The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-05-29
That Ripe Pear.
EDITOR BULLETIN

EDITOR BULLETIN
In the address-or what might
more fitly be termed the parting
kickoff j. l.. Stevens which you
published on Wednesday last occurs
the following:
"Without the expenditure of
single American life or dollar of
American gold, they offer the rich
prize, this splendid possession of
the Pacific, to the American govern
ment, in trust for the American peo-
pie. Never was such a prize before
offered as a gift to great nation"
1t takes some hard persuading to
convince ones self that a man who
could write such wicked sentiment
as this, should be outside the walls
of a lunatic asylum or some other
place of confinement.
"They offer the rich prize" Who
are they? What was their title to the
splendid possession" of a kingdom7
The morality of the Calabrian ban
dit would just about fit Stevens
ideal of common honesty. The
mountain robber chief arms his band
and waits in ambush for prize,
pretty much on the Stevens plan,
and when his scouts scent wealthy
ripe pear" in the form of defense
less traveller off his guard, they sim
ply run him in and "without the ex-
penditure of single bandit life or
J dollar of money" they strip him and
agree to parcel out the belongings
of their captive. The parallel might
be extended, but the Italian brigand
don't appeal to the pious memory of
any plymouth Rock" to sanctify
his theft; on the contrary, he knows
himself as an outlaw, an enemy to
church and society, and the State
has set a price on his head.
The buncomb in this address of
Mr.. Stevens is we'll balanced by his
pretence of stating fact. What a
perversion Of truth this Plymouth
Rock saint INDUCED in when he
wrote that "seven-eighths of the
property of the country" supports
the Provisional Government, as he
must have known that one-eighth
would be nearer the mark.
The whole paper is an incoherent
illogical tumble of weak jingoism.
Every line reveals the fact that Ste
vens came here with the fixed plan
of tripping the government on every
possible occasion in order to convey
the "rich prize" of nation, by con-
quest of his country's arms, needless
of the protests of the people.
Stevens is gone, and his valedic-
ton, which has gone before him,
will serve to confirm the American
public in the verdict which they
have already pronounced on this
case; but unfortunately we are not
likely soon to forget him, for his &C.
ton has aroused national antipathies
among the white population, such
as were hitherto unknown. All Am
orleans who are honest to their con-
victions and would not bow the
knees to Stevens are boycotted
Other nationalities are of course in
the same way, and the net residue
of MIR. Stevens mission as Minister
to Hawaii is that he has succeeded
in dividing the whites into two
hostile camps:;-h his pets and his
"hoodlums." And what final. out
cOne-Cne IacClOnal arrogance OF
the pet section may produce is not
a matter of much doubt if the same
insolent tone, which is being just
now INDUCED in by the lingo party
and their press, is going to continue
The intention of the jingoites o.
ignoring the Hawaiians in the whole
business may be permitted by the
party of the "hoodlums," who will
numerically and otherwise prove
their capability of taking care O.
themselves without their Hawaiian
allies.
AS to the honor of the flag abou
which Stevens and his follower.
yelled SO, it became dishonored il
his hands when he used it as an en-
blem of conquest and coercion.
Make AUPUNI.