The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-11-04

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other for that confidence and sympathy with
out which no one can be influential, as to
misrepresent and vilify both, with the ex-
press and avowed purpose of defeating a
measure which all parties and all creeds
united in advocating?
Such character is the author of the letter
published in the San Francisco Bulletin of
Sept 21st, containing, as il does, tissue of
false statements, false conclusions, and ma
licious SANDERS against the King, the Gov
eminent, and the people of this Kingdom,
such as are seldom seen in so small compass.
The writer, after briefly stating the object
for which that interesting document was
drawn, and modestly limiting that he was
worthy of great credit because he had en-
| joyed for nearly ten years the confidence of
American Commissioners and Ministers resi-
dent here, actually claiming TO have been
little short of their spy, starts out with the
assertion that, During the past ten years
there has been gradual growth of American
sentiment on the Islands, which had reached
point of enthusiasm and high expectation
in July last, when the Reciprocity Treaty
checked the desire for annexation" Now,
the man who would deliberately make an
assertion like the above, after ten years in
telligent observation of the people of this
Kingdom, both native and foreign, must have
reached o point of moral tnrpitude seldom
witnessed. Its notorious and utter false
hood, so far as it concerns the mass of the
population, whether we take the American
or other foreign residents, and above all, the
natives of the country, is SO apparent that it
is almost a wonder that a man could be
found with the audacity TO make it, even
among those who are base enough to stir up
and keep alive for years, by the most ma
licious, false and mischievous mirepresenta-
tons, opposition to Government which
may well challenge all its detractors toprove
where it has ever oppressed a subject, or
commerce, or retard the progress of its peo-
pie. So far from any such enthusiasm exist
ing at the time mentioned by the writer in
question, there never did exist among those
who have had the interests of the Hawaiian
people at heart, anything like a desire TO see
these Islands annexed to the United States
or any other great Power.
On the contrary, all who have felt such
interest, were for the ten years previous
to July, 1867, are now, and so long as
that race can be perpetuated ever will be,
opposed to any such annexation, whatever
may be said or done by would-be advisers of
diplomats and statesmen. And among those
who feel such an interest IN the Hawaiian
people are those who have the greatest ma
terial interests in the country; who are
identified with its commerce and agriculture;
who, up to July, 1867, and since, have freely
invested their capital in the development of
the natural resources of the country, without
the least idea of the terrible jeopardy in
which the petty despotism now holding
dominion here' had placed ga vast amount
? of foreign capital" who, with whatever long
ing or regard they may have for the land of
their nativity, look upon this as the home of
their choice, where they intend to pass their
days, and leave their children the peaceful
and loyal subjects of q Government with
which they are satisfied as being as free, as
liberal and as paternal to its subjects as any
that exists; and among whom will be found
Americans, in fully equal proportion to their
relative numbers with the other foreign resi-
dents on these Islands. 1t may be truthfully
said that all the enthusiasm for annexation
which has ever existed here, has existed in
the breasts of just such persons as the writer
of the letter in question, who is certainly
either disappointed politician or a would-be
statesman, or one of that class of adventur-
ers who may be truly said to be evolves in
sleeps clothing" who put on the cloak of
religion that they may the better carry on
their evil practices of creating contention
and discomfort in peaceful communities for
their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, or mayhap, graf
ify their more ambitious desires of making
themselves famous by creating revolutions,
and who, thwarted of their designs, vent
their spite in malicious ISLANDERS. To which
ever of these be may belong, one thing is
certain: that, notwithstanding his assertion,
at the time mentioned no such enthusiasm
for annexation existed, and consequently his
further assertion, that this Juror of annexa-
ton was checked by the prospect of the Re-
ciprocity Treaty, is as untrue as the first part
of the sentence.
This writer seems to found all his argument
of which there is very little-upon the ny
pothesis that the financial condition of this
country is at a very low ebb; that in order
that any enterprise should be prosperous it is
necessary that we should have assistance
from our more powerful neighbor, and that
il we do not have such assistance, all in
dustry and enterprise must cease. Now, it
may be fact that, owing to our isolated po-
sition in the middle of the Pacific, as rapid
fortunes can not be made here as in some
other countries, as, for instance, in such To-
calities as Oakland, in California, where peo-
pie are said to pile up fortunes in short time,
on account of the rapid advance of real es-
tate, incident upon the prospect of the speedy
completion of the Pacific Railroad. But we
may reflect with pride that within the ten
years spoken of by this Adviser of Senates,
the business of this country has been almost
reyolutionized, and that instead, as at the
commencement of that period, of depending
upon the fortunes and eaprices of the whal-
ing business, we now depend upon the GER
tain and unfailing natural resources which
kind Providence has SO generously given us;