Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 263, 17 July 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Mr. J. L. Steve5S has apoken again, aml this time emitted his «riiining to the long suffering citizens uf Augugta, M«. It is hardly worth taking any further uotice of the j»oor old man—physically and mentally a wreck, whose words create no sympathy. no echos in the hearts of tbe American. Tbere is sometbing pitix‘ul in seeing tbe old doting ex-minister kicking aga:nst fate and by misstatements and perversions, try to persuade the American people and bimself, that he was not the cbiefconspirator in the late revolution and poor simple Wiltse, only his tool. He never mentions the letters whieh he for more tban two years constantly wrote to the State Department all tending to show that a peaceful (sic) revo!ution was being arranged. that he was eonversant with tbe plans and objects of the conspirators and that he desired instructions whieh he suggested sbould be worded so that he could use tbe United States forces and name to back the revolutionists and assist the overtbrow • of the Queen. We formerly pubhshed those letters, but old Steve has evidently forgotten them. It bas alao slipped out of hie feeble and weakened memory, the conferences he and Lomn Tbureton bad iu regard to the landing of the troopa and ihe guarantees whieh he gave to Thurston that they oould go abead with their revolution,as he would see that tbey eame to no harm. Perhaps he doesn't know tbat when Thureton toid hia co-conspiratore tbie at the meeting at Henry Waterhouee’s reeidence on Sunday the 15th, tbey were not satiefied with the aseurance of Tburston, but three of them (we ean fnrniah Mr. Stevena wilh tbeir namea if he haa fbrgotten ihem) went to tbe U. 8. Legatton and returned, in aboot 15 minutes, expreeaing their satiafaciion with tbe

aanmoeee of .MiQister 8tevens »nd Bignifviog tlfpir pe»dines» to go ahe»d with the revo!ution —nnder Slevens’ protecting wingp. The old man doesn ? t anow that Mr. Thureton presented on Sanday morning a draft of letter (hiaown writiog; to two of the Queen's Cabinet-Ministera whieh the letter was addressed to Mr. J. L. Stevens and wh'’cb ietler proved beyond doubt, the eolluaion helween Stevens and the insurg<»nts. By app!ying: to the Stnte Department in Washingt<>n, Mr. Stevens may be a!lo'.ved to read that draft and thereby, relresh his memory. In hie addres? he contmue h's \vhines aud snaris ag.iinst the Lottery gang and the opiuin ring. His aduiirers of the aunexalion club shou!d trv to st >u their old frieud and partner in crime from eonlinually makine ;i fool of,himselfby adioitting thit Ihe aniiexationists are the L >ttery gmg and the less said ab mt the L >ttery and opinm in eonneeliou with the revolution. the belter for the * , cause.” We are not going to waste more si>ace in repriuting the undisputable proofs and facts whieh have already app>eared in our eolumna relatiug to Stevens’ ehare in the revolutions. Coming events will show Mr. Stevens and his audiences in the States that the proofs were sufticiently strong to defeat the cause of Stevens and company, and to ensure the final victory to Liliuokalani. The ab >ve remarks were written before we read* the very ahle editorial in Saturday’s Bulletin and the would-be answer to it in this moniing’s Advertiser. To discuss the question of the el-iim of Her Majesty, and wiih her the Hawaiian nation, with Mr. Johustoue of the Advertiser seems useless to us. While the Advertiser and Mr. Johnstone -.vere lefl in obIivion as tar as the United Stntes are eoncerned, tbe Houomua expounded in a satisfactory and conclusive manner the claims of Hawaii and.her' Queen against the United States. To rehash it that would be a waste of our space ‘ whieh neither we nor our readers ean afford. But einee the Advertiser ehooeea to bring in the personality of John L. Stevens, and bring forward t1ie elaim tbat be “neitber assailed nor treated the ex-queen rudely,” it is about time for us to eall the attention of those interested to the fact that John L. Stevens years ago was stamped as “ungentlemanly and lacking in that gavoir vivre and Mtoir faire ” whieh is considered necessary for a diplomat and repre8fentative of a country under friendship to another eountry. When J. L. Steveus was Charge d’Affairs of tbe United States to Scandinavia, and resided in Stockholm, be behaved bimself so tbatConnt Adlesparre at tbat time, Swedish Miniater of Foreigh Affairs used the terras whieh we have qnoted above. We will add that if it had not heen the fact that the king of Swedeo at that time b«d expressed his nni wlllingness to judge as he said—an Amenean with the measures of civilization, Mr. John L. Stevens would bave been returned in disi graoe, an action whieh tbe Hawaiian government ougbt to have iaken about two years bcfore he ; eucceeded in revo!utioni*ing this i conntry. So mneh for Mr. Stevens ; as tbe Augu»ta Dipiomat. The exeditor of ihe Naiional Herald. «ho • now gnsbes in the Advertiser ’ knowa enoogh of preeent history to reallss that wbatever hia party «ay» now eannoi stop the finml iasue—the restoratioo of Qoeen Li liui okalani.

Wht “an Amenean’’ in Saturday> Bnlietin got »ngry with poor old Sereno Bisbop. we eannoi aee nor nnderstand. The poor old imheeile haa g>t a privilege U» ahuae the Qoeen or any other woman, or. when he is at his beet, some dumb animal. and we see no reas«>n why he sbould be disturbed in his ftvonte pastime. Heis not an Ameriean. In fact we understand that he was most seven ly sat ou a few davs ago by a man who not alone claims, but who hus the inhtrent right loeall the Sfars and Striues his ft ig. and poor oid Sereno Bishop was told that although thnt is the the fl'g of the Americsns it :s not, nor ever will be the fl<gof S. b. Bfshop.