The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-27


Of il la his veins. could want to-day Ia
take the place of old King George and
coercc the men of his own flesh Of his
own flag and of his own speech be-
cause they are Americans enough not
! to bow down before thu tgreat
/ applause and cheers. ! j, not be-
heve, fellow citizens. that any man
who has taken that i.usi ION las a
right TO revolutionary sires but thank
! Sod that there are Americans Wh have
| spoken since the infamies of Gresham
who have patriotic blood and ancestry.
and thank God again that il they get
the opportunity to speak IN the way
| they would they will be heard in the
earthquake voice of ma jOfiiips like
those OF Pennsylvania and New York
| great appause). Fellow citizens we
are few. but il was said of old that one
with God is IA majority, and surely
that cause which has Christian civil
zation on its side; which stands tor
Christianity and morality, as well as
liberty. will have Almighty aid. (Ap-
plause.) | say, gentlemen, we are few.
Some of us are Hawaiians of American
descent; some of us are Americans by
birth, inheritoIs of Lexington and Con
cord (crics of Hear, hear some of
us are Germans. whose sturdy manli-
ness was never known to compromise
with an enemy in arms (applause). some
of us are British by birth and inherit,
perhaps. the British love of constitu.
tional liberty, not overawed 10y respect
to thrones: some, again, are of Latin
blood, and among them centuries of
subject life has not quenched the spark
of democratic aspiration (applause); but
though we are of many bloods. yet we
are of one mind great applause) and
that one mind means loyalty to the Pro-
visional Government no less in ITS hour
of peril than in its hour of apparent
triumph. Great applause If we are
dispossessed. ! take il that it must be by
the armed forces of the United States.
Illegally and unconstitutionaly ordered
for coelclVe purpose, and trlumphing
over such legal. as well as patriotic OPP
position rs our policy may see fit to put
in line. Let us have hope and faith that
If this outrage comes to us the time will
be when the United States, in wiser and
truer and more patriotic hands, will
undo the wrong and repair the infamy
Cries of Hear, hear" and applause.) ]
want to say in closing that it is our
duty. forgetting all past disser sions and
minor differences. to close ia solid
ranks about the Provisional Govern
ment. Great applause.) We heed to do
this for two reasons: One. to suppress
all domestic insurrection with hand
of IRON, and the other to compel Mr..
Cleveland, if he intends to follow out
the course SO far outlined. to do it by
violation of the constitution which con
fers the act of war upon Congress alone,
and thus expose himself to merited i'm
parchment great APPLAUSE We cannot
fire upon the American flag nor upon
the men in blue-our brothers and our
conference.-the we can so resist the
progress of the American troops us to
make their capture of this Government
by President Cleveland's orders an in
fraction of the constitution great APP
plause). And that, fellow citizens, |
believe we have the power to do, and
not only the power TO do, but the will
inguess to do great and continued APP
plausc) Here some one in the crowd
called for three chez s for Mr.. Smith,
which were given with will.
p. c. JONES SPEECH
Grover Cleveland has been heard from
Oaughter). The American people are
being heard from Qaughler). The next
Congress is yet 10 be heard from 0augh-
ter and applause). think that Grover
Cleveland, i'll completing his plan to re-
store the monarchy here. should have
done one more thing. and that is, he
should have issued an order that all
four of the original members of the Exc
cutive Council of the Provisional Gov
ernment should be shot on the day of
TIE restoration Qaughter). That IN itself
would have roui ded out the whole
scheme and would h We afforded a great
deal of pleasure t" some Royalists
| Qaughter). Our motto. you know, is
Liberty or death" great applause)
with, as the fellow said. very strong
preference to the former Qaughterl. In
thinking over the question, fellow
citizens, there is one thing that comes
to me very clearly, and that is. our duty
at this time to the Provisional Govern.
ment (cries of "stick to it, is to stand
by it and support the executive. They
are the men who are bearing the brunt
and the burden and the strain of the
day (applausel. We must help them
with our arms. with our hands. with
our tongues. with our prayers. and with
every instrument that we can help them
with. We should help them (cries of
1--WE will. They are all good men and
true. think the time has been taken
up with speeches and | must be very
brief, fellow citizens. In 1881 when
Grover Cleveland was first chosen Presi
dent of the United States it was said
that he obtained his election by three
RS. Rum, Romanism and Rebe lion
You all know the story, and it is ,in.
necessary for me to tell it TO YOU. To-
day, fellow citizens. Grover Cleveland
stands impeached before the American
colony of Hawaii by three Rs, and |
hope that very soon the United States
Congress will also impeach him unless
he retracts. Cheers and applause. }
Now those three RS are the Restoration
of "A Rotten Royalty. daughter and
applause. But, fellow citizens, we are
not alone in condemning this; there are
sixty millions of our own countrymen
in our own country backing MS up.
! (Cheers.) And furthermore, fellow
citizens. | believe that God Almighty is
with MS. (Cheers.) | believe that on
the 18th of January He was with us.
and believe He has been with us ever
since: and in His own time and in His
own way He will let us out into large
place. And so say, let us thank God
and take courage. Cheers and applause).