The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-31
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 81. 1894
Letter From Mr.. Davies.

EDITOR BCLLETIN:--
Sr,--No one can read, without n
the words which the Queen
is reported to have spoken to the
Minister of the United States.
1t is a terrible thing to have such
words spoken by any one, or of any
one, whom we have known i'll the
circle of friendship. But it is all
equally terrible thing, to know that
there is not a civilized country in
the world, except England and the
Cuited States, where the leaders of
whom the Queen spoke. would not
to-day he sentenced to death, with
out hope of reprievc.
The fact, is that We have been
playing with crime, aud gossipiug
about murder, until the moral stand
ard OF Honolulu has fallen far below
tn. requirements of civilization.
Whether il be more outrageous To
threaten that the Queen shall not
live on the throne. or that the lead.
ers of the annexation movement shall
not live with the Queen On the throne,
do not know; but both threats seem
u have been definitely mad".and both
are little to the credit Of those who
made them. 1t is certain that the
SPECTATORS. who have must admired
the heroic pat tience aud dignity with
which the Queen has borne the COW
ardly brutality of the past year, will
most regret, that in th. moment Of
trial, she failed To- grasp the great
ness Of her opport rtunity.
Mr.. Willis asked the Queen II she
realized the soiemuity uf the words
she used. and We may well ask our
selye, il We realizr the sulemuity NJ
the measures We used.
II We dare face facts. what a politi.
cal condition ". ar" ia today. aud
tn. cause i, almost IN nut she'll.
On the lith of January. the Iln"ei
violated her Constitutional oath. ant
thereby absolv.d every one VII" hel,
by the Constitution, from persona
allegiance to her.
There were three possible courses
luustitutiuuallty. treason, tr.achery
The Constitutional course would
have been. To declare the pu"eu dis
qualified. DN reason at her attack OI
Ia. Constitutions: and ! suppose thaI
the power which Installed Mr.. DOLE
As President of tn. Provisional Gov
eminent. could. at that time. have III
stalled him a. head Of Council -
Regency.
The next pu-sib." course was the
trrasonablr uuc.nf violating the Con
stitutiun, by uI-rtting tn. monarch!
IL favor Of a republic, or Ot som. othe
form OF independent government
This was q much NOR. pr,crariou
course thau the other, r'caus", un
less ia. electorate could be countc,
upon to support the movement,
must be a practical failure. Treason
however, l. n gent lruanly crime, an
sonnet ines II IL even cr-dltabl
one.
The third cours" was tr"achcry Z
betrayal ~ III" soy 'r-Igmty Wit hou
tue nations consent; aud tr"acher
has never anything Ia rrcOuiin"n
IL, either III MANNERS or morals. Ih
very word "trrarhcry," like III
word "b"h"a,ling," ha- u repulsiN
sound. Unfortunately, there were
few probably not over half doI.'
advocates Of this course, and the
carried th" others Dlindly Wit
them
There j. worldly y morality, whic
says that "succ-s, just ili"s treason
never heard Il said that succr'
justltirs treach-ry, but ia this ga,
the mission to Washington had II,
even the questionable merit Of su'
cess. NJ man, Christian or pagan
has Yet gwen any reason that
statesman could listen To, for thf
expedition OF -nyOy-; and failure
such al exploit i, fatal u the rep,
tatiun OF any community. We ma
like il, or We may dislike it, but I'll
fact which can nu longer be col
cealed Is, that We rejected constit,
t,ouallty, aud We passed by slmpJ
treason, and We took our stand upu
treachery a. our political basis. \
the world, knows il, although pa
OF the world yalul Y tries to conce
il, and there il now No way of e,cap
except backwards
IL is said that the Provision
Government will how try to hold ,
10 something, until three yea
hence, when they will make anuth
attempt at annexation. But VIII
have they to hold ou to! They ha
destroyed the Constitution, tn,
have antagonlzed the ma ives, tn,
have no friendly relations aDrua
and they have not even the abili
TO defend the ENJOYS Of fOreiI
powers, whom elsewhere il is mt
Ter OF keenest honor to protect, fro
the ribald scurrillty Of their uV
organs.
4 Provisional Government whi
has three years Ia run, with un
hope OF annexation at the eI
OF il, is not likely To make ma
friends, especially as, at the end
three years, they will hav" To answ
those unpleasant questions aho
the consent OF the natives, wht
they managed to avoid answ"rll
correctly, at the first attack,
The position to-day is, that /
Constitutional fulcrun has been 10
and that the Provision al G0vernne
have only lever III their hands,
they cannot regain their fulcru
they will have to use their lever ~
crowbar, and three years Of COVER
meut by crOwbar Is not a fascini
ing prospect, even for III" goyernu
This kind OF life is paradise
annexatiOnlst newspapers, Dut x,