Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 167, 19 July 1894 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

j tlu>agh w§ strongly inclineto ihe first eali of the slogaa. Bat here *gain tbe mynah binis tell os that there is sometbing . rotten with tbe head centres of tue Patriotic League in Honoln!n. We hear that two meu, Bush uud Nawahi, control the leagne and keep the;r bands on the thrott!e valve of action. The former cowardly faiis b:»ck oa his religion as a c.iase for being non eorabataut and otfers to pra>' ; for salvatioo. Tuo l-«ttar says. he is too old to fight and tbat President Cleveland ranst restore the Quten. How did snoh inen as these eome to be leaders io i such an orgdnizatiou as the Aloha | Aina is or ought to be? In a I crisis like the present, these t\vo ■ eowards have tried to irapress I thoir sopineuess and tiuiidity ou tho people. As a result of the propaganda, the nativesare open.Iy tanuted as cownrds who dare not figiit for their country and tbeir rigbts. Bnt the natives are uot cowards, 1 though some of their leaders may ; be. Where \vere Bivsh an.l Nahi in 1889, when their eompalriot Wi1cok drew hi.s sword in a vain effort to set aside the rotten | constitution of 1887? Thsy were skulking and tremb ing in tiie : woods io escipe the smell of, powder. WiIcox and the inen who entered the P.ilnee witb him \vere patriots. The couutry was ! ontmged by a \vicked “bayonet constitntion.” These men dared . to take np arms nud faco fire be- j lieving that they were makiug a patriotic fight for their country. I The courage, valor ar.d during of the Haw.iiian people has been often deiaou.strated, though the American protected filibusterers 1 in Honolulu nffect to hoUl thera in contempt Hiit the records of ! Bush and Nawahi pist, and pres ent.proves then iucompetent as political leaders. The man ou borseback \ve hope may yet ap pear. The Aloha Aiaa has nwny staunch and loyal devotees among Hawaiiansand foreigners wholove Hawaii-nei as home and couutry, ■ and tbere are many courige»usl men np here who wouM tnk« up arma iu its defense. We are disgusted \vith theforra ! of government that hns been im- ! posed upon the cotnrtry by a selfish scheming eliepie. And we are also disgnsted with the lead-er-ship of tbe Pntriotic league, whieh allows two cownrdly dem- I ag°gnes to fool with the fate of the whole nation. As Paris is Fraoce, eo Honolulu is Hawaii, and we look to tbe c»pital to )ead and direct the politics of tbe nation. Araong | the Hawniians and their friends, I know tbere are manv good and able meu. In fact it is well known, tbat the best weahh, : intelligeuce and honor of tbe coantry nre with the royalists. Tbe late nniamented p g aod its ansavoiy snocessor therepnblic(?) , is maintaiaed by selfish and couceited missionary scbemers and hypocrite3, AaJ®Tioan adveaturer and a polyg)ut assortment of alien mercenariesi Bnsh and Nawahl. have heen tried aqd fonnd wanting, in this crisis of the nation*s histor}*. _ If they love tbis country nud their coantrr-iaen aud desire to h*ve an bouest nniioual beritage for their ohi!dren, let iheie give plaee to otber men who eau beiier defend the bonor, dignity aod rigiits of Hawaiino peo p!e. Otherwise. the Hawaiiana will bnve to reoignni*a unjer other le*ders aud either £'jlU or

ivtf nnier their inieiligent direction. The Hawaiinaa are better, men than the eneraies who now coofront thera, give them. bnt : good leaders. aml their v*lor will be a surpr ; se purty. to those who | now taunt tbem Kamehameha fonnded a nation of as brave people »s tbose of Geo. Washington j Brian Boiun or Kaiser Wilhelm. j Thereare manyyonog Hawaiiana who with their f.»uiilie8 havebeen so ontr.;ged bv the raiscondnct 1ōf the p.g., that they will uever' take tho oath to the republic (?) | As royalists they were born, as rovaUsts tbey wili die. How far this sentiinent prevails, I do not know. Bnt if tha political leaders in Honolnlu discover an aveuue with a cleur vista, I hope the mnjority of the raasses raay be indnced. to vote, and the ballot box forever swamp the 'mission- j ary” partv of dis« rder, revolotion : I and dishonest government. In > such a caso rote ratber than fight. i Otherwise * * * * Oonntrv Diatrict-j. [In 1887, the niissionary party fiuding tliemse!ves continuonslv j Iin a hopeloss miaority at the j | polls, seized the roins of govern- ( ; ment by a display of ba\onets. j Ti»ey begau tben as a party of ; disorder, while the Hawniians; ! stood s»s a coustitntional pnrty of j law aiul order. Jn 1890. the I Haw:»iians and their friends as i e the Naiional Reform Party \vent to the b dlot bjx in indigaati on ' nnd in-a constitution»l m»nner j dothroned tlie nsnrpors of 1837. In one of the curap »ign speeches • Anlone Rosa rnade a fsimous re- : mark tl»at wiil paas iuto history. Speaking for the constitutional j party of law and order, he said, ; “we w;int ballots not bul/ets ” j It was g»l ! and wor;uwool to I tlie missionnry p.»rtv to again fiud tlieraselves hopelesslv repudiated by th • vote s. They began p!ottiag wv th John L. Stevens to help him (41 steal a ‘ripe pear. They aml tbeir fuglemen ntterly disgraced theraselves in the Legi islature of 1892, in a desperate attempt to control the cabinet by j bribery, conception aud fnlse- : hood Their leader Tharston. j open)y «ud boldly asseried thut |he wonld go into partnership 1 with the Devd to neeompliah their I ends. They failed, and ngain resorted to revolution in whieh they for a second time succeeded | I by the aid of tbe United States | 1 torces. It was not a patrictic 1 | revolt, it waa aimpiy a cowardly ; steal. Tbese people are essen tially a party of mle or miu, of 1 disorder and ruvolntion. and de senre the severest condeinnation. Wbat Hssarsince3 hnve we for the future if as a constdutional party i ; of law and order, we onee morc ! test the right of tbe people to mle at tbe ballot box lf the Aloha Aina aad other organiz»tions, order the people to reg*ster and voto. tho very firat eleelion will ntterly swamp the onpopalar a3orpers Wdl they sabmit to another constitutioo*l | def»at, or wiii tbey ag»in piot to i reC‘>ver possesston by bayooets aud ballets? we irost them c*o? Editob ] j