Nuhou, Volume II, Number 19, 30 September 1873 — America [ARTICLE]

America

D<je.- not turJ any aj'jkTgist, ,c ialamii. That is her tumc au.l n.uue . not calleJ iuto in .u, v v puMie ai«' oei' a> to re4uire a Jefciklei' Gut sxuue'.>.i. with officiotts pretcusijj;i as-uiucs tbat Aiueric. ; , slanJere,!. But we liavc uot noticeJ e. woi'i t{jat eōee: in auy j>u''!ieativ'i; iftac.l īq islaudf, auis we are not awarc tuat uuy puV.'. apeakei' iia? '.ccu inJu]guig in ;n,v unwise invv. tivcs ;y»n#t the gveat EejHibiiv. am! tlievc Is «... oeeasiou t.> assuuie ll»at a hai? becn civatej in tlic tiativc uiiml l>j uuy L;. ' of slamlerous utterau.x- ag:unst Aimriv.-. , cent wv;ter asyens ; : , ; =! - . J Hor PouM ftnv Hivji s!anJen-r a!gatnst t!ie whole j-olitia! i\lucatioi-. ..[' t:„ rjativef." The ,\ie!ii|[v!ago !ias uubil\> ! :»» sjiuit .rv< e ,li>>nis.s:,.n froi.i t!ic o>>utia<.t' līawaia i? t!ie £olitiea! roster cl>.i!J •>! Cvituui ! .';. ;yvl !u-,s i» »!,e wvaiaii<e„ eys vf t!u» l\tivnt T!,o Fo«rtlt vf Ju!y !u ; U\\ l'iouiii.en* !,''li i ! f>t '>■*

Va?e manned *whaliog fieet«,v dug -,out guano »-labds:, fiervcd in the Uoion Army, and hate , ,ne other good \vork for the (ireat Republi6j ■ there£bre are not like!y io he very eaßilyprejJieeē againßt her. y t)iey have been eompared to Americaii „ c nn unjuet eumparison ; hecaase thej of their politlcal organizatior! as a n whieh the Indiane-haye not. The latter •gara on]y their ■ hunting grounde, Ijuc the .: mer 9,re devo"e 1 to the political organization \uide4 hy tIK oi a Kamehameha, whieh .ves to their countrj a status fn the family of : -tions. ; TJiey are proud oi this. and care inoBt this ? more than i<>r their fisheries and taro . and regard with an evil eye those who ; : ; ilie alienation of perhapB one of the mo*t : /.rren eorners of the land anel ā mere profitleBß %eet of walei, but \vhose cession wouM afiect the ■' :tegrity of th< wholedomain an-:! unqneetional>]y v;.e country fe } sition as an mdependeent .:nwaiian State. lf they are c])ieHy .Ameneane •> - o have taken part in the proposed eeeeion. this - rcumsfcance J and this alone. may account forj -.y anti-American prejudice. whieli ie said to • but of whieh we are not aware.ft ie in vain to point out to the just :Juation that wae given to Indiane in the purof their jands, when they know that the wae olh</aiurt/. A Hawaiian cannot""l)e '■ hy ten iimee the ?alue of hie homestead 5 -: en it does not suit hie mood to part with it 5 andj _-rtainly doc? not- «uit his mood al tlns tiine to! wlth one fl ? ot of his nationa] donmln ; there-; •; :e if it is desiral)le to allay eertam politieal . • ejtuliceB in the native mind 5 let the proposed :"eaty for tlie eeeeion of Pearl Harhor, be entirely ;lidrawn and you would witneee thē.oM cordial e .> d feeling again, and the Fourth of Ju]y wou!d ! e celebrated with more eclat than e?er befbre, The liawaiian baß a etrong national een f imtn% : not doubt it, and in thē enjoyment oflii* inde-; ; <ridence he will be happy that his little country *fcal) serve all the commercial neede ofgreat /imenea in the Pacific. But the politician, or ~:.e preacher wlio ehall talk fco him of eeeeion w;l) wāken up bitter prejudicee, and there has ' een no foreign political ; nor any religioue ōHaenee established īn these islande that hae, ny 6trength to divert the kanaka from hie nafive| '•?!]egianee. : I