Nuhou, Volume I, Number 26, 23 May 1873 — OUR PLATFORM [ARTICLE]

OUR PLATFORM

is pcrhaps ,somewhat bet(er defined a( ihis lime, an<l will sustain the declaratiou of jpur Pro«pectiiy. We assert as we have done hefore the ►Sovereignl y of thi| Peoplk, and their riglit to deeide upon uīeir politieal eondition 7 and in view of ihe electian of Hns Majksty Kixg Lunalilo as their Bovereign, we shull during our residence in this arehipelago give to lheir ehoiee our hearty and loyal support. \Ve haje desired during our publieation of the pa\>er to diseuss as on other oeeasions the important question of īmmigkatiox, a nd the repeopling of this archipelago ; but therehas heen no disposition in this eominunity si,nce the importtint polHieal event of the death of the late King T to eonsider this subject of labor supp!y but it has heen hekl in obeyanee unlil the settlemeitt of what is considered the prior question of a KKKE UAB^:ET. Tliis leads iis to tho conslderation of reciproeity with the United Btates, We advoeū&eā such a measure very zealous!y at *A\ r asliington, and eertainly feel īlo:less zeal at this day ; but if, as indicated lately, this measurt-x?an only be carried by a eoncession lbr wliieh the sentimont of the chief poliiieal eiemeni of this country is not we ha<l better look to other quartei 4 s where this cession will not be required. īn this view T we have directōd puhlie aftention to tl\e Boutiii:hx Cokonīes or comn\unities of AtsthAi»xsra. Our interests are certainly to a great extent identicai with those ni' these sister Oeeanie and we feel tbat they wouid he intercstcd in joiuing wiih us iu a commercial reeiprocity, And whh tlns disjK>sition in view we feel tha( we nught negotiate a loan on such terms, as would glvc us CAriTAK at a low rate, MiWeieni for ibe eeonomieal developwwnl o( i\II oni inihrsirial iuterests, W'i* i:•»! luei auy especial oeeas.iun (o

loiH'li upon the Labok Quesoton ; but wei au fnt to" Btate tluvt we ('onBi(ler that our Bituation aii(l iiKlustries require tlmt wej ehould be eiiahleel to u eo]itract for a reasohable and that when sueh contract is fairly and volutarlrily en-j teredl into, and is one that re6eives the sanc-! tion 61* an enlightened government r it ought ] to be enlbrced, if neglected ? ab is done in! Greatßritain and other advaneed nations. | Our Banitary condition, whieh involves| the treatment of Lepkosy, is now a ques- j tion of paramount importanee, Every cf- | fort should be inade to inveßtigate and to isolate this dreaclful BCoiirge, We feel mueh interested in adyocatingthe perpetual freedom and neutrality of the Port of Honolulu, so tliāt when steamship | and cable lines traverse these seas, she may heeonie the Entrepot of thk Pacifk\ j We readily perceive that this Oeeān must | become tlie theatre of great commereial aetivities, and it is our liope tliat the English! speaking communities, whieli are seated 011 j its severai shores shall unite in a grand eonfederation for tlie free development of the commerce and of the Eastern Plemisphere. j