Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 27, 1 July 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

” ‘ The Star of last nigbt brought in another dtf«n»« of the disgraceful t ccus3tions of J. L. Stevens againrt tbe Queen and tbe monarcby of Hawaii. As th«re isn’t a crownedhead in Eumue who has not heen the object nf simitar vile s'aiid* r« from eueh a low born and lnwt-r-bred mob as tbe one from whieh Stevens here gre«dily , -uc<ted th« ying rumors on whieh he b.i*t*d his h8S**rlinne, w« need not Uke eny nniiee of the remaras <f **iich out-c.i*=te or lheir obscure h red scr;bbiers. but we shall eonfine ourse.vt-!- to reprint an editorial fr. m the >jn Francisco Arg >naut whieh eufficiently onee and f-*r all sett!es Mr. J. L. Stevens and his manufact irrd liee. unpr»ven a«eertioi s, and f ise stat«meuts. The lamentations of Jerec2iah sre joyous in coniparison with the gr. at.s whieh J hn L. Stevens, exMinister t < Hawaii, emitted in j.re-ence of tbe Chaniber of Commerce on his return from the post from whieh he h«d be«n removed. It wa.<*, perhaps, hardly to be exI>ccte i th;tt he should endure such a eoii fr<>m fortune with a philosophy. Mr. Su-vens is a country edilorfrom Maine.who wa» rewarded with emall berths in the eouaular »ervice, and was finally pro- ' moled to be Minister to Hawaii, wh* re it was s< pposed that he w<>uld be inmx;uou8; unfortunately. 1 hehappened to represent the Uniled »lates at the tirae certain conspirat<>rs at Honolulu undertook their Iittle eo’ip d'etnt, and he cou!d nol resist the opportunity to put hia f<»ot in itandtodrag with hisKf rape j>oor Captain \Viltse, who has died | of reroorse in consequence. Mr. ( Stevens must feel that he has not onlv committed polilieal suicide, bnt that he has guarded against a possib!e resurrection by driving the traditional stake through his vitals. His account of the event« in whieh he was an actor is not strictly in barmony with history. When he rcturned ū) Honolulu frora his jiniket to Hilo on January 14th, he l found the city in eommoliow, a p>arty ot white planters, shop-keej>-ers. and adventurcrs having declared that the nionarchy wn» j abolished aml supreme power vest- | ed in some h«lf-dozen gc-ntlemen, s>me of whom had sworn allt*giance to the queen, and not one of whom had heen inviled by tlie Hawaiiane to take charge of j>ublic ati iirs. ; Under svich circumstances,the duty <>f tlie miniater of the L’nited States was ubviousiy to keep h;s hands <<fl aml lo counsel an aj>peal to the {**oji!e nf the ts!ands wiio are educ<ted aiid mteliigent. Mr. Stevens did iieitner. As United States Mini>ter, he authorized the Bo»ton to ; tiid her marines. and hoisted the \iuerican fl *g over the oftice where liu* ur8urpingg*»veriimeut trans:ict- , d bus;ness. lt wns thus made to ipj>e tr by the American represent:it ve that the L’niled States was al the b<ck of the rebels. He did not advise an apt>eal to the peoj)le, and that lor the exceileut reason ihal such an appeal would have b<en fatil to ihe so-called pr>visional g *vernment. \t the last el*cti<«n iu Hawaii. 13,593 vot«s were cust. Of these. 9.554 were cast bv Hawuiiane, 63< by Amerieaue. 505 by Eitglishnien. 382 by Germaii8,2.Ū91 by Portuguese —the Ohineee «nd Japanese being nonvoters. Mr. Steveus and hts eon fed< rates kuew uerfectly weil that out <<f thtse tlurleen thousand five hundred votcrs. they could not | ootumaiid oiie thousand votes; j ther«fore. they did not risk a plebiscite, and lhey have not dared to | do so yet. i Assumirg that the pocketful of volers with whom be act«d repre-seut-d the tslaiids «tid wer® war- : ranted in assigning their sovere gntv to whomsoever they plcased,Mr. Stevens w*nnly indors«*d the ap i pliealion of Mr. Thureton's selfel«cted commis«ion for anneiaūon ; to the United State*. That body ctinsisted of.four Americans and one Engltshiuan, wilhoul a dr<>p of HAwaiiau blood in their veins. They had no ehow ol authority from the Hawaiiane to' act for them. The eommieei, n they bore was drawn and signed by them | and their fellow-ploUerm. Tbey had I uo more right to epeak for Hawaii than Denis Ke»rney has to apeak for Califomi*. And yet they had the imp)udence to ask Mr. Cleveiand to recognite them as genuine repre«entatives of Hawaii *nd to lielen to their tile t«f woe. * As Mr.Stev«ns hai!strom Maine, he rousl be presuoied to be an Americ*n. and yet th« r*eesons , i whieh he gave to the Chamber of Cocumerce for annexiog Uawaii ar» ■ etrangeiv uo-Am«rican. W# in (tbis ct>untry are not borrowing our foreign policv froro Rt>m» *>r A'ex* ander oi Macedoti, n*T do we eon- ( »:der the «xample o£ £ngi»od in grab-bing frreign countri*-« a good, ! <m« to foilow. The Am«rican idea ’ is lnat w« have counlrr enougb of > i our owo t*> take care ot Tru«. w« . |i»vein tbi» oountry s poi-houa»

' eehool of polilieiāo» (tbey u*«d to ( be called FsIibostere) wbo are in favor of all *orte of biatant unAm«ricanism9, ir.dod:ng that of < rot>bing foreigo nalione from lb«ir !and; but these p*-r»oo» con»titute s mieioeeooieal »<tion ofthe Ameriean penple, When Mr. Slevens te!ls u» that tht »hop-keepers, planter», aod advcnturere whom he represent* : "*tretch out a plead:ng hand to this mightv oation of frecmen n<*t to abind<>n th«m in their day» of imper*tive need,” hed<«» not affect u» at »11; we sh*li nol «tudy ihe question of anneialion unlil Mr. 8leven's friends ean show lhat lhey have a r ght to stretch out any hand at alī f*»r Hawaii. Mr. Stevens caLs the : slands **the Piymouth Koek of the Ptcific.” that “oeean f<>rtreas <>f Chrislian civilization frootmg the As.atic w <rld." thjt is very pretty and sweet. But Amenean» are not now *<K)kti g round !<>r Plymouth K nika • T t<oeaii f Ttr-t*=es t-> «iLai in de tiai.ee >>f tr.e pr**te»t of theirownere. Mr. Stevens does not und<-r*Und hts countrym«n. Hi- 2r*fat ohj-cti«n to the Q*;een >1 Hawan is tier tu.iuoraiiiy. He is iike O’Uonnell, who naa n<< fauit t > find with tae Chinese as oom pelit rs in the iab«r-market, but eannol endure their vic*rs; their !iioral c>nduct ftlls so f<r helow the 0’D*>uneli standard. So Mr. Steven’s htgh moral tone is chtefly shocked at ihe Hawaiian monarchy “bt-cause it ts coarseiy iuxarious in its Ustts and wish-s.” c*)iistantly sending out impure exhalations, ’ “utterly vicious at d demorahzing,’’ “an astounding exhibition of shame” wilh “a semi barbaric queen at ita bead.”and “corruj>tion, anarchy, and barb<ric sensualism’ al its Uil. It wis as a moralist. ! and not as a statesman, that he cousented t<> take a part in the farce of the ‘ Three T«ilors of TooIey Street.” How sad to thii>k that so j pure an apostle of virtue should have remair.ed so long in the j>olluting atmosphere ofsuch a carnival , of vicel Here. again, Mr. Stevene misapprehends the purjx>se of the Gov- ; enimenl of the United States It is no part of its business to sit in judgment on the morais of its neigbbore. lt umy deplore the br«aches of the moral law whieh filled Mr. Stevens’» immaeulale gou 1 with anguish—afler he had been disj>laced, not before. But ite desire to see gound m«*rals prevail | everwhere caimot induce it to go , out of its wny to administer a course of purg..tion to the islands in the hope of mending their m**ral health. Mr. Stevens hus knoeked at the wrong d<K*r. He sliould have carried his elegiacs to the churches. j lf a cleiir majority of tlre j>eople j of H iwaii «vtr deinonstrate. in an i unequivocal raanner. that tbey j desire annexation to the Umted States, the Amenean people will consider their request. But reaideuts of thts s!oue may as well un- , derstand now, as hereafter, that Hawaii c«uld only be annex**d on . the condition that every resident of the *slands, wherever he was bt>rn and whatever his race. eame in as a citizen, wilh the eaine rignls of citizenehip »s are enjoyed by a native white b**rn in Caiil>'rnia. Tnis wou!d over Chinese as well «§ Kunak ts. \\’hetlier C;»lif**rnia is prepared to vote for the admission ol'the ie'ands on th*se ter*ns la a question whieh the Chainber of C*»mmerce did not think it worth . wliile to cons dtr.