The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-08-25
KAUAI, August Is, 1888.
Some Reasons Why.

Mr. EDITOR The inevitable tendency of the
present day Is towards Hb9rty of thought and
liberty of action. The present century has wit
messed a grand evolution in politics and social
thought and to-day are commonly recognized
facts. which less than i century ago ostrIcized
from society such men Thomas Paine.
Fanaticism has gradually yielded to reason
aud in politics men refuse to be longer fettered
by anything which savOrs of church and church
influence. Even Hawaii has felt the throb of
progress aud has reacted to the demand for
ciAl aud political freedom.
The element in this KIM lon, who boast that
To them the natives owe whatever mortgage they
have on heaven, for some time had the contrOll-
ing hand in politics. They were not satisfied
with taking care Of the spiritual welfare of the
natives but must ais - be stewards of their ply
sic.Il comfort AMI political safety. AS long rs
men of brains were few and the majority of the
thinking portion of Honolulu were composed of
intellects such as ''Our crOgi" possessed, it was
an easy matter for them to hold the supremacy,
aud furthermore TO infuse a sentiment among
their devotional constituents which for long
time debarred any independent movement or
any fostering Of opposition to their straight
Jacket policy. Closer relations with the states
and the certain progress which comes with time
brought an influx of other classes and of new
ideas. At last the old influence was broken:
Swept before the inevitable progress of reason and
liberal thought their political management has
gone to q doom from which there is no resurrec-
tion. What . oh luge this brought in the pros
poets of ''OlT cTOlOd."
The for them-augustian age of prosperity
had now changed They looked with dismay
f,,I,f oh,
control. statesman, whom they had at one
time vainly tried to seduce into coalition with
their interests, and who was not of their creed
had now come to the helm. The ship of state
was now propelled by winds from other than
calvanistic shores, and standing upon the sands
of self-righteousness they foresaw the breakers
near, the craft wreck, the billows roar over a
sunken ship. But TO their amazement the
helmsman led that craft a truer course; avoiding
shoals and wsIthering storms the breakers
passed the ship of state now rides the waters
still unscathei,
When changes occur in the political complex
ion of a country it tries the best and highest pa
triOtism of those TO whom the change seems OS-
noxious. In true patriots recognize spon-
taneous sacrifice of self-interest for the good of
the whole. In more ancient times it Gus
that all persons be compelled to take an oath of
allegiance to the sovereign. Or whenever
a victorious army entered a newly conquered
country to make sure of the loyalty of the van
quished the oath was forcibly forged by which
they we're bound to their masters. True
love of country needs no oaths. 1t should con-
sist in a feeling of good will By which the secu-
rity of the government is established. At the
present time if any one takes up his
abode in some new country, if he ex-
pects 10 live there for any length of
lime, especially if his welfare depends upon the
prosperity of the country. he accepts citizenship
snd if he be of true loyal mind from that mo-
ulent he is swayed by patriotism for the land of
his adoption,
But q number of the opposition have shown
that theS patriotism consists in self-interest and
in how far they control others interests.
Some Of them have lived and dwelt here for
long period Of years and have not yet accepted
citizenship although they have made fortunes in
that period Of time. II seems their original in