New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-21
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
THE SITUATION IN HAWAII
NATIVE ISLANDERS DISSATISFIED AND RE.
BELLIoUs - THEIR GRADUAL
LOSS OF POWER.


LOSS OF POWER.
10 the EdftOr Of me Tribune.
Sir; Permit me TO add few considerations TO
inc published remarks concerning Hawaii The rapid
decrease in the native population Of these Islands,
INC lntroductioh of foreigners OF all nationalties
ana the purchase Of lands in large tracts for panta
IONS and ranches have thrown the aborgines wholly
INTO the shade I'm matters political The more In
telllgent natives know this and feel 1t. one comes
TO my mind now, an industrious man, who has been
under-sherIf in country district Oahu. He lives
pfudenty, and has acquired good house ana iarm
and several thousand dollars in bank But what
prospects have his sons? lie tells me none A
mechanic. plantation laborer, perhaps country
schOolteacher inferior officer of the Government
such Is about all that the Hawaiian can aspire TO-
The reason IS not far TO seek Most OF the lAnu IS
owned by the planters and ranchmen; some by the
remnant OF the old native nobility or by the crown
The native has merely his l,tle taro patch nom
which he can live to be sure but can do no more
The whites are eager 10 own and rule the country
believe that the Havaans friendly ncighborS TO
tho whites But they are beginning TO feel Their
place keenly They lack leaders. and that Is all
that prevents them from making an orderly political
revolution. 1t would surprise some white merchants
who suppose that they know Hawaii to learn no" me
natives really hate the foreigners as class You
would never suspect It till you live with them ana
hear them talk among themselves.
The Tribune Justly calls this Administration I'M
popular. IL came into being two or three years ago
by revolution, the result OF dissatisfaction among
the whites at the extravagsnces of Gibsons RUE
Gibson was friend to the natives however unfit he
may have been to govern. The present AdInnistla
ton represents set of young men, ambitious schem
ers but ignorant of government They are, OF COURSE
devoted the white interest They have tried ther
best 10 goad King Kalakaua TO some act OF despair
which might be ia cOntrayention Of the constitution
forced upon him BY a mob Of whites I'm 1887. me
King has been deprived Of his privilege OF appointing
military officers; his handful Of soldiers are tried io
military offences by police court; his income mas
been cut down, and HIS dignity Of Office systematically
assaled He is too wise 10 show fight; he Knows the
hOpelessness Of the Hawaiian cause.
For a year have heard hotheaded men advocating
a movement by hafcastes and natives. \ secret So
clety similar TO some of those In Europe in lo4o, mas
been proposed and all sorts Of measures have been
talked over The Chinese coolies have been ap-
preached, and they, too, prosecuted by THIS peseh1
Administration would be glad enough to SEQ II over
thrown. But 1t is all useless the Hawaiian must go
destiny is against him. Yet as he cannot win any
decency be treated as the Germans teav their ,outl
sea subjects, and for while he Will llngcr on ing
scene his heart full Of bitterness and despair sucu
be frequent When last he IS gone. the islands VIII
be ours, for 1t IS folly to suppose that me mouey
company whites there can ever form staDle gov
eminent. Permit me 10 make three eNcep'lohs W
nv strictures on the Hawaiian Administration. Inc
Postofice. the Board Of Education ana me Sup1 t
Court would honor any land, and l think al IN ha-
wall know this. ANDON En-
New-York Aug. IL, 1859.