The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-09-21
CHINESE RESTRICTION.
Meeting OF NaiIves--Speeches by
Messrs. Kalua and Kinney.
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Mr.. Kinney addressed the meet
ing in native and English substan.
TALLY as follows:
no not intend to follow in the
steps of Kalua and speak of the past
but ask the natives TO leok forward
into the future. Though a foreigner
l can see that the prospects must
look very uncertain to you.
Inside of fifteen years some thirty
thousand Asiatics have been brought
into the country and you can see for
yourselves that few men of wealth
and ability can easily accomplish
the bringing in of enough more to
obliterate our own people, natives
and whites in these islands. A ship
load of thousand Japs or Chinese
comes into the harbor and in an
hour or so behold Asiatics to the
amount Of one-fortieth part of the
entire native population have been
added 10 the country. A scheme to
introduce new corners SO rs 10 NUN.
Der one-fortieth part Of the original
population of the American people
would rouse the attention OF the en-
tire nation at once. In fact it would
be impossible to accomplish so large
an undertaking, hut such stupendous
results can easily be accomplished
in this country owing to its size OF
population, though the dropping
down of a thousand Asiatics here
means precisely what the dropping
of million Asiatics into the United
States would mean.
Now what should be done? Some
say shut out all these people forever.
My answer is, it cannot be done nor
would it be wise to do so. The SUI
gar and rice industries rest mainly
on this form of labor and any such
proposition would be borne away
like chip on the tide before the
concentrated opposition of wealth
and power that it should arouse.
Our fceblcness and their strength
is shown whenever proposition by
us that Chinese who come hereafter
shall be restricted to plantation
work ELECTS out and out abuse and
denuncation or else silent but stub
born opposition. Our feebleness is
shown in the petty disputes and
squabhlcs among ourselves about
this or that man and what not in the
midst of an issue that should wipe
out all differences as the full tide
obIiterates the prints in the sand on
the shore.
The speaker went on to explain to
the natives the general nature Of the
anti-C Chinese Legislation asked for
and then continued as follows:
You thus see that it is not our in
tention to do violence to the, Chinese,
to assault or abuse them in any way,
or for one moment to depart from
constitutional methods in seeking
and petitioning for certain legisla
ton, but if in the lawful and peace
able pursuit of this purpose and in
the exercise of the right of petition,
the Chinese sec fit to preciptate a
disturbance and to appeal to force,
| believe that they will come in con-
tact with phase of the white mans
character that neither they nor we
ourselves will care to sec again.
While / believe that We should
not be unprepared, yet / have no
idea whatever that the Chinese will
be such fools as to do anything of
the kind, nor in the event of any
such trouble, do / doubt for one
moment which way the natives will
go. The ties that have bound the
white and native races together these
fifty years, cannot be severed by
two years OF disagreement and mis-
understanding, however bitter. We
cannot forget after all that we are of
one religion and one civilization and
if the day ever comes when the ma
tive must choose out and out between
the Chinaman and the foreigner,
we need not fret ourselves about his
decision. We will surely feel his
shoulder touching ours.
Many who are thoroughly con-
WINGED something should be done,
listen however TO the adj
vice to postpone action. until
this election, which means a
further delay of two years. The
trouble with such advice is that such
delay very much lessons the
chances of ultimate success.
1t is not only that the town grows
weaker but that the element among
the planters which at heart is
against any such legislation grows
stronger.
/ do not forget last election when
they came to count noses that the
one plantation of SpreckelsyiIle
could nominate and elect the entire
Noble ticket for Maui. When this
new plantation is started on the ISL
and of Kauai to be larger even than