Nuhou, Volume I, Number 7, 16 December 1873 — Hawaii Needs Action in its Government. [ARTICLE]

Hawaii Needs Action in its Government.

Such a country as tliis especially needsGovemmehtardirectioi} and iiiitiation< This widely isolated and small dominiop does not i>njoy tbc eonditions whieh petmit a contineirt to proeper even without the aid of a Government; but it has advantageSj derived from its insular position, whieh if wisely directed, may give to it a greftter prosperity and than any similar area attached to a eontinent might enjoy. The soi 1 of islands is usiially richer, and the climate more mildly attemperedj than under the same parallel on the neighl)oring contment. And islands besides their superior fertility and salubrity, have opportunities in their long line of coast, safe rpadsteads and numerous harbors, coupled witli their isolated positjon to extend their area of husbandry throughouMhe iīlimitable liquid Md in whieh they are set. £ndeed in cousideriiig insular positioh it may be said, that it was not the natural advantages of soil and climate whieh made the wealtli and glory of Crete, Rhodes * Venice aud Britain, but the spirit of >nterprise whieh the circamumbient sea inspired. As \ve know that barren Nantucket has drawn her great jvealth all from the Oeean, whieh her keels plow so busii^. We ought to farm the Oeean Have we no brains or enterprise, that we ean male nothing out of this poeUion, only what the enterprißing stranger may ehanee to bring to us? We ought to fill our noble harbor with our own whaling and commerCial fleets, One thing certainj we bugh]t to make oiu* harbor aec6ssible to ahy*slup that ehall ever traver6e tbe Pacific. * We should have n6 law er regulation to hinder or impede the coming or going of any vessei, > ? hatever she may ln\ve 011 board, so that she observes peaee and law in oiir waters. We should make our effort for more people from any quarter of the world; and sueh immigration ēhould bo In harmony with the natives of the soil. Then our productive iadustries, struggling ag they aro, with the dlflculties whieh obstruct our natural markets, should be aseisted, and placediu a position to command a of markeb. The whole producfive industry of Ihe country, whether on a patch or a plantātion should be fostered by judtcious legiBiation, Faeilitie« for" eoihmun!cfttioti ehouM I>e inereused, foreBts pre*ened and estended, and the ?nuitary eondition of the eountry well tooked atter.

Aad all mny he o^eomt 1 by re£renc!iojent< I ecoriomy and aeūan, m- mus! have "action, or we die Wisenction 5 tlmt will not only increase our state,' but wliieli will preserve all the intērests of Mi-' gion and order . j Such would he our o>:tiou>