Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 292, 29 August 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

r ! The following editoriaI from the l New Yoi*k T5nae8 .ean be read to a r grett deal of advantage by onr [ purb!ind andnarrow-rainded memhet» of tbe P. G. They may be ftt ' td nm a bnord nf deacons, ar Ujo8- * tees in aoaaa aneienl churcb, bot it * it k dRfter«nt matter to ran * eoun- * try and poae before ihe Krorid as ■ statesmen: , eo*vtr a *tolk* KiMonow. R 9 1 ...

■■I ■ ■ Tfte pr«)Tiaioa%I goTernioent of Ha , w*ii ia ita e£forta to «wrj autlhfe one pdrpose for whieh it we*. »et, op—the annex*t:on of *TĀe domAfn of tba |t W* »ppfinte<i » the. p*r*o D of d«ucp.aad ihe is I «ftidrt»iM ipAuheUoeein v >4i> n' «UI(Cw W UUv ttfOOOOCO

in aml owr th« Hawai»an I- u: h aod dej!endjnci#3. and th ' L purports U> lra»siVr - power tho abeo!ate fee of ah v- . t*rmnent and Ctv <rr - h*nd9, i ■ :c ' baildines. port? and harb* r'. f rt- ( ificatioii9. military or naval eqnmenla, and all other pablic property. It is doubtfu! whether it would be advisable for the Govermnent of the United 8tates to accept th* mnnifioent offer, with all the sponsibilitv that its acoertanoe would iovolve, if it oanie from the owners of the sovereignty aud publie property in queslion. But ir. point of faōt, it is a proi*osithm to convev and niake over to the l mted States a sto!en kinfdom. a; i ihe Gov«nuneut of this Kepuhl.e caunot afford to pul its#lf in the poeilion of a receiver of stolea good8, eveu if the value to it ol the acquisition were beyoud questio:i. What is called the provisi.mil Goverument at Honolulu was nol set up by the people of the U&wailan lslands as the re«ult ot overturuing the formar rule becaii'-‘ ;t was unsatisfactory to them. Accordiug to our p«>litical doctrin>s. the people of those islauds have the right U> determine their own dt>stiuy in the matter ot govorncnont, aud if thev had discurded thoir monarchy, set np a provisional &dministratiou of their owu, md asked the United States t • assume soverei£nty over them aud take possession of their pubho property, there wouki have been a questi->n for us to decide with two sul- ■» to it. lf hereafter the pnq*< «*ilioo sbould eome from the ppople ol ihe islands we shou!d be bound to c<*asider it soriously. But the revoiutiou ol Januarv .vus the result of a pl.n or coospiracy on the part of a few men, not of the people «f tbe country, and thi» provlsional Government has no support iu the coosent of ihe governed. That the Uuited Sutes Minister gave eounlenanee to the plot aud used his inAuenee and the naval power of hia Government to set ap the provisional (rovernaiea; and muiulain it on its feet oiake# it all tbe more theduty of our Government to refuae to ptofit by such a bold act of robbery. The so-cailed provisioual government has no right to diaposo of the 80vereignty and pnhlie pro[<rty of the Hawaiian Islands. lt .ua ouly acqoire that right from the people from whom alone all powers” «f government are to be derived. When it »hows titl-‘ ia the ‘ c<>nsent of tfae governed it will be time enoagh for the Umiei Stales to uegotiate with it. t ntii Uiep it is in ihe uttitude of offcrinj to dispose of stolen goods. We ■ not honorably consider the -. *• iion of receiving ihem. mmmamamammmmmmmm—mm