The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-08-02

This i sn,h prv,ty rhetoric that We ~
pnolucc Il Tor yhc benefit 81 our planter
rcadcrs, many ~ whom have not an op
portunity Of seeing what the organ OF the
Primate has 90 say about them. The
2. q. A. is evidently very anxions 90 make
ont that the so called Premier Is the cause
OF the opposition 30 the present admins
tration, TO magnify its own man, As the
l figure. head Of particular movement IN
these islands, undoubtedly the Premier's
name Is frequently used. hut Il is not the
man. but the movement that the Oppose
ton have 10 find fault with, the man is FOR
the timc only and viii he flung aside, as
useless lumber. whom the need for his
services has gone by, and that. rs Is very
evident % al who watch events is not so
very far distant. at the very utmost two
wears viii see him taking back seat; hut
/ the movement which his efforts have helped
TO foster. may 80 ON. and II persisted in
will 90 on b. the inevitable ruin OF the
native race. The programme OF the pres
ent Premicrs party may be condensed
into the few words OF Hawaii FOR the
Hawaiians' The cry may just as well as
not be shown TO h. fallacious at once.
There cfH be no Hawaii for the Hawaiians
any more than there can he North Amer
lea FOR the Indians. Egypt for the Egyp
tians, California FOR the Spaniard, the
Great southern Peninsula OF Asia for the
Hindus New Zealand for the MaoTies, or
in fact than there can lee a stOppagc of the
tides wherever the Anglo Saxon sets his
foot. there his interests hers TO be consid
cred
The Anglo-Saxon l. not exactly fool,
nor are the ofishoots Of his race, wherever
they may have planted themselves, oblivi-
Gus of the fact that their skill, enterprisea and
industry are the forces which are pushing
on the world Having developed entirely
these islands il Is not likely that even that
phlegmatic individual is going to sit calm
~ by and he bullicd ont Of his property.
The day is coming. il a course of mere
partially 10 the native party Is persisted
in. when he viii speak, and the sound of
his voice when fully raised Is no pleasant
one TO hear Hitherto the two races have
gone on comfortably here. and the Anglo !
Saxon has ever been anxious to help his |
brother Of Hawaii. and there is no dispO |
sition now to depart from that principle |
Where in heavens name would these |
Islanders have been, had not the Anglo |
Saxon taken them in hand and built for |
Autll lllt Oh inc hluENlDll. WHICH
has had up to the present the respect of |
many Of the civilized states of the world? |
Have not Anglo-Saxons spent their talents |
and some Of them their fortunes in further !
ing the interests OF this country?
We will say roundly and squarely that |
the Anglo Saxon party; the American,
English and German party; the men of
the same countries that in Egypt a few
days ago stood shoulder to shoulder when
defying the lawless mob of Alexandria do
believe themselves superior to the native
race, and they have a right to their belief.
But We will also say these men have no
desire TO take one title away from what
are native rights. they have always shown
in this country the utmost consideration
for those rights, but they have their own
rights too, and those rights they will
maintain.
This country cannot 90 back hundred
years, 1t cannot now isolate itself IS Corea
has done for so many years: the Anglo
Saxon is herl and he has made the country
what it is; it is he that has planted the
cane, built the wharves, planned the roads.
erected the houses. helped forward to
frame the institutions, lifted the dark
mantle of feudalism from the shoulders
of the people. and given them the light of
Under such circumstances
it is an insult, and base one, to call him
a man who has mo common sentiment but
dollar worship" and as such we know
that the p e. T. editorial of last Saturday
has been felt Plain talk is sometimes
and we think that the time has
come for it, we speak with deliberation
upon this matter. and knowing what we
have to rely upon: truths are not palata
bic but occasionally they are wholesome.