Nuhou, Volume II, Number 20, 3 October 1873 — Grass Again. [ARTICLE]

Grass Again.

Aad v»c doa't care whether it Is called Deruiuda grass, qr m.esquit grase, or algaroba grass, or, alcarob grass, or grub grass; so tbat we have pfenty of it. No doubt the most eensible uame for us, is the well established Ilawaiiau one, mamenie. Thls grass we understand from eompetent authority, to'be named by botanists c.yno* eloii dactylon; this same inanienk 1 , of whieii we showed speeimens to professors m the Smith-' sonian lustitute3 when we haei the pleasure to esamine the fine collection of Ilawailan plants, largely from LaMi, and deposited in the Institute , by that mdeflUigable and promising young bot-1 anist Mr. lloraee Man.n > imhapplly lost to his oountry and to eeieuee. . Now we understood from Mr. Mann, also tue professors of the Institute, and also leam from a work by IL S. Handall on " Sheep llusbandry," that the cynodo?i daclyhn and Bermuda grass are one and the same thing; and identical with the manienie whieh we presented for esamination. In Mr. Manu*s s< Enumeratiou of liawaiian riants," it is stated that there are about fifty Bpecies of gramimv, or grasses in these islands, and that a fuli description of them wlll be given by Col. Jlunro, but whieh !uis not yet eome to light- When it does wo will thca understand the precise botanic eharacter of our inaniau t, whieh may he a u grama "or not; but certainly is :? i? to &iy a grass. Now we have aired all ouv erudition on uomenelaturc; anel will wait for Col. Muuro'«? botanic reporl 4 and lct farther (liseussior. about tlse plantV uaine, go to gras?.^" In rcspect to cultivation, our cxperienee haa heen to plant the sod wit!i a plow, followed by a .cart; anel'eo Mr. ?iuclair, and Mr. Gay inrormed us was the process of plautiug the grass on Niihau. Evcrybody clsc on these islauds, we havc seeu cu!tivate the ptants the sod, or stalk, and if anybovly !ias succec\lcd with t!ie secd of the maninii*, we are very gtad lo licar of it 4 and ?hall essay to gat!ier aud plant But we want proof of tlus. We ate wcary of merc assertion on t!iis and othcr questions. Lct us bring forward. what proofs we C:\ii } aud co&pare uote> Uke candid gentlemeiu sceking truth t and the welf\re of the country \tc !me uo pet thcorict? V» : i ~:r-

to 6upport; 'and will ifCCcpt tiuth v. quarter, and aeknow!edge un errvr fcafeion. But we must haye proof-. u Th& Sacredsess of |civfl Govemuir;i; I3 a subject of the import. ānl V - been ably difecussed by the Rcv. Mr. Frear. V.' uiust say, howcvcr, thnt vj?e derive frow a pei'u- •* ofhia remavkō on the bubjet, taia inipres&l:»n t!,. a3 rcgard3 our admlnirstijatiuu of puhlie a3fāl*.he eafcerfcams a strong conjvictioH ».»f the as well as sacrednecs of ,governmeQC. But wlij discuss the importattee of guvernmeiii ? IV;:.:: civili2ed muu need be tuld of the importuti-M- . authority to regulate hunian society? But iuan, who pays a portiop of his euheianee, r Biirrenders part of his liberty in support of - crnmenfc expects that vigilance and power on t* part of authurity that will enahle him to felce£- - peaee. But what if authorlty neglectful 3 ar : nofcdailyand nightly infcent—watehful sistent, and ever present| ut the beginning a:..: roofcof everything6oas to watch and control est: m movemenfc? Then the eijixent? ia disquieted , 1 loseB confidence, and loeep respect. The ide . . aufchority may be as sacred as ever ; bufc the lectful upholders of that are nut eaeiL J We have Ministers who cannot talk with, and persuade the majority of the t«eop! over whom they rule. *£hey do not under*t:\r T and do not investigate tlie beglnnlngs of - ments among the people. They are eaey, 0.-ll-fortab!e bueiness n>en. They are mere tiui;' economists. They have riot the neccssary epli' 7 / of authority for publie nien, nor the cour*?.ge ' aseert at all times and \inder all eircumstai:oethe majeety"T>f the law, and the iS sacrednes;gOYernment." '