The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-15


the better. This is the verdict of
progressive civilization-off free and
enlightened ideas. The facetious
letter of T. Rain Walker, Esq, in
this mornings ADVERTISER is in
the same line of thought as prem
ised in q former letter regarding
the spcsch from the throne at the
opening Of the Legislature in May
last. At that time he dwelt with
special emphasis on the significant
expression concerning the indie
pendence of this country, con-
tanned in Her Majesty's speech.
While some might comment with
some show of correctness on the
poor taste of an accredited repre-
sentative of a foreign nation dab
bling in the politics of the country
to which he is accredited, the
writer, being an American, believes
in the unalienable right of everyone
to free speech, and does not intend
to comment on that. But Mr..
Walker is not as bright and far
seeing man in politics as he is in
business if he cannot see that the
trend of this country is towards a
Republican form of Government as
true as the trend of the needle to-
wards the north. This idle pa
geantry and show of monarchy !;
this idiotic assumption that one
may be born to the purple; all of
this is CALLING to the citizens and
descendants of citizens of the Uni
ted States. These islands are
American as much as Australia is
English, or Algiers, French. Out
side of that one institution-mon-
archy, all their institutions and
sympathies are American, and Mr..
Walker, with all his cavillings
concerning expression from the
throne" Constitution versus
Queen" ETC., ETC., cannot change
one jot or title of the situation.
For it is this-there is not a single
monarchy on the American contin-
ent. Americans will not tolerate
it, nor would they here had they
the support of their own country.
But they do not have it. The Eng
lish government would raise. no OBJ
lection to the complete disestab-
lishment of monarchial institutions
if the United States were in favor
of such a consummation. For the
English government realizes that
Hawaii is even more Ameri-
can than is New Zealand
or Australia, English, and
why, simply because Ameri-
cans have the most advanced and
liberal government under the face
of heaven, and all are proud and
loyal to it. We do not blame Eng
lishmen for being proud of their
country, the grandest, bravest, ma
ton, the world has ever known.
But we must ask them in Ameri-
can communities, such as Homo
lulu undeniably is, not to place
themselves so completely in oppo-
sion to American ideas and insti-
buttons. forgive them more
easily, however, than | do my own
misguided countrymen who have
yielded their honest, free desires in
abject lick-spittling to the perpetu-
alton of an obsolete institution
such as monarchy is. 1t is dis
gushing to see such a man as Hon
Paul Neumann, who has been hon
ored by and prospered in the
States, to come here and, in oppo-
sition to all Americans, attempt tc
bolster up a shaky old throne such
as Hawaii boasts. The last Cab.
met, as announced by the Queen
is of thoroughly anti-American
proclivities. Because Sam Parker
registered as SIR Samuel Parker
at Coronado, was no reason for any
Americans bowling down to him
last summer. No American cares
for the royal dignity any more
than they do for their own Presi.
dents, and don't propose she shall
enjoy any greater prerogatives
either. They have determined
! (many of them unconsciously) not
only not to extend but greatly tc
limit the prerogatives of the Sow
ereign, and to place in the hands
of the PEOPLE the reins of govern.
ment. In this they are joined by
the best-thinking, most progressive
natives. Opposed to them are the
British residents almost to a man
and some Of the White-Nawahi
type of natives. But, my British
friends, it won't work. Westward
the star of the Republic wends its
way. The broad Pacific will not
stop it, and all it's islands shall be
numbered with the free, enlighten
ed republics, from the people, fol-
the people and by the people.