The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-20

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1893.
NOT TO BE COERCED.

W. ~ DL NOL-NNE
The admission of c. b. Wilson
TO the Marshal that he is trying
by means of arrests and bonds, to
enforce the STARS silence about his
and the late Queens record, is what
might have been looked for i'll the
man Bullying is his familiar
recourse. We must say to him,
however, that he has failed to APP
preciate the STAR if he thinks that
it can be swayed from a public
duty by the prospect of arrest, the
coercive whip or even by the threat
to murder. The business of this
journal includes the printing of
reasons why the monarchy was
annulled and why it should not be
restored. 1t is proper, therefore,
to publish the record and influences
of the men who shaped the course
Of the ROYAL Government and who
would guide its destinies if that
uuspeakable form of misrule
should again be put in mo-
ton. Charles B. Wilson, thief
and paramount, was the political
lieutenant Of the Queen. In spite
of his meagre intellect and the vice
that festered i'll him, he had more
To say about the conduct of public
affairs than had the Cabinet itself.
lie was the dull, brute power be-
hind the throne. To-day he is,
next to his eX-Royal mistress, the
foremost champion of the old order;
and tomorrow, if some miracle or
crime should place Liliuokalani in
power again, he would attempt to
dictate as of old to the Christian
and civilized community of these
afflicted Islands. 1t is a fair ques-
ton to put before the world whether
a monarchy which had such bars
sinister as Wilson upon its coat of
arms-not to speak now of Others
that had been pictured i'll these
columns - was not righteouSly
abolished and could be decently
revived. We mean that even the
thoughtless shall halt and realize
from what hands Hawaii has
escaped and into what hands some
misguided men are seeking to have
it placed again as captive i'll gives
of steel.
The STAR has been using Viii
son, Colburu and the rest as types
of what the monarchy spawned and
what it would breed again if it had
way and room. Assuredly the
spectacle Of all officer with a war.
rant will not turn the paper from its
course. There is no motto for pub
lie journal, in its dealing with crime
and criminals, better than that OF
William Lloyd Garrison: Il will
not excuse, l will not extenuate,
and | will notretreat a single inch.
Wilson's record as an eXemplal
of the discarded Government was
fairly and ably stated by Colonel
Ashford, who is man who knows
the Royalist history Of these Isl
ands and has the courage to tel,
the truth about it, It was really
the purpose Of this journal, in print.
ing Colonel Ashtord's complete and
telling narrative, to dispose of Viii
sons case therein and pass on tc
the public record of other claimants
who had also made a football OF
official honor But the cX Marshal
chooses to have it otherwise. With
the pretenCe of a virtue which he
never knew, he presumes to pose
as an innocent and injured man.
He challenges proof and attacks his
last accuser through the law, in
the hope that he may coerce
his historians into silence. The
STAR will not fail to meet him.
Indeed it will lash this branded
Culprit until his back shall blush
with stigma as damning as the
prison stripes he ought to wear,
and until his head shall be as much
the mark of public shame as that
OF any ielon who ever had the sign
Of the barbered convict OH his
brow. Arrests may come and ar
rests may go, but Charles B. Will
son will now be kept i'll the pillory
so long as he or his dares challenge
the record that convicts him of
meaner sins and crimes than any
done by the unhappy creatures