Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 202, 4 September 1894 — In Defense of Liliuokalani. [ARTICLE]

In Defense of Liliuokalani.

i [Frjic the “W<jniaos Tribunc" VV«»hing- ' ton D.C. ' r Denr ilrs. Colby: —Loving and bonoring you as I do, because of ; yoar brave, fear)ess ntterances in bohalf of the oppressed every- [ »bere, allow me to enter my indignant protest in bebalf of a aiueh maligned and estimable | lady. Yoar paper reaches thousands of homes wherein the thoughtof the inmates isexpand- j ed, the sympathies qnickened; and no mamraou-worship leaJs for aims of utter selfishness. I speak against the majority. in favor of the Qaeen Liliuokalam of Hawaii. When sbe honored Boston with ber presouce some I years ago, in the compan\ r of tho Queen Kapiolani this city showered attentions npon tLese royal i ladies. and somo of our weallhiest men considered it a privilege i to sit at the breakfast given by higb officials to theso visitors from afar. 2sow the oneo feted Kapiolani isouly “tbedowager,” I { and tho Queon has been deprived ; of her throne. And little souled, petty, truckstering newspapers | that would lie prostrate before Liliaokalaui, in power. dare to i make sport of her misfortunes; and vent their meanuess in ignoble cari<;ature of faileu greatness! And worse thau all, theydure assail the character no morta! tongue has wagged against nutil now. Throughout her maidenhood and her raarried life no I touch of slander reached the eonduct of the Queen. No act of j cruelty toward man. wonaau, child or beast have I ever heard recorded against uer. Now, to suit the selfish purposes of scheming po!iticiaus and greedy traders, j the dofenselcss Queen is deposed, and to whitewash their own evil condnct her assailers vilify her character. Wheu other accnsations are exhausted, the uews- i huugry and unsorupulous daily papers, tell the world that Liliuokalani is a heaihen at heart, and sacrifices live aniraals to the aucient gods of the islands. When is the other side of the story to be heard? When shall the Qneen’s defence be given to the public? When will the party at- , taobed to ber bo listened to in i behalf of their ehoaen form of | goverument, nnder a native ruler? i • Was not the Queen’s sway bene- ! : ficent and peace-loving? Havo j the people unanimously,by a fair aud free vote. claimed the abdi- j j cation of their Qneen? Why did | not the revolution occur during ! the lifetime of horbest counselior and friend. ber hnsband? Bdtter is constitntional mon- | archy, with a wise, liberal mmd-! ed ruler for life at its head ihan | a sham republio solely under the mle of masculino force and astuteness. Wby noi, after tbe ; proclamation in selfish cry of; I "Amenea for Americans,” allow | tbe rightfnl eeho to be “Hawaii | | for Hawaiians.” In ihe royal person ot Qaeen Liliuokalani my sex ia ontraged by unscrnpnlona injustice! The best, tbe purest, wisest, peaeepromoting ralers of to-day are { | the womea who sit on thrones. 1 | They are a high moral eiample ! ■ of loftiest spiritnal infiuence to ; ; ihe world. They do not desire j ! to invoive the nations in the hor-! | rors of war; they &re not covet- ; I ooa of otber’s possessions ; no woman of jonr time desires to mle the worid. That is Ieft to ihe j wild-beast eoneepkāon and fanatieal m&dness ol tbo Gsar of Bussia. After ihe peacefal, becanse i nnreeisted annexatiou or nsnrpaiion of the Hawaiian Ielands, wh»t (ollowe? Tbe dalightfnl, world-aparted, beantifnl domain, that haa ahrays seemed (rom description, to be the e*rtblv para- i dise. dreamlike asd inviting in ' its serenities of peaee; whai wiil it beeome under tfae emliaaiiona of greed of gain, ol strife for plaee aad powt?r; of warring

| creeds and conntless repnblican { spites? It will giow inlo the pandemonium that oor cities are; | and ihe morality of the islands I wiil not be mcreased by the prohahle expulsion of the peaeeahle ;Cbinese; and their snbstitutioa |by native Americaa Soafers and schemers- The nineteenth eenj tury civiliration has iatroduce*l! worse eviis than tbose of leprosy ; among tbe natives it has snbju-1 gated by force or fraud. I think my dear Mrs. CoIby knows me, as an ardent repub)iean and abolitionist of tbe old stamp. My cherished dream is that of the Universal Republic, I prophesied by Tennyson’s poelie ' insight: ‘ Tbe Federation of the . World.” But awaiting this, let us deal jnstly, aud give bonor' where it is due. If sbe remain ' discrowned, in heart and sonl. in mind. in all essential principles j tbat constitnte tbe gentiewoman, Liliuokalani isstill a Qaeeu; and as sucb, she demanda respectful menlion, chivalrous defonce from noble men throughout all lands: and the reverence of affection from all pure and true women. For she has Iive«La good life, and has known mueh sorrow. Whatever religion she professos is her owa affair; sbe has never cast any one out of her presence of ; her dominions for the religious view a tbey hold It was no passport to her favor to belong to “our chnrch.” With ns of whiter skin and raore bigoted minds, it , is essential to be a ' somewhere. Nut at all for the ! approval of one s own conscience, ; but for social and business in- ) terosts. As a woman with whitened j bair, who has lived nnder several monarchies, and a few republics, and as a true Americau iu principle, tbougb not born here; I enter my protest against tbe aoncxation of the Hawaiian Islands. 1 declare against the manner of the proceedings against ! tho woraan-ruler of these lands. i And 1 plaee my respectful homage i and my loving sympathy at the | feet of Her Majesty, Queen Liliu-1 okalani, evermore Quean to me. , — Cora Wilburn, Brighton, Muss.