Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-02-26

impassioned utterances by the |
gentleman from Illinois that these /
men have a consuming love for
our institutions and our flag and
our country.
In the name of heaven why did |
thew not stay where. then. under
our flag and surrounded by our
institutional They voluntarily
expatriated themselves and quit
the institutions of their devotion,
the flag of their idolatry the
which they cherished.
In order to become citizens of
the feeblest monarchy presided
over. in the classic language OF
the gentleman from Illinois by
the Messalina OF the Pacific" "a
horrid wretch" and "a monster
beside whom the ''gorgons and
hydras and chimerss dire OF
Homer fade into insignifcance.
l say that those men were not
so far influenced by the love of
American principles as to stay
here and enjoy their benefits, but
Of their own choice lived under
monarchy, ruled by the Queen
whom they now characterize by
the most opprobious terms in
their vocabulary.
We are told that these gentle
men were ready to raise barri-
cades and resist any efforts which
might be made BY Mr.. Blount or
Mr.. Willis to have the American
fleet restore the flag of the mo-
narchy. l think, Mr.. Speaker,
in all the history of conspiracies
| have never yet found so prudent
and so discreet a body of reyo-
lutionists.
l can raise the American flag
and land American marines in a
dozen republics in Central and
South America tomorrow and get
up a revolution in thirty minutes,
if l can assure to the revolu-
tionists perfect immunity as to
life, limb and liberty. These
men took the precaution to have
not only the guaranty of the min
lister, but the actual presence oil
the marines under our flag before
they dared to take a step. There
could not be much shedding Of
blood in a revolution of that sort.
These revolutionists were not
after blood; they were after sugar
bounty. That is what was the mat
ter with them, and with that high
valuation of their own lives
which seems to be shared in by
the gentleman from Illinois they
prudently get sick and go to bed
when the crisis comes. Why, at
the very crisis of the controversy
Mr.. Stevens got sick and had to
90 to bed in the middle of the
day; so that it is necessary to
wait half an hour to get wore
from him whether he acknowledge
ed the provisional government OF
not. And Mr.. Thurston. who
seems to have been the deus ca
mochina Of the whole bushes:
goes to bed the same day, but
was well the day before and the
day after.
OH this is determined band
of revolutionists! These are the
heroes who challenge comparison
with those of the Alamo. They
intended they should have a safe
and bloodless business, they never
budged a peg until they had The
assurance of protection. and the
mere assurance was not sufficient
the actual protection had to b'
extended. And we are also tolC
of the heroic manner in which
Mr.. Thurston defed the marsha
who went there, without an
escort. | believe to arrest them
In what terms did Mr.. Thurstor
defy the government He re
minds me of Bully Bottom
the weaver. who was playing the
lion. He "roared as gently as {
sucking dove when arrest of hi:
own precious person was immin
emit; when he "deied' the mar
I shall he said, Eve amt doins
anything against the government
we are only arranging for mass
meeting. !" That is the way b,
"dafed' the government. Gentle
men, YOU cannot invest this trans
action with single heroic
characteristic.
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