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A lev of the present laws to protect the per-
|3 and lives of those residing here. The
mstice which the law allowed for SO
y nous an offence as the one in question
Y ur the petty fine of 's6-thus putting the


eseurity of our persons and the peace of our
6iIies at the mercy of any individual who
i poscs to pay that to CRAFTY his malice


~ Hawaiian statutes being more expressly
ended for their own people, are few and


Npe. and scarcely any distinctions made.


xduatng punishments according to the ma.
1 of offences. While this defect contin.


and the law is no punishment to the ac.
= Sssor residents must live always prepared
66jreat such assaults as they would those OF
Z GSad-dog or a house-breaker 1t is fear
& fconditIon of society when its peace can
& be preserved through fear of arms. But
: state cannot continue long. This out
&c, together with the one committed some


(nths since upon the person of Mr.. Espen-
e6 over which the law could exercise no
In1re control, will demonstrate to the oov-
slnment the necessity of more particular le-


atlon on those points. The generous
|0st Of Indignation which followed this e.
Ift. from all classes, and the deep sense of
T. insult thereby cast upon the whole COM
Bhty, with the promptness with which en-
% feelings were controlled, and the law
hoble as it is, allowed to take its course.


saks loudly for the high and honorable
= of feeling existing among the foreign
\ dents. =