Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 266, 26 August 1891 — A Good Reason. [ARTICLE]

A Good Reason.

There is a reflsoti that g«verns the action of individuals as well as, of »States. A case in poirit w«b the action of the United States towards us. She has by certain acts, for whieh she had good rieaSQns r done away with favors she gave Hawaii. For many reasons we doubt whether she will ever reetore them. She never willgive those favors to be mi 6applied asthey havebeen heretofore, for thebenefit of a few ingratetvand insolent sugar planters —soine of whom were foreign firms like<T. tf. Davies & Co., and in<lividuals like Mr. Isenberg, and Mr. I)avies.—■ men who were receiving a princelv fortpne from: the people of the United Stateß ; and at the sai»e time, were doipg all they could to $ivert the reciorocal trade that shotfld have esisted betweeu the tvvo eountries. If any one will reasoiT arid j use a little eommon sense, they ean readily understand at a glance that UneLe Sam has had mg.ny. good and sufiicient reasons for withdrawing the bonus given / Hawaii. T® think of a number of mendicants asking afms with one hand, anel with the other trying to injure the friendly hand<fhat Berves them, is something that is purely c the offspring of sudden wealth heaped upon a week and gluttonous mind. : The people of the . United States have watched to see what use would be made of her goodness to her little protege, and beins; satisfied, after a time, .that the-' whole affair was a farce, and that those she were really and dir.ectly benefitting, were actually laughing in, their sleeves for what she was generousiy doing for - the good of the country, and for the purpose of maintaining the country independent, had no good reason for acting as a provider for alotof «.ommerqial missionaties ahd Eiiropeari dry oods peddlars. * ;