The Liberal, Volume I, Number 53, 15 March 1893 — Kaiulani's Plea. [ARTICLE]

Kaiulani's Plea.

Kaiuiani Cleghorc must Wr* a very ex»ite<i idea ot her V*» iraportauce by Lssuing a S|mfest5 —a sort o' aa *<Ukas" to # people of the U«uted States. IH ns review what ahe say«, iid«a I stepped ou your oday." What Uoes sbe U»at? There ig aothiog in comiog w&idden to oui 3 h«adr«ds oI md tramps of all ijort« are ning ia the same way, all t, but stili they comej but b contlnues: "Whea 3 oo āoon t<» receive a roya3 on my way to my owa !'■—Now look at th»t, she ja royal weieome on hei her uwe kingdom. Here to note that uever she had lom of her own aad thai ahsolirtely no such a thing . for her either. ci;e especttid royai welme In? The expressior! aa expectatiou is ,a direci the Intelhgent Amerieac t p#o£le 0! whieh ever> ild ie a prince and everj

!so¥6&l£n.' But t»ow, who and what makea her exjpectweleeme by the Amerople? Has ever she d >ne \g beneficient to aiauki )d? mr she dooe anythīng I hat $msons grea.t aad &ai a Chio« atftU, .f?h? girl yet, ihe gfispiiug. <tf i nScotchmaa aud a kanika , mixed breed, and has leeo Uwg ao £ar oa the charity oE th€ H taxpayers, 30 we fai tc M|ffrsre the royal welooaie . foi MilH Kaiulanl Cleghorn should eoiae in. Then she eonlimuw: "1 c&ngjftnattended except by lhat eame with me over' the aeas." This is contradrie-fatfff~-tht>se loviqg hearts sbe wa; of were her tutor and and two other of her eomfour pttrsons werc fil||y attendance enough for auy mm gtA, <low what mbre atteneiaaee did sho T .vant? Thea i-ht iPIpKKr that fronc <jhave been for many day: thfa great nation lo takt «aWjf.nty liUle vimyard"—this is it plain words, a flagrant lie of hers ( ««m eommissjoners referred tc Iwm the Snnāwich īslcomailsilr.aQd foc cect&Lu ;sm||Mb hy the iegsd govemmeni th«lQf, but not from her sand t zh abiliil 210 land as far as we kuow, not urge the Aaienean Odpmcbeat to take Mias Cieghoro~ Hltie vine\iird ;tway —if 3he had (fe- *tt; no one would toucu her littl# v!neyartj. She further i ī<hins th:il *'Thf>v n-> ivr.r'', uae to āud out a-1 eau ts>i& rtVM>r» in the *ir. They me without luuol? ox &tuē&r Now, that *tjho3€ do not talk to her i? «s they have no tim<& tc waste away in idle talk w:th. tiii> giria»and if ,«ihe I? anxtou? to jfl«d jU goiug 00, sht' ean obraraft}! loformation Ueaiiahle tn>m ll«y||TO«|>ers a= well n= frout hvt UWW«WindfDg.>«. —A* to her howe. 140 oue iuterfvrc 4#i»ablt, no one «H1 t<*ur-ti |that, Bi*e rvtnaiu Miss KuluUuii eteruity, else her Cl|Sfcrtttg, -hL- sjy-- further: Chri-tiun Aiu-r k» «mt ovcr Chtbtja:. mvu ~<th: glve rcHg:on avA eivi!i--1 #&WMtex>dy -Tluy y i!u : made u» a uaiiuiL 4«'fi * )u u

eoniiuue-I *oj, "To-iiay thre« ol tfce oī thoise. a»bsioaarie? .ac'e : H yoor eapilal asking you to UDdo their fathers* woric." hereiu she Is entireiy wrotig f «he te eompleteli' off ihe thc*je geatiemee Uo aot aāk the «id oi Lhe V uited State< to briog the Hawauaui teck to savagerie and eaaailaliaia. I It is just the coutraryj thc«e geaitemeu »re tryiug to eooipiaie Uie , work of reforaiation begua tlieir ■ fathers, they waat to elevate IlaIwaii, conJitioa? of the 'Hawaiiau people ia geuerali thei' ( waut to briug them iu eloser eoulael ! with the eivili?ed they stri\e ! to eievate Ihooi irom !>elug suiyseU jof dusky , 3ham roya!tj' to the lofti* | poBition of usefui citirens of ihe ;grah<'eāt nation of the worlu, they j trv to annex theui to the Auienean iXation. I Now,. we would advise ! Kāiolani to go home aad ponder iover the o!d proverh— iJ ßetween ' the eup and iip is many a slip." Amekioan trrizEX. I

IHE HAWAIIAN RACE.—I

»have had occasioQ to write Bome ! sev«« erltlcisni o! ihe natives. Oa | the one hand I have been ol |a.bu9iagthe o»Uieotiier 1 1 h*ve beeu praii>ed as the only oae j who has h%d tbe courage 10 speak t tbe troth about this moeh be»pralsed \ peopie, Facts sre 3tabbom ifeiags | whieh seadß&ent yt«v

| uoi auiiily. Tiie about the | IXawAii<toa ar3 uat ver>- agreeabie to j write uor tead» The Hn\valiAns are » people wh» wia the Jieart but ia whom the ju<lgment t/an find httle to approve of, Intellectual]y they ] never reach th<iir majorlty 3 :hey ! remain children throughout the: I course of thelr lives. They simply do l not develop the higher attributeā iof the clvilfzed man. Firames< of charaeter ; decīsion, sense of the fltness of thmgs, and fee!ing*of the inherent rightne?3 and wrongne*3 of iond«ct whīeh we eall conscience are not a part of Hawaiian character. ! Their natu.re.s are emotionaI f hut «t!I impre93ions pass quīckly away as with children. Neither resentment nor gratitude find any lasting plaee in the nat|ve mind. They live for the present; they have ao vivld eonI eeption of the future nor any great j-interest in it apparentiyi aod far i tbey carß »Dtbi»g ai ai}. > ypr a preseni lea3t are wiUing ta take the chaac€s <3cl & i tast—that mahope. For a siaaU i som they wili hopeiesaly hypothecate j their land, heeauae it bs not to be | takea froaa them aow—htft mahope. i The fature of the cottntey and themj selves eoneem them lilUe as loog aa j they have present rMentment and ;prejudices in their minds. The ; prosperity and privilegei that would i r«euit from aunexation aroose r.o ) ooneepUon in their mjadg. Wlien l the c*ouetry; w onee ann«xed their jresentqieht wiU evm»orate Uke a I moroiog fog. When <Calakau* wai i put on the thrune thtre was mueU . more bitter fe«liog amoug vhē i oaUv«w, amouulinii to tiot->aa the \ preeent «uaplea%atness has cot eveu t threatened to do; yet within a year or two they were strongly in Lavor os" the new king. Now they are suiking becau-?e hi* sister hīis lost ; her tbrone —the dynasty they de- , apiseū, ami tbe ver>- wooian what but a few »hort month« ago they ver£ generally apoke of ua no good. This utter inaUb}Uly cf Cdtivfc seatiujent r»T.dvr- the prts«bi o( imt;v** »'f vt.ry liiiie \veighi or in !fu |-"iitt«,ii -itu:ition. S>v!.tr ■ r i itt r ;;h- h.ītive; mual th". ->f mes> nd on tl;vir indjv;.Jual v,4{>dbi{jiivjs. They «>/.!• a leīioi: n>j\y aa : k£c!,'..