The Daily bulletin., 1893-02-10
A Hawaiian's STANDPOINT,
EDITOR BULLETIN

In these tumultuous times, when
party feelings are somewhat conflict
ing, take the liberty, through your
columns, to give my views "from a
Hawaiian's standpoint" In so do
ing | hope l will not be dubbed a
sorehead, disappointed office
hunter, or any of the numerous cpl
thets those are called who happen to
have a difference of opinion on
points at issue. To begin, then, |
would say: If the time has come that
the monarchy of Hawaii nei is to be
abrogated and become a thing of
the past, then |, as an Hawaiian,
want to annex, as soon as possible,
to the United States of America,
who has been so friendly to us in the
past. Let us not construe mat
ters, let us not be led away with
the idea that a protectorate will
fill the bill; let us have no halfway
measures. If we are to become
Americans, let us be a part of her,
and alone with it. Why this hag-
Cling about a "protectorate" or
closer relation to our good neighbor.
Let that "closer relation" mean a
part of her, and nothing short of it.
Perhaps it would not suit the pur-
pose of some; it might be treading
on their toes rather hard, neverthe-
less, "toes or no toes" let us have
the whole hog or none. On the other
hand, if the time has not come, that
the destiny of Hawaii nei should be
transferred over to another country,
then, 'by all that is good and holy"
let us make the best of it, by living
in peace and harmony with our
selves, and with the world in gen
eral. At any rate, let us hoomana-
wanui little while longer and wait
future developments. | have stood
shoulder to shoulder with the Re
form Party in all the movements for
good government. | have not been
backward to upbraid the wrongdoing
of those who sat in "high places in
the past. I curried no Court favor.
/ do not belong to the "Palace
crowd" SO called. l have always
been deadly opposed to any of
their misdeeds of the past,
but l must admit am not prepared
to endorse the sentiment of those
who have gone to such extremes as
confront us to-day. | believe the
time is not ripe for such measures. l
have doubt of the justice in the
step taken. l may be wrong, or ]
may be right. However, | have that
doubt in my mind, and claim the
benefit of that doubt illegally speak
ing). Some may say: "Well, the
Queen has no one to blame but her
self. She went a little too far" etc.
Admitting, then, the fault was hers,
for sake of an argument, let us for
moment review our present stu
alton, the cause of it, and see
whether we cannot see something
by which we ought to be lenient to-
ward one who was misadvised. 1t is
a well-known fact that nine-tenths
of the Hawaiians wanted a new con-
stitution. They tried hard through
their representatives to have it
brought about, but failed q want it
perfectly understood [ am not
to be included in this category, but
| was in favor Of amending some
parts of the Constitution, though
only by Constitutional measures).
AS last resort they sent a commit
tee to the Queen the last day of the
session, with the new Constitution
to have her promulgate it. She
tried to DO it but met opposition by
some of her newly elected Ministry.
She knew, perhaps, at the time she
was wrong, but there was such a
pressure on her mind, her love for
the people; her not wanting to dis
appoint them; her wanting them to
see it was not her sault if they did
not get it. She must have known
she was on dangerous ground, never
theless she risked everything for
their sake. Just here, then, it seems
to me, we cannot help but admire
her. To me, there is something SO
heroic, sublime, about her action
that | am forced to admit the
grandeur and self-sacrfcing act on
her part. Under such extenuating
circumstances, then, are we to jump
at such conclusions by going to
such extreme measures as we have
done, without giving her a chance
to retrieve? Or in other words
to repent for the rash acts
Have we not all been weighed
in the balance, and found wanting:
Were it not better, if we had taken
Noble Baldwin's advice, when he
said in that meeting at the Armory
81 want to stop all this" Stop what
We are led to believe, he must have
known what was coming, and, know.
ing, he for one was not in sympathy
with such extreme measures, Cf We
are permitted to guess his meaning)
he believed in teaching the Queen q
lesson, which she would not forget
very soon, "malaila, ua like ko n,auo
mdndO."
We must not lose sight of the fact
we are nothing but human, and, be
ing human are apt to err. If, then
it is human to err, is it not also hui
man to forgivel Nay more, we are ad
monished by that good old Book
not only to forgive our transgres
sors, but we are to love them, too
am reminded here of our Saviour's
answer to Peter, when he was il
doubt, whether one could be for
given after SHINING seven times. The
Saviours reply was, "Aye, seventy
times seven." If the answer was con.
elusive then, it must be SO now, 81
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