Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 50, 26 July 1890 — Ballots vs. Bullets. [ARTICLE]

Ballots vs. Bullets.

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pafty he srud "we wax\t lialloU, aot bullo«" au(l tMs iias l>etn the key note.pf the wīiole eampaignS?fe«*»™waa mon: or justificaLīou in moyeinciit of the lieionn party. of ]887, but still they havc been ,i party of. freason. revoiution bloocished, iigit)tlio'i jmrt mal "iiiuuiitration. What base use'tbev niM.-ie of their suoeessfultroaviou! they werem ->tlj aheus, aud pluu(ler «■as as īiiueh au object as 'j)uiity of governmeut rig h * nipnm tl y i< tt > u ik to enjov Lhe pluma.that.they:\veut' for. The Keform party waskaown as the paity of bullets auel thuir Coustitutip]i as tht. bayouet ,Coa!jtitutiou. Bay.onets aml InilleU, bnlletB nml buyouets, kept tl;e, commumty in a state of alarm Jpr a long poi'ioil, Men now ho3(ling officē uuder Ī?īs 'M«tjesty \vli\ in JBB7 cryUi« ,ant 'in. secref'' mce'tinga to kiil the knij» iuul piMolnnn a Repubhe; thr ninr-dem-s -were re;uly vilh t'īiuir we»poiw aucV,.the woulellip IVsiluN u - c iu| 1 iccn'lj Ui n the pulaee and P lanmnq pruvcv mwt'ii>tj< tlu>rein It was a bnwe thou«h n)er<;ennry soMier of fortune that thum, but whei-e were the P r'aci P ils, , tliey fle.fi froni thu Keeue īu eownrdly inghr \ neimsis o\eihun o ' s t«e, nu i uu'u 'itr 1 i anee theiifttive Haivanan.s itiul-tlM>irKyru'p>ttliīzniis, and also :tllies liom the i"fivm parfv ftri>se ennmsse aud ou il.e ")th. Fnb. I«00; poHe'l « Tolley of bftllots wliieh starM(«t the Kefor'n<Ts i $vud seut theiu aneefeing back to tiieir c i'iip i lievolutiouaiy bullets wero disp<inik'ut, .>/)iistUn- | honal ballots were tnuurphant. The NaHoii d Refo.rm partv was called in(o e\isteuec n>< 1 sprang mto & powerful br)»\s witli iU'terunn><'i I purpose ably au.l cleaviy ai:t forth m a "Dei'l»intuui ofPiu (. h( ī dj \ei īu t «. ln-t .iy I of nntionh luis a pplUiPnl partv mto ]iower I With better justifus»tion, or withsuch wW! defiuetl pui|x»se. fhe people, who aru.the suirit tA the I age m ■ ranttfirs politio«l, aisnpproml of the : inethods of govermuei)t of a revolutiouiu y pluk>e- | raey, and. qlteveil thc oourse of ivants at the ! ballot-box aml thereby taught lheīr i*volutiouai v brethron a lessou. The hurriedly altered; Coustītutīon of 1887 whuh tlite King wa» forot'd to si«.d,-witii >hii ats of hi» life, has prove<i ex<ieeihuglv fnulty and [ not m keeping with the P rof;i-eSsive *puit <>f i>oliti- [ eal government. l'ue National rarty is P led«ed j. to ,alter that Cons,ituti<lu. Are the Nal io-.ak ' iu)porting nfleK an.i arunnt; inen for pur- | pose?- No! the N»htniHls are .tlie' P :i'rt.\ <>f buTl<>ts v aud are proceeding by legit»mate method- to aujuij.-u the obji'<:t, r i !ie bnsis cf a Coust}tutlp»v i" Aheady p tepared, fonn<ied upon the best pi'ineiplcs of :ān old Constitntion, roused and< anieiulcd by a earefnl study i>f the uv>st sueee.ssiul €ougtitntiOuB of {oreigfc (:oiuitrieti. What.aer the >subjēct ib takcu into eunßidentt)on hy Cou"y6utiou or by tlie Le»isliUu>-e, ;ve believe tliat a good Constitntfou will be ;irr<ved at tlmt yjl| iu.t be retrogressive, 'but i ther.. pragressive. aud will ;iH»y uli dis<»utent .mu! niistrust nuiong. tl» iieople. Again will b;illdts hitre triiimphed o.v,er bnllets, nnd tho National Parfy, Hie i«irty of the tmoj)le, will liave crowned itself \vith ~ " All the legislation hag been aepouipliKhed so far by the National Beforni Piirty has l>eeu credit4ible; ftud the people. are fairīy well satisfied with the eonduct of tlieir ie|iresentutives: Tliere is every iuoent.ive for the N T ation«l Befomi members of the Legislative to stand by their ', colors, and with the approval of their f'onstitueuts, io siuk all party a'ud pgraonal diftereiieēs, to remem'ber thftt 'ihei'e ftre two poliHe'al' associatious, that are yet iu a &t?ite of rigt>rons orgauiisatioi!, thp.t ; ,. will ( _ support them wjth, all their energy and strengtli while they reiuaiu faithful to tlieir p!edge, biit falseness v will be WftTiflged nnd'reme'rtibt«red.' Rt>tll ftssoeiations wili feoon go into i>ermfti-koiit organi2ation aml thfir y()ice _will. pontiuue 1$ iji th<J land tq deuiapd fpr good ■ gowrhuiēnt and the rights 'oi thē' workfiigniaVand iliē' people.* The receat chauge in the Cabinet, obtained by thc activo. opposition of the Natioitfl .of .t|i* W#** <,'ousidoral>le adverse coiur.ient ia our party; but siuce the Āhnisters $tave aniio'uneeil' ifcēif rtdō P iiou of tīie "Declaritti<m of Principles" of the Nationals, \ve 4«i«»t giv« theui our ojnfideuce nutil they have proved themselves uuwort|iy pf.it, . I?u,t.we must remind thcse Ministers that besides the publishod <l Dee!aration of Wmmple*,"' thcio nrē u?rtaiu unwritten pritiefpl?H tb«- animated the 4 parfy, aml among theui a deteru)ined desire tg seelt tte reiupval from of u oertoiu few imlividuals iu whom the party have no eonfidence, fu'r thc reasons of uiilifness. ineompeteuov, actioi> and i>Olitital partit«insUip, atuī op*n with and uouiplio% in poliileal agitation. Ac. <wrding to polilieal preccdeuts in other couutries, a •.ninistry that nocepfs offiee vaeated' thrmi S h l'he fiction of a political party, tacitlv ado P t the platform of that party. Iu the present-issue, tht> politic<il par4if>? t'oti»ityg »1««. Sattoij il Q<;form aie watching with alow iiitei<.'-t the oonduet <>f affairs. Their snp)wrt wliīl 1* wiihn, Uike-wam, ■'eōlA or ni!,'aeobi(Hiig to the iiieasare witlV wliiok tlie Cabiuet deal with the prineiples for wliiuh tUe i>aiti<w.f(mg)it s<> hard in !bo ieeent uleetions- * . »k|.