The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-04-22

able betrayal Of a declared and accepted political
principle. IL is the first and only time in the his
tory Of American politics that party senators and
a party President deliberately planned to immO-
late q portion OF the party, because the States
directly involved had not enough Presidential
electors TO make them FORMIDABLE in a Presidential
campaign. or enough delegates IN a national con-
vention to make their votes decisive Of q candidate.
What we ought to do-that is, what we Repub-
lIcans ought 10 do-may not be hastily determin-
ed. Our party on this coast has been loyal all
through this contest. Ii went down with its col
ors nailed to the mas. and flying. Our senator's
and members Of Congress will remain with The
wreck, and endeagor TO save what they can-per-
haps ten years, perhaps five, perhaps nothing. To
those Republicans who have labored so long and
so earnestly, and who have resisted agitation and
exposed themselves to prevent violence and TO up
hold the law who have been the friends Of social
order, and soldiers for the protection of property
and the maintenance Of government who have
believed in the sincerity Of Republican party
promises, and have been the Interpreters of them
TO the voting public, the present is an embarass-
ing position. That this veto has struck a fatal
blow at the Republican party IN California no one
can doubt. That it can rally and survive for the
purpose Of maintaining the skeleton of an organ
ization may be possible. Whether even so much
OF an effort Is desirable may be an open question.
We are not prepared to admit that we are willing
to become the tail Of a national organization
which has so shameiully betrayed US. We are
not to-day in that mood Of humility which would
enable US to gracefully follow where Arthur leads,
or to get down on our knees, and raise our eyes
to the Hoar of Massachusetts, in alteration of that
Puritanical sentimentality which has intermarried
itself to commercial greed, and whose first ac-
cOuchment is the d%eformity Of an increased Asiat-
ic invasion. What we will do, and what we
ought to do. we cannot now determine. What
we will not do for the present, is disobey the law.
We will not countenance any disturbance or vio-
lence. We will not agitate in any other than a
peaceful way. 1t is not improbable that the time
may come when the people of this coast will, in
defense Of their interests, be compelled to resist
Chinese invasion, and will be compelled to resort
to measures not in harmony with the laws Of Con-
gress. This time will not come 20 long as there
is any hope Of relief from the government to
which we owe allegiance. 1t will not come IN
til, after careful deliberatiOn, it is apparent that
national allegiance is incompatible with the pre-
~seryation OF natural rights. 1t will not come I'M
til we are prepared to sacrifice our lives aud our
fortunes for the maintenance of our honor, and to
maintain the lives and fortunes OF those who are
10 succeed us. At present this Chinese question
is a political one ; it is to be worked out by o'it-
ical methods and il will not become any who are
Republicans, to blame other Republicans, If they
shall deem it best to cast their destinies with n
party which. on this question, has never betrayed
the people, and never violated its pledges.-Ihe
ATQOndLn.