Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 165, 21 Pepeluali 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The a China ’ brings very lillle new- of a <b;finite character. The Prov;-ional Commiseioner» elill eonunue in their role of repregenf.ing Hawaii. an<i ofler the United Stutes something whieh thev haveu't got —to wit, this ooui»try and the nation. The cat has l>eeu let out of ihe bag at last and the insurgent party here coroes out in its true co!ors through the publishing of the gist of the annexation treaty. By such tre»tv everv citizen of this country will be disfranchised, and all of us treated as if we were an uncivilized tribe of red Ind<ans. Such an mfamous proposition stamps the whole revolution a» being nothing except a hnaneial move. The men who carried it out signify their wiilingn«6S to surrender their manhood 8uffrage, aud their voice in governing their own all'airs, simply to obtain a doubtful bof)ra in the value of property, and a still more diKibtful bounty on their sugar. • \Vhile Engiand’s greatest statesman is appealing to the nalion whom he represents to grant selfgovernraenl aild h ime-rule to the Irish people, because it is just and in harmony with the spirit of the age in whieh we live, onr narrowroinded and selfish shop-keepers and pettifoggers, are praying the chief executive of the nation whieh prides itself on being the ehampion of liberty, and the cause of man, to deprive this country ofseif-govern-ment ard home-rule, and plaee its citizens. intellectually equal or Buperior to the lrish people. in the poahion of irresponsible slaves. Fortunately for this country. tbe United States Senale is moetly composed of men, and the outlook is that such a damnable proposition will meet with total defeat by the Senatore. That Fresident Harrieon should wish to make a brillant sortie befnre he retires to his polUieal grave is quite natural, but we refuse to be!ieve that he wili be willing tp lend himself to an aelion so degrading as that of delivering free men into virtual eervitude. Why the raissionaries should be in such high glee is a puzzle. If governors and commiesioners are to be apjHŪnted for berethechances are that they will be selected from among American politicians, and that we will have the carj»et-hag-ging systera in full force. Mr. Harris m will not stay eufficient!y long in office to attend to the det*ils of annexation, if that is to be accomplished, aud Freeident Cleveland has about 500 office-eeeken>, whom he would like to provide for, for eaeh office wilhin bis gift. What betUr ehanee to satisfy his polilieal s«tellitea, than by shipping them off to the K&naka District —deploring tbat the eannihai period i» «ver, and let the pealmsingiaf Amenean patriou here pay foc the politic*l «Mwieea rendered to him. How ean it be ezpected that Judgee and otb«r officials woold

be sele< ted from the residents. here by any presidenl, as they would i &i! be unknown to him and to the I Senate as well. Of course. such a | difficulty cou!d be remedied if a I clause wjs inserted in the treaty that the President shall make the appoinlmenl- up«>ii ihe nomination, say of the F. C. Advertiser or the Central Un’on Church, but eveu the talented Thurston wou!d probably meet some obstacies in carrying thal little point. Messra. Neumann and Macfarlane were at Denver on their way to Washington when the China left. That Messrs. Thurston and Co , should see fit to spread some lies about Mr. Neumann and his raissiou need not surprise anybody. It is evident that the Commissioners have not danced alU«gether on roses in Washington—in fact it seems as if the President neglected to meet them at ihe rail-road-depot on their arrival—so it is natural that the ordinary amount of vineg»r in Thurston has soured still more. That Mr. Neumann as a matter of course will act in the interest of the Queen need not be asserted. If annexation is a foregone conclusion it is his duty to make the best possible terms for the reigning famil>" beeides whieh every loyaI Hawaiian ean feel assured that he will exert hiraself to his utmost to prevent Mr. Thurston’s little scheme iu regard to the government of these Island and the disfranchisement of tlie inhabitants becoming a suceeea. The Frovisional Coraaiissionere se«m to make eome very fanciful assertions relating to the Chmese here. in sayiug that arrangements ean easily be made to prevent them from enter any other portion of the United Stafrs. Such reasoning as coming from the legal minds of Mes8rs. Thurston, and Castle, and Carter, (who we believe also is some kind of a lawyer) is rather aet- nishing. When we are annexed and have heeome an integral part of the Commonwealth known as the United States of America, aud the constitution. and laws, and Supreme Court of the republic have become ours, then we wculd like to see any clause, or restriction, or liw made whieh could prevent a man living in one part of the United Staies from travelling into another and not be d«clared unconstitutional by the highe»t trihunal of tbe land. They may nnt grant us the privilege of citizenship but they eannot depnve us of the right that any man who lives under the Stars and Stripes has, to go and comeas he pleases. The “Advertiser” says this morning that we need feel no solicitude in regard to the future of this country. as whatever is done will be done upon the broad basis of liberty and popular rigbts so essential to all American principles. Right vou are, neighbour, but you have been r«tber & long time in finding it out, and you are speaking against your own wishes and hopes. If the Provisional Comnoie«ionere and the Reform Party are planning to aell the country on the infamous terme whichjt ie *lleged. are coDtained in Mr. Hanieon’a proposed treaty, tbey do not deeerve ever to reeeive auy polHieal reeognition, and tbeir offspring in days to eome «111 look back with aor-

pri?e when thev read ab-jat their grandfa:herr. who foogbt for l«berty. and rig’nt>, and were willing to si>end life and property to obtain m.inhoo<l suffrage, were it in Ireland or America, aiui then read al>out their t\ther', who so!d all privilege< and ble?eine? to obtain two cents on a pound of sugir, and a boom in guava jelly. and Volcano whi-key. A ceaee!e>' and e.iergetic agitation iā now the proper couree f>r every citizen who prizes hi- {H>!itical right«, t*> obtaio ihen;. Sboakl I the Thurston laelion oieet wilu a temporary -ueei -3 and induce the L’ nited State3 to deprive us «>f a voice in the goveruing of our own atfair3, thc dav will eome when their eves • • * will be opened. and the true standing in the ranks of civilization of j this nation will be acknowledged, and that day will be the day of retribution for the men who have dis- j honored us by selling both us and ! themselves into polilieal thra!dom. From private advices we learn that the Brit i s h wars h i p Champion is due here and ean be expected at any moment. She is supposed to be followed by the English war vessels now at Coquimho, within one or two weeks. The N'ew Zfcaland government haa protested to the home governmont against the American annexation as these Isiands are eonsidered of great importance for the trade between the Australian Colonies and the Bntish Colonies in North America. We object to being compared to 3amoa. K is a false impression given out by such enemies of the hawaiians, as the Thurston faction are, that the situation here in any way is like that in Samoa. Hawaii ia a civilixed country coroparing favorably with most independent countriesin tbe world, while Samoa ia a country in its infancy--a eountrv where very Iittle attempt ia made to educate, politica!ly or otherwise, the aborigines. When a man like Baron de Worms expresse3 him9elf to the eflVct that Hawaii needs a consular regime like Samoa, he simply doesn’t know that he ia talking about; —a country wiht railroads, and tramcars, and telephonea, and electric light, and churchea, and saloons and eom-raanders-in-chief-not to speak of an unlimited amount of Oolonela, Major8, and other high makamakas. and unlimited polUiea! tinsmiths, and preachers, and deacons, but a liraited free press and free apeeeh. We don’t want any consular government here, nor do we want (what is just as bad) any government whieh it may please ; the powers in Washington tocreate | for ūs. We are wilhng to heeome ( a portion of the United States. No | flag will auit U9 better than tbe ! Stars and if our own is never to fly agnin, but if that flae brings us po!itical bondage and deprives U9 of the rights of men, we shall proteet again3t it before God, and before tbe civiliiēd world. and our protest shall be heard and ; recorded in the great book of hi9tory for the ooming generation» to sit in judgoaent on.