The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-04-19

to do so until some other understand
ing Is arrived at BY mutual agreement.
LII, through native opposition, annexa-
ton does not take place, Protectorate
Will DE the result. AS | said before, this
Will not be protectOrate OF the Hawai-
ian Government under the monarchy,
but will be CONT euation Of the present
government under the protection OF the
United states. In either case, that Of
simple delay, or OF the prOtectorate, a
continuation OF the present autocratic
system OF government viii result, which
ls thing which neither you, nor those
you represent, nor the Provisional Gov
ernment desire. 1t means a government
OF force, with the attendant probable
coDspIracieS against it and general unset
Element Of business and degeneration Of
values, which will prevent business en-
terprise from development and be injur-
ious to us all, while no end OF personal
and party differences and hard feeling
will be generated. IL the Provisional
Government and it's leaders were bent on
the rule or ruin policy, with no other OBJ
Ject IN view but TO secure control OF the
Government, which Peterson and his
Doodle friends are always harping upon.
We would want nothing better than the
protectorate proposition. which would
leave us IN control OF the Government
with Uncle Sans troops TO keep order.
We want nothing OF the Kind, however,
and have resisted all pep 'sitions from
the government here lJ-SiHg TO a gov
eminent on that basis; although we
could secure treaty oil that descrip ion
without difficulty, as Inc entire opposi-
ton in the United States ~ annexation
advocates freely the execution OF treaty
on the line above indicated. As have
ated above, however, we have no desire
t perpetuate any government OF tbiside-
scriptIon, nor secure any laws, terms or
| conditions which would operate to estab-
lish any differences between the citizens
or Hawaii on color OR race line. We
| do not propose to ask for nor accept any
| legislation which shall apply to either
| natives or white men that does not apply
equally to the other. IF, instead of
| protectorate with its attendant evils we
| secure absolute annexation, one thing is
| certain, the natives and white men
| equally will have no less liberties as
American citizens than they did as Ha-
| waiians, while as far as their financial
| condition is concerned, there is no COM
| pa!ison OF the two situations. With an
| nexation Hawaii will inaugurate such a
| condition of commercial development as
| will put the development of 1876 and
succeeding years entirely in the shade.
| No one class in the community will reap
| the benefit of it. 1t may be said that the
treaty which we have proposed does not
| cover number of points which ought to
| be covered, to wit the removal of duties,
| prohibition of carpet-baggers, securing
American citizenship to Hawaiian citi-
Zens, and similar points. In reply /
would say that once become American
| territory there is not the slightest reason
| to believe that we will be treated in
any manner differently from other
portions OF the United States. All the
subjects spoken OF are matters OF detail
| legislation, which have to be covered
| by legislation passing both Houses OF
| Congress, and are not covered by the
| treaty for that reason, as that would
have caused delay which we are seek
ing to avoid as 10 the offices being
given to malihinis. there is no reason
that there would be such officially as it
has become an unwritten law in con-
nection with the territories that the
offices shall be filled from local resi-
dents, and with very few exceptions,
that rule is now and has been for a
number Of years carried out. If you
and others will take hold and frankly
work with US, explaining 10 the natives
the situation and doing what you can to
correct the impressions being given out
by the demagogues, believe tina. with
in a few years from now We will have
prosperous, contented community
with no more thought of revolution or
conspiracy that there is in Washington
but that if the agitation against annexa-
ton and the accompanying stirring up of
| the kanakas against the haoles goes on, it
will result in situation disastrous to
business interests, If not dangerous to
the peace. / hope you will show this to
Colburn, Bob Wilcox, and any others
whom you may choose, and that you will
take it in the spirit in which it is in
tended-that is, the forwarding OF the
common interests OF our country and
people. | have got no axe to grind /; do
not want and will not accept any office,
and am actuated by no impulse but to
secure the advancement of Hawaii and
her people to freer political and more
prosperous commercial condition than
she has ever occupied before. l write to
you because, although we have been OF
opposite political parties, believe you
can see through grindstone when there
is hole in it, and thatif you believe that
the best interests of the natives lie in
the direction of annexation you will use
your influence in that direction, even
though it may not be the popular side
among them to begin with.
! Me ke aloha nui ia oe a me Ike one
hanau kaua.
0wau no