The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-09-21
TAKING THE OATH.

President DolO and his Clhlnet
must be crying iuwardly, Save us
from our friends who are conducting
the Government press" These per
sons have been imploring tho royal .
ists for nearly two years To accept,
first, the Provisional Government. .
and, next, tho Government of the .
Republic, as fixed fact. Like the .
ancient prophets Of Raal they have I
been crying and cutting themselves (
till even, and implnring the deities
Ia senh down the fire of loyalty 20
stevens Lest government" upon
the altar reared to the independence
uf Hawaii and the honor of the
United States. To burn up the
sacriticc. Ia the election to
he constitutional convention they
were pathetic IN their appeals To
outsiders to come in and register,
accepting the new conditions a. the
inevitable aud the irrevocablp. They
pleaded IN vain while tue Govern
inent OF the great Repuhlir held out
hopes that the great wrong done To
this weak aud uuOirruhiug nation 10y
its diplomatic and naval representa-
iives should be- redr-ssed 10y similar
agents and the same power. When,
however, the United States declared
to the world that what she, through
her representatives, had instituted
by fraud and force" must s,aud 20
far rs she was concerned, there then
came about q fundamental change
in the situstion. Ii then bccan"
necessary for tho royalists, or loyal.
ists, or those VIII" preferred vith.r
81 hose names 10 the other, Ia dc.
eide wha. was t. b. done under the
rircumsi tdcGs. oar l.rrn and often
rausiiG contemporary IL the coolest
Tor Iigh; and justirr - the past
.w.nty months, tho Hawaii hoio-
anus. pu, the alternative accurately
and oonci,cly wLra !; sad the Gurs.
.iun was Fight or vote" The poo
pie u! the cnnutry whose national
rights had been violently Subvrrtcd
showed -" sign 81 doing either the
one or the otAcr. Most q! tho royal
ists o. fu"iVu p.uui, who posed ~
leaders aud pgs"ss"d the wealth Of
tho patty, would not make the
smallest -srrifr" FOR carrying uu the
controversy they We're willing to
coach their press, aud presumed in
many cases 10 dictate 40 II, without
furnishing any substantial o"id.ncr
~ q right Ia do either. Therefor,
i behooved those who wera doing
the real work aud making oil ihc
Eacrlbces H. the cause to pause ana
ponder over the question Of wheth".
tho game was worth the candle
whether there was any obligation Un
their part to act a. munkeys ioI
pulling the chestnuis out Of the fir,
10 bestow upon mer who had more
20 gain than themselves. But, be
hold, when one had made he deci
sion for himself, 40 an independent
nao and oGe al race tha, never
bent its neck To a ,yIke, the avow"C
friends ana mouth pieces of the Gov
srnment hail his action with The
virulent abuse aud vlIiau0Us impuSn
ment OF motives. GA tho other hand
q would DO leader oi Hawai-
patriots, who conducts a professedl
irreconcilable advocate Of ret arm Il
the old order, hasely attacks thu
same independent action with vil'
slurs. He--John h. Bush is hi
nalne-should be the last man il
the world to throw mud in thi
crisis. Mr. Bush was the one nativ
Hawaiian who maintained a news
paper in both languages, prior Il
the revolution, which advocated tn
selling OF his cuuntry toa foreiSl
power. 1t was he who gave tn
comfort and aid to those who wer
then conspiriug for the subversiol
OF Hawaiian Independence ant
autonomy, He was the traduce
and the vilitier of the sovereign u
his country, whose speeches AM
writings in that regard wero quote'
far and wide in foreign parts to Civ
false impression TO tho world q, T.
tho character Of Hawaiian inslitu
tons. Had IT. not been for the pre-
iiminary work of john r.. Busi
Thurston, Dole aud patty woul
never have screwed their courage u
TO tho point o. revolt against tn
constituted goYernment of the coul
try, evon when assured by tn
United States Minister Of the SUI
port 81 tho United State arur
forces What the editor OF tai
paper has done, IN affirming allie
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