Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 148, 26 Iune 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

; (\V« do i»t hold m-ponsbl« for ih« opimooi or the ntter»nces of o»r l eomapoaienU.] : Editob Holomia; » In all ecmmunities. similar occasions to the one now with ns . in Hawaii havo occurred. Tbe varioos constitntiocs framed by Coustitutioual Conventions held in the various states of the Union furnish us with material from j whieh to judge, just how closelv theannexationists.and Araericans ! so-called in this couutrv, who think themselves home whenerer a spread—eagle ontor refers to the pohlieal eqnality of all men in tbe U. S. , desire to c»rry into practice these same theoretical principles of political equality. The Provisional Government has started npon the road of eonstitntion making, most nnrepub-liean-like. Their curaulative ballot system, as adopted in the election of deleg»tes to the eonventiou, is peculiarly undemocratic. The incorporation of the self-coustituted Execntive and Advisory Councils of the Provisional Government, coraprising 19 meinbers in the conventional body, thus giving the Provisioual Government a raajority of the members of that body, is a proceeding that stamps the conventiou as a farce. W onld it not amount to the same thing, if the new constitntion were proclaimed from the frout of . O. Smith s olHoe. The government having a I majoritv m such convention it is a necessary conaequence t iat the druft of a constitution as soou as suhmitted by the Executive Couucil of the p. g., with the exception of a few minor and unimportant chauges, is as good as adopted. Neither the public iu general. | nor tli.it small portion of the pnblic who are registercd, are going to be heard in the mattcr at all. \Vere it not such an absurd task we wouid endeavor to eoinpare the draft with the Constitntions of the Araerican States. ! This. however would be an uaeless waste of energy. The tenor of the New Constitution may be summed up iu a few words; 1.—A small cliqae of raission- | ary adventurers, having been (to the everlastingshame of theGreat Republic) placed in power by tbe troops of the U. S 8. Boston, are resolved to retain that power. i. —To dothis they exclnde all, excepting their own family eompuct, and an irnmediate few toadies and hangers on, who have lost all spirit of independence in their frautic efforts to , obtain, like dogs whatever crumbs may be thrown from the missionary table, from participation in poiiticul uffairs. 3.—They esiablish an oligar- , cby. Enslave the people. Boycot, and attempt to starve tbose who differ wdh tbem. They might, however, with ail their wisdom, have made a mis calcaIation. There may be snfficieut maabood iu tbe conntry to balk anv such tyranny or despotism. Limited constitutional monar- , eh}- is preferrable to a missionary I oligarcby. Zeeo.