Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 154, 3 July 1894 — THE FOURTH OF JULY. [ARTICLE]

THE FOURTH OF JULY.

Tomorrow, tbe few Amer:cans residing io this coantr%'. and the naraerous men who sympathize with thera will celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the great repcb!ic that has existed for more than a centnr>", and that now is rapidly towanls its dissolntion. In eveiy conntry in the world, Americ.«ns living awav frv>ra home celebrate the glorions day and demonstrate their nnalloye<l devotion to tbe Stars and Stripes Tte cnstom of doingso has reach1 ed Hawaii many years ago. and the Fourth of Jaly is a holiday celebrated by foreigners and Hawaiians alike. It is true that only a few foreigners eau eall tbemselves Americans this year. : The many who took the oath to the provisional government have Iost tbeir citizensbip. and are no more entitled to eall themselves sons of the stars and stripes whieh tioat at all timeovera just, ■ an honest, a liboral and a free ; people. . Bat let us forget personal feel- ( ings tomorrow; let us forget tbe I treacbery and the auimosity of I tbe people wbo elaim Amenea as i tbeir country. Let us only re- ' raember th«t on that day, be it yeirs »go, a uatiou was born whieh udvocated and espoused tbe freedora of the people. 4he , undispntable right of the masses to rule. Let us forget the degeni erated sons of that glorions newborn repnblic. The sons who i now espouse the cause of the oli- . ; garchy. The sons who today sell their souls, their honor, und tbeir principles for tiltby lncro. The sons of that glorious eommonwealtb who today tamper with , and tiatter tbe Asiatics, eomlemned as citizens in their owu repnblie, and who drive to the wall ; and starve tbe meu of tbeir own race, tbe meu, poorer tban tbem-, selves, but equally witL thera born under tbe flag for whieh 1 thonsandsof lives were laid down,' . and unlil lately bouored by tbe j : natious of tbe world. Our friends ean go forward to- i raorrow. They ean join and par- : ticipate with our “friends” tbe \ euemiea. They need fear noth- ■ iug. Let Mr. Dole Jeclaro his republic in tbe morning. Let no loyal citizen take notice of it. Let John W’. Kalua represent the Hawaiians—and a worthy representative he is But let us re- ■ member that the Fourth of July ; is a day on whieh we all who remember the many3benefactions of America ean celebrate and ; | show oor respect to the great republic, the jnstice of whieh we never doubt, tbe bonor of whieh rnust be impeach«ble, and of whieh Hawaii never will become a member. Ho' for the Fourtb. |