Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 309, 26 October 1891 — A Voice From the People. [ARTICLE]

A Voice From the People.

\V«3 publish in the Hawaiian, thiB issue, a communication from the native Hawaiians living in the disti ict of Koolaupoko, on the Land ealiel Kaalaea. The eommunieation that Hon. Gecil .I3rown f has i>oe?i iooked upon as friendly to the Hawaiians, but eomplaina that his aetion in opt>o'sing them in the p :rchase of the aforesaid land of Kaalaea, was unfriendly and ■ e "ary to his profession of aloha native. īt appears, that the •ihiaa of Kaalaea, was put Up for sale by t.he administrators of thn estate of Lunalilo; the aatives ]iving on Kuleanan on the land, and their neighbors, fornied a corporai ion, and undertook the purchase of this property, bidding over $17,0TM\ Mr. Brown appeared as <v»r;i j.ctitor and the land was sold to him, the poor natives withdrawirig from the sale on being told, that he would go as high as $20,000 • —in fact, he wouM buy it against them at any pnee. This action on the part of, their professing friend has nettled the people of Koolau, and has called forth a eommunieaiion upbraiding him for deceiving them. We feel sure tbat it will alao destroy his inHuenee as a candidate for future honors in the districts of Koolau. We are sorry that the necessities of businese and business ► eonneetions with whieh Mr. Brown is attached to, plaeea hkn in the position that precludes him from serving two masters as in this instance. However, his is not the only or the first case of the kind. It is an old < istom, in whieh the Hawaiian has al ways been unfortunate. His great misfortcne being his too <>asy disposition, too willing to lend .111 ear, for a trifling favor, to the siren voice of other races, whose national inborn characteristics are , t<: help self first: whose religion is myself first and the devil take the iindmost. There was a time, when ! iendship wās an honored name. \Ve have read the fable of two wkhi, a Damon and Pythias, who were friends, but thatclassof people . has become extinct —and such friendship is only known now as a name. The poor natives, however, have only begun to find th*s out, when it is almost too late. The discovery of ths deception practiced upon the generous and trusting natives of the country, has broyght out a natural intensified feeling of distrust for their moneyed friends. This feeliag, we regret to say, is due to the ohicanery praoticed upon the poor kanaka, but, although a hard lesson tobear. j it īs one ef the l)est that ean 'nap- J pen to him, to cducate liini"k> that I standard, that lias already been at- j 'ned by others by ihr sa tno bard i <'.vj:)«rience. (lratitud< 1 and friend- I are onl'v namea; greeil and | ojlL««bness have Uken thcir plaees. I