The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-10-02

He concluded saying:

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He concluded saying:
Common decency and common graft
tude should prevent these surs and insi-
nuations on the United States. II ,Uds
an insult to tie opposition, which was not
less loyal than The Cabinet, and the ideas
were advanced simply to keep the Cab
met in power.
l say the case of the Rev. Mr.. OLE
son is different from that of Mr..
Thurston, and for this reason: Mr..
Thurston is Hawaiian born, land Ha-
wall is his country. He was lead
ing man in Hawaiian politics, hold
ing his seat in the Legislature large
ly by native votes and by his oath to
be faithful to the government. If
he spoke in his official capacity it
was his duty to speak the truth. He
stood there con honor" But when
he told the Legislature and his ma
tive constituents that he, a member
of the opposition, "was not less 10y
al than the Cabinet" he knew that
he had, only the previous spring,
approached members of Congress in
Washington, among them, / believe,
Mr.. Blount, to see whether he
could not persuade them to favor
annexation of Hawaii to the United
States.
The Rev. Mr.. Blossoms case is very
different from that of Minister
Thurston. That much it is only
just to Mr.. Oleson to say for him.
THE REVOLUTION REAcTIoNARY.
As to Mr.. Thurston, he was one
of the leaders in thoroughly re-
dictionary revolution. We of the
United States have sympathized with
revolutions in other countries, be-
cause revolutions have been general
ly uprisings by the people against
despotism and for greater liberty.
But the revolution of which Mr..
Thurston was one of the leaders,
and which with the potent help of
Minister Stevens created the Provi-
sional Government, is a thoroughly
reactionary movement, whose aim,
as it, course has showns is to crush
out liberty and free government in
Hawaii and establish an oligarchic
despotism. Such movement GER
tainly does not deserve the sympa-
thy of Americans. The government
established in Hawaii by the mis-.
sionary fathers was free and popular
in its character. Under it, while
the missionaries and planters, the
foreigners, had very great influence
the popular liberties were secure
and all, natives and foreigners, en-
joyed peace, freedom, order and the
protection of wise laws. Naturally
there was general contentment
How is it that the revolutionary
Provisional Government has put
forth sedition laws, no bail laws, anC
is just now proposing even to abo
lish trial by jury? How is it that
while under the missionary fathers
there was lawful and orderly govern
ment and general contentment, the
missionary children" fortify them
selves in the palace, keep an "army'
in the palace cellars and arm theil
outside followers, giving these in
structions to turn out at once OF
the ringing of an alarm bell? Thei
fathers never found it needful tc
take such precautions. 1t is because
this revolution is not for, but against
liberty and free government.
NO CoNCEALMENT OF PURPOSE.
The purpose of this reactionar,
movement has not been concealed
The Hawaiian Gazette, the organ O.
the Provisional Government, fo
March IA last, in an editorial article
on the then newly established Brit
ish rule in the savage Gilbert ISLAND
group, spoke thus:
We do not doubt in the least that Brit
ish rule in Gilbert Islands is proving ant
will continue to prove blessing, as tn,
abolition of the monarchy will prove
blessing here. British rule means tn
substitution of intelligent, stable ant
progressive government for the misrul,
of semi-barbarians. Hawaii is furthe
advanced than the Gilbert Islands, bu
native rule here has been wanting, as j
has been there. The fifty years trial il
self-government which has been granted
to the Hawaiian should certainly hav
been long enough to enable him fully t
prove his quality. That the opportunit
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affords an instance of patience and gen
erosity on the part of the naturally dc
ninant race for which a parallel may
sought in vain elsewhere. Nations, Xix
individuals, are subject to the inexorabl
laws of evolution, and no philanthrop
can save the weak and degraded fror
extinction. Sovereignty in this worl
is to the intellectually and morally strong
who prove their title by the conquests {
mind. What has happened in Hawaii
but the necessary outcome of the logi
of events. The wheels will go around i
spite of the sentimentalist. That til
change in Hawaii rendered necessar
by the progress should hurt til
feelings of any decent person is
matter of severe regret. The nece
sity of it is best expressed by Victc
Hugo, who wrote on sorrowful occasion
THE world is huge wheel, which col
not move without crushing some one"
On May 10 last the Pacific Advel
tiser, Provisional Government o.
gan, published with editorial al
proval lecture on "Politic;
Maxims and the Ballot" which
said "was read before the Hawaiia
Mission Children's Society May
1888" by Mr.. Curtis j. Lyons, hin
self, believe, the descendant of