Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-01-23

onr contemporary viii remember
the official referred to receive his
sovereign with expressions OF
regret. because no salute had been
fired on the arrival of His Majesty.
| The poor man had three reasons
for his apology, but as the frst
was that the village possessed
| nothing with which to FIRE a
salute, the other two were allowed
without further hearing, and
50 with the Stars reasons
for the proposed abdicatlons-
As the United States have
not abandoned the Queen 5
cause, it is hardly necessary to
speculate in eventual actions by
European powers or by steps
which might be taken by the
people of Hawaii still loyal to
their lawful sovereign. There
are absolutely no indications from
the United States which can
Justify the absurd . statements
appearing in our locafjingo press
regarding a back-down of Mr.,
Cleveland. We know. of course,
that Messrs. Hastings and Alex
ander have sent their usual en-
couraging(to the P G. 1and salary
procuring Ito themselves report
by the Mariposa, but the heads
of the government here by this
time have had too sad experiences
to ever believe in statements from
its own ambassadors. Since c.
l.. Carter converted Hoke Smith
and Frank Hastings received
Gresham S solemn assurances
which the two Hawaiian Estates
men" communicated to the 2. G..
there is not much inclination IL
the palace building to place faith
in the peculiar hallucinations
which are the order of the day
in the Hawaiian Legation in
Washington. However, this is a
minor question. The information
which we receive from Washing
ton have so far proven to be more
accurate and more authentic
than anything which our oppo-
nents ever have heard, and we
know that everything is OK, and
perfectly smooth sailing. But
the point in taking up the Star
proposition which we desire to
mention and call the special at
tention to Of the present govern
Fment and its organs, is this:
That although the fight and the
agitation from Hawaii, and the
policy and intentions all along,
mention a wrong and an outrage
as having been committed against
Queen Liliuokalani, and amend
ments for the wrong as being due
to her, such expression is simply
used, because In her title and
person the Hawaiian people have
concentrated their claim for
Justice, and their demand for
reparation for the wrong done to
THEM. The Hawaiian people have
been deprived through the
agency and actions of John l..
Stevens of their constitutional
government and their sacred
right to self rule The Hawaiian
people have unanimously deelar-
ed against the proposed loss Of
their independence and their
evil rights, they certainly cannot
''abdicate' or abandon their
claims or receive a pension. The
Queen is simply part of the
constitution which we believe the
United States are in duty, honor,
and justice bound to restore to
us Her abdication or pension
ing would in no way settle the
debt which America through Its
chief executive has admitted, is
due to the Hawaiian people. The
loyalty of the Hawaiians to their
Queen is undisputed. and it is
the hope of every good citizen to
see her back on her throne. but
the act of justice which through
that great American Grover
Cleveland will place her there. is
dae to the outraged and cruelty
insulted Hawaiian nation. aud
not due to any individual.
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