The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-01-28

1876 and there is no accusation in 1878 but
can any one read the report of the Commission
of Experts which supplemented the work of the
present Committee on Finance and not feel that
there is ample room for suspicion ? mo ground
for accusation, " says the report in reference to
the Interior Department, except in the Land
Office, " and there it would seem there is ground
for suspicion and possibly of accusation too.
But l indulge in no suspicious, and only call
attention to the statement as expressed by three
careful and deliberate men. No one has i'm
pugned the personal honesty of Ministers, and
there has been u good deal of unnecessary vindi-
cation of character on that point. But their ad-
ministration of Office has been and is impugned.
Nobody says they have stolen money but
that through careless or negligent management
of public business i'm some instances, an OPP
portunity has been afforded for offerings or
losses.
But if there had been no charge of any nature
whatsoever against the AttOrney-General or the
Minister of the Interior, there would be sufficient
in the character of their debate of last FEiday
night to furnish grounds for a resolution OF
want of confidence, not only against them as
Ministers, but as orderly citizens. Then we
listened TO what appeared to be the harangue OF
a demagogue, rather than to the temperate ap-
peal of a dignifed upholder of the King, and OF
q conservator of the common veal. The old
spirit of the political agitator blaZed forth, and
the man who had bounded the eminent Judd out
of office, vociferated and bullied like one who
was holding on to some ~ill-gotten spoil.
And all this outcry was against the member
for Lahaina, because this member for Lahaina
knows him, and all the influences that surround
him., and he fears no issue that he or his asso-
ciates choose to make.
His Excellency, and those of his party, repre-
sent a foreign sentiment here, that Knocks at the
hope of the nation. 1 have no doubt about
Ministers being just in their dealings, faithful in
their relations in life, and especially kind in
! their family intercourse yet / say that they be-
long to that party of foreign opinion that has no
hope for the Hawaiian people, but assumes that
they must decline and utterly pass away. Our
Honorable President justly remarked on Friday
that our discussions of administration in the
Departments, whether good or bad, were OF
minor consequence that the greater question
related to the spirit and purpose of the foreigners
in authority in respect to the permanent indie
pendence of this kingnom, and the perpetuity
of the Hawaiian Nation. Their hope is in other
lands and not here. They are transient or, a.
least, only interested in the material progress
of the country. They showed this when they
strove to sell or cede a portion of Hawaiian ter
ritory. The men whom we oppose now, all ex-
cept one, the native Hawaiian Minister, were
interested in this scheme of cession. The man
who was with them a while ago in the Cabinet,
and whom they sent abroad, clothed with the
highest honors, to represent this nation In
Europe, was the especial champion of cession of
Hawaiian territory. And when he advocated this
measure in a carefully prepared speech, delivered
at the Hawaiian Hotel in 1873, he also dwelt on
the possibilities of annexation, and gave utter
ance to a belief a. that annexation to the United
states Is the lneVlJaDlS u6SL1ny OF LnlS country,
owing to the dimunition of the native race.
We know that the wish is the father to the
thought. And men dwell much upon the posi-
blities of what they hope to see realized. And
they talk of decline, because their hope is that
way. But my hope, and the hope of the in
huence that 1 partly represent, is that the Ha-
waiian Nation will live and our purpose is to
care more for the life of the people than for
material progress alone. The two must go to
gether aud / feel assured that no measure that
/ would recommend or endorse will be calculated
to alarm capital in the slightest degree but if
/ should have to choose between some enter
i prise of internal improvement and the life o.
health of Hawaiians, be assured that l would
not sacrifice one life for any measure of material
progress.
And now we face each other they who have
no hope in their hearts for the future of this
nation, and who will hope and strive even
against despair. And you. Hawaiians, must
choose in whom you will place your confidence.
Will any of you sell the hope of his race for
some paltry gain or hope of office? then let him
forever have the malediction of his countrymen.
Now, whatever the issue of this contest, !
trust there will be a benefcient change. viii 1t
be believed, as charged, that my only object IL
office ? Can a man of observation and years,
and with an ardent and aspiring nature strive
i only for Office, with its routine and its trammelS?
4 Can no one believe in the entertainment of a
generous idea? I have reason to entertain one
in respect to this nation and country. L trust J
may be pardoned for reverting to comforts, and
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hands of Hawaiians. And therefore, 1 am proud
and happy to speak for them, and what / regard
as their best welfare.
1 hardly think 1 care so much about the issue
of this resolution as the Ministers. We have
the evidence before US of Their extraordinary eff
forts. They dispatched a steamer to bring here
one of the Mobiles, who, perhaps, preferred the
comforts Of home. And here we behold our sick
friend, he, with whom l have had such pleasant
associations in Lahaina, carried in here for this
occasion alone, to vote against us. I would be
glad to see him often here in health and strength,
and not for this occasion alone to support a
quaking Ministry. Their alarm must have been
| great, but their determination to hold on to Of
fee is still greater, when they resolve to vote for
themselves. In any other Parliament in the
world 1 feel assured that a sense of honor would
? induce Ministers to retire on such an occasion.
But they will not. They will strive to hold
their positions, in spite of any adverse sentiment
! that would induce others 70 retire and the issue
is with you, Hawaiian Representatives. What
ever the result / shall strive 70 do my duty in
advancing public business and in serving the
, best interests Of Hawaii.