Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-07
TiME-sERvrNG HoopILIMEAAI.)

1t seems as il we had entered strange period
of our political history, period in which many
individuals of the race of time-servers are born.
Those who act in true independence of thought,
desiring to do right and follow the truth are
despised
Much blame and abuse has been heaped on
those Hawaiian representatives who stood up
independently for their own manhood, without
allowing themselves to be led like slaves. To
see the truth of this look at the abuse that has
been heaped on the head of the proprietor OF
the Ha7oaH Pae dina during the past few
days, because of his publishing small thing.
Probably if the proprietor of that paper had
said 81 was wrong in publishing that" he
would not have lacked caresses, and if he had
really been in the wrong he could have cor.
rected.
Now the EGtie is full of abuse for that brother
editor. This is shame. II Kawainui had
set aside his independence of thought as a
had become time-server of those who are
now rushing blindly along, he would have been
praised as good fellow by the Eitie.
Again let us look at those few members OF
the last legislature who manfully asserted their
own independence refusing to engage in GER
tain disreputable actions that were performed
in that session. Were they wrong for plainly
saying what they knew and what they thought
before the housel No they were not wrong,
for that was what they knew on the subject in
hand.
Was it because they wanted to be contrary
that they opposed some of the measures of the
majorityl We do not think SO. Doubtless
they saw that such measures were injurious to
the nation and therefore they could not agree
to some Of the measures of the majority. The
dignity Of manhood is in standing firmly by
that which he knows to be right and true.
The greatest folles is for a man to sell his
own independence for bread and butter, or for
office, OF sum of money, that is to degrade
his manhood to the level Of brute.
But that small majority who fearlessly stood
by their own knowledge and opinion like men,
have been loaded with abuse by the Eltle,
whereas the time-servng class of hoopiimeaai
have been greatly petted and cajoled.
To prove that the majority Of the members
were time servers, recall the shameful words
publicly uttered in the last few days of the SEES.
sion by one of the members for Honolulu. lust
before a vote was to be taken on an importan,
measure he used the following words; "Mem.
bers, bear in mind before voting whence comes
our bread and butter; do not forget whence
they come"
This was the utterance Of your representative
of Honolulu in the last session Of the Legisla.
ture. He did not say ''Let US remember the
districts that have elected us, not so. He did
not say "Let us remember the nation that has
elected u.s." no such love was his His thought
was "let US remember the bread and meat We
put into our bellies" His belly was his master
as it was his belly he served in the Legislature
And shall it be so againl That is for the
thoughts and the actions Of the Hawaiian citi
zen to decide. II the people think that thi,
will do, then SO it will be. Blu, the end is moi
uncertain. II were well for the people to con
slider the matter before the proper season has
gone, lest we wait until il too late and then re
pent miserablY -Anokoa March oath.