Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 130, 4 June 1894 — HIS EXCELLENCY. [ARTICLE]

HIS EXCELLENCY.

Otir Self-€lected President. In ih* conrs« el his c»recr a» «h nl «*f the p Mr. S. B. l»oic haa |*nt forth »<>fi»e ver> extraoti1ii>nry {>ub!ic com{K*sit >ns wh'eh will furnish womler mid Nioasemeot to the future hi-t ri «n <>f iinwnii. Extraoniinun tliev ari*ot as nu><iela <>f <ii|*lonvtcy, statosmHnshi{> or wiH*iorri, lmt exactiv the reVerse. ; Fm rile. verl>o«e < gotistical false, thev n iDin>l ono <*f Jack Falstiitf, • S* r_'“!>nt ]).://{iiz/ and little Jack Horner. Tlie «nal; tical «tudent will read ] bttween t!ie liueaa morbid under cnrrent <>f a miu<l that h'«s seemiii“'\ aUaiiKui th- hoightof a life l>>i,g iimb t on; th.it wl.ile niodel- ; it.g its aoti<*ns upon the uncivil- ; i/. 1 1 n* k of Soutb Amei ie n n-vi> t->, iiiuoioH it.self hoaven-in-p:re l; t.i .t is so wrapt in a eloinU ni.:ut.o «>f oligarchical ooueeil *i*-H0*'i»ds fr m tlie im d>* vai ehunh ni Iit;«i.t, tii.it )>o|Mi(Hr i ight-. aml f* e!mgs aro beiieath ; ct< -ider:tt.««ii; tiiat betokens a gratitied ln-t f<*r the euipty j lioiH>rs t*f | i*\v« r aid { laee, and | the ful-«*ni«- coiuf«*rts of easily , ftt'«{iiired govemiiient goltl. Wli it lUUhilh «ii humor there j \vas in his lK>uibastic elaim for llie ‘ bi;ive mon” who were the | only “eaitlil| uuthcrity'’ he j rerogniz«*d. All tlie w«*rld now ‘ knows tli:«t Dole’a armv were * niere!y a lot of mercenrv hui.s, ; wlio under i nele Sum’s {uoioe ! ti >n \\« r«* wiiling to done a uni- j form f«»r >1 aO ui«>nth aml “good ; p. g. grub.” And how he «1oes ont-nuzzfuzz ; Bi.zzfuzz with his |*oni{*ou8 vanitv «nd v*-rl> se j>I ading in tlie caase I <>f tbe {». g. o!igarchy vs. tbe : ILiwaiian nution. l’nliiue your mind, re td liis pleas and see how I va{>orv. umoal and based on | fal.se statemeuts they are And wliat oliild sli glee he dis- ! plays like !ittle .laek Horner? He exhiliils tlie sweet plnms he h«s |>ulle«l out of the llawaiian j*io for liimsolf aml liis friends. Soo me nuw.oh mama missionary I Gl*>ry l>o to Stevensl Now I will ■ bo l’rosidont w 1 1h a bi$, big, salarv, biggor tliau m«*st men iike j I getl aiul sot>l thoro are lot more j plums in this Jannary pie that 1 Stevons g«ve mo, whieh he said ! I raust givo : round tu ull the j*iH>r misaion«rie8l And mama’ these ure th«? s.iuio kind of plums the Queen and the l*ad Royalists usod to get aiul never giv*3 us any, but now Stevoussays, the\ will bo onr owu. own owu »11 the timo. bocauso the «>thors «ro beatbous, aml \\o.«re missii>naries j aml \vo all belong h« tl*e “chnrch ; of the lu>ly hypocntos, ” And if , thoy try to t;«ko it awr«v from us i again, we must jnst hit thom. The latest «Husion frotn the jH>n and l»rain of Mr. Dole desorves tho s»*vero»t condomnatiou for its fa!soh ods iiml its iusnlt- 1 ing innadndoes agiiust the rovahsts. Dole sa_\s, “The monarcby. ufter a period of decadence whieh was tlircatouing *ud prejudical to all |*ubhc and private interests eauie loa logical

eml—thro'igh itsown plot to turn I bu'k th« move(uetit of puhlie; progress and to snbjngsto ail oaliouai eaergiee aiul aspiratious | iu ti»o intorost of dospotism.” If thoso iines Lad boon writton as jwrt of the riH)ne m of tbe p g. • tbey wouid bare l>oon oxceetling!v | htting. None bnt a porvorse nnd biasod intolieot could have written it aguinst the monarchv. A\ hat is the r»»cord of fact, whieh wiJl «Jso Ih. the recortl of history * Tho Kiugdom of Hawaii held an houorud piaee amongtbe nations. aud its «mb«ssador8 had ofU:ii boeu honoml iu foreigu Und». It surt»ly was uot '‘docadonce” that euabled Kiug KnUkaaa to secure tbe Kociprocity Tre«ly aod Tiv(tiag that brought Ubon»rslrooi Madeira«tid Japan, ! whieh couplod wiiii the logiaia- I

tion that fustened tbe sug «r : indosUy »r«d cre«led on-xiU»ple»l I wnlili arKi pro«perity in Hawaii. j Under tlie aionarchy, the*e isl j an<ls pro»pered. and all tbe people were happr, eicept, per ; hape the eo ice:ted and bigoted j church cliqn3. who were petnlantlv worried with an idea to “nile or ruin/' Tbe »everal races o£ peopie p»th -red in Hawaii from the occident and tbe orient foond auder tbe Hawaiian Monarchy. a neutral pcwer th«t amply pro-1 tected all tb>*ir rigbts atd inter©»ts. b«xed them, but lightly, recogmz»-d uo internation<l prejud«ces, or joiloasies, and {«ermit- 1 tcd all lo ei»j*«y the fruits of tbeir thrift onde - miid and l:beral laws. Dole s assertions that the attenpted to “taru back ti«<- moveuiei.tof puhhe pn*gre»s he kno»» to be a bn.se j<r* varicat ou. Tbe Constitutiou whieh the Queen {>roposed to give the couhtry did uot eonlemplule any :dea of desj'<>tism. bnt in fact its provisons w<re rcmaik.tb!y sirail»r to Dole'fc {tro{>osed new eonstitetiou in iuany esseutials, aud was iutcudtd to free the pe*>ple from the damnably rotten documeut of lf>87 , and to provide lor a more trnly represeDtative and safe form of govermuent. This cannot be d« uied aml any assertion to the contrary is simply false. Bnl what have Dole aml his filibnstering crew «lone iu their brief revel m the palaee of Hawaiian Kiugs. Tbe ‘ decadence’' i of Hawaii ias slid dowu \\ith rHj*id stridts of dopression, aud paralyzed industry whieh is not “ threatening” but baa absolute!y ‘ prejndiced ” all puhlie and private iuterests and has bronght Hawaii s fir aneial nud busiuess iuterests to the verge of ruin. The “inovement of puhhe progress’’ has been suddenly checked and the fiiibusters *plot’ hns ‘tnrued back” the wheels of civi!iz.ition to a medieval condition of oligarchv, military des- , potism and iusolent dictatorship. Dole has “ subjugated all iiation.il en3rgies und aspirations in the interest of despotism” km*wing that he and his coterie could never mle by the will of the people, bnt with a mad <onceit tbat thev,and ) they ouly, \vere divinely qu-ilified to rule as iuspirod dictators thev’ have brongh : Hawaii to a state of 1 social and oolitical anarcliv, in whieh thfc sever«l uationalities are forming into secret clubs in order to struggle for th« dominuneo. They have created bitt r sucial feuds,so tbatHa\vaii'sonee peaceful aud happy soci«*ty is at war, and eveu fHiuiIios are divided as “nas v p. g.” aud “bad royalist.” The)’ have caused distross aml poverty among the uaj tives by w liolesaledism:ss»ls from employ, becmse “love of eountry” aloha nina ting!ed every drop ofHaw: iian b’ood,aml caused them to -epudiate the pirates oath ngainst their native laud. Yet these are the men whom Minister W»Iiis in deuouneing the rovalits repc*rts to Iiis governmeut )>ra 9 d Out with such syoophuny aud f; lse Aiu* ric n sra.

Again tio-3S D >le prod »ce from the cloutied abyss of bis brain, ;»nother rhythm for a p. g. requiem when be writes, ‘ - N<> part of a nation whieh has made progress in civiliz,ition has a right to drag the other part back to barbarism.” If the sentinient is correct, by what right has Dole aud the iufinitely smal) miuoritv that folluw Lim ended the pn>gressive coistitutioual government of the i>eople. aud dragooned the great majority under an ot!eusive, ucpopu)ar «nd retrogressive military despotism. and still further jrofesses to dragoou them nuder «n aborted Bepnb)ic? Anotberscintillatiou written by Dole. but inspired by the spirit that is induciug him to wnte the truth agaiust himself, when he sp©4ksof*‘sacce8S inholdingpower witbout abosiug it. «nd in administering government for the beuefit of the many by the autbority of those whose exercise of politicai favor is based upon capaeity to discharge pnblic duty.” Measured b\ popular feeling the has not lieen a success; it has ofteu abused its power; it h«s beeu «dmiuis(ered for tbe benefit of the few nther than the m«nv, •nd they bave amply demonatrat od their incJipacity to dtwbtrgi

I pab!ie. dctT, beīng bigoed. n»r j ro»-aii(uleJ aad prejnl.ee>! mfF»ĪDst »11 wbo salepo1itic b*->nor | ' aod priociples are iakeo from « faigher scbool. Mr. 0ole’s first iotrodactīon t>) the poblic »s a political writei . m vben b«pablished his “thirtr d«ys of Hawaiiaa historr,” beinj bis riew of tbe interregoQm ocj coring between the death of Ka- • mehameha V. and the arcessio i of Leoalilo. b*ck »t lhat screet! in the Iight of recert erents. it clearlv foreshadows tbe morbid and g!<>omy revolutionai .* <ipiril wl' cb sntfering from .tn er - force<l eamp in thebackgronnddor ing Knlakaua’* reign reache<{ its clīrn:ti when one week before Jnuuary 17, 1>93, he resi«nei from the Supreme Bench to joi i with Sterens and his«r<.h p'<>:t* rs H iwaiian nati »n ibty. lt is perfectly c!ear th<t th» interests of the H iwaiian people or of the “m»nv” other racts here, hs *gHiusi the couceit*sl fe*v nre not safe in the h:»iiJs < f Mi. Dnle aiiil his i»ssociates. lt nee<ls meu of broader ideas au<l tuore liberal principles who c<n h»TS the eonliilenee of the j»eople. The i royalists ean prodnce sucb uiei Minister Willis to the conlrarv notwithstauding. No trne Hawaiian who lcves his country, home and faiuil\, an<l who Cnres to leave a peaeeii! j and Lonorable beritage t<> po*--terity, will ever l>ec<)ioe a part ,- to the spectral republic, whieu now, raeauingiy, looms o\vr Ilawaii, in couipariug with Thur>ton’s partuer, the Devil, an l g!oating over visious of race e u- ! flicts and revolntious whieh eleetions for a President w 11 bring to j uuhappy Hawuii.