Evening journal., 1893-05-26

btH haiilhout auu lub WAoie tioVp
followed pell NELL, like boys rushing out
Of SCHOOL
The fact is, gallant Ben. Harrison"
chided Minister Stevens for unfuriing
Old Glory in token of assuming Ithe
government of a lot of half-savage
Kanakas, on a land upon which we
were trespassers, rather than owners,
or even occupiers; but Chairman Clark
son never was particular about facts.
Taking the occasion Of the "brief ac-
count of the revolution" in Honolulu, by
Minister Stevens, the Philadelphia In
quirer has pursued Chairman Clarkson's
style Of elucidation Of the subject in
manner that is eccentric and amusing.
This article gives a brief but sad histori-
cal statement Of the distressing condi-
tion of Hawaii, morally, financially,
politically and socially. The writer
represents such hopeless and helpless
absence Of all that civilization and
Christianity bring to a people that it
seems that no friend of the United
States, much less one of our citizens,
would entertain the suggestion. of annex
ing such country, inhabited by such a
people. for moment. But with that
same unembarrassed and cheerful avoid
auce of facts, which distinguished the
speech of Chairman Clarkson, the In
quirer man in mentioning these un.
pleasant facts states that:
The address (of Minister Stsvens)
makes out a very strong case In favor OF
the annexation Of Hawaii.
In other words, the darker the picture
of the "semi barbaric monarchy, which
became even more corrupt when Liliuo-
kalani .ascendsd the throne" and the
more degraded the people, who sub
mittsd to the venal legislators who
passed the opium and lottery acts, the
more the necessity there is that this
government should take such moral and
political rottenness and nurse it into
health. 1t is curious argument that
the fouler and nastier a thing is the
stronger reason why we should take hold
of It. Because the Kanakas are in
capable of self government Eis no reason
why we should consider ourselves under
obligations to govern them, and less rea-
sonswhy we should have sany claim upon
their land and property.
Such as the land and the government
are, they are theirs not ours.
With the same delightful and refresh
ing inconsistency the Inquirer says:
1t is not pleasant picture that Mr.
Stevens draws of the Hawaiian mon
archy that Charles Nordhoff would lik'
to see restored by the fiat and sustained
by the power of the United States.
AS matter of fact, Mr. Blount Il
taking no part in the little muddles o
Honolulu. He is not restoring anythin,
or anybody except the Old Glory to it
own territory-an American ship. He /
the quietest and most unsatisfactor
man to quarrel with, or about, imagiu
able. The Kanakas. the Queens, tn
provisional governors and the excite
annexationists are iluttering about t.
please their own peculiar tastes, withou
a word or a sign from Mr.. Blount, as t
whether he is an anueSer or sensibl
man, who does not want nasty thin
that is not worth having, and whic
could not get away if we did want it,
The Inquirer man. referring to the ruler
says their private lives and public acl
were alike vicious and demoralizing an
f not to be endured by people capable {
f asserting their independence But sti
a he asserts that "Mr. Stevens was on
spoken for annexation from the outse
O and in this respect the only acousatio
that has been made against him is h
{ complete devotion to the interests of b
;. own country"
S Does it not occur to the mind of mai
. who has not got into the annexatio
d craze, that Minister Stevens should n,
f have been "outspoken" at any tim
O most Of all "at the outset, for anne,
g ing such a people
5 Have we not the Sioux, the Naval
- and the American workingmen" in Il
10 protected industries Of Pennsylvania
8 Have we not the negroes, the Chimes
2. and the carpet baggers from the state
r. Quay? What do we want with tho
e leprous Kanakas and mutinous Port
- guese
IS Is it not, after all, the most arrant no
e. sense to talk soberly about annexing
% people like those people and selling the
N territory without any warrant, any e
le cuse, or benefit to us or to them? v
le could seize Hayti or Mexico, or any
r. the states of Central or South Ameri
lie on the same plea Of disorders and wi
I. much better prospect of getting val
m able returns for our time, trouble al
ID expense
ne Is it not arrant folly also, now th
ut the Harrison administration is out, wi
er no hope Of return, to continue to apo
al gize for its errorsg