The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-04
HAWAII FOR THE HAWAllANS.

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few years ago no such watchword was
heard. The foreigner had come to
the country, and was welcomed and
given equal rights with the native
born. The two lived together in
peace and harmony. The native
respected the foreigner and the
foreigner esteemed the native. The
Caucasian and the aboriginal
united in marriage, thus entering
into the most intimate relationship,
and begetting a progeny equally
allied to the two races. This bond
of union having been established be-
tween two distinct human families,
each had become to think of one as
part of the other. At least this was
so of most people who had resided
for any considerable time in the
country. The new conner may have
thought and felt differently. Thus
the Hawaiian Islands presented an
instance of the harmonious union
and reciprocal fusion of the white
and brown races, the counterpart of
which can probably be found no
where else. They were the friend
and brother of each other. They
felt and acknowledged and acted on
the principle that their interests
were the same, and that what pro-
noted the welfare of one improved
the condition of the other. The
white men who came. and came to
stay, were, for the most part, the
friends of the natives, and the
natives confided in them rs such.
That there were dishonorable eNcep-
tions-men who degraded, betrayed,
and imposed upon the simple Ha-
waiian--is admitted. But this class
was a minority, not II majority, of
the whole. The friendly feeling and
cordial goodwill above referred to
were manifested by the majority.
At length there came a period
about six years ago-when this state
of harmony and this condition of
family feeling were ruthlessly dis
turbed by the intrusion of stranger.
He came with large projects and am
bilious schemes mapped out in his
designs and hopes. The foreign
population, who understood neither
the man nor his purposes, placed
themselves in opposition to him. He
was keen enough to see the sim
plicity of the native mind, and being
vindictive and unscrupulous, sought
to secure the support ofthe Hawaiian
and effect the overthrow of the for
eigner, by raising the cry of Hawaii
for the Hawaiians." He had no
more concern for the Hawaiian than
for the man in the moon. and there
was no more sincerity in his profess
sion of a desire to see the Hawaiian
exalted above his white neighbor
than there is in the heart of cab
bage. Nevertheless, the shout en-
tered some big ears and turned some
light heads, and race antipathy be-
gan to bubble in some .untutored
breasts.
This gentleman having started a
new idea and sown the seed of dis
cord, left the country for the coun-
ury's good, Then another and
Others ''caught on to the same
idea and proclaimed the same
dogma, probably actuated by the
same motive and aiming mt the same
purpose. We confess our faith in
the sincerity of his successors is nj
stronger than in that of the frs
apostle, before alluded to. He j,
known to have been insincere, on
his own confession; they are reason
ably suspected of being the same.
Their labors, however, have no
been in vain. Whether they hay
subscribed in heart to the doctrin
they have preached, or whether the,
have preached with the lip only
, they have made quite number o
Hawaiian converts, mostly in Homo
- lulu, and chiefly of class with NOR
tongue than brains and more impu
dence than character The las
elections seem to indicate that tn,
new doctrine has not met with tn
same acrentance i'm fha country dis