Ke Au Okoa, Volume VIII, Number 41, 23 January 1873 — Ke Puhi Opiuma. [ARTICLE]

Ke Puhi Opiuma.

No kahi mau pule i hala aku nei, ua hapai aku no makou i ke kamaiiio ana ma na mea e pili anai ke puhiia o ka opiuma. Aka, no ko makou ike ana, eia no kahi poe ke hoomuu nei i ke puhi ana ia mea ; nolaila, ua lawe hou mai no makou i ke 4 kamaiiio ana ma keia.mea. O ka opiuma, ua maopopo paha i ka poe e puhi nei kona mau ano, na hoopoluluhi ana a me na mea i manaoia. O ka opiuma, ma o kona mau hoonanea hoopoluluhi ana, he mea iuo no ia e kono ai i ka hiaai ana o ka poe hnpo, a me ka poe i paa ole ko lakou mau manawa i na huna ; a i ka manawa e komo maoli aku ai iloko o ka maa i ke puhi a*ia ia mea, he ane hiki ole ke haalele, a he ukaliia me na hoeha i ka iwi a me ke kino holookoa o ke knaaka. Ua kamaaina ko makou halawai ana mai me ka poe i hoowiwi inoia e ke puhi ana i ka opiuma ; a kt hoomanao nei no makou i kaiiu moolelo i hahai mai ai no na ino i loaa iaia ma ke puhi ana i ka opiuma. Aka. be loloiahili wale no ka aana a me ka lawe ana mai i na mea okoa, mamua ae o na mea e puhiia nei e kahi mau wahine a me na kane Hawaii lehuU&u e noho nei ma keia kuianakauhale. O ka opioma, ua lilo ia i kumu hoopilikia mai i ko ke ao nei, a he mau kaua kai hooukaia no keia mea. Aia ma ka makahiki 1840, ua hoonkaia kekahi kaaa nui mawaena o Kina a aae Eaekni; a ua nni na ola a me na waiwii i uoo?»Io a i hoopoinoia ma ia kaua aoa, i kapnia ke " Kaua Opiuma," 0 ua opiuma noi, he nahele nenee ia no ua kula o ; a ua luwe pinepine ia i Kina e ka p#e haole Kaelani e kalepaia ai. O na luua uupuai Pake hoi, ua papa ikaika aku iakou e hoopau i ke kalepaia aoa o ia mea ma na awa o Kinu ; a ua kauia na kaoawai koikoi e lawe ole ia mai ai iloko o Kioa, aka, ua hoomaoia uo ka hoopae maiu aua. I knmo e hoopauia ai o ia mau hoopae malu ia ana mai. ua huliia na uioku kalepa o Enelani, a ua loaa he iwakalth tau«sani pahu opinma, a ua pau i ka hana inoia. No k«ia m»a, aa alu mai he kaaa nai aa

kilo o «M ia mai iaia kamokopnoi ® ka aku poho hē $20,G0®^&. uae 'i eaahaloi» i» bftim EneUoi, a me kana maa h&oa bawa. i#Blako ai Haila i ke palii aoiia o }{a c.piais&. Aka, e aho aka ln nae paha i feā poīno t ioaa »i ia &inn ma koaa hooikwika aane pala wfen i ka lawe ia aaai o ka apiauaa iloko o kopa maa awa j oi»i, he iaai oia, a he leholeha maoii kona lahnikānaka, Eia wa!e 110 ka mea kaum>»ba mawaenn o kai kon nei, o kēkahi hapanui o kakou he | poe hoomahni m» houpohilu? hi i ka man«o. Eia no ke ikeia oei i keia manawa, me ke kupu a tne ka papa loa ia uo, eia 110 ke hoomnhui nei 00. He ulohna paha i ka oluolu maikai o ke kino ? Henha 1» aoanei kn hopena o kakou, ina e mahnahoa an« k»hi hitpHnui o kakou mu ke puhi aaa i ka opiunaa ? Hookahi mea hiki ke hoomaopopoia, e hookaomaha ino ia anei ka, poe kioo oia maikai, a e lilo hoi aoei ua poe puhi opioma nei i poe kupono ole ao kela a j»e N kei& £nQ; a aoa ko lakou ola maluoa o ka hookaumaha ana i ka manao kokua aloha oka lehuleha. Ma ka inoa ake aloha a meka pono, ke noi ae nei makou.hemea pono ioa e imi makaaia maoli aku na lima aupuni i ka poe Pake, e kuai, e haawi a e hoolako aku ana i ke kanaka Hawaii ; a e hookau aku i ka hoopai koikoi ana. A ina i pau ole, he mea pono no ke kau ia kekahi kanawai e hoopau loa ai i ka lawe ana mai i ka opiuma i HawaH nei, a koe wale no ma kona laweia ana mai ma kona ano laau, oka wa kupono keia e ktmailio a e kukaia ai,