The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-07
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.

We are asked what effect the Nc
klnlcy sugar schedule will have on
the reciprocity treaty with Hawaii.
We are not aware that it Will effect
il at all, unless used as q preteXt
for It's ahrogation. 1t is true that
Manila raw sugars will enter this
port free, but their volume is not
great and will not move the market
up or down. The Hawaiian treaty
was in the beginning commercial,
of course. 1t has centercd nearly
all the island trade in san Fran
cisco. Ii has done more. 1t has
wonderfully increased the volume of
that trade. When Boston had the
most Of il the volume was 0nly Il few
hundred thousand dollars. Now ii
is twelve millions, and growing.
Cur relations with Hawaii have out.
grown merely commercial limits.
We have become politically the
lcirhbor and friend Of that king
dom in the sea There sre interna-
iional ties between rs that were first
caused by onr commercial inter
course. As neghbor We wouid
probably respond al once to her cal!
for help in an emergency which
oyertaxed her own defensive re-
sources. We did this tG far away
and worthless Samoa, with the ap-
proval of all parties in this country.
Then why should an American whis-
per and hide his mouth while saying
that we can do, and should do, and
will do as much and more for lia-
waii? The same sentiment here
which assails the treaty and halls
any misfortune which threatens il,
is ia the habit Of sneering at things
Hawaiian. IT. snuhs the King and
thc national institutions OF that
country. The King himself is im'
mensclv the moral and meata! supe.
linr Of several mOnarchS who are
a,ttin& on thrones and ruling coun'
Irics in Europe. More than that
le is the equal Of many and the su'
peliOr Of some men who have bGel
Governors Of American States will
twenty times the population OF hi
kingdom. Free suffrage in ihi
country has elected many msn ia
less fitted TO rule than kalakaua
Therefore let US cXalt our horn les
extensively on that subject--fOr th'
present, AT least. Dynastic success
In al n % y,
selecting n Hawaiian executive n
the ballot often does here, The Ha
waiians are accustomed to chicftain
ship. Let them have it, and bull,
around this survival of the grea
DAYS Of barbaric freedom and splcn
dor such institutions of civilization
as are congcnia TO their race ant
temper. The natives themselves
albeit lacking in sell-controI, are tn
most amiablc people on earth, and i
they assimilatc civilization wi,hou
heing destroyed by it, there i
in their character much tha
will cntrcnch them in tn
respect OF other nations. Thi
country is under a moral obligation
10 be the friend of that people, t
protect their independence and cul
livate their friendship. To thes
ends the reciprocity treaty is tn
readiest means in sight, and Cab
iornia should sustain il by all tn
power of public and commercial sen
o;1a frptn tiiu nHlni n
obligation, we do owe those people
native and alien, all who are unde
the Hawaiian flag, respectful an'
neighborly treatment. We are quicl
TO jump in response to Mexican jea
lousy and national feeling, but som
of our newspapers treat Hawaii wit
contempt. Yet we have with th
10000 people on the islands CON
,neycp half as prcaf in volume MS "