Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 215, 4 May 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Adverti*er niak*'* the reinarkah;e a*y rtion ve*terday that ihe annexation oauie ia becotnmg popular among the Hawaiians. and tbat before Mr. BIount returns home. the j»eople will be unani- j mouelv in favor of annexation. lf i the object of publishing such a j bare-ficed fal*ehood ia to de!ude ! tbe American Coromi8*ioner, and inake hitn believ* thut ihe annexetion eauae has any nurober of backers among the Hawaiians, the morning organ wiil f.iil iitteny. The delegate* from the patriotic lfcagues, repreeented . l -^. h, rt!giitir» ed Hawaiian voters, while Mr. Kalua did not even pretend to bave more thau thirteen (13) H«waiiani enrolled for hio district and eiruilar nurobers from the other districts. W e know of a nutnber of Hawaiiane who have signed the rolls of tbe natriotic league, heeauao their wympathy was with ihe eauee defeuded by ihe )>atriots, while they al the aame tiroo aigued the anuexation roll, bec.ause it waa made a queation of bread and butter lo ihem. In Lahaina. the plantation laborer* were presented with the annexaiion roll for their signature at the olliee of tbe plantation. when they called to be paid off. It was indicated to thero by tho i ver*eer and book-keep«r, that their service« would be di*pen*ed with if tbey refuaed U» sigu. Some of them eubroitled to ihe iuiplied threat aud obeyed, but regretted their action very mueh later on when the inanager Mr. C. F. Horner—who is an honorable man —told thero lhat they cou!d do as they plea*ed, he would use no pre*sure on them. They now tigure «s annexationiet* on ono list and a* patriots on anotber. As a rule the preachera in the country dis trict« have been leading men among tbeir countrymen and wielded coii9iderable iuAuenee. The preacher* heing alt*gether under the inHuenee. and direction of the chief-mis9ionary of Supreiue Court fame have generally joined the annexation eauae and thereby lost not alone their )>restige in their districts but in some places their inwiliona. The H*verend Josepa, a preaoher from Hana who ijow slingt the ink in the gratisdistributed annexation sheet, ihe Kuokoa, bas received a enneilium abtundi or grat>d iwunee frora bis congregation in Hana. The ssme fate awaits the Rev. A. I’ali in Lahaina n)x>n hit return from Honolulu where he weut t>> a«sist Mr. Kalua in misrepre9enting the )>eople of Maui. We could meution a few other persons whose pnlpil* will know them n-> more — simply becau»e the Hawaiian* will not tolente the roen who betray their couutry, even as Juda* betr*yed his master. in desecratsnp their eaemi buildings by Uking in vain the name of G\»d whoae highest puni*hment against his own ehoeen people was to deprive them of King, their independence, tbeir rank as a nation and scatter them all over ihe world. making them homeiess wanderers on the eartb. Such are ihe Hawaiiau'e •eutimenta to-day; do they indicate that Hawaiian* are beginning to favor the lo»s of their independence. the dishonor to their flag and the selhug. of their lands or homes or do they stgnify that th* Hawaiian* still de*ire to remain a •mall but indep«adent and re«-

pecte«i nalion faithful to lh«ir c»untry, t<> thfcir lawful ruler and to tbeir hon'rable traditions of loyalty, bravery. and fidelity. The Advertiser says. that tha onIv argument agsinat annexation used by the Hawaiian leaders, is the threat of disfranchiaement and the threat of beiug deprived of lheir kulennai. e have never ret heard anyone u«īug tbe latter «rgumenl or threat. The United States tre well enough known among the Hawaiiana to assure them that their property would be ns safe and a« prutfccte>3 under the i Surs and Stripfca as under their own tlag. The Hawaiiana have nothing, except admiration and warm * Aloha ’ f>r tbe great Ameriean Republic. but while he looka at that pr<>gres3ive young country a? a etrong aud mighty friend he K>oks at his own country as his mother. and what man would desert and abandon hi« mother and sunder the sacred ties of birth for the sake of joining the friend? No, the Hawaiiane naow well that the friend would neyer encroach on their vested rights in property, nnd no such argument has evar heen listened to. orenterlaiued by any of them. In regard to tbe disfranchisement, it is diflerent. The Hawaiiana do fear that annexation would mean that they would be deprived of their polilieal rights. and we ask the Advertiser how ean they help believing it? Haa ever the provisional government said or done anything whieh could lead the Hawaiiana to believe that lheir polilieal rights would be protected? Ha« it not heen stated over and over again by the P. G. commisBioners, that the desire of th« Hawaiian Goverumeut was to b« united with the Statee under a form of goverument like the l)istrict of Coluiobia or Alaeka? Tbat owing to the mixed population on tbe Islands. a franchise would be an impoesibility? That what we needed was tbe «trong haud of government in Washington, and i-fcrh»p8 proepccte of bec»ming a £late or territory, eay five or ten years henee? And has the provisional government ever at any tiine or plaee disavowtd these expressions or plaus? \\ hen the government comes out opeuly, and etate« that it will ratify no treaty of annexation whieh d»>es not secnre to ihe Hawaiiane the right of eelf-goyernment and guaranteee are given that eueh )>olicy will be carried out, then we will believe thal tho annexationiete mean honeetly by the Hawaiians and nre playing an above-board game. « We do not know from what land ihe writer of the editorial in the Advertiser h»ils. but it is evident that patriotism and loveof couutry are fvelings unknown to him. \\ hen h* talk« about the bartering away of this country. hecunfines himeell" alwavs to the que«tion of dollars and cents. and kuleanaa and homesteads, and duty on guava jelly and tounst trave!ling, and promises of land K»ms. etc. In hi« small and narrow mind-no higher feelinge of the duty of a man towarda his cduntry arises. His throat{ is his g<>d. Ue would encourage ihe killing f»f a father by a son. who wished to hasten his po«session of hi« inheritance, ae well as be «ncourages Ihe eone of old Hawaii to baee!y betray their l«nd. We pity the laud whieh he calls hie, if il has manv sons who think so lightly of the highest virtue known to hum*nity. thai of Iore for their country. It wa« that kind of beings

whieh £co;t had ia i s mii.i "hen fae wrote hii «ohlime līn-.-? Bre»the» ;here a mm with - al »> - dead Wao never to him#e.f has - > i Thie is tnv < wr. :nv aative Iand ' 1 The Maripoaa arrivedlb's tnorning from San Franc»s » <"• rr->x:i to NewZealandand Australia.There are uol mueh news of intervst lo Hawaii in the mail whieh ?he brings. The death of Cajta;n Wiiue ia recorded. The papers state that he died snddenly frora conge?lion of the braii.s, cauaed by his b.tter di?.ij>j>"intme!.t in ti .ding ihe United Stat -a governme:it condemning Minister Stevens, and himeelf by implication. He had j exj>ected to have been receivfdby ihe American peop'.e by aeolamation, but found himself c>idshouldered and ignored by the American puhlie and {ire?s. aud his actions disapproved by hi» government. He aeema to have heen a maniae on the subjeet of American Imj>eriali8m and naed to apeak about the future of the Pacific Oeean aa “an American lakel There will be an extra ses3ion of Congress betwc-an īhe lst and 15lh of Septeuiber for the special purpose of 8ettling the tariff-question. Mr. Chas. L. Carter has made hi« adiexi to Secretary Gresham, and will exh’.bit his rouuded forms again in Honolnlu on the arrival of the Belgic. He is still busv making arrangemeut for the ilo >ding of Hawaii with Southern negroes. In regard to the with drawal of the protectorate, Washington despatches state that Mr. Blount followed his instructions to the letter. Very little criticisra on this action appears either in the press or coming from interviewed •enators aud congressmen. Ev«rybody seems to admit that Mr. Blount is th«_ best and only judge ofthe Hawaiian situation and refrains from expres«ing any opinion uulil he is heard from. The couree of Minister Stevens is conderaned even in the Amenean annexation papers in the strongest terms, and his comments on the Cleveland administration, of whieh he st 1 11 is an official. has raised a general howl. Weshall in our next issue present some reurints relating to this matter.

The Star has gone into another McGrew-Bome fit over the strong feeling; of loyalty to their sovereign whieh ex!St amongst uative Hawaiians, ami onee more prescnbee the forcible deportation of Her Majesty as the one remedy to change the sentiment of Her loyal iubjects. It asserts thattheQueen iecabaieing and couspiring against the preseat form of government, in its ueual ealumnioue, untruthful, 9pitefully-eneering way. and talks of her having been driven !rora her p»iwer, etc., etc., in ite uiual manner o-l nauBf<iw. Liars are proverbialIy noted for having short memoriee, aud tbe ?tar polnts a brilliant eiample of the truth of apopbthegm. It u but little more tban three monlha ago, sincs the eventB happened whieh gave the Star iti only excuse for beingcalied into existeuce lo dep’.ele the poekeu of ils originators of aome of that untold weahh. whieh the Tax-A§-8eisors have not as yet eome into acquaintance with. On the l<th of January, the Queen wai not driven from power. did not r*eign, or abdicate or anything of that kind. but eubmitt*i ander proteet (to be judged and settled by the United StatM Goverument, whoee Commiseioner i§ here to iBvestigat* to thal end) to th* »uperior forc«

; of the United State* tr • ; i. array«d in »rms agaii b« g >vernm«nt at the in»lruct'on of the U. 3. Mini«*?'-r Kv«.de; r und E;.roy Extraordinary J. L. Stev#ns. H>-r rignt t>> neg *.iite witb tae Uuited St »tes G •v-rmnei;t re>t » intact. unlil her protest sha!i have been decided on bv t?ie Unite>.l S?atc* g ivernment iu a mai.uer unfavorabl«. to her elaime tbal s:;e [ yielded her rule and power under pressure fr m that g >vernment » j only accred t«<l «and aK-powerful repre*ent.ttive. Herright to enjoy her rwenuet aud Iive peace*hly ;n the i’aiaee wiih her guard? around i her until n>g -liat;ons wi:h ihe Unit-d S*ates w«re conclude<L was si>eciaily guaranleed to her and her c»binet by the present Vice Fresideut. Mr. S. M. Damou. ou beha f i of the Frovisional Government uf whieh he was s meml>er and the emissary emj)owered to conduct the neg"tiatious for the peaeeahle 8urreuder aml transfer of the government, provi8ionalIy, pending tbe neg"tiations. These guarante«s have one by one been violaled and now in the very pres«nce of the Court of inquiry whieh Coramissicner BIount is ho!ding on behalf of ihe United States, tbe “father of anneialion” and his disciples eoolly propo«e to deport the unfortunnte ohject of tbeir plots aud scheiues to give away what they never had theslightesl litleto —th>* birthright of the Hawaiian Monarch aud people. Will the United Stutes tolerate such a contemptible and deapicably tyrannical and high-handed action? Will the people etand by caluily and see sucb a thing done? They have heen very patient and lnng-suffering, but there may be a liruit to lhat palienee. If they wish to know the effecl of their insane idea on the Lfuited Slates government and ihe Hawaiian people, let the coterie who originate the Star’s opiniona renietnher the results of the forcib!e dej>ortation of King Maliet>>a of Samoa by tbe Germans. Did that aelion re«ult in anything but loss and injurv to tbe persons and nationality whieh proposed it and carried it out? The Uuited State» as a condition pr«cedent lo all negotiations insisted on the return of Malieloa to bis plaee and power as a txne qna non. The people ofSamoa lost none of their affection for their banished monarch. It rather grew in inten«ity the more they thought ofthe aufferings and indignities heaped on lheir banished mon»rch for his efforts in behalf of preserving their cherished independenc«. How long did the Scutch cheri»h the feeliiig of Ioyalty to the banish«d King James and hia descendanls and how often dui th«y rise in r«hellion against the Houae of Hanover. although of the t»me l>!ood, to ass«rt their beiief that they shouid be restored to their rights.

But haniahmenl probably carrie* no terrora or dislaate to an 6bligatorily self-expatriated marine exile. and lea»<ina from hiai ry and from other nations are usel#«-a to men, who know nothing and aee nothing in the world around them. but a vanishing bonnty on augar and a few cents extra on tincanned pineapple» aa a means for accumulating a few extra dollars in thia life, as title to re«pect in th« next, but whieh would probably meit if thay were able to taks them with them. With aueh Ui* uaelaaa Vo argue. and like the Sybil of aneienl Eome, wa will aimplj

' eall iheir att«ation to the imjj«nd- | itTC Jiaisters whieh their propo**«l and actual and avtJtud* - w ; ;i briuj oa the cau«e whieh tdey prof*.«- to have >o coo*t*xitly m t;cit tbnt. Iike Calai* on En*:.’.*h :een M.iry ? heart. th«y ,-*?«ert it *i i« e::grave«.i *> de«p!y on lteir * | bt- 'ma aa t-' t 't9ily obliter*te tbe $ mar< whioh everyone ha» hithert « given theru credit f«>r being brandevi with. Go! un*tic*lly | ra*b atid ineau«!y m»ligo»nt jwrMcators! Your liune will e'oie, J when your own ciirses wiil com« home to ro«>si. and you w:ll theu implore the »Tert*noe >f thal doom whieh n<»wyou howl fortheenforo«l ment of. » l —