Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 29, 22 October 1894 — OUR HEROES! [ARTICLE]

OUR HEROES!

Why They Died ?) and BIcd ?) j Now tlmt the garao ia virtually oter and th»t tbe revolutionists have gaine<l control of the govemmenl of Hawaii raainly throogb the treachery of the United btates and her representatives it is araosing for the historian to iuve*tigateand exaraine the dīfftreat |>eriotls under the initiatiou of ihe republic. Mr. Llouut in his exhaustive report showed prctty well the caliber of whieh the Hawaiian revolutionists is m«do and the • wtalements made by Soper, j Smith and others certaiuly do i not prove our rulers exaraples of i unusual heroisro und va!or. At that tirae the revolntionists had, »o to say, lo bedragged iuto their enterprise. Individnally the\ \\ere cowards aud it was only the absolute guarantee of suppoit from Steveus that ever induccd them to run a ri.sk uuder tho protection of the guus und meu of a Unitcd States mau ofwur, However, tbat wasn t the day wheu tho giv;atost h©roism \vas displayed. They have all udmitted iuore or less that they beeame revolutionists under au Araerican safo-guard. Iho fun begins when tho got ready to Iay down their lives (ouee more) iu defying and beatiug otf the American troops that \vere supposed to back tho demaud for surreudor of Minister Willia. Do we uot remcmber the big nud mnrtial \vords uttercd nt tho time ? Were not the Ameneau paj*ers from the A n>' 1 orl' Suti to the Lonei iUe Looslcr informed of iho horoic seutiraents of their compatriots iu ilawaii' M ere we uot to!d about thedentist who stood ready to drop his tool on tho coruor of hort aud Hotel Strcet, whonever n horso weut by. aud did not tho cstcemed indies of all tho dealers iu stoves nud j\ots mnko frco with their j\ons iii explaining the agouy whiph they uuder\vont iu awaitiug tho fatal landiugof American troops? Did not Ihe valiant att >rneygeueral instruct more than four j>olicemon to bo j>resont at l>re>\er’s wharf. there aud then to resist auy attcroptod lauding of Americau marines. Did we not listeu to the sj>eeches aud the war cries of judges, teachers and parsons iu whieh tho couutry was exhorted to resist, resist and forever resist the j>roposed eneioaehiuent of Grover Cleveland? Did uot “Popoona” Jouos and his ilk promise to impeaeh the presidt ut of the l’nited States, aud did they not oflor to let the sli , eets of Houolulu run \vith their sweat, if uot with blood before a bluejrcket should bo allowed to IauJ ’ Aud remerober the admiratieu nud j>raises otferevl ou the shrine of littlo Hatch when he with guashing teeth. tears iu his eyes and a donble action heartstood forwardaudiuthe writiogof Major l’otter defied tbe United Statos,it> navy, chnrch. Corey's *rmy *nd —no. not the sugar-trust — dowu to tho third aud fourth goneration. Cirateful citizens looked with awe to the little minister who so br*vely *queezed the jewnose of the Americau £agle. and they worsbij>ed st«lwartDole who from his lofty se.»t seeroed ready to declare war against ju>or Clevelaud and cast him from his pret>idential throne ! How we bdmired our heroes. How our children even at Pnnahoo buroed ineeoae beforo the altsrs erecied for these gods desceuded from 3loses and the other early missionaries ! liut alas! the truth is out aad it cannot be hidden any longer. Ala« ! for our spilt t«ars aod vaniahed admiration! Our heroes were frauda and their defiance was bu&combe aud sham!

\[r. Haieh held i* ka*i a letlrr from Gr*thnr>\ a**vring him thnt the L'niU i StaU$ fcwdd tnf>rrce their drmand* trou!d lnnd no bef »re fce eame oat *s * ittle Napoleon and a m n rejuly to shon'der » gon and fire on the msrines vrho he kntf r tcere nec*T to lnn>i! Anotber be;»nt ful drearo bas eume to naaght. And de<*p and bitter isourdisappointment ’. Our beroes are no longer Leroes. Thev are every d *y, ordinary sbeeniis only eome forward when they have got a sure thing