Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-10-16
Genuine Treason

We have again to undertake the unsavory
task of tran.lating Gibsonese- Hawaiian into
English We most earnestly wish that utter
ances such as these should not be reserved for
the exclusive edification of nom Eng reading
Hawaiians.
This article Express, October l3th) is GER
tainIy pitched in high key, but very much
out Of tune. Native Hawaiians nowadays are
not all of the same complexion or race The
writer of the article headed "GENuINE TREA-
SON" is not Hawaiian in any sense hut that Of
naturalized foreigner. Like his friend Mo-
reno and Mrs Malaprop's Cerberus he is
";hreo gentlemen at once" Northumbrian
Britisher, u United States citizen. and
Hawaiian very humble subject. Hc cannot
transfer an article into his paper without I'M
justihable interpretations, which of course are
not known to he snch by his Hawaiian reading
subscribers; as for instance when are said
"the nation cannot afford to do with less than
four men who shall represent the best govern
ing power in the country" the word fofeigms's
is cmnniugly interpola.ed, in brackets GER
tanly, but the average subscriber tc the Er-
press will read it as part of oT text.
Now az o'the standpoint taken by this man
as the champion Of the Hawaiian race. Who
is HE? What are his antecedents, that he
can call ms siIu 9ersy In the year 1856 we
entertainments and hoslitalities between our
selves and Hawaiians both fair-complexioned
and darkroom His most genial and hospitable
Majesty Kamehameha Nv. and his courteous
Queen, Emma through all Hawaiian society.
Where was this self- elected champion then,
aud what was he doing!. Il, what respect are
we strangers and he not? Where was this
Hawaiian, who boots at "fercigaers," when
we were here with q large circle Of relatives
and fricnds-we who have been partakers Of
the Joys aud sorrows, the weddings, births,
deaths and funerals Of close relatives as well
as of esteemed friends Who is this gpical
Hawaiian? ? What are his claims to this cham
pionship; what right has he to speak of any
one as u stranger in comparison with himself
How dare this proprietor Of an island, mort
gagged though it he, 10 talk Of land-grabbing
how dare this jobber, disgorging though he
be. talk of money grabbing "Whs lis he,
aud who are they" We qaote, "who talk in
this style ?" "Is it seeuiy or right that q
cosmopolitan mischiefnaker should write thus
OF us who were familiar here when In was
prosecuting his pet schcmes of settlng race
against race Oh the opposite side Of the globe,
as he is striving to do here now ttosi Y
Batavian calaboose to the Hawaiian 'Council
Chamber. ria Mormondon', 10 n long step. bnt
tho versatility and genius or this Erprsss-
| man has accomplished the journey; aud hav-
| ing landed and land grabbed, hs t,tvuu rONsh
and talks Of strangers and "what authority ~
right have they to aothis, that, or the other y
and lhis TO people who were well known here
| yesrs before His omened avatar WIS spaici-
pa,ed 1t 10 simple falsehood to represent q
\ the native race that we have said ior Wvtltar
anything that could be interpreted, without
malice aforeIhought into the phrases put upot
US by tho Erprsss, such a. saying 10 The
natives of the country 90 You doIt' sait me
therefore bs otf," and other snischievous mis-.
representation. Knowing this 70 be she case
| articles such ~ these are hidden IN tho hs.