Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-11-17


Referring 20 the dreadful social aud
moral condition of Hawaii Minister
Stevens says Of Queen Liliuokalani that
The death Of her brother followed by
hat of her lawfGl husband, did not pre-
vent her from appointing TO the chief
executive Office of the islands the Tahitan
half white who had sustained scandalous
relations Go her. and whom she now in
stalled Boo her palace, though be had 70
lawfully married wife; and her chamber
lain. paii out of the government treasury.
was always at his post TO discharge
palace duties. Even this astounding ex
hibItion of shame, and the low character
of her white retalners and con6dants.
the Hawaiian public endured without
overt acts of protest and indignation.
The worse the astounding condition
o. the people, the lower the character of
the Queen and cher white retaiuers. and
the more stolidly the Hawaiian public
endured those evils "without overt
acts OF protest and Indignation the less
we have 20 do with them The claims
Tor our interference heretofore have been
based on the statement that we wers
helping the people" Hawaiian public"
Ito rebel against evils which they could
not endure. Mr.. Stevens knocks that
prop away by admitting that we are to
decide that the Hawaiians ought not to be
permitted Co endure them that we shall
determine what they must not endure
The New York Sun, an rdent annoxa
zionist, says
We, ourselves, believe, in view of the
testimony laid before our state and navy
departments IN the early part of this
year, that there never WAS more right
eous revolution than that which broke
out in January at Honolulu 1t was
promoted by the determination of the 10
telhgent and reputable elements of the
population TO avert threateled
reversion TO tine savage despotism from
which the islands had emerged only
during the present century.
lf Che case is SO bad, either there
ought TO have been a sufficiently powerful
and numerous body of the intelligent
and reputable elements Of the people
70 overthrow the old government and
maintain the new without This interven-
ton Of our marines. or we ought to let
them alone
II NOT, what hope or warrant have we
for establishing a better condition Of
aGhrsl What reason have we for as.
suming The responsibility and care Of
such people, or of annexing their miser-
able country TO ours and placing their
people ON equal terms Of citizenship
gith our cit'zensY
These things prove too much for
the annexers The worse ex Minister
Stevens makes the picture the less we
are disposed to annex the country: The
more Disguised We should be with them
and the less we should have TO do with
them till they are better. This is an the
more evident when &c Is stated that we
have been sending missionaries there for
more than half a century, and have exc
pended 81 500. 600 10 Christian efforts 70
improve them with the results as stated.
We do not need any more such people
We are trying earnestly now TO prevent
The immigration Of people who are below
our standard of social. moral, political
and religious conditions If the Hawaiians
are too bad 60 De improved after such
Efforts they are too bad to be taken into
our loving embrace.