The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-10
Against Wilcox.

am not IN favor OF eltner an lhue-
pendent republic for Hawaii or an
nexation to the Great Republic Of
America. l am content under
monarchy. | have already ex-
pressed by views concerning the |
subject in one of the leading Ha-
waiian papers, and | am gratified
with the impression it made on
some. One patriotic Hawaiian
from Kauai upheld my views in
toto. But as Mr.. Wilcox at a meet
ing of the Liberal party the other
evening came out publicly in favor
of the Omitted States of Hawaii" l
hope | shall be pardoned if / raise
my voice against Wilcox, the
great and small" / feel my in
competency to enter into any con-
troversy with man whose fame,
as he boasts, has reached to the
ends of the earth, for mine (and l
am not ashamed of it) has not ex-
tended beyond the gates of the
Royal School.
[ am surprised that no Hawaiian
has yet come forth against Will
cox's pet republican scheme.
"Silence is Golden" l have often
heard said, but | think Silence is
Treason in this case. The reasons
for their silence may be % Dread
of Wilcox; (2) Apathy (3) Lack
of patriotism.
(a) 1t is true that the common
people dread Wilcox, for they
idolize him as their hero. [ hope
the educated Hawaiians cannot be
counted in the same category (b)
Many Hawaiians live and act in a
"don't care" spirit. 1t matters not
to them whether they are driven to
Kuahewa or are exiled to Hamo-
hamo. (c) There is a general lack
of patriotism among the present
generation of Hawaiians, owing to
bad education.
am aware of the benefits this
country would receive under q re-
publican form of government, and
[ am certain at the same time that
the Hawaiians would NOT be better
off than they are to-day. The peo-
pie are not educated to it. The
reason is that the supreme end OF
Hawaiians is anything but the
worship of the god of Mammon.
They have been taught this;
what will a man gain if he owns
the whole world and loses his own
soul?" He takes the above in 9
different light altogether, and
therefore squanders all he can gel
hold of. They are willing to part
with their last morsel of bread
rather than see fellow man suffer.
ing at starvation's gate. Whether
they are morally right or radically
wrong in doing this, Heaven alone
can answer it. 1t is but their ma
ture, and they do that instinctively
And now Wilcox comes forth il
favor of a republic and publicly
announces himself as a candidate
for the presidency. "Who SHOULD
be our first president" he asked
Wilcox !" echoed the audience
eff Caesar had killed their mother
they would not have done any bet
ter" is perhaps the answer to this
The Hawaiians of to-day lacl
the spirit of their fathers. The
are governed by their mothers
spirits" Hawaii has lost tn
breed of brave and patriotic mer
The youths of to-day are lik
ships at sea without rudder
they are driven wherever. the cul
rents take them.
Wilcox wants a republic. II
has been educated in Europe, i
countries which Hon. James Bryce
M. p, calls in his great work 9Th
American Commonwealth" 9
"semi-revolutionary countries" II
has read about Napoleon, how thu
humble youth from Corsica rose
be the most powerful man in a
Europe. Wilcox is ambitious. II
has place power" as his supren
end, and, like his ideal hero, he
willing to do anything to obtai
power. Napoleon sacrificed tt
lives of five hundred thousar
men in order to enable him to tai
the city of Moscow. Was TIL
done for a patriotic cause? Let Il
spirits of those who persisted a
swer, Hawaii has no five hundrt
thousand men to lose in order
place one man in power. She ca
not afford to lose even one ma
The duty of every patriotic H
waiian would be to avert the steaC
tide leading Hawaiians to extin
ton rather than to hasten their
struction by any unnatural near
[ feel and sympathize with Vile,
in his earnest struggle to eleva
down-trodden Hawaiians. | knc
him to be guided by sincere m
tives but his remedy cannot a
prove.
"The fault, dear Brutus, is L
In our stars,