Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VII, Number 40, 3 October 1868 — The Labor Question. [ARTICLE]

The Labor Question.

We are grsitified to fiod that Hi» J ty*s Minmen bare beeo pieased to drop tbe' ; eoolie q«stion s»> gncefally. and that tbeir ; last Usader oo immtgniboo from tbe isia»ls of fhe Soath P«ciflc is written io a moder* ate style. j We reitente that the Übor qaestioo » one 5 ! whīeh demaods serious atfention -and the : moft sirillfal tniod will find it an abstruse ■matter to master," bot *tre believe tbat the ■ difficoJ{y oin and wih be solred wheo tbe I prejadice againsf the better clas3 of civil«2ed | laborers whieh exi£ts io the uiiods of some high io power is orertome. We bare heani j that when it *vas f<roposed to opeo a corre-1 ; sponde«ce with parttes io the Uoned States; ito ascertain the chances of securing the ser- f j rices of the Freednien, soon after the pro- | «tulgntion of tbe £mdncipatiou Proclainat tion, the proposition wns rejected wiih more | j emphasts than politeness. The plan mighti 1 oot hare been feasib(e but whv reject it with.out a trial? ls there noi a settUd determi- : ; nanon in high qt|iuer< to frown down any | |attempt to iotrodace uifelligent emigrants?; j Ooe of the rettaoos urged in the tk Ga2ette"! iof fast week why it is necessary to encourage j itnmigratto.i frotn the islands in the South I Pocific, particularly that of females, is that j •' A social condition like ours is inimieal to \ reltgion, and to the best interests of humani-' ty. lt will neutralize the !abors of religious , teachers, will itnpede the progress of ottrcir- \ |ilization, and if it iucrease3, will deslroy; | that security of person and property whieh ] |we have hitberto enjoyed. Hawaiians will! , retrograde, and the labor and money expend- i ed in years past by the religious benevoleiice : of the friends of this people will eume to • nought." | ll we did not believe the Ministry to be ! serious we should be iuelinea to be indign-i ant. Believing however that they are grasp- j ing the question with all the intelligence | tbat they are collectively and individually j posessed of we are inclined to pity. How| absurd thnt in order to improve our aoeinl I condition we must import h hundred or more j semi nude, semi civilized women \vhose ' longu»ge has no \vords to convey the idea j of home or virtue. What a sad cotnmenta-; ry upon the labors of the government, »nd the teachings of rhe Reformed Catholic Bi-1 shop, who eame here for the pnrpose of bringing order out of chaos, and reforming' our social condition. Are not the "Law to | Mitigate," the restoration of the lnscivious | hula and kindred heathenish pructices doing i their perfect work ? We would suggest to ! the Ministry that in our humble opinion the labors of the assistt»nts whieh it now pro-'! poses to import will prove equally efficaci-' ous.