Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 138, 26 Pepeluali 1891 — A CAUTION. [ARTICLE]

A CAUTION.

The Advertiser of yesterday morning indulges in a revolutionary editorial which bears the earmarks of some of the men of 1887. We warn these men that it will be unsafe for them to stir up any agitation that will lead to revolution, for they will not so easily escape the penalty of treason and revolution as they did in 1887. Any attempt on their part to again disturb the peace will undoubtedly lead to foreign intervention and in such an event the LEO, as the voice of the native Hawaiian people, will ask the powers to bring these agitators to summary justice and allow them to exercise their surples energies with pick-axes upon the public roads. No uproar that these men might create would again have the leadership or the following that they had in 1887. The misgovernment and treachery which followed that event taught a lesson, which would bring all the courage, the arms and the men to the side of the Queen and her people. However it is a misfortune that a leading journal like the Advertiser should, at this junction, put forth such a vicious article in which are covert threats of revolution. lt can only aggravate the situation and make the native Hawaiian and their foreign supporters more firm in their loyalty to the Queen, and more determined to support her and her just rights. We firmly believe that history, precedent and policy justify her position, and we cannot too severely condemn the unprecedented and disloyal action of the cabinet and we say "confusion to them."