The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-28
Equal Rights for the Chinese.

EDITOR BULLETIN:
The Holomua uf March 10Th had
very sensible editorial on the qups-
ton of the voting franchise, in re-.
gard to Asiatics. There can br NO
doubt, as the Holumua shows. that
the delegates. who together with
our present ~ self.appointrd little
kings, called the Advisory are tU
frame new constitution for thi-
unlucky country, will present
strong majority uf the m I decided
anti.Asiatic kind. Coupling with
this, the unmis,akahlc uttrrancrs Of
the missionary organ, the Advertiser
uf March 2Ith, that IL would be- bet
ter for the present government to
reduce, to restrict the rjgft of vote.
to the citizens alone, this mcaniug
only the uativc-burn aud th"
naturaliLud foreigners, il h"cuu".
clear what kind OF Justice the
Asiatics Japanese and Chinese
can expect nj the hands uf the
men who hold or control the power
at prescul. The only fact that
may, perchancr, help the Japanese
people here, ~ the Advertiser ryui.
cally admits, IL that they are backed
by more guns than the 4. G.. can
muster. But there j. Que sure thing.
IN equity, and this j. that Il TIA,
Japanese do obtain tas their r"a'N
"ntii les them tu) pyiitral status
equal To that enjoyed 10y other Tor
"Ignrfs, whether through ordinary
impirtiality or through the wight
of their guns. the Chinese are equal
! ly--iI not much NOR" emitted tr
! obtain the same rights amt advau
iages. Ia fact, anyone who calmly
studies the question between UuI
! Japanese and Chinese colonies. inIIsI
sce: lst, that the .lapau"," have
! done not hing for this country, "A-
rcpt TO earn their monthly wages.
the savings Of which they srnd aWuN.
previous to their going ha K tod LopIr
themselves; lilly, that, un the con
trary, the Chinese hiy" ."tli"G here
10y thousands Of good. peaceful, ~
dust rious, law abiding mru. lnnt
they pay more taxes amd NOR.
customs duties than even TIA,
! Americans, that they have rrdrriu
.d, cultivated aud rrud"I"u valun
bic more lands, which are nov
! paying handsome taxes to ia" Guy
ernmcnt, than all the other race, t..
gethcr, that they have freely intut
married with native females, br.ug-
ing up valuable class of iutclIgrui
| haif-cast.s, who are a solid luuuda.
tion for stable and industrious
future population. aud that, H.
short, tn" Chinese have been more
useful for the development Of um
agriculture, commcrr" aud indu.
tries, than all the other races hrT,.
the onl y true objection against them
being that they can live and, cons".
qucrtly, work cheaper than other
nationalities, fact I" their credit.
| Ia view of the services rendered
by them 10 the country AT IarG" out
side OF their help to the sugar IN.
dustry, the Chinese ought tnrn tu
be entitled 10 citizenship brluG" and
preferably 10 any other foreign rnco;
and il il is only Y force that is laci,ug
to back their rights, all they urrd
do is TO call for the Chinese il"rr,
now showing off he celestial ilag t.
the bewillered Australian Colonies.
II is, however, quite refreshing to any
impartial mind, to see the r">n,ul",
manly, digniiied manner IN which IT,,
Chinese are now organizing, mrrrlA
following the example given to them
hy the factions who oNerlhr"M the
Hawaiian monarchy; and to thviI
credit, they organize, not for aggr,s
sion, but in order to see that they
do obtain q fair treatment aud priv J.
leges equal to those conceded t.
other men. II IT," Chinese cling to
gethcr, as appearances show, they
will be a power that will make itsrll
felt heavily on the pro.prrtiv" con
stitutional convention 0G this doe
ever meet. Bat the Cbiu"," mus
not fail To bear IN mind that really :
the 6ul y fair chan"" they hav" I,
fair treatment on these islands, j
through an independent uuriy,
monarchy, BY either annexation t.
America or the formation Ui white
man's So called "rrpuhIir, III" thi
nese hav" nothing good 10 expect,
only the prospect Of losing every
thing, or at lcas, ia" prJspr t to b.
eventually turned out Of the com
try or To continue to b" treated Il,
unredecmabl, coolies.