Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IX, Number 29, 16 July 1870 — No ke puhi Opiuma. [ARTICLE]

No ke puhi Opiuma.

Heeha la ka Opiuma ?—He inau iapaau no ia no na haole mai ka wa kahiko mai. He laau ia e hoohiamoe, a e hooiuolu ai i k* hui oke kmo. He iaau n.aikai no ia ma ka iima o ke Kauka akamai, aka. ms ka iima o ka mea naaupo a koiohe paha, he mea ino ioa ka opiuma. Aia aai nui » a puhi nui ia paha, he ona ku hope, me ka inaeeie, ka ioio a me ka make. j O ke puhi opiuma, he hana nui ja mawa-j ena o na Pake ina ko iakou aina hanau. I Nui wale ke puhi ana, a nui ka waiwai i iiio ike kuai opiuma. Ma kekahi Paiapaia Hoike a na Luna Dute o ka makahiki IS6S, ua oleioia, he kanaono miiiona daia ka nui 0 ke kumukuai o kaopiuma i ia«veia mai no na aina e mai, a hookomo ia iloko o ke aupuni Pake ; —a ua manaoia, he kanaha miiiona dala ka nui o ka opiuma i hookomo malu ia, aoie ma ka Hale Dute; a oka hui-i na, he hookahi haneri miiiona daia ke ku-! mukuai o ka opiuma i ka makahiki hooka-l hi. N«ni wale ka lilo nme ke poho. Aio-i ha ino ka poe naaupo o ka aina Pake! j Penei ke puni ana ; hooheehee ka pake i kona opiuma maioko o kekahi pa keleawe, a hehee, alaila, ina ka ipu-baka ke puhī nna, He mea lealea ia a ona ka mea puhi. Aka ea, ina e mau ke puhi ana, poino Io«t kona kmo ; he wiwi, he molowa, he iena ka iii, he nawaliwali ka noonoo ana o kona nhnu, a mahope aku 1010, pupuie paha a hauie aku 1 ka iuakupapau. Tautani a tausani ka poe i make i kela makahiki keia inakahiki ma ka aina Pake no ke puhi opiuma ana. Eia kekahi pilikia o ka poe puhi opiuma ; aia a maa ke kanaka i ke puhi ana, aole e hiki iaia ke haaiele. Ina paha e nele ia i ka opiuma i hookahi la a elua paha, nui ioa kona piiikia, he nahu ka opu, he naiulu ke poo, he ono ole ka ai, aole hiki ke hiainoe—aole hana, nolaila, o ka poe maa i ke puhi opiuina ana, ua like iakou me ka mea pio a paa ike kaulahao. Kakaikahi ka poe i haalele loa. Ke hele mau mai nei na pake ma Hawaii nei, a ke lawe pu mai nei i ke puhi opiuma, a ke hoolaha oe nei iwaena o na kanaka Hawaii. He hana keia e iiihune ai ke kanaka ; nui ka lilo. Ua ike au i kekahi pake, he kuke no kekahi haole, a he $10.00 kona uku mahina ; a lilo 87.00 no ka opiuma, a koe 53.00 no kona lole a me na pilikia e ae. Nin kona poho, ea! he $54.00 no ka makahiki hookahi e iilo wale ana no keia mea e hoopoino ana i kona kiuo. O kela poe Pake e haawi ana i SlO.OOO no ka Laikini Kuai Opiuma no ka makahiki hookahi, aole paha lakou e poho, no ka mea, ma ke kuai nui ana a ma ka pii loa ana o ka uku o ka opiuma, ua waiwai iakou, a o ka meapuhi, oia ka mea poho a ilihune. A eia ka mea kaumaha, e hoolahaia ana keia hana ino iwaena o na kanaka Hawaii, Ke hahai nei kekahi poe o kakou i keia hana lapuwale a na pake. E puhi opiuina ana kekahi poe kanaka. Ina e huli kakou ma na kauhale Pake, aole hiki ia kakou ke noho a kanalua—He oiaio no, ua puni kekahi poe Hawaii i keia upena nui a ke diabolo. Pehea ia e pau ai ? Aia mahea ka bakeke wai e pio koke ai keia ahi e a iiilii nei iwaena o kakou ? Eia no mea e pau ai: I—E makaala na Kahu Ekalesia a ine ka poe i aloha i ka lahui, e ao aku i kanaka no keia mea ino. E hooiaha lakou ma na halepule a ma na nupepa i ke ano ino o keia hana mai ka aina Pake mai. E papa aku i na makua a me na keiki, 44 mai hoopa, mai hoao, mai lawelawe" i keia mea e make ai. 2—E mnkaala hoi na Luna o ke.Aupuni, na Lunakanawai a me na Makai. a e hooko poiolei i ke Kanawai Aupuni maiuna o ka poe kuai opiuma. 3—E pule mau ka poe haipule ia lehova ka Mea Mana Loa, e hoopakele ia kakou i keia ino nui, a e hoomalu enai ka lahui hoiookoa. Kauka.