Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 11, 28 September 1889 — TO SAVE HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

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TO SAVE HAWAII.

If Hawaii ia to be "Baved from lier friendfi!" the aaying evidently must be done by the general people, the laborere, meehaniea, artizacs and the emiul farmera and prodticerB. Her boasted rich "haole friends" have failed to dehrer her from her poliiieal troub!es and wiH so fail unless the organize as one bbfly &nd forc« the people'e eauM to the front. To reach this end it i« *dmitted by the majority that a new govemment baoked by a legislature gledged to the peoplo directly īb our first necessity. To get these will be the first skirmish in the pōlitical battle, whieh mnst be fought against the ranks of weahh and «Ten through the very fabric of our present eon»titution, if oūt laboring classes ar« tobeprot«cted from the tynmny of wealth and the immediate oppressiohB of—the planters and their poliiāeal baokerB. It is hut jast that the we&lthy men of Hawaii, who have so long controlled politics here, shoūld be made to open their eyes tb 1 the ntem fact that the laboring ci&Bse& of tho kingdom are human beings; and that as such they mukt no longer be treat«d as things, 'lo be bought and so!d, financially specuīated with, or oiieapeaed by competition witb eoolie labor. If the capital holders of these Islands do not so open ttieir eyes, they will some day have that other Btubborn fact to deal with—the fact that hungry mouthg are more clamorons for politioal justioe than w«ll-fed Btomachg. We speak of "politic»i justiee," becanse wealth in Hawaii han »lwftTß been made a political elemenl. TVoalth i:; not, nowevor, a true nor«Ten a .)ficr<hrnirj noliticalt»s». ' „

f we S ci to tottona f»ct« of poH iic£ we fiud OTUselT«fi resting upon the conaent and *ttffragē of the people -wno produee tho wenlUi of tne nation. Bat no sooner «re political ptrtba formed t&an tbo ieaders prepare themto ignore theae same peonie who dig tbo aoQ or h:.nāle the maohinery 01 laW. "It takes naoney to run poliiiea/' and this is the reason that politiciann make their first fnends aniong the irealthj and gracefully pnt the intereist« of labor nnder the protecting wing of capital oimake it a epeeiai charge for their own perfeona! «dT&otage. Āt firet all goes on finely. The lib-' ozer receiTe» good wages and the vealthy man laye aside fair piofits. Bnt aoon the scene ohange6. Tbe poliiieian we&rs fine olothes, tb<• j oapiUoiat begins to ūlt of owning the eountry,! while the laborer opens his eyes to the fact tbat his wages have t»een rednced to such an extent 1 that it takes great eeonotny for him to pr6vido I for Ms famjly and tk>th ends meet. Th.< l»bOfer kuows very wel! tbat tb-; starf was mado' wiui matnal promiees of division, friendHaid and eoeial advancement; but he also feer« ! that aueh principle haa been lost sight of and 1 that he mu«t organi/e ahd fight politically for hin! lost rights, if he reg*ing them. I

The bistory of labor is the same the world ot«t tuoc out of mind. In so short a fitne a« twenty-five years it has resched the poin( iu B«w&ii where it mufst defend iteelf as a free 3nstitu-! tion, the countty entirely or wear the badge j of bondafi» offered jt by an arrogant tyranny of' we*lth. Whieh of these three conditions dc> you ! the free laboring peonle of Hawaii—wish tb ae-' eeptf We are painfully aware tbat the free-labor elāu of Hawaii now stands with thiuned ranks, bnt we also believe tbat this rpmnant of honest l»bor will not hesitate for a moment in ac«eptiug the firat of the aboTe eonditions and for the defense and upbuilding of the freo-latvr intereets of the kingdom.. This course pumueil, friends will spring to yonr aid from every side except that of tEe planters and the preeeut government. These latter, free-labor cannot depoud npon. They have had their ehanee and a tri..l 1 •nd h»Te betrayed th« people. The same men , who betrayēd you in the last legislaturc are the nien being pnt _forward by the same fellows iu office to ehampion yonr causc and betray you j when the time eomee—if thty (hink It ie, thsrefore, a matter of prime iiuportanoo I that the mechanics and iaborers of Tx>th tlie na- J ti*e and white ntces unite in securiug a legisliitu» that will obey their commauds; and it also Lvoomesa matterof prime importanoe thst these wel!-1 known po!itioal tfcmagogues be kept out of lab<.rj oiTganixations. A solid body ef uuited, aggressīt« workmen is wh«t the enemies of free idbor' fear; henee, as in the past, tlvey are ready to \ mak» you promises and beat you afterw.irda throngh their po!itidana. These *fellowa tuey a!-' ways kēep, if posaible, in the fron( ranks of tbe| peoples' canse. It is uot snoL meu tli labor or-! g*nu»tionß should tnist. Trust no man ;save the man who works. Oat of you,r own rauks put! fwth honeet men to act for you iu the caupaigu! Uid elect frora yonr own nwika uien to sit for you f and your mtepeate in the ne>t !egīsk!u-p ! The man who »ees wi:hout prejm' ee the cvi;s undcr whieh his fello\imeu ir the Ig. t • for e*istenoe and fawiīy ooiuf>rt au.i who 1 thire« with the lia.nd work ot tl e l\ -' oomee the worid* s trne humani2er pnivided li<? 1 osee hib influenoe and meaus pni. i■.eal'.v for th-> iaimediate material benefit auii advan?eaieu( • tiie individual« in the lalvr rsuk< ls tH» : • timely word o< srmpivt' v or tfae gift of m 1 that tonchee the hew! o( thc poor n.iiii <uid uim feel th*t frie»dahip ī< a real(tv Iwom? t".e n«i* word ē*pre«ēsit. Tlk '«U ii._ ,i. oot for UieUrge don*(sous of tln :.A: > !.n. , Hregivw to th«

eal worth, if snch there b«, lie» in a reraot« future and con96quently offers men who toil 'and' saffer oothing better than a proniise of shadowy i inture uid. "To-daj I muBt s«Il my labor or to- i niorn>w I die," ia tHe «tcru f»ct that stares every; Working mai. in the fact>. At j>resent, under tlie rulo oi our political tyi-anuy of weuUh, the work- j ing inan must eell his labor for a pittan«rt. if he oan sell it at «11. The alt«rnativeg are to' 'leaTe »he coTjntrj if yon don't l'ike it," as fhe wealthy man te|lfi you, or to organize and fight for jour p«rsonal iights and the interests of both free-labor raoea—the native and the white.