the prominent part he took in
stamping out the trade in question.
The writs of habeas corpus sued out
by him in our Courts tell the story
of what was actually done, but no
one not an actual observer can know
how utterly alone he stood in the
midst of overwhelming opposition
and abuse from sugar men at that
time.
And lin these latter days, Queen
street appears in the political arena,
"his feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel" the American flag
tied around his loins, one hand
transferred from his bread basket to
his heart, the declaration of indie
pendence in the other, a coolie labor
contract and its benefits in his
breeches' pocket, and heavily be-
spangled all over with trite senti-
ments in behalf of justice, human
ity, freedom and the like. No won
der people say, "What Jumbo is
this?" wonder that their surprise
increases when it is discovered to
be Queen street, in toggery to suit,
out hunting eternal justice for the
Chinaman.
A careful inspection, however, OF
the new political creed of these lat
ter day saints will show, that their
pursuit,of eternal justice is not in
tended by them to interfere with a
continuance Of their pet system OF
dumping Asiatic male labor on q
civilized community, nor does il
necessitate immolating any of their
own class upon the affairs to secure
justice to the Chinaman-the poorer
whites and kanakas are intended foI
altar material. A la Abraham they
say to rather anxious and interest
ed branch Of the community, "The
Lord will provide sacrifice, my
son." In fact the whole system
presents to their eyes vista OF
combined profit and moral exhilara-
tion to be obtained out Of the China
man which would floor the Ieluc-
lance of almost any man.
Meanwhile, as it dawns upon the
people just how much actual justice
is intended by the sugar party tc
civilization and humanity, their SEN
sations will probably be like those
of the man who, stepping up to the
village drunk to congratulate hin
upon donning the blue ribbon a
last, is compelled by the combined
odor of cloves and gin that greet'
him, to admit that the village has
not lost its same old "six pence
yet. Queen street makes us every
tired" ALTAR MATERIAL.
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