The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-06

vs. AOiNNS "NaS hNANiJ ~ahH'Ny~Nf 80
they had been before in an era of
popular excitement here, in protecting
American property. "What revolution
airy force, then, does the STAR refer
top II Mr.. Davies will call at the
photograph galleries he will find pic
lures there, taken on January 18th, of
the armed men in motley garb who
overthrow the Queen. He will see at
a glance that they were not American
troops and he will recognize the faces
of many of them as those of residents Of
these Islands of long standing. We will
take the liberty Of saying, also, that the
files OF our contemporary, the Adper
HSer, will give him more enlightenment
on this subject.
TO quote further:
do not propose to criticise in any degree
these statements or admissions of yours, but
am curious to know how they will be dealt
with by Mr.. Curtis !. Lyons. who recently
stated in your columns that Hawaii had
"offered to forego her sovereignty thereby
evidently intending to convey that the abo-
rhymes had Joined in that offer which you
and deny
We do not think that Mr. Davies
draws fair inference from the words
lquoted If the new Provisional Gov
eminent of Brazil should overthrow
Peix ito, and after possessing itself Of
the capital and of all the functions OF
authority, should tender that country
tn the United States and maintain the
terms of the offer through ten months
of uninterrupted rule, it would be
proper to say that Brazil had offered
to forego her independent government.
This would be wholly true in law and
usage, whether the wishes of the natives
OF Brazil had been ascertained at the
ballot or had remained without ex
preston. The STAR, of course, does
not assume to cheat Mr., Lyous out Of
his own rejpinder; but ii will not hest
tate on its own account to use the
words attribute d to him with the mean
ing herein sccepte d and explained.
Mr. Davies is pleased to say that the
status quo in Hawaii is the result Of
either conquest or usurpation. Assur-
eddy there has been no conquest; and
as for usurpation that is a name which
every successful revolt has gained tron
those whom its triumph had discounted
or overthrown. In English parlance
the mighty work of the first Napoleon
was that Of an usurper. George Wash
ington, when he succeeded to the
power of George III in the American
colonies Of Great Britain, was al
usurPer. NJ. Garnet, inheriting as h,
does the seat of M. Theirs, is al
hereditary usurper. But out Of suci
:. "usurpations" what vast results to civil
ization have accrued. If the Provis
I ional Government of Hawaii is al
usurpation it is legal one, recognize {
as such by two great nations. Let II
: add that it is more than this, wthal
1t is a decent and honest system o
rule supplanting that Of bribetaker
and harots. 1t is the concrete form
Of that moral sense which rebellet
against opium privileges, a gam
bling saturnalia and reckless
not criminal law-making. Again
it is a protest in the name of annexation
to free country against a monarch
z who, forgetting her oath to sustain tn
D charter of the land, sought to enforc
I avs of her own making for despoti
v purpose. True, the Provisional Gov
y eminent may be an usurpation; but
is that Of light over darkness, decenc
S over indecency, right over wrong, civil
u zation over -barbarism and of in
{ tegrity, and knowledge over corruption
II and ignorance Mankind is lifted up
y ward by usurpations such as this; an
l. in proof-of it witness what the nativ
: Hawaiians might become if left to tax
Is their own backward footsteps in cor
t trast with what they might achieve
n they should be kept, as part of tn
e American column, in elbow touch wit
n the forward movement of Wester
II civilization.
W IN SMALL BUSINESS.