Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 28, 20 ʻOkakopa 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

(W> 60 no» bo'd onrs*’v** rnpoB«ibk for tb« opioīon» or tbe nttermnc«i of onr EdIT0B HoLOMUA: In a fonneriRsueyoiicallattentiou to tbe «■anl of a bea)tliy oj»po»ition in the coming election nndtr the pre«?nt regime, «nd soni;ds a warning nofe as to the d »nger to the government (?) in consequence theret»f. As to tbe vrarn ing: it is futile, becans« tbe pigmie» in effice are simply bent on their own destruction «nd the cherubira nnd serapbim eonhl not possibly defer tliem in their downwnrd c«reer. It is a well gvounded h«w (hat wh.itsover is rigbt will succee l under ordinary circumstances becuuse it is Now, supj>08ing the pn?sent position of affi»irs in Hawaii nei were bronght about on January 17lh, 1893 frora a higb moral standpoinl tbat tbo timo had when monarchy should of rigbt be set aaule because its useful ncss h«d ceosed to exist aud a higher order of tiiings was neces sary for the benefit of «11 tbe |>eo ple! havo tho powers that be honrstly worked from snch » standpoint? I saj - most decidedIy no. The wearying waiting of the last tweuty montbs proves niost euiphatically that notl;ing has boen accomplished. Men have bandod thomsolves together and by aR«istnnco from the posi lion occupicd by Stevens have succeoded in teiuporarily setting nsido tbe Iudependence of thc Hawaiian peoplo, but, have they reallv given us anything better ? I tbink tbero ean be only one auswer to the quostion and th»t is a most decided —xo. Tako the constitntiou of 1887 with all itf«ult.s aiul compnro it with that of 1894 and the comparisou Iead> lo a return to the most autocrati«rnle of theearly Kings of Hawaii! - Itisall very well to plead th»t nndor extraonlinary cases e\tra ordiiiarv methods ba\e to be usod, but why adopt extr»ordiunr\ plaus where plain. siaiplo onliuary metho»ls wouhl do? For iu stauce aftor having obtuiued possession of all that goes to make >< goverumeut the goutlemeu in power had Iet unne\atiou alon> and sbowu a liher»l straight for wanl spirit tow«rds those wh< havo rights in thisconutrv, wouhl uot thcse )>ooplo be iu a bettci positiou today ? Wbat bave the\ gaincd by al>eu»ting tho friend ship of thosc belouging to tb couutry ? They aro in a verv b»<’ pligbt when they have to rely o> persous who are ulter strangei> not only to them bnt «lso to th< |H»oplo who fonn tbe autonomy ol what, nuder tbe nion«rchy warecognixed as the kingdom 0 Huwaii aud tormed an iutegr< j»art of tho famiiy of u»tions. J raust say Mr. Kditnr that I ueve s. w such a miserable f.tilure atbe job whieh those wonderfn govorument iu»kers have jubl>ed Tbey put me in mind of tbe mem or»ble wonls of Lonl Heaeon»field “aiter vi» wir.g the wonder ful achievomeuts of tho geutU men on tho Treasurv Bench dar »ng the present session. just «bou> to olose i e.m only com)»are tbeu to a row of extioct Tolcauoes’ and is not the present govern raent pretty mneh in the sam> position ? Tbeir whole busines ia of a most rolc«nic oider. A paek of fell»»W8 who nerer h»d aud never wii) h«ve by right a»i intereeU in tho countrv an w t. to by geutlemcu wio woald uuder ordiuary circtmsiances ?imply docliue tiuir oompany. Theae aro the tbiogs whieh wiil floor the present goternmeot »sd nothing tbey eao now do wili form • bridge let> weeo. Tbe ehaaee i» lo»t for «ver. No unuex«tioo and no re oogoiiion. »od tbey bave oa!\ W bi»wt\

"—i It is ram >red that certnin [ ‘iead;rig' men v ifi*tlte jff»verirmerrt L eamp have advised the aotbori ties to institu:e a gener«l se»rch for arms iu tbe re»idonces of tbe J roy«li»ts. The execative has so f»r resisted tne t*?mpt»tioo to make of tbemse!ves. How ong tbeir virtae will last is a 1 mattei of cnnjec»nre