Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 29, 3 February 1894 — A REVOLUTION. [ARTICLE]

A REVOLUTION.

Not By thc People. Sc;crctary GresLutn ha» made I pnhlie «11 the oc»rrespondence be- 1 tween the Secretary of State and James H. Bloout. 1ate minister , to tbe Hawniiao Isltnds nuder Cleveland. Ou M«y 4, Mr. B!ount toncbiug tbe matt»-rs involved, wrute: “At tbis time tbe indications Hte unm>t'ikahle that a large mnj< r ty of tlie |»eo|>Ie of the is j lauds «re utterly opposed to annexation. I <lo not lo<»k f«»r anv ! change fr<»m tbis situ.it ion tbrough fnture information. liiere is a str<>ng disposition on i tbe p irt of tlie iLuexati<m elemenl ■ l<< siip|»j»*ss expres<ious ag.iinst nnm \ ition l»y social or l»usiness bostility.” Tliis is rxactly what the Citi-z<-n contor.»h d when the matter was fiist tniked of. In an editurial on this subjtct Feb. 9. last we said: i be proposition to ttnuex Hawaii to the United States is absurd. In the first plaee wo have all tho terr.torv we need and all • wo want, and the attempt to make i believo tbat tho seizure of the island by this government w«»uld bo as spleudid an acquisition aiul «s r:glitoous an undertaking as the Louisinna pui clm.se is tbe ar- j gumcnl of tbe plunderor and robber. The territory embraced in thc I jouisiana purohase was a nntural part of our eountry, and it.s p. ssossi< n \v«g dcsirable. So Jofiersnu pnrchased Ihe territory froai Napoleon I. and thusacquired a magnificent d <main in a manner ar.thnrizod bv our con»titutiuu aml approved by the j>ub lie c«<usc>euce. An attcmj»t to oncouragi> a gang cf speculators a nd Ameiiean renegades in their course of rebelliun and pltuuler by attemj<ting to aunei the isl«nd to tbis government is a vio!ation of tl.o csse«tial priucii»les of »»ur institutions aml au ontiage upou tbe H.iwaiian people, whose interests havc not bceu consulted or wolf.»re considered. The ro- I volation was m>t a rebelliou of 1 the Queeu s native snbjects, but 1 un assault uju*n thc reigning powois by Ihe Ameiiean F«rtv, oomp»»sed of sugur spt»culators aud mouey hnnters whose gelfish : ness and »ordidncgs have euiliohl- 1 ened them in all the prosecutions of their iniquitous scbemes. The exeose r» ndered for their rebellion agaiust the ruteof the Queen i \vhose voInut<ry subjects these : revolutiouists nre, is tliat she ab- | rc*guted the old constitution in favor of a r,ew one whieh oonferro<l upon her more absolute pow er. Tliis, like the reported pro test of thc Lnglish Goverument, is n wicked lio, circulated to gain pnblic symj*nthy whercby this relieIlious gang of thieves and lawl»reakers mav succeed in tbeir i unholy at(empt to j>ersuade this j govcrnm©nt to become a j>artv to oue of the darkest crimes of the age. Of course Amenean rights «houhl l>e j*rotected «ml the Uoit * ed SUtes should prevent the seizure of tbe island bv anv foreigu power. This is the exteut i of our duty and to tbis extei t : aloue oaght tbis goremiuent to goIn the )H>pulation of Hawaii wns vS6.t»47. Of these ‘22.997 were Cbine.se, 19-10,618 were of European or Am©rican descent. tlins leaving *» natire popu!atiou of 44, 931. In 1884 the j*oj»ula- I tion was 80.578, coroposed of I 40,014 native8, 4,218 half casts, 2 170 white born on the island. 17 93JChinese, 9,377 Portngese, i 2,096 Americans. 1.600 Germans, • 1,282 English. 787 Polynesiins, ii 192 Froucb. 126 Japanese, 808 i scattering. The Americaus, it i wili bo observed, constitated less j than 3 per cent, of this hete- i rogeneons mass of citizen, and j ihis overthrow of tho government j by the suj>erior ounning and l i knavery of the Aaerican party, i actuatēd by J. L. Stevens and »

the ir*i««iion>*ries. cannot be | said with tbe slighf©st scm- • l»lance plaosibi]ity to bave been d<*ne by the “people.’*— Citizen | ( Pvla*ki) Tenn. .