Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 20, 24 January 1894 — READ AND PONDER . [ARTICLE]

READ AND PONDER .

THE PRESIDENTS HAWAII MESSAGE. I A World Known Newspaper's Able Editorial. We risk nothing in saying that no fair minded person can read President Cleveland's message on the Hawaiian affair without coming to the conclusion that the President and the Secretary of State are absolutely right in every position they have taken with regard to this unfortunate bos!ness. No state ]>aper eoncern;ug a simii >r subj**ct liasever tlie Eseeutive office tliat reflected mope honor upon onr government. aml of whieh every patriytic American citiz0n had more reason to be proud. j lt sets forth onee more in a plain, clear, and candid way tbe wellestablished fac f s of the overthrow of the Hawaiian governraent by a small band of conspiratore ! under the iustigation ot the American miuister and \vith the aid of Uuited States troops—facts 1 so well venfied b\ docuraeutarv y ; proof and all inauner of eon- | * clusive evidence that the raost unscrupulous partisan mendacity has not been able to obscure thera. It is well that the President's message sho\vs raore fully than it has been officially sho\vn herēb>fore how tbe Ainei’ieau minister had for years been bent upou accoraplishing the aunexation of the Hawaiiau Islauds to the United States; how ho had . vearned for the “golden hour [ * # of opportuuity; how he hadasked the State Depai tnient to perrait him to use the Uuited States forces iu Hawaiian waters for purposes beyond the mere pro- | ’ tection of the American Legatiou and of the lives and property of American citizens; and how. whon ho thi-ught the “golden hour” had arrivfcd, he used the ; United States forces eveu to the i extent of committing an nnjusti fiable act of war agaiust a friendly government. y l * * ( - What most interests the Ameriean people at the piesent moraent is the conduct of their r ’ own goverument uuder sach circumstances. Tho goverumeut of | Hawaii had been stolen, aud 1 ofiered to the United States in i ! hot haste by the thieves. Presideut Harnson —so Mr. Cleveland generouslv presents the case —was misled by artful misrepresentation into a hasty acceptance of the stolen goods, and submitted , a treaty of annexation to the Senate. But Mr. Cleveland's administration, haviug taken i olhee fortunately before aunexation was consummated, easily detected that there was a grave discrepancy bctween the assump- - tion of Harrison, that ‘the overthrow of the monarchy iu Hawaii \vas not in any way promoted by thisgovernment,” aud the protest | of the Queeu, declariug that she i had surrendered to the superior force of the United States, and that she therefore confidentlv submitted the case to the enlight- ! ened justice i-f the governmeut of this republic. It was in obedience to the"siraple dictate of eoinmon honesty that Presidont Cleveland withdrew the annexation trenty from tho Sehate, au'd sent a mau j of high character aud of known ( : ability and experieuce to Hawaii j to «soertaiu the £acts. Mr. Blount the agent selected, bad enjoyed j (the rare distinction. whou leaviug , Congress after many years of servioe, of canying with him t , expressions of the highest regard ! ? from leading members of both i political parties. No man ever thought of questioning his uni- ! : versally recognize*l integritv i , nntil, after a conscientions endeavor to ascertain, and with a } 1 firm determiuation to speak the i trutb, he told the whole story of ! the the!t o( a countn*, and thns ' i iucurred the rage of tbose who found themselves balked in the iQiqaitcos attempt to profit from r tbe disgraceful traus:iction. t : * * * 1 We have now befure us in the t President s message a frank statement of the steps taken by Uio |

:«dministrdtioa after the trnth | wds knowo. “Oar conntry, s*vs the President. “was in danger of having actnally set np a teraporary government on foreign soil for the pnrpose of aoqniring throngh that agency territorv whioh we had wrongfully pnt in its possession. The control of botb sides of a bargain ; acqnired in sach a manner is called by a familiar and unpleasant name when fonnd in private tran-a< tions.” In other words. our agents have taken the first ■ steps t j pnt opon the country the gadt und ignomioy of an nnmiti i gnted act of fraud snd robberv. It was the duty of an hone'<t government to do all in its power to retraoe those steps, and thus , to clear the name of t!ie coontry of the foul spot So far as tbe President, \vithiu tho constitotional limititions of his power. eoakl redress the wrang that bad beeu doneby the agents of the government, it was his plaiu duty to do | 30. He bonestly tried to perform ; that dnty, and making tho at tempt he did not forget tbe ! consideration due to the circnm- | st.mce tbat those who had tafeen an active part iu the overthrow of the Queen ? s authority had been enconraged by the Americau tuinister, without whoso aid they would not have underkiken the veuture. The Presideut. tbere- j fore, while otlering his good offices to the Queen as a mediator between herself and the provisional governmeut, iusisted that if returued to power sbe should <rrant a general amnestv to those o ” • concerued m the setting up of the provisional government, and a recognition of all its bonajide \ acts and obligatious. This was emiueutly humane aud proper iu ©very sense. Tbe Queen had uot tben seen fit to accede to this condition. j Ou the other hand, tlie wild shouting of the jingoes and of Republican partisaus in tbis j countrv has made the provisional j government iu Hawaii believe that it has a raajority of tbe | A.tnerican people at its back. These two circumstauces have j couspired so far to frustrate the efforts mado by the President aud the Secretary of State to eoneiliate the difterences in Hawaii and , to vindicate our naiional honor. ! Tbis is not their fault. They have done what it was in tbeir power to do, :»nd are hencefortb j clear of responsibility. The President mindful of the limitatious the Coustitution imposes upon him, refers the matter “to the extcnded powers and the wide , discretion of the Congress.” He will gladly “co-operate in any legislative plan whieh may be devised for the solution of tbe prob!em before us whieh is eousisteut with American honor, iutegrity, and morality.” True to these priuciples, be will, of course, not resubmit the annexation treaty to the Seuate. * * * * Tbis is as it should be. The President and the Secretaiy of State have dono tbeir daty. 2sow let the unscrupulous ranters in Congress who have so wildly ! vocifērated against the adrainistration show what remedy they j j have toproposo, consistently with [ ; American honor, integrity, and | | morality. Mere deuunciation will no longer serve. On tbe ; baro assuraption that the PresiI dent had ortlerev! the Queen of Hawaii to be reinstated by force I of arras, withont anlhoritv frora | Congress, they have hurled | against the President vi!ification ; | without measure, ©ven to tbe threat of impeaehmenk The message, showing that the President has remained strictly within his constitntioaal limits, covers thera with confusion and shame. ! Tbey are exjx>sed as wanton ealumniators. fbeir rage mav grow more desperate. but it will "also become more harmless every day. . “ If naiional honesty is to be | disregarded.” says the President. j “and a desire for territorul ex- j ! tension, or dissatisfaction with a form cf governrnent not our owa. ought regnlate our conduct, I bave ontirely raisappreheudeil tbe mi :sion and character of onr governmeut. and tho behavior whieh the conhdence of our peo- { P le demands of their pnblic ser- ■ vants.” Let the President rest > that, the dejnagogues

notw;tbstanding, the Americ«n j people are neither fools nor | knaves- Their conception of the , mission and character of onrgo%- | ernment corresponds with bis lown. Their seuse o{ jastice will stand by him. and tnrn his severtri il into his most signal triumph.

"Stab”— ‘ Rats.” anagrammatic aml synoymoos. — j TaE secret league has p:\ssed another i-esolutiou for presenta- ) I tiou t<> the C >nucils io-morrow. Is it aot iime that the Council members sliowed tbe courage of tbeir couvietions an l cal!etl a ■ ■ ha!t v in tbe domiuation of this : secret body. Rats is lead to s»y, editorialIy; Mr. Irwin was quite right in his statement at the ineeting of j the Planters’ L:\bor and Supply Company, tbat the Bareau of luformation is not doing.. efficient work. So far as tbe public is j aware it is doiug no work at all. Correct. and further, wonld it not be a proper business action to preseut a public statement of the receipts and tbe expemlitures for, say the l:\st two years? M e dou"t mean to be too iuquisitive but sorae people woukl like to know, you know. S\Y, Hulleiia mouse. never miud correcting the “items iu the Holoxu.v, but teil us, little brotber, whal istbis new "(.Tiseaso that is coming upon us,” "heretofore unknown” and ouly lately discovered by Professor Koeble? The space donated by \’ou to, Prof—( ’scuse us ) —Hou ? —No, he’s not a royalist; well, Mr. — M:\rsden, in the p:\st, shonld eutitle you to an entre to his fuud of knowledge on bugs and blights, aml space might be well utilized it\ ditfusing the iuformatiou. ; Politics does make strauge bedfellows; now does it not, ; Messrs. the leaders of the inner circles of Honolulu societv and tbe pillars of the only fashionakle congreg:\tiou. Fuugh! How vou nu\st hate yourselves, how i * * deep down you must Lave crowded every raanly aud American prineiple when you decided to rnn the g iuutlet of beiug elected into tho folds of a secret poliiieal organization and by the will of, whom? Gentlomeu, your linea have not falleu in pleasant places ■ bnt vou well deserve the degrada- | v O tion of the associations whichyou are now pleased. not compelled, to endure. Your acts sho\v that you are not now American citizens, for an honest such should rather be “a dog and bay the moon” than ever be guilty of ; such un-Araerican action. “Stable” govcrnment, for- | sooth! When all of the officials are compelled to join either mili- : tarj* or socret organizations and coramit blasphemy in favorof the 1 oligarchists now in office. { A “prominent annexationist” is charged iu the Rats paper, last j eveuing with performing a seem- : ing miracle in ‘opening the eyes’ ! of a nativo. No definite statement is made reiativa 'to whether the native was blind, asleep, or drunk. The following words are however qnoted as aiding greatly in the accomplishment of the miracle. Native. M as the P. G. going to figut the United States? Prora Anu. No, not tbe United States bnt President Cleveland, who like Liliuokalani was going to make war npon as agaiost the law of his Iand and i the wishes of his people. Native. I am not afraid any ; more. Sound sense Mr. Native; who’a afraid of an opponent abont 5000 miles away? B. F. Dillixgiiam; W. L. Howard; W. A. Brown; W. O. Atwaier, George Castie (a good i msn gone wrong) C. H. Atherton; 1 D. P. Lawronce; W. H. Bromley; I Hawkins aud Jamcs Sheehan are said to have been deiineators of the beauties of f secret political organizations at j

| tbe last meeting of thc secret { League. I What does Rat» eall a g overnment? We would be awfully obliged b> be informed because it is evident tbat there j is a vast dit!erence between the definition of popalar government served up by the Star. and that adopted by the American people. The Star is virtuoosly mdignr.nt, becanse the Advertiser uses the “s»eer of au oltgarch ag,«inst the “people." bat may we ask if the Provisional Government whieh the Star pretends to support is not an o!ig»rchy in tho rery worst form. Now, we tiionght alw,iys, that the fuudamental piineiplo in a popular goverumeut was uo t*xxation leilhoul representation? "We are not now aware that the great majority of taxpayers in Hawaii have any representation iu P resent affairs or are even offered any in the future. We are simply wishiug to be enlightened so that we, perhaps, ean be able to swallow the dose of political buucombe whieh is dished np every eveniug in the Rats columns.