Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 209, 26 ʻApelila 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

lt t» said by m»ny of tho*kf »’h«» formerIy were h«>wli.ig that we woutd be annexetl right away bnt who nuw seetu U» bave l«*at their former hnllianl hopt-s that annexation iuunt eome because it ia agaitfl tht geniue of the United St»te-t to r-st«>re a m*»narch to a tlir»»t:e? —that it ean only o>untenanre a republican f>»rm of goTernment Tlu»e j.eoj»!e f rget ttmt the Unit>d Stalts Oiinn >t affor<l to eounlenane-intriguesagtinst lib rty, whetLer of lu*r own citizen» or tbose of a f >reign st te. Timt siie c«nnot atlbrd to eully her fiir name aml rec«>rd as the ehainp’on of liberty, freedoin. andequality, hy api>earing in the role of au intr!guing iiesj>oiier (*f the rights of ihe weuk und the frieridle»s The United Stat»*8 are so gre»t and powerfnl if they want lo lake this counlrv by force <>f anua they are ahle to do ?>. No one here is ■trong euough to i>revent theo’. If the United States wish to «S8ert that their right9 and inHuenee her« require them to contr«l the g.»verument and seize the oountry tbey c»n do 8». No «»ther nalion will interfere to sav them nay. But the United Stutes cannot afford to ■ully their nalional honor bye»ing dowu in the oages of h’8tory as baviug countenaiiced and uj>held hii intrigue of its repreeentativ« at the court of a friendly nati»n to overturn the governmcnt by the aid of īts ariued I%rce8, and rcpresenl that it wae by and at the deaire of the helpleaa Biibject8 of the friendly sovereign that the infamoue deed w«9 d )tie. St*ll lesa ean it »flbrd to have emblazoned in letters<>f the hlaekeel dye on the goldeii record of time lhat lt hae gained lerrilorial advantuge <>r. palilieai inliuenee by aueh desj»icable and cowardly intrigue. Nol none of th(>8e thirga ean the Lnited Statee afford to do. The leeeon to th»8e of her own citizene that eude of j>ersonal profit jnstifies the meane, howevei tyrannical or je«uitically deceptiva. wouhi ba one of the he»vieet bl»w» ever >truck at her own Tben indeed niight ahe fear that in future her trained dipl<>mata, aasieted by her aruiy or her navy, might endeavor to make themselve» desp«.tic maetere »>f her own deetiniea and liberty, to thair own pemonal «ggrandieement and profit. And what excuae cou!d aha off»-r for condemniug them if the>att.‘nij»ted it and failed. Wouid they not be ahle t» ret.»rt —fu qno- ! I)id not you, ae a uatiou. intrigue through your nalional represent;itive to de»trov the iib•rties and g>»vernnient of the Hawaiian people ag<inst their will? Did you not. if y«>u did not autborixe it. did you not profit by tbe traiiKaction and Uke the govern* lueiu eo overturned? If you oondemned Ihe einner, did you-uot profit by the ein? If you puuieh* ed the thief, did you not keep the froita of ihe robbery? Theee are tbe reaeone why the United Statea M i great aud free nalion. eannol anoex ue. Becauae they cann»t aff >rd to aully tbeir gl»rioue NaUonal reoord of honeaty and liberty; heeauae tbcy eannol afford tō loae the preetig« tbey have over naliona of not oppreaaing th« helpIeM and weak and Uking notbing «xo»ptby coo««nt. oe m &tr ftght; aad laU, bot not lwit, b«e«OM tb«y oeanoi iHbrd *o tofdn np th«ir dtbeos in Um bnlkf th«t

bonor, hone»ty. liberty. and fre«- ) dom. are rii>t the inalienahle righta j of every one. P> be praclised nco>rding t«» their own Iignl«, and mav be 8»*ii-d or ab»iĪ8hed by anv epeci**8 of intng ,, .e or di«olay of f>rce, Hnd they conn»t «ff >rd t* > admit to the w >rld that migbt j make» nght, and it i« f >r iheee red8>*us and beC3iise we he!ieve the j . g.)vernmeiU of tiie LH:t*-d States t>> . ; be now in the hands >>f h»neet aud I horiurab!e men that we expect t» aee I juBt:ce done t>> the Queen and her I governm«iit and to Sce her restora- i ti>>iiHtthehind8 ofthe rnited Su- j t«-s t>» Ler f >r .11 r* stuion tik$n | from her by the intr>g ies »f j j the U. S. iuiiiister R -9 deat here | i b.ic>ced by llie 1’ S. u<val f>rces under ius comm.tnd. | T ie P>>rtng'i> s ■ e >»>!>>’ wants a s>>at in the g»verninent aud ihe i orgins of tiie adioiii>8triiti»»u ! *ec gn ze a>id oiij> rt tLe eiaim. lt is r.ither aniusing t > find t!ie : paj>ers serious!y c>ntendiiig that the PorUiguese ought to b*represented iu the C >uncils heeauee they are an iuij«>rUiiit fact»r in the poj>iiIation i>f the c»untry while at the same time the eaiue j>apers t>>tally ig;icre any elaim f >r rec»igniti»n whieh the Hawaiiane may believe thit the> T have. The c>ld eheek with whieh the administration !gm>re3 the only clas3 of people whieh is eutitled to be heard in the administration is absolut ly sluj>end»us. The Hawaiiana m their owo co«ntry are overlo»ked, igii»red, and neglected. while the Portuguese mimigrant imjirrted by a Hawaiian king under iaws passed by a Hawaiian legislature are put f>rward «8 eutitled toaii p<>ssible consideratiou. If this is a epeeimen of Mr. D»le’s boasted f:iiniess and j'istice and righteousiifcSs, the ltss we in tue furture uear <>r see »f it the b-iter f>rthv e >untry and f»r ail e >ncenud. Nob >dy d»ubt? <>r deniee th. t the Hawaiiana p >ssess tlie ability j andquHiities need> d f»r teif g<>vemnienl. That has l>een proven duriug a Iong period of years. The Hawai’ane are an educated {>ro- ■ gres8Īve nati»u at [>re8ent only coudemned becai.se they j>r>ze pat- | riotism and l»ve »>f country higher than pr»>mi«ea or j>r»>suect3 ofan annexati»n boom. Patriotism does j not eeem to be a v rtae in ihe eye« i »f the Ameneana here, but the Hawaiiane are old lashioned enough to still hold that the man who scl!s his iq unworthy to be cailed man. The Portuguese here are uneducated and ineapahle of understandingor judging of the 3ituati»»n. There are exceptione am«>ug them and one of these exceptions is very amioue to get a seat in the Advisory Couneil whieh it has heen demoii8trated operatet aa the first step for getting a fnt j»b. it now eo hap-. ] pene that the other ree{>on8ibIe membere of the P«>rtuguese olony havc uo faith in the said cxception with all his briliiancy. and will rather go wilhoul repreeent«tion «t «11 th*n being mierepresented by the ambitiooe exception. Therefrom all the fu«e in the eamp.— The portugueee elaim for repreMnlalion i« based on the fact that they«reall in favor of anneialion.What rigbt we should like to eoqoire bave theee intereetiog gentlemen frum Madeira aud the Asoree to be in £av«>r cf anaex~lion cf lhr Hemiiao Ielauda? Let th«m eouflne tbem«elTee to expreeBingtbeir opiaion in regard to tbe oUinule <kctiny ot tbe lalandeondcr Poiiogol oad to tbe fatore fbrm o t

govttrnmeQt of tbeir tither-I»nd bui aa lor.g aa tbe Hawaiiana don’t j mterfere wtth the domeatic afftir» oftttid Islaiida in the Allantic. the fite of their c«»untry *hould be. 1 ft f*r ihem t“ decids on wsthont ■ »nv p'ieipaliona <»r pn*esure bv the j wurtby P<»rl.igueee introdoc«ed here f. Ihe purp.*e <»f furuishing sab<>r | f.»r the p!ant;*ti'>ne. I — The Jauanes>** i!H{v>rted to th:s ; country arrivvdhere und<-r a treaty j whieii gMuet t» them ex*ctly uie K.une r g sts, an<l priv>!-g ? •* have i t:ie Port .g us »ud 13 t;ie i.iuaneee j outn jnib r the P >rto2uese by j ub >ut threv to oiie »re ex}*ect tbat the Japanege c<*lony will elaim j tiire<- se its iu th- adv'.9ory e mneii- | liou’l let the P.>rlugue3- g-t aw«y wiih t:ie id*h th«t they ar-.*sniiirter <>r bett>T cducated than the Japanj cse. Tne .1 ipanepe e »lony numbers quit>* a l<»t «f intelligeut ehrewd ;i:id educ>ted men and we have u<> d >ubt that tluy wil! make their elaim to recoguitiou felt one o« thcse <lays.— But in regnrd to the annexation < f tliie country neilher the Japanese nor the P«»rtug, nur the * differeut >>ther nati.>nalities” e j »urning here are gomg to be asked —The country beluiige Jo the Hawaiian* and it i» fur them and them alone to decide if the Hawaiian ti ig ahall eoulinue to fl >at in hon«r uver the Hawaiian men and womeu, or if it shall be b»rtered away in di*honor to he used as a second elaea curioaity for «ome hiiloneal dime-museum f»r the pr >blematic purp*ee of thr»wing wurk in the way of the »trang era who eame h«re ae adventurers t>» seek a f.»rtune whieh their own e >untries euulil not uffer them. The annex.»tioniBts have the remirkable idea in their head9thatas 5 ><>n ai the llawaiiauē get us>-d to the 1obs <»f l!ie;r iiidepeiideuce and iheir fl ig ttiey will l>e all nght and the w iy ti) »t they apeak ab<nit it l wnu!d indioat« th.it oue ur two i uionU.8 w’ou'd be 8 iflicient f >r the | eumplelion < >f tlne j>r.'CC33 <>f furgel- | ti::g and would **n8e fr«>ra their i niitids all their luve f>r their ; ountry aad their iudependence. j -l),j the A u< r cins who 3peak l.ke | that judge fr >tn themselves, or ! frora whe.iee do they to tlieniselvt>s the rig:it to malign and slaiider the Hawaiians in aueh a manner? Histury bdies any stateoieiit that a nulion s k>h recovera from the gnef whieh they may feel at ihe time of tne luss of their independttnce. Per!uij s history is not a etudy iu whieh the auneiationists take mueh interest, in f»ct none of them ever 9eem to have gtudied anything but money-get-tingtojudge hy their speech and writings, but we will menlion a few exampies to sh<>w* that iu<>ntlis or yeare orgeneration8or centuries are n<>t 3ufticient t*> mase a people furget that >»nce il held a rank and piaee. am»>»jg t!ic ūātiu&S of the earth. —L*>>k at Polaud. Who would elaim lhat the P..lish people forone minute have ceaB«*d to grieve over the destniction of their eiia enee as an indet>endēnt uation. or bas heeome anything except a aulkv mut<nou8 portion of the naliona whieh conquered them.-Have the Cxechs or ihe Magyar» tamely aubmitted to the peopie whieh depnved tbem of their rank as oaiioue? Ia not the world lilled with sympathy for the Irish who a»th««igh they. hv their langnag® •nd eualoma, have heeome an inUgral part of the Kngliah people atlU ehafe and fight againat Um Britiah yoke? In 1866. by th« treaty made in Pragn*- 8cbl«ttwig,

Holstein, and Lanenburg. ihe oM crown-provincett of Denmark, were ce«ied to Pru«ia, with the conditioQ that a popular vote waa to decide .f Ihe nurtberu part of Schieswīg ai>ou:d be retwined under the Oaniah flsg »»r g<> to Prussia. The v.>te hea never heeu Uken hut a!thuiigh the Pruesian guvernmeut ha9 by twrsecution eiiieil all the Ieadiug Daniah {>atri<>ts fr»»m Sch:.sw:g ai;d f«>rbiddeu the Danish langjjge tube used iu schi>o!9 or churches. and nlled the country wilh PruB9ian »'fficials an<l teachers the f»ct rem.iiiis tm»t il the v«.te was lJteu to-dnv the eHintry wookl unai>imous'y dem.ind t«» l>e reunite<l to the e >u.itry of wlueii it f<>r centuries h;»»l beeu a p»rt. Take ti»e Fr-*nch C.»oadians iii Cam»dH wh<» »Ksire auneiatiou t > the United State- only f.r ! the pnru<>3e<>f heeo niuga Stateand e > ubt »ining at Ieast the 9>‘mbiance of an indej>endence whieh they never hope to regain as l»ng as the Br,tish fl »g wave8over them And many mure eiamplea c.»uld we produce to prove that patriulism ia not a su{»erflcial virtue and th.it men do uot change their flag and feeling in f»v.»r ot independence as they do their c»at9 or Henry Castle his policy. notwithstamling the eiample of 9<>rae Judas>s and reneg »des who f..r money have aold their 9ouIs and their birthrights. The annexation eluh obiects lo Mr Spreckel9 meeting pl«nter» snd merch »nts ami discussing the situation with them, and the Star fully agreea with the objecti»n of the eluh. There is evidently aome little m 8;ipprehension sumewhera becanse we do not believe th»t Mr. SpreckelB is working under »ny very pronounced anxiety to leam what the p!anters and the merchanta think ahoui annexation b'it on the contrary there has h**en &desire on the part of the s.»id planters and merchants t<> interview Mr. Spr«*ckel9. leam his senti-raenU--an<l shape their<>wn according!y. The Star says that the Oolonel ean Io»>k at the list of memhers of the oluh and there find the nameof the planters, bnt a few days ago the truthteliing journal stated lhat all the planters wiih perhaps two exceptions were oppused to annexatiun, \Vhat is Mr. Spreokel9 to believe 7 Mr. Sam Alex»nder is b*-ing p&raded as a le.tding S'ig ir-planter wh»9e wurd has gfeat weight. For the benefit uf tho9e concerned we will slate that Mr. Sam Alexander is one of the very men wh<> in his roie as ‘‘ahāenlee landl»>rd” is a c<)nstant injury to this c»untry fr»m whieh he hus drawn large amounle of money and to whieh he never brougbt one cent. He lives in California and 9pends hi? tooney there bnt he neverthele88 considers it fair mid just, thal he 9houId have a deciding word to 9«v in reg»rd t<> the governroenl audd<sl;ny of this country. Tha absetitee iaudiords are d >ing as mueh hani to Hawaii as does the aame class to Ireland. No country ean etaud the constant withdrawal of weahh with no other return th%n the annual taxation whieh in thia c»untry is hardly more than neminal. lt wa» during the dehaie on J. M. Horner’a bankingbi>l that the evil caused by tbe U abeeutees” was illustrated atronger th*never.” Mr. Uorner's tbeory was that »8 the exporta of tbe cooutry &mounted to aey 13.000, 000 dolUn and oor importa to aay, 10.000,000, tbere woald be an annoal amplna of gold ooming to the oooatry of threo miiliooe. Tbe

c«iculatioD was correct enough but Mr. Horner forgot to figure on iho aroount aunu*lly swallowed brthe absentēea. whereby, tb« c>rm*t□v53 of bis theory was drttroyed. If th»-3e ftbsentee3 live»l in tlM c*»untry wh-re they e«rn their rooney, and live«l in the same m mner as landed pruorielors with siroilar ineomea do in Eumpe, the co«ntry would fl *uri>hing end I pr»Mperous. But n>*. the absentees draw every cent they squetxeout of the soīl here. away fr*ra here and spent il m Califojraia ur B**eton or Bremeu *>r Wiesb-iden or Liverjviol, whiie the i»t **f ihe landed pr*prietors live in thesiy!e-<*t a eecond ciass gerraan f>easinl aml invest the huik of their princely iucotnes abroad. Kichf,-ohlioe ia a sentiroeni unKnown t<* Ihem txcept they belitve that th* v live up to it bv »nuually spenduig a few hundred or even a few thousao»l t<<r ihe purpose nf c<»uvtrtiug s*>rae S.*uth Sea lsland rs wh *m lhtv conaidtreven iu<*re heathen.sh aud <.1*>»1 f.»rsaiien than our l«»c tl J-»cks, I‘aluus and Mrs. Al»pais. But when the absent»‘ts turn up niul propo3-> t<> have a fing< r in the selling of our countr\, we l<>se our huuihle palienee and we objt*cl. “Flash-lights on Punchb*>wl by a wellknown royalist whoae naine the jK>lice didn’t know and who couldn’t be ident'fied is the St »r a lattst hallucinali**n. F*»r U<d’3 sake, Doctor d<> you get your reporters frora the “ins.inatic” asylura? “Let the plotter plot, &nd the »chenier aeheme” f*r the lion roareth, and the whangdoodl« mourneth the 1*>93 of her first-b*>rn on the mounUina of Epsidain. A-h-h-h-h ! My brethren, let u» pray [ (Star ptr Zeru). — We have fi:ially l**cated the law whieh pr*>videa f**r the puniahraent ot apook» and other well known unreal or une«rthly r**y«liat nocturnaldi»turbtrsof the ptac« of the military and the P. G. The Star s*yi th*y >vi!l b)duit w th under the law of nations in the case raade and providul. either re*ident or non-resident. Though we fail to eee how the latter class ean very weil be reach*-d as although we have a rnilitiry f >rce, we have as yet no navy to a -nd to snatch th« remarkably well known and uni«ientifietl r>»valists in «ther landa fr.*ro their awful uake of scheraing and plotting to upset the P. G But Btay, a haraaaing thought haa «>ccurred to ua ! If tha antique raedicil exil»* who h.ian’l dared to relurn. doean’t know any m**re of Uw than he d*>ea uf medicine, our f >nd hopee of locating the punishraent of thoae inferna! apooka have vaniahed. Alaal How true.