Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 202, 4 September 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not hold oar*elre8 noponaihle for the opioiona or the ntterauv'es of onr oorrespondents.] Editok Holomua: Many of yonr readers are disappointed at tho way you have Iovered your co!ors to Dole’s oligarcby. It is true the so-oalled republio has been recoguized by President Clevelar.d and is for the present the de Jure governmeut of Uawaii. But what a recognitiou! Coucbed in terms made aa diacourteous as possible. the doubtful hope for Dole s personal safety is at onee a slur upon the usurping chief of the filibnsterere, nnd coupled j with the policy that “it belongs ; wholly to the Hawaiian people to decide what form of governl ment they desire," is a covert I hint to the royalists to use their i | majority to secure snch governI ment as suits tbem. TVby then capitnlate before the j war is ended, and the strategio points aU in our poaaession. You rightly say that the ehap- ; ter is ended as far as the United States is concerned, but the drama is by no means ended. On tbe stage of Hawaiian history there wiU yet be many moving eeenee before the finale of tbe infamy of Janoary, 1893 is reached. Tfae Hawaiian fiag stiU wavee. the naiional spirit ia not yet crnsbed. Nemeaia and the war gods favor Hawaii, truih and jusfcice ara mighty aad wiU yet • prevail. Amonea haa oovered heneU i

«ith dishonor and di.«grace in this afiair and bas forever lost the respect of tbe real Kawaiiau people. Even many Amerie«oa in Hawaii are beard to say that tbey are asbamed of tbeir eountry. Amenean diplom«ts (?) and naval rfficers have made a dirty blot on thcir countrv’s history «hieh «ill never be purged, anJ havo gtined for tboir fiag the contempt of a people tbey have «rouged. President Cleveland «ill stand uut as a shining Hght above bis |ieople, and will al«ays be respected by Hawaiians, but he «as beat by the maliee, fa)seboods, villifications and blackguard speeches of United t5tates 8enators. «ho hadbeen strangely deceived by tbe propaganda of Thorstou and his partner the devil. To Miuister Willia «as given a grand opportunit>- to redeem his natioo’s honor, but in misrepresenting the Queen, in deoouncing tbe royalists, findiog the "best intelligence” w;th the usur{>ers, and finally giving cordial recognition to a repub!ic that wasnota republic, hesimply follo«ed iu the wake of John L. Stcvens, and has aided to iufiiot npon an unhappy people a Jegpotic and unpopular form of government, tbat «ill never govern Kawaii successfally. Dole, and the men and «omen who form his Court bave nothing to be proud of but everything to bo ashamed of. Their assumption of power was not the result of a patriotio revolution, bnt by “force and frand” in colluslon witb an unprincipled represeuta- ! tive of the United States. They have socceeded in securiug themselves in power, uot by any moral justification, but by malicious aud villauious slanders against iho Queen aud the Hawaiians, and they hope to continue by despotic coercion. For them to proteud to be the moral superiors of the Queeu and her Court is an assnmption that will not beur the light of the day or the evidenee of eertain Hawaiiun women. But we will be charitable and let the yeil remain over that feature of their eoneeii. The bald fact is, and it ean never be controverted,that this clique have I for years been hungry for the | spoils and power of government and have accomplished their desire by very shady mear,s. Their past history is dead againstthem, whioh Minister Willis onght to have carefnlly studied before he granted them the “best intelligenee.” The contemptuons recognition whieh they have received at the handa of Prosident Cleveland is but the index of tbs wny they are regarded througbout the whole Hawaiian Islauds. I

We have today the strauge spectacle of a natiou diafrancbised and throttled by » small clique of usurpers. I say disfranchised for 1 doubt if tbe Hawaiians will ever as a body iake the oath required of ihem. I understand Mr. £ditor tbat you advise them to take the oath aud create a ' ConstitntiouaI opposition. I do uot Uiink tbe advice is sound at ; present. At least let thefirst elee- ; tion be held withont the Hawaiian vote. 1 kuow that there are scores of foreigners who carried a gnn for them and voted witb them before, who will not take that oaih or vote with them now, and nearly the whole Portugnese colony are against them. Let their first ballot then, prove more emphatically than before, how I ' iiiile tbe people ; of tbese Islands and how slim their support is. To all Hawaiiana who held office or are obliged by other emp!oyers to take that oath. I sbould say Uke it. They ean do so without any eompuoeiion of conscienceor inany way feel their honor boond thereby. Dole and Jodd the highast muck-a-mneks in the land have established a preoedent in Hawaii tbat a so!emn poliiieal oath ean be broken at wiil wiihont dishonor or puniah- ! ment These men bave repeated- i ly takeu high oatbs and broken ' ihem. With aueh examples &nd | aueh preoedents, a poiiiieal oath in Hawaiī may be regarded hereafter aaa meaningleBe mummery. I After the firet eleeiion whieh * will be a taroe, then perfaaps it < may be wiae for the Hawaiians i and their frte&ds to oxganize for i the purpoee of seotmng the eon- < ctikatio*al oontrol of their eoon - }

i trv This »ill be necessaij ia i {orler to resist any fnrther i ■ scbemes of annexaiion. We bave 1 escaped tbat nndesirab!e fate ai ;' present and I &gree with a receot note*l writer who says “mueh as I ; Hke America, I .-hink from tbe jd*y when her anirersal po?itical ■ conraption and her | poiiUeal immorality shall be nataraliz*d ou Hawaii-nei. RotaLIst.