The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-22

no part IN this organization. On the
contrary. every Government employee
should take part or withdraw from the
Government service. (Long continued
cheering).
Mr.. W. B. Oleson said: We are
here tonight, not as Hawaiians, nor
as Americans, nor as representatives
of any other nationality, but as the
representatives OF the dominant forces
in modern civilization. We should
be false to the spirit and meaning of
the great forces which have given
birth to our civilization, were we to
fail to assert, at this critical juncture
in this nations affairs, our deter
mined purpose that those forces shall
abide and continue their sway in this
iand. AS representatives Of the civili-
cation that has everywhere borne in
its wake, enterprise, and thrift. and
liberty, and moral uplifting, we know
our rights, and we dare maintain
them; we recognize our responsible
ties, and we mean to be true to them;
we know what we want, and what
TINS land must have, to secure for it
the blessings of civilized society, and
the privileges of political liberty, and
we propose to stand together, shoulder
to shoulder, until We secure them.
Any other Interpretation of this move
ment into which the logic of events
has forced the citizens of Honolulu,
is false to the spirit and purpose of
the men whose ancestry fought the
battles Of civil and religious liberty
and whose heritage is the right to
live anywhere on Gods earth, secure
and unmolested, in the enjoyment of
the privileges of civilized society. We
do not take away the rights of others
when we get our own; but we do Sc
cure for others rights they never could
gain for themselves. The political
advancement Of the Hawaiian people
has been due not to their own efforts
/ after civil rights, but to the persistent
! insistence of Anglo-SaXons to the
! guarantees of civil freedom. The
! foreign element in this land when it
! sought these shores, was welcomed
and encouraged to remain. It was
not until it had become established in
costly and extensive enterprises that
| it began to experience the burden of
| pernicious legislation, and, under the
! lead of foreign adventures, of corrupt
administration, and finally, ont of
! sheer necessity, it was compelled to
secure for itself through the ballot
box the same rights that, under more
/ considerate rulers, had been freely
accorded. But when it secured those
rights for itself, it likewise secured for
all the people in the land a distinct
advance in constitutional privileges.
1t is one of the unfortunate incidents
OF this advance, however, that the
native Hawaiians have, to such a
| large degree, failed to recognize the
obligation they are under to the
foreign population for the political
progress of the last fifteen years. Led
by men, recreant to the spirit of
modern institutions, Hawaiians have
disregarded their obligation to join
heartily in the movement for pro-
gressive constitutional development,
and have cast their influence in favor
of retroactive and vicious legislation.
We would be glad to have them go
along with US, for we are going along.
The forces of civilized society and of
political freedom are not going to be
snuffed out in this land by any ones
whim, or by clustering menace. The
whole civilized world is vitality con-
cerned in the perpetuation of the civil
liZing forces at work in this land to-
day. The commerce of the world
| tildU UilIS ldiu NC
in the interests of industrial and social
as the nation most intimately concern
ed, has duty to itself and no less a
duty to the world atlarge to sustain and
to reinforce the civilization of this
land. The civilized nations expect
this OF the United States. She will not
be worthy of her Declaration of indie
pendence, or of her Proclamation OF
Emancipation, or of her long and
ample record of treaties and adjust
ments in the interest of civilization
the world around, if she does not ac-
cept her obligation to provide for this
country ample guarantees that the
progressive forces here shall prevail
/ believe that she will. / look for
ward confidently to the annexation Of
these islands to the United States.
The naval argument, that the United
States needs to possess these islands
because of their commanding strate
gic Importance, may not avail tC
secure annexation. The commercial
argument, that the unique position O.
Hawaii in the highway of the Pacific
a necessary link in any Pacific cable
line, and an important adjunct to the
.. canal at Nicaragua, makes it essen
tial for the United States to posses:
> these commercial advantages, may
, likewise not avail to secure anneXa
ton. The argument of self-interest
:. which would seem to make it neces
sary for the United States to protec
: its citizens fl0m an unprincipled an(
f unstable government in close proXim
ity to it's shores, a danger that ha
only too recently been manifest il
hi far oil f,s1 fn q III
, the authorities at Washington to ratl
+ fly the treaty of annexation. But d(
. not believe that the argument of civi
! lization will fail. America will no
9 desert the cause of civilization in Ha
3 wall. The very spirit of her institu
q tions will compel her to make he
forces regnant here in the interests o
progress and political freedom. Fort.
years ago, shipwrecked American
;. sailors, cast ashore on the coasts o
Japan, were treated as trespassers AM
: shut up in prison. In one instance
: they were exhibited in cages. I" TIL
4 western coast of America faced th
Il eastern coast of Asia, and there mus
be commerce between them. Japa1
lay in the path to China, and it wa
: inevitable that there must be peaceful
u intercourse, or there would be arme
; collision. There are certain right
which belong to all nations, an
which must be claimed in the interes
d of humanity. AS English ships ha
d broken down the wall of China, so di
r an American fleet open the door c
: Japan, simply by an attitude OF firm
8 ness and justice; by demanding nc
e thing but what was right, and sur
S porting it by an imposing display c
n force. Thus Japan was opened to tn