Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 19, 6 May 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

From th< Daily o/ Aīay lth J893. The Advertiser makee thf re- j markable as6ertion yesterday tbat the annexation eauae ie becommg popular among ihe Hawaiian*, and that before Mr. Blount returns home, the people will be unanimoualy in faror of annexation. If j Ihe object of publi><hing eueh a bare-faced falsehood is to delude j the A:nerican Commifl«i<>ner, and make him believe that the anntx- ' ation eauee haa any number of backers among the Hawaiiane. the morning organ will fail ntterly. ! The delegate* from the patriotic j leagues, repreeented 7<_*00 rcgister- j ed Hawaiian voter«, while Mr. Kalua dtd not even pretend to have more than thirleen (13) ; Hewaiiana enrolle<l for his district 1 and similar numbers from the olher da*trict9. We know of a I number of Hawaiians who have , eigned the rolls of ihe imtriotic j league, because their sympatby wae with the eauee defended by | the patriots, while they at the name tirne eigned the annexation roll, l>ocause it was made a question of bread and butter to them. in Lahaiua, the plantation laborers were preseuted with the annexation rolI for their signature at tbe olliee of the planiaiion, when tbey called to l»e paid off. Il was indicated to ihem by ihe « vereeer and book-keej*er, that their wrvicea would l>e di8j»en8ed with if they refu#ed to eign. Some of tliem i 9ubmitted to the implicd threat aiui obeyed, but regretted their aelion very mueh later on when the manager Mr. C. F. Horner — who is an honorable man —told them that they cou!d do as they pleased, he would uee no pressure on lliem. They now figure as annexatiomets on one list and ae j»atriots on another. As a rule the preachers in the country districl8 have l>een leading nien among their countrymen and wielded considerable inAuenee. The preachers l>eing alU>gethcr under the inlluenee, and direction of the chief-tui88ionary of Supreme Court fame have generally joinetl the annexation cause and thereby lost not alone their prestige in their districts but in aome places their jx>eition». The Reverend Josepa. a preacher frora Hana who now slings the ink in the gratiediatrikuted annexation sheet, the Kuokoa. hae received a eonnlium ahennāi or grand l>ounce from his congrt’gation in Hana. The same f«te awaits the Rev. A. l’ali in Lahaina opon his return from Honolulu where he went to assist Mr Kalua in mi8representing the j>eople of Maui. We could mention a few other j>er9ons whose j>nlpits will know tbem no more—simj>ly heeaua® the Hawaiiana will not tolerate the men who l>etray their oountry, even as Judas betrayed his master, in desecratsng their eacred buildings by taking in v»in the name of God whoae highost j>nni«hment against his own ehoeen j>eople was to deprive th«m of King, their independence, their rank as a nat:on and scatter them all over the world, making them homeleaa wanderers on the earth. Such are ihe Hawaiian’e »entiments to-d«y, do they indicate that Hawaiian» are beginning to ftvor the loss of their indej>endence. the dishonor to their fl ig »nd ihe sellmg of their l»nds or homes cr do they signify that the Hawaiiana still desire to reroain » sra»II but independont and reepeeunl uatk>n faithful to their oountry, to thēīr l»wful ruler and to their hononhle traditions of i loyalty, br«v«ry, »nd fid«Iity. 1 _ i The Advertiser 8ays, tb«t the ( only «rgument »ga inst annexati«o i used by the Hawaiian letdere, ie « the tbreat of disfiranchiaement and 1 tbe thretl of beiag deprived ’ , 5, „ u , I ni _ 4 ua a -a w k Aniyn#)i (i ■

desert and abandon his motber and sunder tbe «acred ties of birth i for tbc sake of joining tbe friend? No, the Hawaiian» Iloow well 1 ihal the friend wou!d never encroach on their vested rights in proj>erty, and no such argument : has ever been li-tened to. orentertaioed by any of them. In to the di-franchise-ment, it is differēnl. The HawaI iians do fear that annexation would mean that they would be ■ deprivcd uf their polilieal righls. and wea«k the Advertiser how ean lhey help believing it? Has ever the provisional government said or done anytbing whieh cou!d | lead the Hawaiians to believe that their jolitical righls would be proj tected ? Has it not been sUted : over aud over again by the F. G. : commissioners, that the desire ot the Hawaiian Governmcnt was to 1 be united with the States under a form of government like ihe i District of Columbia or Alaeka? That owing to the mixed popula- } tion on the Islands, a franchise wouid be an imp'Ossibility ? That what we needed was the strong hand of governn>ent in W ashingj ton, and perhaps pr»spccts of be1 coming a State or tcrritory, five or tcn years henee? And has ' the provisional government ever at anv time or plaee disavowed these »-xj>re-sions or j>laiis? hen the i government comes out openly, and states that it will ratify no treaty of annexation whieh does not 9 ecure to the Hawaiiane the right i of ~elf goycrnment and guarantces are giveii that such policy will be carried out. then we will believe lhat the annexationi»ts mean honestly by the Hawaiians and arc playing an above-board game. We do not know from what land the writer of the e<litorial in the ; Advertiser hails, but it is evident that patriotism and l<»vet>f country arefcelingsunknowntohim. hen he talks about the bartering away „f lhis country, heoonfines himself 1 always to the question of dollars and ccnts, aml kuleauas aml horaesteads, and duty on goava jdly and tounst travelling, and j>romises of 1 Iand booms, etc. In his small and narrow mind no higher feeling? of the duty of a man towards his countrv ari?cs. His throatJ is his g,,d. He would encourage ihe kill- ; mgof a father by a son. who wished to hasten his posscssion of his inheritance, as well as he encourages the soQ8 of old Hawaii to bascly betray their Und. We pity the land whieh he calls his, if it has roany sons who think so lightly of the highest virtue known to humanitv, thatof l<»ve for their country. It was that kind of beings whieh Scott had in his raind when he wrote his subliroe lines Bre«thes there a min with soul so dead Who never to himseif has said This is my iwn, my native laud ! The MarijK>8a arrivedthis roorning from San Francisco en route to NcwZealand and Australia. There are not mueh news of interest to Hawaii in the nwil whieh she briogs. The death of Captain Wiltse is recorded. The papera state that he died 8»ddenly from congestion of the brains, caused by his bitter digapj>ointment in find5ng the United States government condemning Minister Stevens, and himself by iraplication. He had exj>ecteil to have heen received by the American people by aeelamation, but found himself c»ldshouldered and ignored by the Araericau puhlie and pres8, and hi» actions disapproved by hia governroent. He eeema to have heen a mauiae ou the »ubject of Amenean Impertalism and oied to epeak about the future of the Pacific Oeean a» u an AmeHean Ukel* 1 There will he an «xtm

i ... frain? from exi>ressmg anr opimon until he is beard froro. Tbe course , of Minister Stevens is conderoned even in the Amwean annexation ,>apers in the strongcst terms, and his comments on the Cleveland admini»tration, of whieh he st;ll is sn official. has raiscd a general howl. Weshall in oor next issue preseut s»Die reiirints relatmg to this matter. The Star has g<>ne into another McGrew-s<»me fit over the stronz feelings of loya!ty to their sovereign whieh ex:st among=t native Hawaiians. and onee m<»re prescnbtbe forcibie deportation of Her Majesty as the one remedy to change the sentiment of Her loyal subjects. It assert5 thattheQueen iscabileing and conspiring against the present form of governroent, in its usual calumnious, untruthlul, spiteful!y-sneering way, and talks of ber having been driven from her power, etc., etc., in its usual manntr ad nav*eam. Liars are proverbia!ly noted for having sh»rt roemories, and tbe Star jx>ints a brilliant eiample nf the truth of ajx>phlhegm. It is but little more than three months ago, since the events hapj>ened whieh gave the Star its only excuse forbeingcalied into existence to deplcte the jx»ckets of its originators of some of that uutold wealth, whieh the Tax-As-sessors have not as yet eome into acquaintance with. On the 171h of January, the Queen was not driven from power, did not resign. or abdioate or anything of that kind. but !?ubmilted under protest (to be judged and 9cttled by the United States Goverumeut, whose Commissioner is here to investigate t<> that end) to the superior force of the United States troops, arrayed in arms against her government at the instruction of the U. S. 1 Minister Resident and Envoy Extraordinary J. L. Stevens. Her right to neg<>tiate with the United States Government remains intact, until her protest shall have been decided on by the United States government in a mauner unfavorabIe to her elaima that sbe yielded her rule and power under pressure from that governmeut’e only accredited and all-powerful representative. Her right to enjoy her revenues and live peaceahly in the Palaee with her guards around her until negotiations with the United States were concluded, was sj>eeially guaranteed to her and her cabinet by the present Vice President, Mr. S. M. Damon, on behalf of the Provisional Governraent of whieh he was a roember and the emissary empowered to conduct the negotiations for the peaeeahle eurrender and transfer of the government, provisionally, j)ending the negotiations. These guarantees have one by one been violated and now in the very presence of the Court of inquiry whieh Commissicner Biount is holding on behalf of the United States, the “father of annezation” and his disciples eoolly propoge to dejx>rt the unfortanate object of their plots and eeheme» to give away what they never had theslightest titleto —the birtbright of the Hawaiian Monarch and people. Will the United States tolerate »ucb a contemptible and despicably tyrannical and high-handed action? Will the people stand by caluily and »ee »uch a tbing done? They have heen very putient and inng-sufieriog, but there may be a llmit to that pahenoe. If they wisb loknow the effect of their inaane idea on the United 6tate» government and ihe Hawaiian people, l«t ihe ooterie who originate th« 8Ur’e opinlona remember the reeulU ofthe fomhle deportatīon of King Malieioa of 8«moa by tbe Oemanm. Did that aeiioo result in anythingbot kwe aud injury to the pemoea and nationaKty whieh • p&pomā il audcarried itout? The ,] Uatted 8uiee as a eondition pre1 ,« • • -i [ uedantU nltl<fnlllliiiii) i n»is ted on i th« re|arn of MalieUia to hia plaee |aad pwww m a «hm iwm. The | elMawma loa* noae uf tbeir : Unlkwe ar»w iu i<iteo»itv heaped <m pmwarrh for hia I ■ * * 4fc .

!to «3sert tbeir belief th«t tbey ! sbould be restored to their rights. ! But probably carries ( no terrora or distaste to an obligatorily 9elf-expatriated marine j exile, and le*sons from history and from other nations are useless to men, who know nothing and see notbing in tbe wor’d around them, but a vanisbing bounty on sugar and a few cents extra on tin* canned pineapple= as a means for accumulating a few extra dollars 1 ia this life, as titie to respect in the next. but whieh would probab'y | melt if tLey were able to take i them with them. M ith such tt is useless to argue, and like ihe &ybil j • f aneieni Rome, we will simply eall their attention to the impend- j ing disaster3 whieh their proposed j and actual actions and aititude i will bring on the cause whieh they profess to have so constantly in view that, like Calais on £ngliab Queen Mary’s heart, they »ssert it j is engraved so deeply on tl eir i bosoms aa to totally obliterate the I mark whieh everyone has hitherto given them credit for being branded with. Go! fanatically rash and insanely malignant persecutore! Your time will eome, i when your own curses will eome home to roost, and you will then implore the avertance of thatdoom whieh nowyou howl for theenforcement of.