Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 32, 25 ʻOkakopa 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

1 ■ hr.‘ J .mn'i*! rsv7.11*;' i.,r ■ r --.>rMoe, :r *■ ] H H-U '*r \ In tbe con#nianication of J. Alfr«r-i Mag>v>n in tbe .<■ r- f Oot. 1S we &£•■] tbe follow;ug T «v tbat we cai*aot tliis Kepohiie gives the lie to tho-*e men who were nearlv two yesrs in creatino it when £oes within and foe« witbont as»ailed »t on every h .nd: it gives the lie to tbose noble Hiwaaan*. and tbey are not a few, wbo Lave - *cnfied ali tbeir personal love for tbe gOTernment of tbeir chiefs and the traditions of tbeir fatbers for what appears to them to be a better fonn of government.” The foes witbin, tbat Mr. Magoon speaks of. were nothing bot a bogbear tbat dwelt wilhin the gailtv souls of tbe traitors, who on the 17th of Januan- 1893. showed sucb sufficieut courage to keep well behind the gnns of the l nited Stated forces, while the swaggering, uncouth, arch fiend 8tevens done the business When afterwards findiug tbemselves alone and their courage again fast falling helow zero, thev weut to Stevens and begged tor protection, whieh he give by hoisting tbe Amen‘can dig over tho governmeot bnilding an.l thore it roinained <• ntiI coni<uis.sioner li.ounl arrived ou tiio scone, wlieu tho iiisult to the H<g was w ip' d ont. aud tho h<»nor of Aiuor.ca 8ast.aiiied m this Archipelago umil his dop.irture for home. JfMr. Magoon bolieves for a moiueut, tliat those natives that havo been bribed and coeroed into forswearing tt.oir countrv outside of tbe hlaek - heartod Josepa. Kauhane and a dozen or so of their ilk—ho lia.s been terril>Iy boodwinked, and knows i»ot thonatives. Tho natives kuow their frieuds and trust tliem. They a!so know whnt to say when iu the presence of Mr. Mngoon 1 There is one thing however, that I we must give Mr. Magoon credit i for, and that is this: He is agninst auueiHliou und Las the man!iood i:nd courage to sav so iu public, wlnle the same cunuot be suid of tho mujority, that 8wim in the narrow eiieie. *Hawaii Foiieveh