Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 47, 26 February 1894 Edition 02 — OUR REVOLUTIONISTS. [ARTICLE]

OUR REVOLUTIONISTS.

Some Plain Talk About Them. It is refreshing to pernse the | reporl of Mr. J. H Blount and the upj)endinB interviews and statements. As a pioee of hlstoiy the f<dlowing reiaarks of CoL \ . V. A- iford will be of intere.st as di8closiug a iitt!e of the inuer history ol the rovolution of 1S87. and aiso furui.shing some good j evideace as to the courage, bravery, impartiality, aad honestv of our embiyo, *‘revo luti<<ui«ts." Says Mr. \. \. Asbford: The tuen as individoals und as a cLi"« into whoae hands fell the executive ofl ; ces an«l entire eontrol uf thi.s iuovemont. aro tbose who ( »side fr«mi the t'uick-and-thin apologists of monarcby at all hazards) have alwaya heret «foro been the bitterest enemies nf thn.se who wero suspected of

favoriug annexation. DoIe himself though a iuombei ofthe revo lutionary league of 1887, and a tnember of the, “Council of Thirteen'' therein, tned his best to “throw tho whole schetne just iis the supreme momeiil arrived. Failing m this, he re signod his j>bice on the eouneil and deserted the leaguo, aud tried his best to pul) othors out. He did mauage to pull out P. C. Jones, who w r as also a member of tho “Thirteen” whieh position be resigncd an«l deserted the league the same as Dolo had done.

About tho samo time W O Smith who through his great personal intimaov \vith Dole, Jones and otliers of the league, was acquainto(l witb the g<3neral plan. aml had giveu his iulhesion to it

nml arranged t > swear iu bofore the eouueil, but hml tleferml it several timos, did eome before that bo«ly. After hearing a part of the oath repeated, he drew his hand from the bible, mado a coutemptable, cowardly spoech iu favor of the eonlinuauee of the monarchy, and withdrew, and nover heeame n mnTlV»r» iUv Olka> prominent me:ubers of tho mis siouary party worked with all their • uerg\' against the cause Duriug tho org«nization of

tho Hawaimn Patriotic Leagne,a year ago, ono of tho leading missionary politici ms said to mo; “ Youv charges agiinst Liliaukalani nro. no doubt, true; but vrkat does it raattor so lon » as we kavo the prevailing inHuenee ovor hor. A republio or anuosation \vordd lead to the domin anee of tke natives." This party nhnost without oxception, tried to hnnt down all partioipators in the attempt agaiust the monarchy last year Finnl!y ho (Dole) \vas tho ono who issued tle \vrtriauts, a thing unkeanl of in tho Hawaimu criminal practioe. our crimin.il casos theu nll origiuating iu the Polieo or Districl courts. Mr. Justico Do!e uot on!y violated thi-» precedont bnt issuod tho \rarrants, (and tried the c.isos) withont consultatiou \v.th aay of thoother and against tho advice (to \Viisou

-• -and known to Dole as is said) of almost every attorney in town. and on the sime stitoraont of fncts as were laid before himself. During tke oiaminiiion wkiek lastod (with intertaissions) for threo weeks, he overrule\i everv ruling of the eominon law courts of tbe l*nited States aud Engl»nd—botk on poiuts of &diuission and rejectiou of evidonce. as well as to construction against tke defense. and iuv»kml tko ralings of the courts of M try aud her times. iu construing tke law of treason, t spociallv *s to wbat ounstitnted au ovort act. His katred tu any «ud all wko favored a cbange from raonarcky was so tuarked as to exoite general eommont.

Mi. Asbford is not tbe oaly one wbo evidently bas re«lized tbe true cb«r»cter of our woalilbe beroic revolutionists. Congressman Money, nlthongb so f»r away from our beroes bas also “tunibled” to their true worth in their burlesque revolutionary capacity. Tbis is wbat the bonorable gentleman said during tbe debate on the McCreary reso!ution: Wa are told, and in this way j the attempt .s made to aronse onr j sympatbies. that there was a | gallant band of Americans oanry- I ing our civilization, our thongbts. 1 our pnneiplea, «nd our fiag; io tbe ontlying islanda j o( th« oeean, aud we are told in

imp*ssioned utten»nces by the | gentiem «n from Iiiinoi»lhat these men hare a cons&ming lore for onr inslitations and oir ihig and ! oor eoonln*. In the uame of he.«Ten why did they noi stay wbere. tben, under oor dag aod sorroanded by oor I institotions? They Toluatariiy expatriated themselTes and qnit the institutions of their devotioa, | tbc flag of tbeir idolatiy tbe princip!es whieh they cherished, in order to become citizen.s of the feeblest mocarcby presided | over, in the classic b«ngaage of the gcntleman from Illinois by the of tbe Pacific "a horrid wretch" and “a monater' j 1 beside whom the “gorgons and hydras and chiraer«s dire of Homer fade into insignificance. I say that those men were not , so f,ir influ nced by the love of American principles as to stay here aud enjoy their benefits, but f their own ehoiee lived nnder a m«marchy, ruled by the i«‘en whom thev now characterize by the most opprobious terms m i their vocabulaiy’. We are told tbat these gentlemen wore ready to raise barrie ules and resist any el!brts whieh raight be made by Mr. Blount or Mr. Wi!lis to have the Americau fleet restora the fi«g of the monarchy. I Ihink, Mr. Sj>eaker. in all the hislory of conspiracies I have never yet fouud soprudent and so discreet a body of revoI lntionists. I ean raise tho American fiag and land Americau marines in a «lozen republica in Central an«l South Atuerica tomurrow and get uj> a revolution in thirty miuules, if I ean assure to tbe revolutionists perfect imm«iuity as to life, limb au«l liberty. These inen took the precaution to have not ouly the guaranty of tbe miu I ister, but the aehial presence of the marines nnder onr fl ig before thev dared to take a step. There could not be mueh shedding of blood in u revolution of that sort. These revolntionists were uot after blood: they wore nfter sugar bounty. Tbat is what was the matter with them, and with that high valuation of their own lives whieh seems to be share«l in by tlio geutleman from llliuois they prudently get siok and go to be«l when the crisis comes. Whv, at

the very crisis of the controversy Mr. Stevens got sick and had to igo to bed in the middle of the day ; so that it is uecessary to wait half an hour to get word from him whethor he acknowledged the provisional government or not. And Mr. Thurston, who seerns to hava been the deus ex maehina of the whole business goes to bed the samo day, but was well the day before and the * ii.w anop. Oh! this is a determiued band of revolutionists! These are the heroes who challenge comparison with those of the Alamo. They iutended they shoukl have a safe andbloodlessbusiness. they never bndged a peguntil they had the assurance of protection and the mere assur »nce was not sufficient; ; the aeinal protection had to be extended. And we are a!so to!d of the hoioie mauner in whieh Mr. Thurston defied the raars'.al who went there, without au escort. I believe to arrest them. In what terms did Mr. Thnrston defy the government? He remmds rae of Bn!lv Botiom the weavar, who was playing tho lion. lle “roared as gently as a sucking dove” when arrest of his 1 own precious person was inuainent; when he “defied” the marshal he >iid, “we aiu’t doing anything aga : ust the government, we are only arranging for a m&ssmeeting.” That is the way be “d fied” the gjvernment. Gcntlemen, y »u cannot invest thistrans action with a single heroic characteristic.

Mn. W. O. Atwateb kas been appoiuted to the positiou of book-kee}>er in tke Post,il Bureau. The geut!eman who of course is connected to the Miuister of Finance, of conrse had to be snp plied with a job. It is remarkable that all the.se shake-the dust off-their feet gentlemen who suck the jnice of the Hawaiian orange —always turn up agaiu aod always fall iuto a downy 1 e.th. Where are the beroes of Jauuarv 17th 1893.

Ir is ouderstood that the Goveruaicnt have made -crtntracts with a number of meu iu California who will arrive by next steamer to serve as so!diers iu tbe array. The present soldiers whose contracts expire will get the G. B. and cease to be X. G. and the “to beimported" desperadoes will handle the gnos. The pnneiple whieh nnderlies this move is tbat familiarity breeds coutempt and that anybody who serves onr missionaries for moro than a year will be inclined “to know” too mneh and couseqnentiy nn able to revere aud obey our aaparruiaoaa oiheaU of th« P. Q.