Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 176, 30 July 1894 — A HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY. [ARTICLE]

A HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY.

In calling tbe attention to the anniversary of the great iiAtional tiay wliieh aM true Hawaiiaue will cclebrate toraorrow. we beIieve tbat a referenco to the history written by W. D. Alexancler will be appropriate anel sufficient. He says:— *‘The 31st of July, a day memorable in the Hawaiiau history was clear aml cloudless An open space on tho plain East of tho town, spnce called “Thomas Square,” had been selected for tho ceremonies of tlie day, two pavilions having beeu erected aml a flag-statf plauted. * * * “The King was escorted to his residence, where the natives belonging to tho lato Quoen’s Regi- | inent” eame before him to sue for pardon. for (like I3ush today having made foolsof themselves), and to swear allogiance to tbeir rightful sovereign. “At one o’eloek p. ra. the King attended tho thanksgiving ser|j£ i in the Kawaiahao church and there used the words [whieh oveu Dolo has darod to adopt] Ua ; >nau jte eu oka aina ika pono — ' “the lifo of the land is perpetuated in rightoousness.’’ Wo fiuish the report of Profossor Aloxauder, the man who has done all in his power to ruin the independenco of tbis country and to bring disaster and ruin over tho heads of the Hawaiians bv his following closiug words referring to Admiral Thomas: “His noblo act of justice was fully approvod by the home goverument, a«, in tho words of Lord Caning, i “marked by great propriety and admirable judgomont throughout. and as ealeulaieel to raise the character of the British authorities for justice, moderation, and courtesy of domeanor, in the estiroation of the natives of those : remote countries, nnd of the world.” Alas! While Hawaii tomorrow celebrates the anniversary of the day when actious wore taken, justifying the high and noble oxpressions of our histo rian, Alei , ander, let them romeraber tha j Caning aud I'homas have gono to their grave that their historian, Aloxander, recent has been a tool of the schemers of the men who nou wish to sell Hawaii and that “noblc acts of jastioe” to Hawai ians havo become a m}th. Nevertheless let all Hawaiians 1 tomorrow remember, with reverenee, the men of the past who reuembered honor, justice and Alofia to their race.