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Hawaii shall never become a territory in which a governing class of rich planters exists by means of coolie labor.
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gutenberg.orgHawaii shall never become a territory in which a governing class of rich planters exists by means of coolie labor.
He firmly opposes the establishment of a ruling class in Hawaii reliant on cheap labor.
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