The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-08-09
Continued from LIST Page.)
Minneapolis letter writes, "You or /

minneapolis letter wrlteSs You or
would be ostracised for a 1.-THE OF
the wickedness of which the ex-
Queen is guilty" Ostracised' Is
there one of thom that ever refused,
for himself or his daughters, invita-
tions to sit at the Queens table, even
to the very eve of the revolutions
And when | went to the opening SER
vice of the Central Union Church
last December, at which both the
authoress of these letters and the
Rev. Serene Bishop took part, was L
not told that there was only one
seat unoccupied, namely, the pew
reserved for the Queen9 That is a
strange form Of ostracism, which
condonos in q queen what it de-
nounces in fugitive. have no
means of knowing whether these
charges against the Queen are
true or false; but no whisper
of the charge of idolatry had
reached my ear when the revo-
luton occurred, and nothing in the
public or private life of the Queen
is known to me, that could justify
the other charges. Moreover, those
who make these charges must have
known as much about them when
they condoned them, as they do now
that they seek to make political
capital out of them. The public of
Minneapolis have been informed
that | dearly love position, and I am
afraid this is true, for l am proud
and thankful to-day, to know that l
| hnI E.l If
nor spoken one dishonorable word,
nor grudged either time or effort in
my determination that my name
should not be amongst those whose
regulations will have found their
grave in this years history. This is
a position which | am not ashamed
to covet.
1t is heart breaking to think Of
the names that have been lowered
by mistaken craftsmanship in this
miserable broil, and SO much of it is
done under cover of scriptural
quotations. Minneapolis readers are
informed that ] do not believe the
whole of the Bible, and that 1
would omit the inspired statement,
"Though hand JOIN in hand the
wicked shall not go unpunished.'
Sir, fully believe that text to be
true, but | am not sure that the
description "the wicked" was in
tended particularly to apply to the
sovereign or nation OF Hawaii, to the
exclusion Of white men. In the 9th
verse of a subsequent chapter by the
same sacred writer (Solomon) l find
that those who are glad at calami-
ties shall not go unpunished," and
when read Of the exultation over
the PROSTATE form of Hawaii, and
the attempted violation of her
nationality, | am tempted to ask who
have joined hand in hand? and vho
have been glad at her calamities?
One is generally accustomed to
look for the instruments of the
Divine displeasure amongst the
Philistincs and frogs, and fiery SER
pents; | have never wished to asso-
ciate myself with the scourges OF
mankind, bui have rather taken rest
and refuge in the words of Him who
said with His own loving lips, "Let
him that is without sin cast the first
stone" Truly the wicked shall not
go unpunished, but-"Vengeance is
mine; will repay, saith the Lord
Are the Minneapolis readers tc
understand that annexation was
adopted as a means of Furnishing
"the wicked?" This is surely strange
doctrine for Christian annexation
lists to advance.
Finally, in this connection let me
refer to the sentence pronounced
against those Israelites who violated
the treaty which Joshua had made
with the Gibeonites. The Gideon.
ties had obtained the treaty by
fraud, and it became very inconveni.
ent TO the chosen people to keep it,
but they had to learn at terrible
cost what sacred thing treaty is
(This may he profiably studied in
2 Samuel, list chapter, End verse.)
But, sir, do not want to indulge
in recrimination. | want to work
} for peace and quiet. This could
have been secured at the outset by
, honest compromise with the Queen
who would probably have consent.
: ed to abdicate then, to secure the
throne for her race. As then urged
upon the Commission at Washing.
ton, they might have secured new
constitution and a new Sovereign
with intelligent control. l do moi
know that the Queens abdicatior
is either attainable or desirable now
and l am sure the succession O.
Princess Kaiulani would be most un
desirable under such conditions o
heat and contention as now exist
On the other hand there can be NJ
Government worth the name, which
is not based on content without
bayonets. Is there any promise O
: such content in Hawaii now?
The United States will surely no
embroil themselves i'll the presen
condition and what is the end to be
viii reasonable men on both side
honestly work for peace, even at thu
cost Of some self-denial, and &C
Acknowledgement of past errors?
+ am convinced that compromis
and peace are possible, and that tn
: tendency to disorder will grow rapid
ly unless some avenue of peace ca
r be opened.