The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-26

strong government" gives the
many nationalities" who dwell in
Turkey, in Siam, in Servia, and in
China, the right to upset the gov
ernments Of those countries, when
ever they consider them to be in
weak hands,"
Z. There is no analogy between
the reference in this clause to a
broken contract, and the Hawaiian
facts. The constitution was not
broken, until the annexationists
broke it. The queen attempted to
break it, but failed. | find, however,
that the attorney general thinks so
lightly of that sacred contract, that
in introducing his notorious ode
portation on suspicion BILL" he has
inserted a condition, that il the Con-
stitution interfered with the bill,
the Constitution may be broken
again.
3. English history does not record
any revolution, whose professed aim
was to invite a foreign nation to
forcibly sequestrate English terri
tory; and l doubt il any English
historian would have expressed
satisfaction with the result (what-
ever it might have BEEN, unless the
English people had themselves been
parties to il.
.. The verses in the Acts of the
Apostles, to whose consideration
am referred ACTS v, verses 81
aud 39), read as follows: Refrain
from these men (the apostles) and
let them alone; for il this counsel or
this work he of men, il will come to
nought, but il IL be OF God, We can
not overthrow il, lest haply We be
found even to fight against God"
am fully convinced of the earnest.
ness and honesty OF my unknown
correspon dent, but I cannot recog.
nize any traces Of an apostolic char.
acter in the policy or practices oil
recent Hawaiian history. II is this
glamor of unreal religion that has
been SO grave an injury to . move.
ment which should have been lef,
to develop its own character; then
We could have better judged which
men were influenced by the Divine
law. which men by human law, which
men were merely a law unto them.
selves. | am told that one OF the mos,
active annexationists, being one OF
the foremost officials in various reli.
gious associations Of Hawaii, was
the man who strove to bring before
the Courts, for a paltry debt, the
Queen, who had poured through his
hands as treasurer, or at least to his
knowledge, hundreds, IL not thou
sands OF dollars. Was that an &C,
OF an apostle, or, was Il the act Of q
man who sought to mortify, hunt
late, and to crush, q defenceles,
woman whom the United States was
asked to pension, but whom the
strong government OF Hawaii !,
apparently only too willing to starve'
The cry from honest, earnest, but
| believe mistaken, Christian lips
was Annexation Is sure" Will my
correspondent accept for herself
aud for her friends, the test Of hel
own quotation: "If this work be o
men IL will come TO noughtr" Tn,
only logical conclusion from tn,
present position OF annexation, |,
that IL was "of men, aud therefor,
came to nought;" and il will DO vel
not to make public appeal to Provi
dence and to Holy Scripture, unless
we are prepared to acknowledge tn,
result, when the decree appears no
to be in our favor.
] should have sent q personal re-
ply, IL my correspondent had givei
her name, for her paper demands al
answer. All can do is to recogniz,
what she tells me, that for NOR,
than half century she has been as
sociated with the Hawaiians. Will
solemn reverence | contemplate tn,
grief and dismay with which sh,
must look on Hawaii to-day. At tn,
head OF affairs-if il may be called
the head stand her friends and my
friends, those with whom 1--WE tool
sweet counsel together, and walket
unto the house OF God in company,
surrounded, supported, pushed OF
by men who have been, and are, tn,
bitterest enemies OF the cross O
Christ, and Of the work of missions
and who will compel those leader,
to drink the cup Of revolution to tn,
dregs. On the other hand are tn,
Hawaiians, with all the old love ant
trust turned to hatred and fear
whilst their pathetic attitude o
patriotism and devotion is finding
sympathetic resp 'nse wherever il i
told.
There is no touch Of anger in m,
heart as ! study the fragments o
thought" which have been sent I,
me, only panied, sorrowful, sympa
thy for the lady who has devote,
the years Of her life to a worl
which, from no fault OF hers, hs
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