The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-14

as such-shall be entitled to the
vacant seat in the Advisory Council
to be caused by the projected pro.
motion of Mr.. Hatch to the position
of Minister Of Foreign Affairs. Here
we have a body Of men claiming. to
be Americans (!) and as such entitled
to all the privileges and the protec-
ton guaranteed 10y treaty to Ameri-
can residents here, who on that very
ground Of their a'ienship claim to
be entitled to dictate absolutely to
the government under whose foster
care thcy are residing what men
shall cOmpose that government.
What an absur,lity either viewed by
the light " reason or Logic! Here
is a body of men formed long after
the revolution of Jan. 18th, whose
operations aud policy are shrouded
from the public gaze by the veil of ,
secrecy imposed 10y tn" oath of their
organization, and who's sole reason |
for existence is their common alien
aye to citizenship in this country, F!
usurping the power which the revo- |
luton uf Jan. 18th placed in the !
hands of the government it then
delegated the supreme aud uncon-
trolled authority to, and debating
to that body what it shall and what
it shall not do, aud whom it shall
and whom it shall not call to its
councils. / shall not advert upon
its pauvity of numbers either in pro-
portion to the whole population or
to those claimed to be supporters of
the Provisional Government. shall
not even more than point out that
there is q majority OF Americans al
ready in the council, while Hawai-
ians and Portuguese are but imper-
feet " though nomiually represented,
and Chinese and Japanese and many
other natioualitics not at all. |
simply ask what right have these
Americans simply as Americans to
dictate who or who shall not be q
member of The council. If they are
Americans and have any cause of
complaint as to the manner in which
the =. q. is conducted, or as To the
personnel of its members, they have
their Minister Plenipotentiary, Mr..
Willis, to- appeal to and lay their com
plant before, aud the treaty relations
OF this country To the United States
will support them in their conten-
ton il any injury or injustice has
been done them. But, on he other
hand, il by participating in the revo-
luton or in local politics either to-
wards supporting or upsetting any
particular form Of government hero
they have forfeited their right to
American protection and citizenship
as notified by Mr.. Blount and incl.
dentally by Minister Willis, then
what right have they To claim To bc
Americans aud by the misuse OF the
, ajrsty of that sacred name to seek
I To oy-rawe the Provisional Govern
ment Of Hawaii into blindly obeying
their behests! For one, although not
| in sympathy with the general oh.
| jects OF the =. o., they shall have
| my support in resisting any such at
| tempts at sectional dictation as to
. tho full aud uncontrolled use Of that
. power delegated by the revolution
! to them till their existence ceases by
, the erection or rc.erection of q dif-
|, fercnt form OF gov rnmcnt, and
. which grant Of power has been ac-
, quiesccd in by every one IN the na.
r ton. Every other reasonable man,
/. no matter whether royalist or an.
!. naxationist, will feel sure support
y them also. No matter what perma-
r nent change he desires To see the
' present government take, no one OF
I sense who wishes the welfare OF the
D.. country desires to sce its supreme
: power at the mercy Of the dictation
b. Of any secret society as such-nu
r. matter who its members are compos-
D I'd Of. Let the Councils, therefore,
exercise the power they possess and
u select tho man they themselves deem
: best fitted To sit with them, never
= mind what section is disappointed
u thereby. The Council is for the ma,
: tion--nnt for secret societies. II Is
!. for the prople-not for any class
:, And until it, powers are taken from
/ il or il resigns them itself, il should
i exercise them freely aud without
II outside pressure or constraint. II
- its members nov act their parts a.
e men they will win more support
than they have ever hitherto done
: and especially from
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