The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-12
Mr.. Marques Objects to ths Lettsr
Signed M r g."
uspEvELopED RESOURCES or HAWAII.
Marques Thinks hs has T"esd oai wte
10 Was that Wrote the letter fhast be
Objected to-~otbsf Industries Needed
Essidss sugar Raising Ire uawsif.

Mn. EDITOR: III satardny's An
vEHTigEH. nm anonymous correspon-
dent, t,--whom ! have been given to
understnnd In Mr.. or Mrs. Ianoei
Pedro Silva, ,-tnkee exception ~ some
phrnseology of my modest study In
the Journal Of the polyneeian Society;
aud, according To the laudabic custom
of this country, In which no one can
differ on political grounds without
trying to fling mud on the personal
ity, your correspondent assumes 10
throw "A snearing ipsinuati0u on my
social status, by intimatiug that ]
twas once an habitue Of the palace IN
kalakaua's time, but Of late have
been living in retirement In this
city" For the sole purpose Of truth,
i wish to state that / lived during
Kalakaua's reign, in exactly the same
kind of retirement as ! do now, and,
that although always a most cordial
friend and leal subject to the sover-
eign to whom / had sworn allegiance,
Il am no traitor,-at no time was /
an habitue of his palace; in fact, his
constant complaint was that / never
visited him, unless on some business,
not like some very honorable men of
this town, who, while fawning on
him during the day, at night were
working conspiracies to murder
him. And who knows, whether, by
proper enquiry, my anonymous de-
tractor could not be proven to have
been, much more than myself, an
"habitue" at the palace, and even an
humber caller on Liliuokalani before
the revolution? ? There are so many
dogs here, ever ready to bite the hand
that fed them, don't you know
Mr. or Mrs. NJ. P. Silva seems to be
exceedingly sensitive to the word
''usurpation." Truly there is nothing
like a guilty conscience, Webster
defines the word, 1.-The act of seizing
or occupying the power or property OF
another without right; an unauthor-
lied, arbitrary assumption and eXer-
on the rights of Others" Well, now,
L am peaceful man and always try
to be just; and my ideal of govern
ment has everywhere been "equal
rights" consequently universal
suffrage" then the government of
the people, by the people and for the
people," and the 'rule of the major
ity;n and this is why | stand by the
natives, who are the people aud the
majority here. In this ideal of mine
about the political rights of human
ity, may be wrong according 10 NJ.
z. s.. ideal. In that case L am sorry
for him, but L cannot help il. In my
mind, the only redeeming feature of
modern civilization is precisely that
the government Is recognized TO be-
long To the whole people, not To
any particular class, fraction or mi
nority. But, as we all know, the
present government of Hawaii was
started and ratified only by the voice
of SO many hundredS-atl Foreigners
present at the maSs-1neeting, not by
any legal majority or constitutional
vote. The men ot tNe government
may or may not, ia the estimation
of Mr.. Willis and NJ. T. =. I've
the best people in town, this
Is absolutely foreign 10 the subieet,
which is that the procedure ~ the
meeting from which they derive their
power falls under WohStet's definition,
especially In what concerns the ''in-
tringing on the rights of others" VIZ,
the equal rights Of all the ether olst.
sens, here and on the other islands,
When the ii,u1O legal registered voters
of the group shalt have been consulted
on the matter the maforty thereof
giving their assent, then | shall 10
mast happy to withdraw the woEd that
most painfully fara on paaF NJ, rs, =
nerves, and amy Government thus ragtv
ied hy the sacred "rule al the major
lty." ahall have none more iayal and
staunch adherent and supporter shan
my humble aeiT,
A, Marques,
i'a nj, l., S,'s Vorhiaso about ''aa-
neAatIan being arranged ~ a. g. fe-
oeiNo the approval al every patriotic
Hawaiian" ia all ruhhish, ~ tAat
oannat taho up mafe fnaia g. ana"ps
it, suffice e. saY that " hea all che
ttaWaiians shall 10 satisflea With AAe
neA atian. / shall 10 with them.
lonf correspondent 10 ia error la
aaafihiag g. Mr az MFs, N Z,
SILVA lho letter o. which he refers
.hn AnXEHlIstut