Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 327, 19 November 1891 — The Two Generals. [ARTICLE]

The Two Generals.

We have read with mterest the address <4 our able townsman Mr. A. S. on Coridtitutional Goyernmenk, and also that of Mr. S. C. Both addresses are valuable pr«ductionB, in agreat [many ways. m historical refhini6Cofteee of f-he past of we study them we ficd oiH!med the trehd of tboughft the alm au ideaa of eaeh o£ >these lecfcurers, the difand motivee whioh give p£ttib expression to their fcboughtfc. In it ali» wo see thc one maintatoiugthrotigh out his dslacourse the |>osition ofone wheee aim is self; eve| geeking to subvert correct"priuci|H€s to serve 4heinterefitē'Of himaelf&tfd -of <hiß, friends. Tho \j?bole sl&t Mr. HartweU } ft addre«s, of the ; past i» ooneentrated io the laat pari of the last parasraph df his lecture.

In this short parāgraph he brifly «ets iorth tfye moet hn|ĪQrtant period of Conatitntional revolution. and closes by quotiug the eommonwoalth of Maf?saehupette with reference to the present enforced an illigitimate Constitution of whieh he and his fri«nde had all to do with, tbat "to the end it may be a government of !aw.*, and not of men." After tho creation and dub»titut?oii of eonstitut)on against law* our friend i»otv srfVs: .law has everytliinß to tio w*sh — : such laWvS as a iV\v of his >ind have made fot —and h<st men. day it ts iaw not m«h, resterday 1 it was ms& oot law. 'll i» thus sve bbfi»rve the character of onr townaman, the aim } ilie obJeot, and the priuciplea whieh »ciu»tea hie voice and act> by whkh he hopea to mokl puhlie i&ntiment. Ttua is what one generai has to say, and on it we base our opinions.

\Yithout wisfcing to make the con>|)aHs'>n fo* the purpose of ,paragingor off>rmsitifc thes* meo uf not*, bqt foc Uie £urpose of set"i»ea*uT* »nd p«l?lic njmd on"

4feeffies that eoncsrn them, we wiil bring foxth' the views of OeneraL Armstrong whieh is built npon s<stneth:ng else Ihan thaft held and advanced by the former. Mr. Armstrong says: +tTte.government is a limited monarchy; the majority rules; the %ueen resign6."The generals lif« and acts asan Acgierican citizen proves his sincerity in the practice of tlie majonty rtdē;TlMS is the of ourgovernment, and Mr. H. eupports, the theory t because it helps hiiii and" his friend. But the grest@ft sifferfenceiit these two men lies iri the selfish principles» whieh the one fosters and support«- v fcnd the nohle sentinlents, whieh the other &dvocates, and whieh he humbly prays that God will give g£ace to such j?nan as Mr. Hartwell and his friends, to follow as a prineiple even it be at the expense of their ll pockets."