The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-05-30

hof explain what he means by toe
much haste on the part of Mr.
Stevens? Something wrong about
his statements The errors are patent
here. Will our correspondent, who
admits in his letters relative TO his
numerous apologies for misstate-
ments, that he has been mislead, now
take the trouble to right himself on
other points, and so state it in the
New York Herald? If he will be so
honorable and just none will recog-
nize his justice sooner than this out
ragged, misrepresented and maligned
community. But his object being to
kill annexation, perhaps he holds that
"the end justifies the MEANS" and so
finding that the truth will help US in
the United States, he is willing to
have only Misrepresentation.
NORDHOFF AS HISTORIAN.
He says the queen proposed to fol-
low the planters example of 1887, and
promulgate a new constitution. Who
were the planters? The Ashfords? w.
A. Kinney? w. c. Wilder? L. A.
Thufston? Mr.. Emmeluth? The host
of mechanics who made that move
ment possible? Come, Mr.. Nordhoff,
learn your history before you hold
yourself out US a teacher! But he is
not historian for us, it is for the
United States that he essays to recite
history, and he recites for different
audiences all in the same letter! As if
his readers there would be so stupid
as not to read between the lines! Alasl
historical accuracy is no part of his
programme. His method of beating
annexation is twofold; first, to show
that Mr.. Stevens conspired to obtain
Hawaii by fraud and by gross in-
justice to the people of Hawaii; and,
second, by making it appear that the
government and its supporters are
silly and ridiculous parcel of selfish
planters, with their henchmen, who
are unable to sustain themselves.
When the seal is taken from the lips
of Mr.. Stevens on his return to the
United States, he will be amply able
to prove the false and malicious ma
ture of the charges against him, aside
from the internal evidence of well
known facts. AS for the government
of Hawaii, its growing strength and
popularity, the honor and dignity of
its conduct, are ample refutation of
the evil and malicious statements of
Mr.. Nordhoff. If he has any intelli-
gence and insight, he has learned ere
this that the revolution was con-
Quoted by, the government is now sus-
tanned by, and the annexation party
of Hawaii is composed of the intelli-
gent, educated and conservative party
of the community. It's ranks number
the wealth, the enterprise, the bone
and sinew of the country. They pay
its taxes, and bear the burdens of gov
eminent. They have developed the
country; they maintain its good name
at home as well as abroad. They are
the true friends and supporters of the
aboriginal Inhabitants of the land.
In short, were they and the fruits of
their work in Hawaii at once re-
moved and obliterated, the land would
soon become bowling wilderness and
would Immediately fall prey to any
foreign power. Indeed, the preserva-
ton of peace and order would demand
a government from abroad. Does Mr..
Nordhoff take with equanimity the
knowledge which he must now have
of the utter falseness of his state
ments in his first letter? He said that
the 10000 educated, intelligent, en-
lightened native Hawaiians, all vot-
ers, were against annexation; that
they were opposed by 1928 Americans,
COuuJluS WOllleD duu CulluI0u. NOulu
he have helped knowing at that time
that the vast majority of the 10000
whites in the country, to say nothing
of Chinese and japanese, are thorough
and supporters of the
How is it that he did
not know that large and growing
of native Hawaiians were
then, and are now, annexationists? Is
he aware that many hundreds of Ha-
waiians have since then Joined the
and that this number is
daily growing? Is he aware of the
false and fraudulent methods which |
are used to procure names for the
so-called "Patriotic Lacquer? Will |
Mr. Nordhof, learning all these things, /
tell them to the New York Herald |
and to the American public, as he
must do if honest and truth.seeking?
VICTORIOUS POSITION. |
But comment and refutation grow
and trivial in view of the
present position. He has said ''some