Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 338, 4 December 1891 — [Illegible] Sam and Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

[Illegible] Sam and Hawaii.

therc is uo serious disorder i "►"rniing lir-re that requires a nadenK)nstration to intimidate. 'ī i e various elements, principally r?.tive Hawaiian, thāt are niore or i organized as a political NationFarty, are agitating in a constit : tional way for the reforniB they c!tsire. The errors of the thrbne, failure of the new constitution f,nd our depressed mdustries have rt:iinly called forth strong ex- < r?ssions of feeling for a republic t for annexation, but there is (lecisive senti ment, and no ok;. age threatened except what, might be accomplished by constitational methods. Let the present j.dministration be succeeded by tn-n who are more truly represental!ye of tba people and are pledged U) the political |>rinciples whieh hav been publicly adopted and Milated by the leaders of the' people's pirty, the present agitations will Burely suhside ard peaee *nd prosDenty reign onee more. Tbe natiW Hawaiians and their I political allies are more kindly dis- j posed to the Umted Btates ihan to «ny other nation, and earne«tly hope for renewed treaty relations that will a8 far as possible correct the inequalities of the present tre%ty. But if theUnited Btato display such a laek of judgment and discretion as to take an warranted hand in our domeBtic affairs, attempt forcible intimidaiion, or try to assist a monied faction against all the best interests of this little »ation, it would surely provoke monster mass meetings and demonstrations that would re--8 u 11 in an appeal of the Hawaiian people to the arbitiation of Eng-land M»d other European Powers, whoj liave friendly to us. I We have present faith in the honor, and integrity and fairnees of ihe United States, andthat they will be just to the native inhabitants of this country. But we fjnr that the autborities at Washington are not accurately informed from th#ir o£scial sources as to the true statu£ of affairs here. We beiieve that tke exaggerated stories lhat bave gone abroad have eman;it( d from the inner sanctums of of the sacred circle of 500 whieh Sereno Bishop has ciaim':d as f he Hmit of our upper-tendom. It would neem that Mt. Bi?hop's article iii tbe ' l liovie\r of Reviews' ? was premeditatēd with the idea of inducing the people of the Umted States to believe that the only eaptible and patriotic men m this country were to 1 1 found in his narrow clique. These 500 tnore. ot Jhss are otherwise known here as the "Missionarv Heform PaTty" and they are the one who have heretofore br-n g\vltv >f ail the poJitical disturbane( s that bavo excited this countvy. They have intrijTHers and revohitMius\anii their (tolitical motives :uv sw?lfis>h, *reed rutber than devor«on 10 the general *»• tture. Thev uoxious ob

tain control of the government. but finding• themselve& in a minority havoJ been heard to muiter that they wobld induce the United StateB to do • , sometiiing,'' and it evidently is their purpo«e to try and create a pol iiieai «ea -e and attempt to dificredit all and evervthing that doos not emanate from them. It \vou3d r.ppear as though they :ire having partial success. But we trust to the mtelligenee of tii? United States naval officers-| that *hev will not be deceiyed by the eoeial attentions of the wealthy 500, but will diecover for tbem-» selves that outside of this clique, among the masses cf the native Hawaiian s, Pc»rtugii«Be rists, foreign artizans, and profeseional and business men, there are men of i'ntegrity and ability better fitted to lead in our afiairs, than those of the elect clique who have so often failed at it, and tbat the fact of the political weakness of the elect, and the corresponding strength of the unbaptized, does not nececsarily mean anarchy and ruin, but on t.he contrary a better assurance of peaee and geueral prosperity. The Hawaiian do not hope to be pr©perlv understood by the American Minister, for to take his inspiration from a small clique of church society and oo a public rostum bas pronounced his sympathy with our "imssionary partv" whose conduct has always been anti-Hawaiian. In conclusion we would say that we are confident the elections in February will pass off quietly and order]y and that the people wiil peacefully abide the result.