The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-07-15

or IN a friendly relation by treaty, they will be
American when they cease to be Hawaiian. They
ought to become q republic, and every native
born white man on the islands, and every intel
hgent white foreigner, ought TO unite IN making
them a republic, with a property and intelligent
voting qualification. And during the prelimi-
nary steps TO this national reorganization an
American mau-Of-war should be invited 10 fling
its banner To the breeze in the harbor Of Homo
lulu. 1t is 2 land Of great promise, fertile of
soil, and genial IN climate. 1t produces sugar
and fruits. 1t Is one of the worlds sanitariums
and pleasure resorts. This Is the age of steam
travel. 1t Is on one of the worlds great high
ways of travel. It would make s beautiful little
pocket epublic, and if the Americans and En-
ropeans have not the sense to see that their in
terest lies IN unity and cooperation, they deserve
TO be supplanted and driven away By the Chinese
and East Indian coolies.
Our Government is now paying some three
million dollars annually to this Kanaka people
a bounty of fifty dollars per ton on the sugar
they raise. Every Englishman or other foreign
er who pockets our American money and then
plots against America and its ultimate political
control Of the country, is not only ungrateful,
but he had better inquire OF himself how long
he thinks our Congress viii endure this one-sid-
ed business. What is our country getting for its
generous treatment? Commercially, we make
no money out of the Sandwich Islands, and so
far as the matter is to be regarded from a hnan-
cial and business standpoint, it makes but little
difference if this shell of a kingdom should col
lapse to-day, next month, or next year. But our
government viii soon tire of keeping it alive if,
during the feeble remnant of its existence, 1t Is
to be controlled by an unfriendly king, a cabinet
that is plotting against the United States and the
interests of her citizens, and a native pOpula-
ton who hate Americans. The future of the
andwich Islands is marked out for them. The
rule of native islanders and native dynasty is
necessarily short-lived, and the shOrter-lived the
better. The sooner this fact is recognized and
acted upon, the better it viii be for both native
and adopted citizens. and the better II will be
for the king, and such of the natives as may be
worth preserving. Their political control lies
with the Government of the United States and
none other. Hence, when we advise the men of
the white race, and those who own the property
of the Hawaiian group, that they should act IN
friendly cooperation with our Government, We
simply advise them for their own interests. Let
them come together and agree upon a form OF
government for themselves, and whether 1t shall
be republican or monarchical, let them invite the
Government of the United States to become its
political sponsor, guardian and next friend. The
time is coming when the men who own the Sand
wich Islands, whether they be French, German,
Portuguese, English, or American by birth or de-
scent, will be called upon to act, and when that
time comes it will require some brains, some
nerve, some integrity, some memory of favors
and gratitude for them, and a great deal of good
sense. The reciprocity treaty will not be renewed
If its continuance is to encourage the
lean feeling now so strong at the islands.
But whether renewed or not, no other govern
ment will obtain political control of the islands,
and they will not be permitted to fall under the
civilization of China or East India.