Nuhou, Volume I, Number 23, 7 April 1874 — Achin and Ashantee [ARTICLE]

Achin and Ashantee

Are nlike in their wai£ : ānd the T!iey both origīnated in Eurojenn bad faith. England was suzerāin over Aehm, and "Holland over the Ashantee coast. England, contCnt with the integrit.y of her Asiatie eontinenta!l -Aominion, and deeiring to improve and enlarge her AfHcan eontinental position, made a diplpmatic bargain with Holland { who wanted to improve her Archipelagian eituation; and so the tvvo Christian Nations agrccd to a swap of their eeveral interefcU in Aehin and Aēhaniee, althougli th»>e intei are in truth about like those of ibe Devil in the kingdoms of the carth that he offered to tbe Savior of uian. Neither African nor Malay Mugeulmen vvere satisfied with the " ewap," or the cbange of influences. The Britain \vere hateful*to Ashantee, aud the Aeainese wouW not stand the Hollanders, That was a disgraceful trade. and the two | Christian eountrieB will pay dearly for it. Englishmen afc Singapore have said, as we see in ;a eorrespondenee from Penang, that their * government did a <£ beastiy qucer thing ?T in giving up theirancient friends, thc *Vchinese, the " b<floved Allies *" of Quccn Elizabeth, and the nour|iehing fathers of the Lrkish lvtsfc īudia Company in its days -jf infaucy. j . However, fcho IndomiUble J?Qmatrans pufc on their " white robe of death," and throw iliemselves, as aPulo Penangcorresp4ndent ?iates, infco the " very jaws of death." Th(i young Sultan of Ashin, son of our okl friend Sri Syful Alum, nofc dismayed, although his forts are stormed, he retires lo the hcight« with his |w t ivcs, and in case of disaster, i? prcparcd with a fytce to accompany his mother (a fighting Dowager mioihe iuteriov, to rouse up tho fiercc | warriors of Mcnangkabau to a determined war'of independcttee.

'< Taxe? l.ieiiīEH IV Ila-.vaii (han in anj otLer country." So sny people t!mt <Jon"C tt>īuk. Tbtlight)iess, or ratlier fhe y;ilue|or (a\es ltke anj Other outlay are to be estiun\tcd T'j the v a l U c of the ret«vn, What <!o we get for our tasesT Some well paveil aiiel eDd«ring liiīgliwajs? Ample Rici!itie? of eorarautiieation t!>iroiijjliout ull our isles? A life iti?pirmg imi«igration, hounlie* for agrieu!fural development ;an.l re\yatd? foinice!ian:sr.i, 0 r el>e of| tl ;U k'ui-l ? Ah ! not so. «n- apo!ogetie'Moiul. T!ie tu '<t of itgoes for rcd tape, aml killitig time On uu osee j(■>.>!. I.ook at Oaliforni9oftuleeu ' i\<, a; Lcr. With lier luvlf luillion of j>eoj>le, she |ajs tcu mlllion ilollars in tases ; lmt o|f tlas, stj ;weutj per eent. otily in sal;nics, anJ <H£lity j>cr ceut. ii» profitable iniprovements of lierjcstate, t!iut l>riug | her lier niilluw ; Iluwaii jajs out 1 W per cent. fcr j-. v ro!tn»etit , vlviviu- aua fu>s 1 nrnl fenther?, attd twcntv pcr ckit. f.*r ' intertia! impovenient att3 «ewie'iin» of the ' wtTs; and nothing to retum ko !-,cr >oil for ler ' taxcs lnit eleae! men'? bones. T«xes to su£jvrl ' use!ess oAioo, anj to fee.l _ ,vn ;-rmj or to;tiies k uk ' Cur?os . hut enipl.'ye' in *hriii£itig vew In ' food fVotn tho soil, dr,3 in traitiitij-oui ' !itt!c ones for werk an3 i»ot K4 sh;rk. »ul » ' Mewtng ' 1 ' . j

ĒTīQtTĒTTB is Poweh in Asia 5 and it is calculatēd to wield the saiiie influence in Polynesia ; and rarilc should be fully maintained and observed in a Hawaiian Kinixdonn. O - | Ēven they who are Amenean republicans, j ean do no less Ihan observe the etiquet£e m! rēspect to"royalty,—even Hawaiian royalty f whieh their own goveniment prescribes« We see that accoftiing to the Blue Book of Navy Kegulations, whieh directs the^interiiational' etiquette and intercourse on the part of American NavaiCommanders, t!ia( t!te Kin<r -P,| shall on the occasion of an offlcial visit> be received in fult dress, with the manning of yards, a dupiicate salute of twenty-one guns, be addressed as Majesty ? and that the back of the receiving officer shall not at any (ime be turned towards the Royal Person. Also in the case of an official visit of aliy jnember of the Royal Famiiy ; a son. or daughter, or brother, or sister of a reighing monarch, he or shall be addressed as Prince, or Prir icess, and Royal Highness : and therefore we have not only recognized the brother of our Sovereign as a Pnnee, but sisters, as Priticesses, and not #is simply 44 Honorables." We regret our liational weakness, or poverty, whieh may detract m the eyes of many from the dignity of these titles: still such is our polilieal status, and our political heritage, whieh we must not discredit, or disparage, however mueh some people may sneer. siiue \\o are sustained in this proper rēcogniiion by the great republican gcvvernment of America.

A rATERNAL GOVEHNMENT is the only oiie suited (o an Asiatic people. The English, Dutch, and Spanish have fully appteciated this polilieal truth, and in their dealings with Asiatics have nevef attempted to snhvert the palemal order, whether political, or sacerdo(ai, whieh they found established among tiindoQS, Tagalans ? Malays, or Javanese/ And all these tawn<% Asiatic races have flqurished and multiplied under an European inAuenee, whieh kept peaee and order, and did not radically interfere with the life df the people. But here, among Hawāiians 3 —a colored Asiatic race,—we have had, and still have a lot of polilieal tinkers, without phiiosophy, or humaii insight ? and who liave ' merely in the most eommonplaee way re-| peated the politiqal lessons 5 whieh they learned under entirely different, Europeanj and American conditions. The stereotyped polilieal and religious shihholetlis of Boston, Edinburgh, and Goneva have heen repeated in Honolulu; andlvhich «re about as mueli suited io the Hawaiian nature as a costume composed of stove pipe j|gts and top boot* ; and a diet of roast beef and p!um-pudding. { And coriīequently Hawaiians s nnd other Polynesians have misertibly r decayed under J hueh and unreasonab!e changes of their poliileal a%d condit?on, If yvu ean restore of the influ-

enee of old feu3alism you rnay do somethlng [ for You cannot govern such a people by printip]es or reason ; but by men. 1 or personal influences, A few. venerated' chiefs, whose 1 influence vvas upheld, and' ! who were loyaj to a Chosen Sovereign, wouKl' be worth far nion* for Ihe Governrnenf of Ha-' jWaiiansthan thc best constitntion that the' iablesl legal talent of Europe and America | |combined could devise, The tyranny -cif a * chief, whose blood claims some allegiance ; is! ! far more to!erible to a native mind, ihan the | tyranny of ah unappreciated foreign law, 1 But where Iw6 races arc living side by side, you will say, lhat law must refleet t!te intel- ! of the' tnore advanced race : and so i | : _ , it shou!d so fhr as reg*rds' its international 1 pQjicy, but in its intemal ecOnomy, there may ' be some modifications, owing to differences| of race. Tliis principlo, of adnptation is l fully retognized in the Eiiropean and AsiatiH politic.al associations we have referred to ; —i and is to some extent recognized here, in our | license laws, whieh discriminate between the 1 native and the foreiVner» There shoukl be' still more disērimination, such as wonld lead | i . . I !■■ ... ■ . . . ...| i to a restoratio'n of somethino- like a feudal' influence. among the Hawaiian race. | Wiio īs ?—ln the account of our !late Court H(|use riot, whieh we find in the l'New Zealand Herald of March 6, and said to be -written l:>y £t one who has long lived in "Honolulu," and who lf was on the scene,and actual!y with|n four or five yar<!s of the spot at the time wheie the outrages were eommitted." Wjp. flnd the follo\vino- statement : •. w . . v • " The next thing our infonnant ob?er\ r ed, was the appe|\rance on the balcony of one of the whites connected with the £Overnment. i O . He briefly addressed those present, advising them to dispc'rse, and assured thein that the present e!ectibn having been i!legal and null and void,' aftother one would tako plaee, when Queen Emma wouhl have another opportunitv of 'being proposed for e!ection to tho-Throne. 'This short speech was received with cheers, AnJ from that moment, the excitement heMin to ealm down. M * * © - -,j ,c They (the i\\oh) expressed themselves satisfied that ailother election was promised, and no furthdr violence is antioipated, unless' the promise 'remains unfulfilled/ < * * * " Had not the m;n'ines eome to the and the 'informed the rio(ers that the e!ectiou just ooncluded was null and ! • void, the end 'wou!d eerUinly luwe been more [ serion< than that nairated. % * * ! Now this ' is a very circumstantial and; -strongly reite'rated statement of an in&mou* 3 akl of a H tying promise made toj the mob, on tbe day of rtot, by a gorernmentat " white," and| as natives have said, that some' UM promis« was Tna\le, we want tQ know ' who roul(l h?ive so wekldy pandered to the, ! [mob spirit ? bjy the perfect tog;\fitv 1 |of thc ehvtion of tW cho*en §overeign^

J_When the inol was dispersīn^ f and were marching up Fort street* w!th lalle legs t and oiher debris of Court House funtllure iu their hands, we hedird several say : c; We will haye another election to-rnorrow/* Now who could have awakenedthat e,xpectation or hope,— a hope tliat still exists with sorne ? There is a name of a ,white mentioned by natives ; whieh we wlll not repeat vvi-hout better authority, and sq we simply j aslt, who is he ? 1