The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-05
LEGIrIMArgly WHITES"
A Letter OF Protest From HiIo Por-
tdguese Citizens.
Hno. Hawaii. Sept. 90. Q

'hgh'Hs 'hilsns.
HLo, Hawaii. Sept. 80, '95.
EDITOR STAR:-Messrs. Aduey-
hser end Iilo Gorrespondent.yig
ant Sir,:-Again the race line and
color boundary which the ddpeyfiSer
is persistently bringing to the notice
of the indulgent public must, and it
is hoped that for once and all this
shall be the last time that members
Of the Portuguese colony shall in
writing object to a difference which
does not exist, but which the dd-
0erfiSer and its too much sabe"
scribblers are provokingly firing at
the peaceably inclined Portuguese
in Hawaii.
Our attentions this time were at
tracted by reading the "Hilo
News Letter" Of the 10th inst, pub
lished in the Adgerfisey of the 24th.
The part to which we object most
earnestly and in the name of the
Portuguese Of Hawaii. mel protest
against, runs: when the COM
mittee and DR.. Williams returned
to the wharf they were met by an
excited crowd of natives, whites,
and Portuguese who were all eager
to hear the reports Of the commit
tee" The reader will not fail to
notice how the Hilo AdUeyHey,
scribbler, (whoever the sage may
be) Classics the crowd at the wharf
natives, vhifeS and PorfNgneSe.
Note how with the small word
and" he draws the color and class
line between the Whife and POyfa-
gneSe. Either the writer of the ar
ticle is ignorant when it comes 70
classifying races or it was deliberate
ly meant to convey the insult by
drawing that color and social line.
1t may not be out of place aud
time TO ask the author Of that in
genuous article on the "Cldssiiica-
/ ton of Races" Who are the whites
and who are the Portuguese? 1t is
true that not every white is a Por-
tuguese, but it is surer fact that
every Portuguese is white, If in
some instances not very white it is
because the average Portuguese
has to work in the sun and rain SC
that in all honorable way he may
earn his daily bread by the honest
sweat Of his brow. But if he is
white or a shade or too darker,
ever keep in mind that he belongs
to the white or Caucasian race, and
before him his ancestors fol
centuries past also belonged to
that same race, they were then re-
cognized as such, why should We
their legitimate defendants not be
recognized as such alsoI So Messrs,
Whitemen whomever this may
concern remember that Portuguese
are the legitimate defendants Of
the legitimate Portuguese Of legiti'
mate Portugal and that Legitimate
whites by legitimate right Of de-
cent OF the legitimate Portuguese
of legitimate Portugal are, and a.
such legitimate We will by legiti
mate means maintain our legiti
mate race, our legitimate color, oul
legitimate position and our legiti
mate sovereign right of belonging
to the white race in the greal
family of independent nations
Mr.. Ad0tytiSfy man and his satel
lites no offense meant, but If needed
we can exhaust your daily with
nothing but ''!egitimates" until 20,
learn to what race you belong a.
well as the japanese, Chinese anc
your Babel foreigners. This you
may remember-our supply o
"legitimates" and our right, un
deniable for ages past, of beini
classified as whites.
Yours as to color; G.. i. ALFONSO
M. J. DE GoUvRA, A. CARvALHo
]. NJ. DE GouvRA, Sr., JOSH DoU
ARTR, ]. G. SRRRAo, V. A. CAR
vALHo, ], M. GoUvRA.