Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 45, 9 November 1893 — TOPICS OF THE DAY. [ARTICLE]

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Advertiāer is h«.»piug for a convention whieh will creato a j>erruanent govemment in Hawaii and secnre j>erpetually the j>rotection of tlie l'nited States f<»r us. That may be an excellent iiiea, l»ut we wonhl like t<> hear how fhe Advertiser intemls to secnre such a eonveution, of whom it sljoul«l eousist. by whom it ahonhl be ealleel, aml how far the People wonld be consnlted in regard to the actious of snch a convention. Thosc are iuteresting points and it will be necessary to enlighten the j»eoplo of Hawaii ou them before fnryier discussion ean take plaee. We are inclined though to amell a rat iu this convention business at least as fur as the Advertiser and the party represeuted by it aro concerned, becauso the Advertiser at the same timo holds out its hand iu friendship to the Hawaiian people and j>rattles about a government *Tepreseutiug the j)rogressive aiul iudnstrial iuterests of the islands, and loyal to the care aud preservation of the aboriginal race of Hawaii.” Wesuppose that tho present government with its hired mercenaries, its guns and saudbags, its shooting expeditions to Kalalau, its insults and threats towards its opponeuts will in the Advertiser’s estimation fill the billet. How this ideal government whieh shall be “ loval to the care aud preservation of the aborigiual race of Hawaii” is suj)posed to treat the Hawaiians in regard to their civil politioal rights, we hear nothing about. ls such a government to l*e a self-govcrnment or is it to be a patriarchal oligarehv supported against the uation by bayonets, either iu the hands of the present hired gang, or in the hands of U. S. soldiers? Becanse the Hawaiians will dispense with all tlie “loyal care (God knows the\* have seen enough of whai that means in the inonih of the missiouaries) as Iong as they get their civil rights and their privileges of goveruing themselves. All that t h e 1 Hawaiians desire. is the right to manage their own atfairs on au equal footing and with equal rights with the foreigu residents as they have doue heretofore to the prosperity of the country and themselves and they will disj>ense with all the ‘*loyal” “care’ and tfce pre- 1 servatiou and all the other huml»ug used for campaigu purposes 1 to deceive aud choat them. Bnt the Advertiser’s magnanimity goes further this morning. Fearing that tbo prosj>ects of the “loyal care” of the Reform Party will not prove a suflicient bait to catch 4he gooil-will of tbe Hawaiiana. the morning orgau otlers eaeh Hawaiian a homestead iu a shaj>e of a perpetuated fief under the goverument to whieh

such homestead only shall revert in case of the extinction of the familv to whieh the grant was made. Tbe generous Advertiser savs that such a step will onhj take abont 100.000 acres and then eaeh and every Hawaiian will have his own home and everythina will be lovely. • Because writes the Advertiser statesman no conntry eau prosj>er except the eommon people have their bomes. Great Scotti does the editor believe that the eommon people in any country ean boast of tlieir own horaes? Eveu in that alleged paradise the l uited States of America. we have yet to learn tbat the people live iu tbeir own homes. and set up their f*r>inies under their own roofs. But why this gigantic bribe is orfered at the j>r.-sent date is rathei a puzzle to us. It ean ouly mean one thing and that is that in spite of their repeated assertions to the eoutrarv the annexationists are feeling uneasy and feeling that the Hawaiians may yet be heard iu regard to the future of their coUntry, and the destiny of Hawaii nei. The Star excelled itself last uight in its contemptible vituperation of the Queen and ef evervbodv who is opposed to aunexatiou. There is hardly anv uecessitv to take any notice of the scandalous tone of that sheet. Accordiug to its owu assertion the cowardly attacks are written for the special benefit of Minister W*illis. It might be well to remind the Star that the Minister is perfectly well posted both as to the character of the persons aitackod by the Star, and as to the character of thebackers of that scurrilous sheet from Mr. Blount. Minister AViIlis sj)eut five days iu Washington with Mr. Blount and is in possession of the report made to the American Government by that gentleman in regard to Hawaii. ■\Vheu Mr. Blouut was here the Star adopted the tone and tactics whieh were useil in its last issue, and Mr. Blouut thoronghly investigated all the slanders, little gossips and big lies published. We are perfectly satisfied to let Mr. Blount through his report answer the 8tar and set the Hawaiian natiou and sOvereigu in the right light before Minister Willis. Of course it isn’t really the Star editor who publishes that batch of vilification whieh appears in last night Star. He has ouly resided here a few months. He personallv knows very few people of the opponents to annexatiou and he is conseqnently not in a possition to judge them. From his own kuowledge he is of course as ignorant of the history of Hawaii as any man living abroad. and when he dishes np the lowest kind of rnmors and slauders he siraply does so from hear say. There is no excuse for him to do so. V)ut we suppose that he is paid for it and considers his actiou a matter of his profession. But the men —alleged Christian at that—who furnish and manufacture all the lving ramors and vile gossip are deserving of the utmost contempt. W*e know of meu who sport the cloth of the church cailing on Mr. Blount while he was here and filling that gentleman‘s ear with exactly ihe

kin«l of filth whieh the j Star pabli>h«?s nntil Mr. BIonnt fonnd it naaseating and being a thoroagh gentleman felt like kicking the okl gossiping foo!s oat of his door. That the annesation caase didn t gain anything bv the sillv actions of tho>e old fools has been proven. Tbat the i same canse will be only further hurt bv tne shameless attitnde of the Star. the men who really , believe in and hope for annexa- , tion will leam to their cost. The fnrions bombast in whieh the Star indulges when it tells us what they, whoever that may be. 1 will do if the Queen is restored — * and the t*uited States should withdraw its protecting hand — is a niee little play to the gdlerv. Wewill hang,shoot, mnrder,buru, plunder, and then deport howls the Sbir man slingiug his ink around him liko a squid—and when the atmosphere is all clonded with iuk and bombast he quickly disappears, takes the traiu for Aiea and enjoys his ’ diuner, his cigar, tho mosquitoes and a gootl nap. The play to the gallerv is good Mr. Star —but n » o we are not in the gallerv. f a.