The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-28
A NEW ERA.
written by a Hawaiian }

human being, high or low, ri ch or
poor, domiciled on Hawaiian soil,
should stand steadfast and firm for
the rights with which he was en-
dowed by the deity from Genesis
down to the present era. From the
reign of Ksmehameha 1. to ex Queen
Liliuokslani there has been a series
of changes and uprisings caused by
aggression and despotism of ruler,
and weak monarchy, which has
eliminated in the present stable and
good government, of which l pre-
sumo the foundation will be laid by
those who hold The reins of power.
The actions of the ex- Queen in the
height of her ambition aud passion,
showed q wish to restore a constitu-
ton, through which she could rule
with absolute sway, for the benefit Of
herself and her sycophants, contrary
TO the wishes of her people and a
majority thereof. As time advances
knowledge increases, the intellectual
power of mankind progresses from
day to day, and it becomes necessary
to provide through legal channels
and by peaceable means for the
safety of lives and property. There
is no doubt in the minds of the Ha-
waiian people that revision of the
fundamental law is necessary, espe-
cially in the property franchise,
which has partially disfranchised
them since 1887.
The sovereign and her advisers
should have known that to pro,
mulgate new constitution from
the throne, the people not having the
least idea of its contents, was an act
OF revolutionary violence.
The delegates and her people
should have been advised to seek
their grievances through Legislative
channels, or make it one of their is,
sues by agitating at future election
campaigns, through which they might
have accomplished their object. As
our Anglo Saxon friends have come
here to remain for an indefinite peri
cd, and their capital is invested by
the millions, which they have earned
after many years of toll and labor,
they naturally do not wish it to be
threatened by the Queens revolution
airy measures.
Imagine moment ruler attempt
ing to restore to herself one half of
the voting power by appointing the
the house of Mobiles, as European
monarchs do where the people are
hampered by tyranny and oppression.
How weak, how powerless the Hawai-
ian monarchy must have been 70
be plucked up by thirteen revolution
lists and new government estab.
lished in place thereof.
The flag, the autonomy, the indie
pendence of a nation, whether power
full or weak, are ever dear to people,
but the time has arrived, by provi-
dence; the monarchy has collapsed
and is wiped out of existence.
The revelations of corruption and
iniquity in connection with the sover-
eign and the administration of the
Hawaiian Government in passing the
Lottery and Opium bills, which be-
came law, have gone further than
anybody's fears and are something
which must fill this nation with dis
may.
The intelligent, educated Hawai-
ians and property owners are not
going to take retrogressive step in
any event, but march onward to pro-
gressive ideas of liberty, freedom,
equality and fraternity"
Take the United States of America
as our example, so that we may be
guided for our future course. One
hundred years ago the inhabitants
numbered but one million; and now
the day may, before long, be seen
when they will number eighty mil
lion souls. 1t issues more news
papers in number and in aggregate
circulation than all the rest of the
world combined. America outnum-
bers the press of Great Britain six to
one or thereabout, and has nearly
half dozen daily papers which print
more copies every issue than doeS
the London Times. There are railS
roads with one hundred and fifty
thousand miles In operation, tele-
graph wires of about two hundred
and fifty thousand miles. We ISL
anders have no conception of the
extraordinary events which are daily
adding to the power and pride of this
gigantic nation. Within the last few
years territories more extensive than
the kingdoms Of Great Britain. Ire
land and Scotland, France and Italy,
put together, have been quietly, and
in almost matter-of-course fashion,
annexed to the Union.
In the Pacific Ocean these five
Powers-Englsnd, France, Holland,
Russia and Germany-are squarely
met by the United States, which,
without possessions or the wish of
them, has paramount influence in
Japan, the favor of China,
the friendly countenance of Rus
STA, and good feeling with
sill the great English colonies
planted there. The United States is
the only power on the broad Pacific
which has not been guilty of intrigue,
of double-dealiDg. of envy and of
bitterness, and it has taken the front
rank in influence without awakening
the dislike of any of its competitors.
Wonderful indeed has been her his
tory. Springing into life from under
the heel of tyranny, its progress has
been onward with the firm step of
conqueror From the broad Atlantic,
over the towering Alleghanies, the