Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 177, 22 April 1891 — To Be or Not To Be! [ARTICLE]

To Be or Not To Be!

It is rumored around town that ]ler Majesty beginw tō realize the lihmdor.s already mude by her-1 iiikl those t'nat her Cabinet imve forced her to commit, but that she means w«ll and is fully < 1 i sposed to try an d do better for the future. The Lko has always been loyal to Iler Majesty and disposed to heip her to do what is right. but the first loyaity and «:ntv of the Leo, above all others, to the People, to the Nation, n i ul therefc re we liave openly t old 11er lojesty that when she hins r;gainst the Btatc or her subwe are bound not to spare hor. īn f;u't, the unweleome truths that the Lko may have had to say against her, are onlyfōr lier good, so that she might dis f over ihe abvßS whieh she is helping to yxcavate under her throne. l»ut, as soon as we se© frotn Her Majeaty. "facts," not u words," showing that she intends to be true :;nd loyal to her subjects, soon will the Leo sing her praises. l a the same manner, it is rumorod that the Ministers also mean well, that they have found out some of the errors that are damning them in the opinion of the majority of the Nation. and that they ihtend to do what is right. We have never doubted of the sincerity and good intentions of the Pre?nier, but, as regards the other three Ministers, the Lko—who is only the voice reechoing the sentiments of the People—is not yet so positive. | However, we wouLd willmgly take | it for granted that they all "meau | well," and in the event of that ad- j i»ission, the Leo would be ready to | bestow on them a full support. But unfortunately, the people we represent have heen kept Awaiting too long. and from Niihau to Hawaii tbey are getting tired of promises and presumed good intentions; deeds and not words, are what the nation ie thirstiag after, and if the Ministry want a cordial supp©rt, thej rau»t,—like the Queen, —produce facts accornplished, not only īntended; otherwise, they may be gure ofbeing kept in hot water, until the day arrives,—and time is flying,—when the next liegislature will igno»iniously decide that "no confidence ean be placed in them !" Thus, let it b« well understood by the administration, that the People are now using their last •unee of patience, after whieh the pent-up feelings will,~always aecordingto rumor,—explode i» publie meetings whieh might not be verv BatiBfactory to the Ministry; and the first of May is reported as the eventful date on whieī; the tide is to turn. Therefore, the Ministers are now in a quandry, whieh no am®unt of soft-«oaping will allow thein to elip out of. The Nation, on all the IsUndB, is more clearly than evjr divided into two political parties, and the Mih:ster cannot

vxp%vt to stand eternnliy on the fe«tce; thev must declare theiiiselves: either for one party or for the other. Dame Rumor had it that some of thē cabinet officers had quite lately expressed the opinion that they did not care a contin«ntal for the lSational Party, but would be kept in office by the l< wealthy mercjbants" of town and by the guns ofithe Ameiiean vessels. The same brag made by the wretched Brown— Cummins Cabinet; but it did not help thera worth a »cent The present Cabinet are too ; intelligent to make the same miscalculation ; for certainly the i4 wealth merchants" are quite as weary as the "mob," of our friend Charley Mahope'a unrealized promises, and of the Btubbornness of two other Ministers, and the American guns are not here for coercion and will not l>e used to support any four men in any policy imsavoury to the majority of t;ie Notion. Therefore, the Cabinet must declare themselves and no compromise measure, to concilate the •'Revolutionary ,J Reforin jthe expression comes from their own ranksl ■ will ever be satiBfactory to the National who does not ask mueh, but who mueh receive some satisfaction and recognition. In our next issue we sha]l review thre points, very few in number and yery moderate, that are claimed by our Party.