Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 26, 31 January 1894 — WHO IS HE? [ARTICLE]

WHO IS HE?

Mr. W. N. Annstrong Again. i , Mr. W N. Arra,strong basadopted tbe pcsition of lectare ard poliiieal teaeher in tbe conntry acd we huve no donbt that be feels very proud of the aodi«Rce that gathers aronnd him in the Cinh and in tbe Lragae. We bave received a nnmber of eommanieatious asking us who this Mr. Armstrong is an aIthough his imj)ortaDca—as viewed by himself—has never dazzled our optics we are able to furnish a little infonnation about this would be professer in national ’ and poliiieal scienee as far as his eonDections with the H.»waii«u i Governmeut is concerned. Mr. Armstrong was made AttorneyGeneral by Kalakaua. Me states uow that Kalnkaua’a Governmeut was extremelv corrupt and he cnticizes it iu the most emph ili eal raanner. He never resigned from his post thongh but he made it his duty to be an ardeut Imeni b e r an d promoter |of the gay times whieh were fostertd and perhaps inangurated bv the advisers cf ! the Iate King Mr. Arnistrong is introduced as being oue of the *‘oIdest” annexationists here—in fact it is claimed that he was a thoronghbred annexationist—that is: a man resolved to deprive Hawaii ofits indepeudence, the sovereigns of their tbrone, n > since 1853. We do not donbt the truth of this st t»*inent, bat we ask everv fair-minded man what the proper teira wouhl be for a man who pretonded and swore allegiance to a Kiug, who acted the part of a faithful servant, who d!ssimnlated loy«ltv aud who received unlimited favors and benefits from a sovereign whom he at the Same time was betraying an»l whom he, according to his own words, desired to dethrone for the pnrpose ōf depriving his country of its indēpendence and subvert the sovereiugty to another Iand. lf snch a uaai ean be trnsted, if s leh a man is to be allowed to corae forward, foremost among onr citizens, verilv the duy lias ( eome when the Hawaiians and 1 willi them every loyal and «lecent citizen are justitied in cnndemning tbe men and the principles sustained by such iu»lividuals as W. N. Armstrong jiroves himself to be. Why did he travel with King Kalakana all over the world? In what capacity? Mas it as a spy and as a traitor trving to carry out his contemptible ami nefarious scheme as an aunexationist? Oi* was it as a loy »l servnat (we had ue »rlv said “barber” ) to tho sovereign who pai«l his salary and gave to hiin opportunities whieh lie otberwise wo*ild never have g iined? bat did he ever | do l»ere in his <*tfici«l capacitv as i Attorney-Goneral, except drnw ing his salarv? We h«vo searchtho records and we fiud only one case ever tried bv him while we nft'fr find one month in wliieh lie oraittad to eall for his pav. It is tinie for Mr. Arrastr<»ng to expl;«in himself an«l his .>tficial position under Kalakaua, j and it is also time for tte anm-x- ! ationists, of whom the ioajoritv don’t know him. to look into hirecor>l. The man who aeknowle<lges hiiuself a trait >r to his former raaster, will hardly be fonn>) faithful i*» his present atfili«tious. Bewar; of the missionI aries! T'i* B.)stiu Trtin*cripl has ooiue «»at stronglv i « favor of s; l,»ut C;v\elaud s HaWali.lU policv. '