Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 245, 19 June 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

That the opinion of Judge Cooley in r*-gard to the Hawaiian &nnexation has a greit deal of wurry and despair iu the eamp of ihe annexation crowd was to be expected and that the two handorgans of the party have very little to Bay is q'iite natural. The Star t&kes oeeaāion though to suggest the establi?hment of an independent reuublic in Hawaii as a means of obtaining eueh a standmg for ( the coontry as to enahie us t<* be recogniztd by the great tKiwer? as an indep>endent and sovervign nttion. We wi;l not remark on the change of front in whieh the annex »tion «heel again indulges. The constant fight ag.iinst a repuhlie frorn those quarters,»ia elill fresh in our mind, but consistency or logic were never qualities of any moment to ihe imported stranger, who filla the ordere of the club in the Star eolumna. The notewnrlhy point in the oropoaition to declare a republic, is the care with whieh th« organ providea for securing a majority in the government. A franchise is to be given, but based on aueh educationai and property qualifications that the peopl« will nu4 have a voice in the govemmenl. Now we have been made to believe all along that the majoritv of the neople were with the annexatiomsts. We have been eonstantly told that the lista of the Club are being swelled by eaoh incoming steamor by tlie uame* of new adherents. Il has been stated over and over ngain in the Uuited Slale« and here that ihe Hawaiiun people desire &nnexution and are agaiust tho raonarcby, and the provisional Commisaioner8 have excelled them«elves in lying to prove their as8ertiona. And then on top of all th s comes the Star — the re«.‘ >gnized >>rgan of the Club—and tells ua that the on!y raanner in which,a republic ean be formed, and suslained here is by disfran- • chi»ing the peopie. W hat an admission to make, and what a damnable propo9ition to eome froin a body of men who elaim that they jmned the revolution out of love for the great and glorious principles ot liberty and of selfgovernment on whieh the Ameriean republic is founded. The pruvi8ion»l Commis9ioner« and the anrexationists in general, have ih»vn great facility in threatening the Uuited Statea and the Hawaiiau people by stating that “tbey would offer Ihe Island9 to England if the Stau* d:dn’t accept their offer.” We will not reopen the qu«etion of wh,«t nght the P. G. has at all to offer the lelaiui? to auybody—that quettion ha« heen prelty well settled by Judge Cooiey and other authorities by tbistime, but we will exprees our eurpriM ove the laek of policy and eommon eenae whieh the P. G. ehowe by their attempted bulldozing of tbe Ameroan adminietration. Let ue for the eake of nrgument adtult the poeaibiIity of the P. G. remaining in power for a while long«r, and really making the offer to England. Tbe offer would be refue«d in very deciaire terme &nd the P. G. wonld ba informed tbat they were not known to the Britieh government whieh — how aheurd it may aaem to the Star—etill recognieas and officiaily knowe Queen Liliuokalani. Our

———^ ■ treaty with the Stat«e will eoon •xpire and it would be folly to b«iieve that Pre»idenl Cieveland wou!d renew it or grant another eqnally advantageous to a goveramenl whieh adopts a defiant and boatil« attitude to Americ» by hawking the country ab«' , ut to off#r Great Br:tain. The laU-st information from the States indicat©9 lhat thecontemplate«l tariffact will plaee a duty of oae oent on raw 9ag*r whieh mwane that the Uawaiian planter» wili have another b>xim — that is. if w« retaiu our treaty. Sbuuld t:ie American adminĪBtrati«n reuliate against the illadv:8ed and imp<jlitic scbeme of the P. G. and knoek our trealy on tbe head, Hawaii will be in a ten time« 1 wur»e condition than sheever was. and the plantere will have good reason to howl and howl very loud indoed. The le»s we hear about offering the»e lsiand» to England or to Russia or to the man in the moon the better. Hawaii i» not out of Uie wood» yet. and if the P. G. Ī9 to act as the guide to lead ua out, they may as well remember that Unele Sam iā the gate keeper and i» liahle to stand no neusense not even from »ouie lo»t provisional babies. We have taken very little notice of tne clo9ing exercises of the kamehameha School and the Oahu College, btcauee we knew that, under the pre»ent mauagement of the»e educational institutions, poliliee were bound to be forced into the throati ol the boye, and traitorou» eentiments against their eountry, and their sovereign would be grafted into the mind9 of the young men. who now have gone out, we hope lo heeome u»eful citiz«n» of this community. 'Ve have »o often reterred to the base rnisu«e of the great tru»t whieh Mrs. Bi»hop left witli her huāhaiul tor the benefit of her country in allowing a man like 01eson to uee the money of the Hawaiian chief«s» to corrupt. and de8tn>y that feeling of patrioti»m whieh is inherent in the heart of every Hawaiian. We have considered it an error for former governments to have eub»idized the Oahu College as long ae that instituti«jn wae conducted ae an American political eehool, and not aa a Hawaiian educational eehool. but we have realized that the harm doae in thoe« »ch'X>l» wa9 of a very temporary nature, and that the boya eoon obliterated the fals« d«ictrine9 taugbt to them when they »tepp«d out in life &nd heeame men. But it is time to cry halt, when we find a graduate of the Oahu Coll«ge being taught that Nihiliem is “a polilieal svetem based on Iiberal ideas ’W hen Henry C. Hapai ean be allowed to deliver an oration praising the Russian Nihilists, and that oration in the C«ntral Union Cburch befure an &udience of re■peelahle men and women, there mu»t be »omething radically wrong in the aehool from whieh he graduates —or ignorance of hi» »ubject must be a» great among bi» teachers, a» it naturally i» with him. That the poor boy does not know wb»t he wae »aying i» exeuiahle, but ihal tbe Principai of the Oahu College ean allow not alone a defen»e bnt an oration of prai»e to bedeliv«red by a graduating pupil on fhat mo»t dangeroua,most vile &nd mo»t damnable doctrine vet fostered in the hnman mind, i» a »car ial whieh cannot go unnoticed. Did you womm and man who aat in that audiance realixe what that boy was »peaking aboutT Do yon

anderiund thai ihe idea# represented. br th« rery bui!ding in whieh you wer« iilting an? the drst and »nd f remi>ol object of the fight of the Nihil aU, Did you remeaiber that the NihiliiUnghtCnr;st tir*t]y, •ociety «econdly. and the Czar thirdly. That virtue of women tbat the sacrament of iuarriage. »nd tbat every pnneiple whieh ■‘baild up ? ’ hnoianity have to b« aband'»ned, and cooibated against bef >ra » man becomes a uihi!;st? CouId not the cursevi, loaths- me word nihilist Uself havetaughttb»t boy thal he wae praising » d*oCtrine whieh huikl? up nothing, whieh desire» nothing to he huiil up, but that pretends to be*.ieve m and teaches noihinonee? — id rat anarchy, destruction and death. Forso<>th if the young men who leave t)ahu Cullege this year go out into the worid affecting to believe or really believing in Nihiliam are to reap the harve8t whieh it seems has been sown among them, it would be belter for them, and for their father« and mother« that the wor!d had never known them. and they remaiued unhom. The ignorance of the Star edito of matters pertaining to Hawaii ihone with unuaual brilhancy when he the other day wanted to deport the Queen’s chamberlain for writing a ietter at her command. If the editor only would seek some information eay from his attorney, he would know that the chamberlain is uot “a discharged offic>al” •impiy for the good reason that the Supreme C<>urt of this country has decided that the chamberlam ia an official over whom only the •overeign has jurisdiction aud who ean neither be appointed or discharged by any minister or anybody except the sovereign. As the Queen has not dismissed Major Koberts<»n and we are not aware of his havmg resigned, he is still Her Majesty’s chamberlain. how digagreeable the fact may be to the Star crew. Vr. Nordhoff departs for hi« home in California by the Anstralia. We tnist that the celebrated writer has enj<»yed his trip to Hawaii in spite of the barking and yelpingof the curs whoobjected to have the truth told about Hawaii and the revolution. Mr. Nordhoff’« miaaion has heen fulfilled, and he has good r«ason to be proud of th« re«ulte. lu bidding him goodbye, the Hawaiiana expre«s their deepest appreciation of the good work whieh Mr. Nordhoff has done in the csu8e of truth, honest. and tru« American principles of liberty and freedom. We hope tbat he, some day will visit us agam, and we feel assured that his siatements and propheci«« in regardto Hawaii will have heen juslified in that he will find our little conntry prosperous, and progressive with a happy and contented people nnder the mle of an independent monarch, enjoying the dosest and powerful friendship of the United States of America. Tak« for yourseif our he*rtie«t aloha and alao t«Ii them Aloha oukou. And now eome* th« R«verend 8. E. Bi«hop, mis«ion*ry’« eon of crnelty to animaU notoriety, to *xplain to u« hii views of what ‘*pur« religion and undefiled” i». Thi* uaailer of the wi dow and th« motberlesa in thelr affliction, thi* •preader of unproven and untrothful scandal deaires to corroct Mr. Nordhoff (probably for reporting him as lying according to h»

friend Mr. C. J. Lyon*). Aod thi« ia what it s<>unds Uke to us •tri» ♦l of its verbiage aod mluced to every day «treet ulk ; whieh of cours- the •unst»otifhe inau’.g»s in coui<ln’t do it in print. So we will fe>r him. Mr. Nordhoff. you are a G—d—d — liar —You’re a Iiar —You— g—d Y>u’re a liar ae. ad nauieam. And lhat is Christianity and a missīonary pa«lor at that. Mini«ter Blount has reque«:ed the annei iliou c’.ub t > hand over tn him eopiea of tbeir li«ts of member«. and the club has refu»ed. claimir>g that tiieir eleneai aid in»ufficient to aeeompliah this % work. Great Scolt! Why doesn‘t the pn>visional npj>endix hire*ome more clerk«f Why don’t the manr loatitig patriot» il) who «{K>rt the American button aml the hlue badge throw m s*>me of theirstiperduous time, and go lo w<<rk. copying the 6,000 names whieh we are toid are inscribed on the eluh roll? Ilas the club «xhausted its weailh, m buving teapot» for po»r old St«ve. »o it cannot aft’ord to pay a few copyists? ls 01e*«>n’» passage g«ing to «wallow all the remaining funds. or ha» Bert »truck for so high wages that the club tr«asury is on a par with the nrovisional treasurv? W« canuot solve th« mystery. but we will be magnanimoue, and offerthe club to pay f r all the clerical aid needed b> copy the roll cf memt>er8. and we wīll stand by that offer for a w«ek. 11 we, at the same lime may l>« »1lowed to get a copy for our own use. we ahall consider ourselvcs amply repaid. We would just like to count how many non-voters,non-residents »nd non-taxpayers have inscribeil the r names as annex»tionists, and received the blue ribbon iu return. We bave always hesitated in d >ubting the truth of the statements that the club has 6,000 member«. because we know bow «eu»itiv« the feelings of the secretary are, :ind we are uot prepared to pay 15,000 for expre.«sing a doubt of hia veracity, but we do bel'*ve that a copy of the rolls would go along way to s«ttle all doubt as to the popularity of th« annexation cause in our mind — and in that of Minister Blount. Thatthe press-gng-law whieh V . O. Smith —!earned»iu the l*w—dug up in some musty Queensland •tatute hook. and made law here, haa increased the admiration in the States for our P. G’ was hardly to be expected and the following clipping from the \Vilmington Star Mema even to indicate that the draconic measuret ad<>pted by our wis« eouneile hav« caused suspieiona as to the truth of the slat«ments made Ky the provisional commi«sioners that everybody want ed annexatiou and that th« P. G. was awfully strong. *‘Reports from Honolulu do not indicat« that the Provision&I Gov•rnmeot i« in the moel s«ren« mood, when it has to re«ort to a press gag law lo stop critici«m aod prevent the expression of ad▼eiM opinion. There is a pap«r published in Honolulu called tbe Holomna whieh has heeo makiug bittcr attack« on th« Provi»ional Qovernmeai. lu «ditors *nd publl»her» aro unknown, and the law ia sappoeed to be intended m*iniy for tbat. It provides that the trne name and reeidenc« of editor» and publi»h«r» of n«wspaper» shall b* eon»picuously pnnted in oaeh papar, thu» locating the re»ponaibi-

litv of editor» »nd publi#hers. Now if the annexation e«otim«ut in th* ie!*n<h» wai *# >lrong ihe oattves aa *tleged. where wis the n«ceanty f*r thu* gagg:ng th« newsfe*}<er»? Ther followed tbie with *nother i*w whieh j>r*-*vide* th*t īf *nv p«r*'a ha* rea?on U> believe that *rm« *nd munilion* of w*r h*ve been »eerete\l for th« purpo*e of in?urrectioa h« m*y •wear out * *earch w*rr*nt *nd st •ueh «rms *nd munUion* be foand thev •h&Il be co!tflso*te»l. Thi* doe* not ind;cate * condilion of •ereaitv on ihe ptrt of the Provi•ionai Governm«ut or g;ve gr mnd j for th« cl*ira that popul*r *eutii menl endor»e* it.”