Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 9, 25 February 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

(Frxm the Dotīy «/ Feb. fS.) Yeetprd*r wa« the »nniver«»rT of Washington'» birth dsy. It i? hardly neoessary to sUte that he was koown as the F*ther ofhi.Conntry *nd h*« been tradition»Hy ! hsnded down a« ineapahle of teiling a lie. Sboald it be poesible for tbe sbadeof thatgreat and good patriot to rerisit tbe soeneaof hie immortai and eucoeeeful etruggiee againet what be coneidered foreign deepotiem and tyrannr, and in faror of liberty and equal righU to all men. what would be hie feelings to find that the degenerate deeceodante of the men, he aided and led, in their slruggle« f.»r libertr were engaged in endearuring to fasten poiitical ehaine on tbeir unfortonate fellowcitizen? in a little group of Ielande whoee rery powerleesnesa sbonld have been their §trongest defence against tbe grasping greed of these citizene of a republic, whoee proudeet boaet is that it is tbe home of the free aod Ihe refuge of the oppressed. He who fought to free his own country from f»reig,i dominatiun woukl never havecoun»elled, or agreed, t<> rivet ehaine of political and practical supremacyon thedefenceles8 and weak inbabitante of another nalion. Nay! he would have spurned «ueh a proposition with eeom, and driven the proposer8 of it froro hie preeence with conturoely and ob!oquy. Would to God that tbe Spirit of Washington will animate his fellow countrymen in theee days I That Americans and tbe miesionaries in Honolulu should wish to tender Captain Wiltee a reception previoua to his deparlure, as a token of their appreciation of his ebare in the recent revolutiou ie quite natural. That they should deeire to give such reception a univerf>al character by issuing invitatione to partake in the enteriainmenl broadcaet, may indicate that a spirit of e >nciliation is beginning to eome over them, and that they wieh to make up with the nation whom they have eo cruelly injured; or it may simply be an att«mpt to get ae large a crowd as poaeihle together. and use eueh fact to make political eapilal of. That anybody loyal to the eauee of Hawaii ean partake io the entertainment ie boyond belief. The very act of Captain Wiltse. for whieh it ie intended to honor and thank him, is tbeact against whieh Hawaii nei hae solemnly protested to thc United States, and at the preeent etage to forget that proteet would be a disgrace to anyone who hae the intereetB of this couutry, and thie peepl at beart No trne man ean he raerry while Ihe £ate of hie country ie &rerabiing in tbe haianee. Let the foreigners, who treacher> uoaly ha ve eo)d this Iand, drink and dance oo the poliiieal ruineofHawaii, but let every self reepecting eiUaen—be he whiie or brown —etay home lo-monow night and Whatever kind of a pictoreof the oondition of people and affaira on iheee Isiands ean the Commmlonen to Washingtos have preeented to the Qoreroment tbere ? Acoording to the ouiline of the prupoeed traaty *s published in the Ualted States newepapen, aad republiabed la Teesday’s u Advertiaer,'’ we an «elf-gov«rnnsent, 'm prhrikges of eāiieenenip awloW peeaepl o» famer «mteaut4abc*«s j •ranotto be fnpal<Vmd aptete-|

reeiding in the State*. In other | word.«, evcryone, excepting Aroeri- • ean eiliiene, is to be completely i disfranchised and debarred from participating in the Gov«mment of theee Isiand? even to tfce ext«ot whieh they have hitherto done! under tbe roonarchy, and A:neriean citiieos are to be res*rained of tbeir full !iberty of controlling the government of their a>nnlry by tbe regulations, and restrictions to be made on municij>al and t«rritorial j governm«nt. This ie the reward the drei ! j bundred and th« Portuguese‘ get, for their support in assisting to overtum the monarchy. No vote, no citiz«nship. no anything. but a little temporary employment at 92 and 3 sqoare meals a day. Venly, tbe gratitude of the Reform Ieaders is something marvellousI — But what a picture the Commissioners must have presented oi onr populaūon and tbeir eapahilities and t«ndenc!es to eecure eueh | a result as thie—the totai disfran- : chisement of over 10,000 voters of ( all nationalities and the partial j disfranchisement of about600 morc of their own nationality. — Is this whal they eall government of the people, for the people, and by the people ? Is thie tbe foilowing out of that traditional policy of the United States whieh found its fullest expression in the passage of the 15th amendment to the Constitotion ? What ean they have said, or what ean we have done, that will justify such an unholy and tyrannical outrage on those foundations of human liberty whieh the Unit«d Stat«8 itself sprang into being to assert, uphold, and protect ? Had we been a horde of barbarous and btoodthirsty savages, a tribe of uneducated and unciviIized negroes, or undomestic»ted and migratory red Indians, or the abject and grovelling slaves of Russian or Turkish despotism. we could not be plaoed in a poeition of more despicable and tyrannical tutelage. Yesl we are free men and we have our rights. And who is there fit to be fre«, who knows his rights, but will dare mainiain them ? It is now in order for our citizens of every race and nationality fol!owing their constitutional rights and privileges to meet togetber, in a peaoeahle and orderly manner, and distinctly and emphatically repudiate the right, and authority of the Commissionera to Washington to make any such proposals, or to »gree to any such couditions. as the news received seems to indicate that tbey have dona, Let ii not be supposed or understood for one monoeni thai we oounael »ny oppoeiliou to tho defacU> gover iment, or any eontemptuoos. seditious, or treasonable aeiion towards ihem, or towards altering ihe present condition of affairs fbr we do noi. We oounae) aod urg» evcrything to be done oeaeeah) j and orderly, as the eooaUtutkm directs, and as our rigfata gtvo us ihe priviiege tq do. But ©vary man who has tha leaei apark of manhood iu him shoold prutest firmly, but qaSetly, in poblic meeting asMmbled, that hia juat rights and full libeHy of taking a sha» inthe guvernraaot ahall not be takeu away fimn him wiih his UmiiipiiKinnn oo wnie&iu I -A ‘ '■*, ’’ ,■ ~j: T . WW 7» % I

— f ' 8«pporting tb« rwws and act*ons | of our dearly beloved missionary p»rtv. To show that our affiairs are also discussed in »different slrain and that some papers have | a pretty correct view of tb:nga and men here. we reprint to day an ; editorial from a • Masaachusets j paper the writer of whieh must be ; eitber extremely well informed or divinely inspired. The following js from the Natick Citizen of Feb- ! roary first: