The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-13
Hawaii.

of infamy that is overwhelming Para
mount" Blount and the administra-
ton, whose course in the Hawaiian
matter was fixed on the ex-parte re-
port of its commissioner. Minister
Willis apparently finds at Honolulu
such state of things for which instruc-
tons based on Commissioner Blount's
false and misleading representations
are so wretched misfit that he halts
in his movement upon the provisional
governm INT, and is waiting for revised
instructions. 1t is believed, further,
that the queen will not accept restora-
ton unless it is accompanied by a
guaranty that the United States will
prop up her unsteady throne and per-
NIT her to punish the leaders of the
late revolution.
Another witness Mr.. Blount did not
see fit to call in making his one-sided
Investigations is Rev. O. p. Emerson
of Honolulu, secret iry of the Hawaiian
Board of Missions, and of the Ha-
waiian Evangelical Association, who,
in an interview on Hawaiian affairs,
says:
The president has been msed. Govern
ment by the late Queen Liliuokalani could
never again be representative of the more
intelligent of the aboriginal Hawaiian pop
ulation of the islands. She is out of sympa-
tl,x- th.ah aat ~ 1nr
of this class who were in the late legislature,
men whom she could not corrupt, Joined
with the supporters of the provisional gov
eminent in repudiating her rule and in
seeking closer relations with this country.
They did this because they believed it best
for their people. Those of this aboriginal
class who represent the Hawaiian Chris
tianity have lost faith in their queen. Her
immoralities have offended them. Her en-
couragement Of idolatry has led them to
distrust her as a leader. Her support of the
deadly opium traffic and of the iniquitous
lottery bill has made them regard her as
shamelessly venal-as ready to sell the life
of her people for gold. 1 speak for those
with whom | am on terms of utmost init
macy when l say that the intelligent ma
tives of the Hawaiian pastorate have lost
faith in their queen. They build their
hopes for the Hawaiian people on a pure
Christianity. and they know that for the
y
tinuance, the Kalakouan dynasty has been
against their work. They know that since
the days of the Kamehamehas the Hawaiian
throne has exercised malign influence
that it has not only been in league with the
worst elements of civilization, but has even
had connection with the unspeakably de-
basing influences Of the old heather life.
The revival Of heathenism among the Ha.
waiians, which has occurred during the last
twenty years and which the good people of
the islands have been so reluctant to &C.
knowledge, is traceable directly to the
throne. The present provisional govern
ment represents good government at the
islands. 1t represents authoritative and re-
sponsible government. 1t stands for the
best civilization and for the right. 1t rep
resents the strongest elements in the land
ruling in the interest of the weakest and
most needy. 1t has back of it the wealth,
the intelligence, and the character of the
land. 1t represents the industries and the
commercial interests. 1t represents the
philanthropic and missionary enterprises.
There is, indeed, one potential class that it
does not represent, that is the criminal
class; and this, l confess, is troublesome
one.
The present provisional government of
Hawaii was not established by any plot
tings of any American minister resident.
1t was begotten in the heat of a strong
moral uprising against tyranny and corrup-
ton. 1t was established by Hawaiian citi-
zens, by Hawaiian voters by men who, in
the troubles brought upon that land by vi.
cious rulers, have learned to fight for a
cause, and who now, in Honolulu
alone, represent more than half thousand
minute men who can shoot straight with
Winchester and Springfield rifles. That
government represents no inconsiderable
portion of the voters of the land. 1t has
back OF 1t the entire Portuguese vote. 1t
carries by far the largest portion of the
American and German vote, and also not a
few OF English and native votes. Large
moneyed interests are involved in it, but
the majority interested in the provisional
government-the rank and file of this move
ment for reform-are men without large
wealth. When the time came for action,
for the striking down of tyrannous and
corrupt absolutism, artisans, mechanics,
clerks, professional men, laborers, as well
as heads OF mercantile houses, went into it.
The sons as well as the fathers of the house
hold rallied to the call to arms. Pupils
were there with their teachers, for the
spirit which makes for righteousness was
in the movement. No American guns were
trained on the palace; no United States
marines were drawn up against any forces
Of the queen. During the entire excitement
they kept, by order of their commander,
the attitude of neutrals. If they were a ter
ror to any, it was to evil-doers; If they were
menace to the queen, it was because she
was IN Inc wrong; II theg were an encour-
agement to those who established pro-
government, it was because they
were in the right. II in the statements 1
nave made L betray partisan heat, IL is be-
cause have been cognizant from first to
last of the atrocities perpetrated by Queen
Lilluokalani and her plant cabinet men
and legislature. | was an eyewitness to
the scenes of the revolution and know
whereof speak. / am Hawaiian born, and
a friend OF the Hawaiian people. / know
them. / speak their language as readily an
my own. My work is among them. 1 have
given my life to the cause Of Hawaiian
Christianity, as my father and mother did
before me, and If did not feel profoundly
convinced that the government OF the
islands is now in the hands OF those who
are Hawaiis best friends, would not speak
AZ have.
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