The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-01-24

the rest Of yan, Tia: t. tt. tic actions Of the
! Queen have put the country in a very
critical situation. Before this revo-
lutionary act Of Her Majesty, we were
| getting along. A Ministry had been
appointed which would probably have
been able to pull us through. The
Mckinley Bill had put the whole
country into critical situation. We
were working up new industries. Mr..
| Dillingham; was trying to build q rail-
road around this island. The Queen
seems to have blinded herself to all
/ these things. She has followed
whim of her own-a within of an ire
| sponsible body of Hawaiians-and
| tried to establish q new Constitution.
We must stop this; but we must not
go beyond Constitutional means. |
favor the resolution, but think the
committee should act within the Con-
stitution. There, is no question that
the Queen has done a revolutionary
act-there is no doubt about that.
The Queens proclamation has not in
spired confidence; but shall we not
teach her to act within the Constitu-
ton? Loud calls of "No."7 Well,
gentlemen, 1 am ready to act when
the time comes.
]. EMMELUTH wished to say few
words on the situation. He had heard
the Queens speech at the Palace, and
noted the expression of her face. 1t
was fiendish. When the petitioners
filed out he reflected on the fact that
thirty men could paralyze the bust
ness of the community for twenty
four hours. 1t was not they that did
it, but the schemers behind them, and
perhaps woman too. 1t was not the |
Hawaiians that wanted the new Con- |
stitution not those who worked. |
This was the third time that he had |
shut his doors, let his men go, and |
came up to this building. II would |
be the last time. If we let this time |
go by We would deserve all we would |
get. An opportunity came once in |
every lifetime. 1t had come to US,
and if we finished as we should, q
repetition Of last Saturday would |
never occur in this country again. |
Applause We must stand shoulder |
to shoulder. There was but one course
to pursue, and we would all see it. |
The manifesto of this morning was /
bosh. az won't do it any more; but
give me chance and I'll do it again"
If the Queen had succeeded last Satur-
day, myself and you would have been
robbed of the privileges without
which no white man can live in this |
community "Fear not, be notafraid,"
was written in my Bible by my |
mother twenty-five years, age. Gen
tlemen, have done. AS far as the |
Hawaiians are concerned, all have an |
aloha for them, and we wish to have |
laws enabling us to live peaceably to-
gether.
r. J. GREENE - Fellow citizens: |
Among the many things never could |
do was to make an impromptu speech. |
/ have tried it over and over again |
and never succeeded but once, and |
that was after five weeks preparation. |
Our patience has been exhausted. We |
all agree about the case. The question |
is the remedy. John Greene of Rhode |
Island entered the war OF the Revolu- |
ton and served throughout. His son, |
my father, served through the war of |
1872, until that little matter was set
tied. In 1862 John Greene, my father, |
stood before Il meeting like this, and
said he had four sons in the war,
of whom / was the youngest, and
would serve himself if he was not too
old. This experience has BIASED my
judgment as to some matters of civil
government. 1t is too late to throw
obstacles across the path of its pro-
gress here. ] have adopted this flag
and am loyal to it, but am not will
ing to go one step back in the matter
OF civil liberty, and will give the
last drop of Rhode Island blood in my
veins 10 go forward and not back.
[Cheers.l
Chairman WILDER read the latter
part of the resolution.
1t was passed by a unanimous
standing vote, without dissenting
voice, and amid tremendous cheers,
after which the meeting broke up.