Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 43, 7 November 1893 — ISn't He Right.?? [ARTICLE]

ISn't He Right.??

1 Oeniai It is interesting to note the fervor witb whieh tho jiugo orj gans unite in exelairaiug agaiu<t * tbe proposition to let the jieople Jof Uawaii vote as to whether i thev wish to be annexed or not, and as to the fonu of government they ]>refer. Uhe fact that the sO-cal!ed “republican“ has stcod for nearly , O , 1 a vear ou tbe bas;s of denymg the right of the j>eople to govern themselves is a mdd oue besides the force with whieh our vigorous advocates of jingoism declare j that they mnst not be perraitied i at all either to govern them selves or to choose their own i fono of govenueut. The reasons wby tliis disfrauchisement aml snbjugation ot the jieoj>le in question must bo perj>otnated in tbo interest of sprpading the republicau idea have a familiar sound. Phe peojile of Hawaii aro “notoriously venal, suj>erstitious and ignorant.” They are “practically barbariana,” and they “could bo bougbt in droves at so mueh |>er head.” Take any of the arguments and tliey have been employed by the Solid South to justify tbe exclnsion of tho nogroes from the j>olls; substitute “Hawaiians” for “negroes" and • you have the identical logic whieh the supporters of the auneialion scheme employ iu favor of robbing the Hawaiianā of the right to their own chosen form of government. The proposition to hold an election pf theHawaiins on annexation is a futile one, for the reason that, even if the Hawaiians wished to bo annexed, the Cnited States does not want Hawaii. But an annexation scheme whieh is based on tlie denial of the right to se!f-govern-ment of any people is an extreme illnstration of how little respect some iuterests in this nation have for the princij>les on whieh our government was founded. — Pitls~ burgh Di*patch.