The Daily bulletin., 1893-02-11

Oh views which you have made, will
be held to reflect largely the views
of the Missionary Party, and of the
Church with which you are connect
ed. Is it not of overwhelming i'm
portance that those whose names,
and whose fathers names, have
been associated with the early intro
duction of Civilization and Christ
ianity should retain to the
end the confidence and faith
of the Hawaiian people7 Can any
thing in the way Of profit or worldly
prosperity make up for the great
loss which the Missionary Party
would sustain, il the natives, whom
they and their fathers came to teach,
should learn to identify them with
the enemies instead of with the
friends of Hawaii And yet l fear
that this process has already begun,
and that unless we rouse ourselves
to recognize and to adopt the stan
dards Of national morality and loyal
ty which Christendom has proclaim
ed, whether for large nations or for
small, we shall find that the esti-
mate which the native has formed to
our disadvantage, is being held by
the world at large.
You ask me not to express my
opinions too freely in Honolulu; but
| must express them freely, for our
honor is at stake; and can have no
part-not even silent part-in the
growth of disloyalty, which would
divest itself of Sovereign and flag
and Constitution, without any more
justification than that of desire for
profitable union" with another
country, and which would leave of
Hawaii nothing but it's geography.
have no desire to make Phari-
sale display of my own disinterested-
ness, and write these lines from a
sense of panied duty. There was to
me something inexpressibly touch
ing in the words with which Hawaii
ans recently acknowledged my eff
forts to defend their nationality; and
that sentence in the Hawaiian ad-
dress, presented to me on their In
dependence Day-"our people have
found in you a true friend '"-will
live in my memory always. But why
should these words have been ad-
dressed to me "a comparative
stranger-instead of to one of those
men who have been born among
them, and shared their allegiance7
Is not this direct confirmation of
the statement of mine to which you
first took exception, wherein l said
that many of those who ought to be
directing Hawaiian affairs, had lost
their influence7
The Hawaiian is apparently a
perishing race, but so long as there
are men enough amongst them to
pen such an address as they sent to
me, so long do I pray that 1 and
mine may be true to- them, and not
for any profit join in the attempt to
sweep them into the grave of an
nexation.
I have dealt thus far with this
question, simply as one of right and
wrong, but in conclusion it may be
we'll for me to say few words of a
more practical nature.
l believe annexation, if feasible
would 4demoralize our labor; would
destroy all our commerce except
with California, by tying us up to
the contingencies and uncertainties
of the United States tariff; and
would tremendously increase the
{ cost of living, besides destroying all
competition with European manu-.
factures. 1 am aware that l shall be
met here by the allegation that
am an Englishman and that l want
, to push on British interests. I can,
, not occupy time in any defence OF
, my motives, and 1 must ask such
critics to stand aside, and to let me
7 address myself to others who will
, care more for my words than for my
( motives.
In my ideal, nay in my possible
, vision of Hawaii as she may be, and
, ought to be, l would have:
1st-A sovereign who would never
r reward personal favorites with pub
, lie offices. The sovereign must sci
the example of sacrificing persona
} preferences to public good, and car
only succeed, by leaving to the loya
3 statesmen who are charged with the
1 responsibility of government, the
. choice of instruments.
, 2nd-Statesmen who would un
l equivocally and Loyalty pledge them
r selves to place Hawaiian independ
S ence in the forefront of their policy
. and guard as sacredly the solemn
trust committed to them by the Ha
Y waiian Sovereign as though they
Q were dealing with the land and flae
: of their birth or their ancestry.
: 3rd-Homeborn or native citizens
who would be true to the Constitu
: tion as it is, with all it's defects
t until constitutionally altered), a,
t the only charter of their liberty
Q who would utterly refuse to listen tc
: the voice of those who would trea
0 with hostility or treachery eithe
!; their sovereign or their feIlow-citi
J. zens.
4th-Foreign born citizens whe
1 would be absolutely loyal to tn,
: nation which has admitted them tt
@ citizenship, and who would seek tt
Q build up there such commonwealth
= as nearly all persons living in othe
: countries regard as our true future
o Is it too much to hope that within
S the seas that wash our shores, sucl
a community can be found?
: There must be some men who will
d be adventurers to the end, who vii
> sell thair hi RIGHT for n mace ~