Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-11
SATU URDAY PRESS.
hNTAGONISM AGAIN
NdRfU II. lpt2


take" exception 10 some uiicfancer of the San
francpo, fh,oHicio wherein II In stated that, /
=" Hin Majesty has been inatfucting hia people
to return none but natives 10 The Legislature"
aud asserting that nnch a statement Ia untrue,
and that 1t il also untrue that any race nntag-
oniTm has lately been developing hero that
all such feeling II IL exist WIS tho immediate
rcNuIt Of an effort on tho part of King hu-
ualilo'a foreign Ministers to cedc 10 the United
States portion of Hawaiian territory. IA
We have asserted before, any absence Of such
a feeling at least, In In no wieo 10 be attributed
to the oiIorta Of our contemporary hut 10 tho
good sense of such Of our native politicians aa
have seen fl to look elsewhere than 10 him for
guidance in matter that no largely concerns
tho ultimate welfare Of ihs country. So far
ms this rnce prejudice does exist. il is III no
way that We arc aware Of particularly con-
fined to Americans, but il shared in regard 10
all forcgners; and such fact would scarcely
ocem TO strengthen the dds1cL1rr7~ Troir~>
,ii1rtrt ,i1rtt sI IA lfyt Of proposed coasion Of
territory to America, and may equally as well
have had iis origin IN other political troubles
occurring at date not far distant thcfoirOm
But, however this may be, and however far
such feeling may have gained an nscendcncy
10 the native mind, We feel assured lhat nnc
encouraged in high places, and unless forever
being blnro | out by stump orators and would
he dcmagogues, wc need fear no practical re-
suits that may otherwise, and by It's repeated
rcicraIiou, he engendcrcd. IL is matter Of re-
grct, however, tlot the conduct Of certain
candidates who put themselves fo ward with
assertions that they were supported by Royal
favor, should have alluded III no mild language
TO the anlngonistic influence Of foreigners in
general - that one such should have addressed
himself to his constituents to the following
| effect That His Majesty had expressed to
him his regret ut having been obvlaicd from
doing more for his native suhjccts than had
been done, by tho powerful Influences that
| foreigners had e3crtcd in the politics OF the
| country, that another should have impu-
| IDENTIFY, in an out district of this Island, as
serted his support by Royalty, and have con
domncd in ttO the mischievous work that has
been doDe by foreigners in antagonsm to the
! tue interests of Hawaii nci, and in an cleo
tioneering pamphlet issued at the recent cleo
| tions by Lilikaani und others of his ticket in
Gliding the name OF W. NJ. Gibson, the ground,
though more suardedly taken than in some
ether instances, is still in principle the same,
that H,waiians have not been equally used,
and that they have political qualifications and
rights which have not yet been fully exercised.
Perhaps il may not be out Of place just here
to state that this circular TO the electors of
Honolulu is burdened with proof of the i'm
mensc advantages to be gained by incurring
| Ten Million loan, aud also Of the necessity of
allowing natives the free use of rum and,
with the exception Of an advocacy of certain
military nanoeuvers in the way of fortress
making in sundry absurd places, and few
other ideas about as tender, is in reality but a
counterpart of the now historical H0apH
baker Mmytsto. Now it IL amazing to see
the consistency between the conduct of Mr.
! Gibson in condemning the ten-miIion loan of
Hoapli Baker and then giving his endorse
ment to that OF Lilkalani and Lahilahi how
] his name was recorded in 1850 among the
noes upon the question of repeating tho liquor
! law, and how to-day, he believes free rum to
bo good for the natives. But the history of
this Honorable Member is made of contradict
tions, and this is but one among the many !;
and if he would now attempt to alter tue views
Of the Chronicle in regard to tho alleged fact
that "there has been developing an antago-
nism y OF races, perhaps it would DO proper to
conform the uterances of his native news
paper herewith, as from its previous tone on
more occasions Than one inferences such as
may have actuated the Chronicles statements