Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 200, 25 May 1891 — MISSIONS AND MEN. [ARTICLE]

MISSIONS AND MEN.

\Ve havc no desire to erase from ihe pages of history the record of anv Bacchanalian revelries thai we ever indulged in. In Bamoa we entertained the Chiefs according to the customs of that country in order to acconvplish the object of our mission v whieh we did. The Geri»ans at thai _tima-Wfire about to divide the groups of islands in the South Pacific with Great Britain, and in this intance she was abo«t to take possession of the island of Upolu, the second largest and most valuable of the Samoan group, ofiering to England the larger island of Savaii, and to avoid unpleasantness with the ITnited States Government the latter would have the optioD to the possession of Tutuila, an island with all that was of any value, already given to tfee U. S. by the acknowledged sovereign or tributary chief of that island, whieh was confirmed by the King. One of the artieles of the treaty made between Commodore Wilkes with the natives. was that the United States should preserve their independencev for whieh the large land-. locked harbor of Pagopago was ceded as a consideration. The first —gttempt of the German to carry out her scheme at Samoa. waa frustrated through the courage and magnanimity of Consul Greenebaum, for saving the honor of whose eountry against German official intrigue. he was immolated. By persjstent efforts we succeeded in getting the attention of the Bayard administration to take up the matter indefence of Amenean honor. when Consul Gen. S Tall was appointed to Samoa, and with the subsequent result that Germany was compelled to giye up her expected prey. We also eounBelled King Malietoa aiul his Chiefs to prevent Gcrman aggressions. This so offended the Germans that they not only circulated every sort of slanderous reports about us. but threatened to deport us to the coast of Africa, in about the samem3nner that they undertook to do with Mr. Klein, later, with this difference, as an American that gentleman had a ileet to shield him, while we hadl only the merit of our actions to | shields us from a not over scrupu-1 lous class of people, especially when J they knew that the Hawaiian warship Kaimiloa had been recalled. Snch was the origin of the Samoan scandal. Now comes the Advertiser and says no Hawaiian should represent Hawaii in Washington, because he could not spend twenty-three thousand a year in "orgies" and 4tbacehanalian" feasts. Mr. Carter may have been quite a succes9 in rapid and expensiveliving for the glory of the Hawaiian Nation. If the people were informed of the amounl of his liquor billsit would appear thnt Mr. Carter and his friends never allowed themselves to £et sober. It is a very noble thing to get drunk in a ewaliow-iail coat, at n feast where the ladies appear with tlieir faces £?inted and their teats part!y

exposed. It is altogether a higher form Qf amusement to go whirling over a polished floor in lascivious embrace to ihe strains of voluptuous music. The facilities for getting drunk and staying so, and for gratifying the lusts of the flesh are ao superior in Washington as the modern iron-clads are to the \var-canoe lt may be very gratifying to the •personal vanity of Mr. Carter to have a mission of tho first rank to represent a country of. about the twen t i eth mag nit u de, but th e advantage to the country cannot be discovered. The excessive expense and*the chagrin whieh Mr. Garter feels at failure and exposure of his attempt to sell this country have been no doubt the main reasons of his resignatlon. has really been handsoinel y paid to dispose of ihe country for the benefit of himi self and his friendsr He negotiated )a treaty surrendering ourautonomy as a nation for a consideration that the McKiniey tariff act has completely destroyed. If he had succeeded the country would have bound without the right to withdraw or negotiate any other treaty without the consent of the American government. This together. with the troop clause, and other things īn the k private' correspondence whieh ex-Minister Austin refused to reveal, constitute an act of the grossest treachery to the Hawaiian - people, and would have caused his disgrace long ere this if there had been an impartial and ' just £Overnment at the head of affairs. It was virtually the surrender of the government without obtaining the rights and advantageB that would result under real annexation. We helped to Unearth this damnable conspiracy two years ago and the brethren liave always felt as the Germaus in Bamoa did against us for showing ttr£m up. Kow we repeat what we have said before, the outlook is a dark one for Hawaii, as long as weare represented abroad by foreign traitors whose only desire is to barter the country for filthy lucre.