Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-10-05
AN OPEN LETTER.
Portuguese Residents OF HIIo Resent
A Reflection on Their Race.
MEssRs. ADVERTISER, GAZETTE
AND HILO CORRESPONDENT.

vigilant Sirs: Again the race
line and color boundary which the
Advertiser is persistently bring
ing to the notice of the indulgent
public must needs be drawn, and
it is hoped that for once and all
this shall be the last time that
members of the Portuguese colony
shall in writing have to object to
a difference which does not exist,
but which the Advertiser and its
"too much sabe' scribblers are
provokingly firing at the peace
ably inclined Portuguese in Ha-
wall.
Our attention this time has been
attracted by reading the "Hilo
News Letter" of the 10th inst. /,
published in the Advertiser of
the oath. The part to which
we object most earnestly and
in the name of the Portuguese
of Hawaii nei runs, viz: when
the Committee 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 committee. " The
reader will not fail to notice how
the Hilo Advertiser scribbler
(whoever the sage may be) CLASH
fies the crowd at the wharf
"natives, whiteS and Portuguese"
Note how with the small word
"and" he draws the color and
class line between the eighties and
Portuguese" Either the writer of
the article is ignorant when it
comes to classifying races or he
deliberately meant to convey the
insult by drawing that color and
social line.
1t may not be out Of place and
time to ask the author of that in
genuous article on the "Classitica-
ton of Races who are the whites
and who are the Portuguese 1t
is true that not every white is
Portuguese, but it is a surer fact
that every Portuguese is a white.
If in some instances not very
white it is because the average
Portuguese has to work in the sun
and rain 50 that in an honorable
way he may earn his daily bread
by the honest sweat of his brow.
But if he is white or a shade or
two darker, ever keep in mind
that he belongs to the white or
Caucasian race, and before
him his ancestors for cen
turtles past also belonged
to that same race. They
being then recognized as such,
why should we their legitimate
descendants not be recognized as
such also? SO Messrs. Whitemen
whomever this may concern
(whether legitimate or illegitim-
ate). remember that we Portu-
guese are the legitimate descen-
dants of the legitimate Portuguese
of legitimate Portugal and that
we legitimate whites by legitim-
ate right of white descent OF the
legitimate Portuguese of legitim-
ate Portugal are legitimate whites,
and as such legitimate whites we
will by legitimate means maintain
our legitimate race, our legitim-
ate color, our legitimate position
and our legitimate sovereign right
of belonging to the white race in
the great family of Independent
nations.
People who dwell in glass
houses should not throw stones at
other.'
Mr.. Advertiser Man and his
no offence meant, but
if needed we can exhaust you
daily with nothing but "legiti-
mates" until you learn to what
race you belong, as we'll as the
Japanese, Chinese and your Babel
foreigners, This you may re-
member-our supply of legiti-
mates and our right-undeniable
Tor ages past-of being classified
as "whitest.
Yours as to color,
G. +. ALFONSO,
NJ. j. DE GoUvEA,
A. CARvALHo,
j. M. DE GoUvEA, ST.,
j. QUARTZ,