The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-12-09

system OF FRAUD anu injustice. DuG IIOW
can we hope fer success In the contest
between good and evil unless good men
viii unite xhen bad men combine?
Union can only be secured by intelligent
comprehension of the necessities OF the
case and hearty cooperation in propeS
means and methods for the promotion OF
the liberties and privileges OF the COM
munity. But to this end we need to lay
aside the prepossessions of education and |
the preiudices OF habit, and have that |
| true sympathy with others which enters |
| into their ideas and desires, and views
| the situation from the standpoint OF their
| circumstances and standards of thought. |
Are we qualified and prepared, for
| instance, to look at recent events from
the point of view from which Hawaiian
sees things? The Hawaiians, 1t must
be remembered, have accepted lnstltu--
| tons of Church and State life, prepared
for them, not developed by them. At
first there was some attempt to educate
them into an intelligent apprehension OF
the laws and limitations of the new social
order. But of late years no such educa-
tional processes have been at work.
Caiolery has seemed easier than instruc-
ton, and bribery or intimidation quicker
and surer than argument and persuasion.
| The new system, such as it is, seems to
the Hawaiian a mark of honorable dis
tinction; and he glories in the possess
ion of it very much, as he once paraded
before his fellows with malo and a
4 cooked hat as his sufficient attire. A
e Hawaiian says, ''This is constitutional
2 Kingdom: constitutional Governments
r are the institutions of enlightened
Y nations; therefore, we are an enlightened
nation.'' Injudicious fattery OF the
Hawaiians has only spread and deepened
: this feeling among them.
r But now that they have hal the privi-
Q lege of constitutional government, and
v had foremost place in its administra-
ton and ostensibly some large share OF
i political power, any set back IN position,
j. or diminution of privilege is resented as
il an injury and wrong. The barber
, shears for cutting off the tangled and
" infested growth of hair, seem to them
like an executioner's sword tor cutting
N off their head. They have not outgrown
+ the Oriental idea of government, a:
"a being full submission to the will of the
a sovereign They have not the inbred
IN Teutonic idea of the sovereignty OF the
,s people, Here is a radical difference o
70 sentiment and habit between the Ha
n waian and the Anglo Saxon; how is il
,e to be remedied?
Consider their crude notions, also, il
IN regard to the system of trial by jury. II
q be a iuryman is to the ordinary Ha
ID waiian great event in his life. He will
of run in debt to get best suit of clothe
to appear in public with the dignity tina
&c BELTS his honorable position. He will
III consider it his duty to support the gov
IN eminent every time, and to obey til
,e exhortation of the Acknowledgement t.
as bring in a verdict of guilty against th
prisoner. Or his suspicious may b
,d tricky ways by which the foreigner
trying to get advantage of him, and a
5 in the recent trials on Hawaii, acqui
al every Hawaiian liable to be imprisoned
as conceiving this imprisonment to b
A part of a scheme to deprive Hs
al waiian citizens of their privilege {
voting. So, in acquitting Wilcox, tn
idea evidently was to get even with tn
foreigner; rude idea of justice, surely
'st but what better can you expect fror
en- people that have not the first gllmmer {
IS any correct conception of this who'll
is alien system of trial by jury, or tn
ed principles that underlie our system
Ie. legal procedure? But why show them Il
er sympathy because they do not Sc
lie things as we do? We cannot claim thu
Out lnIe1iiSeul knoICnduIo, even, al
IFS above class prejudice, when in fac
M of the clear letter of the law, and tn
IA positive instructions of the Judge, +
Tor Honolulu jury would declare that a
0o acknowledged debt should be paid &
re the law demands, three-fourths in gol
ne coin, and only one-fourth in silver.
ey Our social fabric is not to 60 to rae
9rt and ruin because of the mistakes or mi
srs conduct of a few misguided folk, or of
ew set of mischief-makers. A famly's ext
la tence or happiness is not wrecked, b
cause of the folly or perversity of SON
child. But we do not ''shoot the be
- and save the CALI" if there happens
al be hayward prodigal boy. 1t is tt
Ai0 spirit of loyalty to truth and righteou
do ness, of obedience to loving and wis
,a sovereignty that we need to cherish ar
)" foster. In that spirit we shall sure
oh come off more than conquerors over ar
81 foes that may threaten the national Ii
ed and prosperity, by making friends al
80 patriots of every resident and every eli
81 81 zen in this little Hawaiian Kingdom.
~ II.