The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-01-18

the bundle Of sticks; pulling against the
foreigner. As certain politicians have
urged upon the native. can only end in
one way. Hand in hand. shoulder to
shoulder. the native and his white brother
can face great many OF the problems
that come before them; bu. divided there
Is little hoI-e for the weaker brOther. Ii
is a gneat mistake 10 imagine that the for
eigner looks only after his own Interests;
-the history of the country for the past
fifty years shows foreigner after foreigner
who has devoted his time. neglected his
opportunities for ginning personal wealth,
and spent the best years OF his manhood
in advancing the good Of the Hawaiian
people. There are at the present moment
many men who think and plan for the
good Of the Hawaiian people. but they are
by no means the men who are most popu-
lar. The best work of this kind Is very
seldom likely to he popular. After all It
is but human nature to prefer to listen 30
the voice of those who fiatteT and csjule.
rather than to that of those who criticize
boldly and fearlessly: the child loves the
nurse who gives It sugar plums, with the
colic as a result. far better than the physl-
clan who prescribes the naUSeous black
draucht and in the end giv,s ease and
health. 1t Is useless. in looking at any
matter, to complain that human nature Is
no better than mere human nature after
all 1t Is what every man must expect
and calculate on Ii should he no matter
Of surprise to the thinker that to the mass
OF natives the CRY Of Hawaii fer the
HawaiianI' Away with Aaele prepondcr-
snceI" must be very popular. Cries OF
this kind have again and again caught
the ears Of peoples who have had many
centuries of civilization and experience
behind them; but IT Is a CRY based on a
fallacious premise. The salvation Of the
Hawaiian per sc. does not. cannot rest
entirely with himself: his opportunity is
to ally himself with the best of the race
which is along side Of him; he must guide
his steps carefully, he must beware OF
mistakes. and there will be future before
him. no matter what people may say.
There Is duty too. which rests upon a
number Of foreign citizens; II the Haw-
aiian cannot get on without them, neither
can they get on without the HawSnan-
Many foreigners are very apt 10 throw
Hawaiian influence aside. 10 as II were
merely tolerate II. and Yet that influence
Is most important II the native Hawaiian
is interested in sllying himself for his
selfpr,Servation with the foreign. the for
eign property-holder must ally himself
with the Hawaiian All conservative men,
al property holders, IT may he said all
sensible men, dread sudden change, Fear
great social erup;ions. Now any change
which involves to the Hawaiian the loss
of his political rights. the sweeping away
of his independence. viii cause such an
eruption. 1t appears then, that viewed
from either side there Is only one way to
meet what Is al present lying before Us.
and that Is bywc-king together; the inter
ests of Hswaiians and foreigners though
widely differing in some details. are coin
cident on the broad issue. \ good and
stable government Is the only thing which
viii inspire confidence IN the ability Of Il
country to take care Of It's property. Here
Is certainly platform upon which both
can unite: to be successful unite we must,
divided councils, bad Legislation viii con
sign the Hawaiian race TO oblivion the
planter and merchant to bankruptcy. 1t Is
well to remember that every variation
from unity. Is but progression to nullity."