The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-02
Continued from let Pdge.)

from not to exceed 500 or i months |
hard labor for first offense, to not |
to exceed $500 or 6 months impri- |
sonment for any succeeding ofense,
or deportation. That is for second
and subsequent conviction Of vio-
lation of any of the provisions OF or
regulations under this law the often.
der may be torn from his family and
relations and packed out OF the
country whether born here or not, ii
he has the misfortune to be wholly
of Chinese or Mongolian birth or
descent"
This Section & has a second clause
as follows: provided, however, that
the provisions of this Act shall not APP
ply to Chinese engaged as domestic
or agricultural laborers who shall
perform mechanical work for their
employers" I will not enlarge on
this, as every newspaper published in
English here has already shown
what a loophole this admits for
evading the provisions of the Act
by those who have wealth and in
Huence enough to do SO. Suffice 1t
to say that with this sub-clause the
Act would become like so many
others on our statute books, dead
letter, only revived for purposes OF
petty or personal spite or political
persecution.
Section 9 gives District Msgis-
trates jurisdiction to try all cases
arising under the Act.
Section 10, however, is so remark
able that l quote II in full as the
third prominent inherent defect in
the Act, and desire all who read this
to ponder il we'll and reflect on the
logical consequences OF its passage
and enforcement by our Courts. II
is as follows: "Section 10. All Con-
stitutional provisions and principles
in so far as they conflict with the
provisions Of this Act, are hereby
repealed" That is to say the equal.
ity of all before the law, the equal
right Of all to the pursuit Of life,
liberty and happiness, the prohibit
ton OF class legislation, the nullity
Of err post .fdcto laws, are all done
away with as far as the Chinese are
concerned.
Now il il were only the Chinese
that were thus affected selfish per
son would say, "let them look out
for themselves" But when you be.
gin to knock out one Of the founda
ton posts what Is to prevent the res,
being knocked out in turn and the
whole structure coming TO the
ground2 What Is to prevent in future
the Portuguese or Japanese becom
ing in turn obnoxious, from thei
competition, to the traders or me
chanics and being served the sam,
wayl What is to prevent in thu
future the rising up Of the Hawaiian
born whether OF pure, mixed, or for
eign blood or all combined togethe
and enacting that "all constitutions
provisions and principles" which
conflict with the passage OF SOM
law prohibiting all those OF who'll,
American, English or German brit
or descent" from engaging In certain
occupations? Nay, what Is to pre-
vent the present p. u. Councils iron
passing a law imprisoning every per
son refusing to take an oath to sup
port them or TO take up a gun L
protect them, and confscating thei
property, and then merely taggin
an extra action to II to abolish "a
constitutional provisions and princi
Piles" which conflict with the out
rageous scheme.
All free men aud lovers OF libert
should cry down such an outrageou
attempt at the subyersion OF tn
principles aud practice OF liberty a
this. All who wish TO guard the
own safety and freedom shoul
scornfully repel this audacious a
tempt on the liberty Of others. VIII
u knows when your turn will come
this become law without protest G
resistancei Look to II that IL do,
\ not become so or farewell to ire,
" dom in Hawaii forever.
How strange, too, that those san
men who assert to the whole worl
that their only cause for seizin
place and power was to prevent til
n Queen from abolishing the old col
3 stitution by promulgating q ne
one, should now proceed at ol
stroke to strike out the whole has
Of liberty from that constitute
they were SO anxious to preserv
s. that they broke their oaths and Z
belled against their Sovereign al
e Laws, aud still stranger to do IL
- one tiny section added to an Act i
tended to prevent Chinese fro
competing in business or mechanic
{ trades with few white men. w
" their love Of liberty blind only3
looks like it. Eternal vigilance
tha nrica ~ IIuppTy