Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-09-04
In Defense of Liliuokalani-
From the ..wOnans Tribune. Washing.
ton DC.

ton DC.
I Dear Mrs. Golby.-Loying and
honoring YOU as / do. because Of
your brave, fearless utteranees in
behalf of the oppressed every
where. allow me to enter my In
dignant protes. in behalf of a
much maligned and estimable
lady Your paper reaches thou
sands of homes wherein the
thought of the inmates is expand
ed, the sympathies quickened;
and no mammon-worship leads
| for aims of utter selfshness.
l speak against the majority, in
favor OF the Queen Liliuokalani
of Hawaii. When she honored
Boston with her presence some
| years ago, in the company of the
Queen Kapiolani. this city show
cred attentions upon these royal
ladies'. and some of our wealth.
est men considered it privilege
to sit at the breakfast given by
high officials to these visitors
from afar. Now the once feted
Kapiolani is only "the dowager,
and the Queen has been deprived
of her throne. And little souled,
petty, truckstering newspapers
that would lie PROSTATE before
Liliuokalani, in power. dare to
make sport of her misfortunes:
and vent their meanness in igno-
BILE carieature of fallen greatness
And worse than all, they dare as
sail the character no mortal
tongue has wagged against until
now. Throughout her maiden
hood and her married life no
| touch of SANDER reached the con-
duct of the Queen. No act of
cruelty toward man, woman, child
or beast have l ever heard re-
corded against her. Now, to suit
the selfish purposes of scheming
politicians and greedy traders.
the defenseless Queen is deposed,
and to whitewash their own evil
conduct her assailers Willy her
character. When other accuse
tions are exhausted. the news
hungry and unsorupulous daily
papers, tell the world that Liliu-
okalani is heather at heart, and
sacrifices live animals to the an
cient gods of the islands. When
is the other side of the story to
be heardl When shall the
Queens defence be given to the
public? When will the party at
taohed to her be listened to in
behalf of their chosen form of
government, under a native ruler?
Was not the Queens sway bene-
fcent and peace-lovingl Have
the people unanimously. by fair
aud free vote. claimed the abdi-
cation of their Queen7 Why did
not the revolution occur during
the lifetime of her best counsellor
and friend. her husbands
Better is constitutional mon
archy. with wise. liberal mind
ed ruler for life at its head than
a sham republic solely under the
rule of masculine force and as
tuteness. Why not, after the
proclamation in selfish cry of
America for Americans" allow
the rightfnl echo to be Hawaii
for Hawaiians."
In the royal person of Queen
Liliuokalani my sex is outraged
by inscriptions injusticel The
best, the purest, wisest. peace
promoting rulers of to-day are
the women who sit on thrones.
They are . high moral example
OF loftiest spiritual influence to
the world. They do not desire
to involve the nations in the hor-
rors Of war; they are not coyet-
Gus OF others possessions; no
woman of.our time desires to rule |
the world. That is left to the |
ld-beast conception and fanati- |
cal madness Of the Car of Rus |
STA. After the peaceful. because
unresistsd annexation or usurpa- |
ton Of the Hawaiisn Islands, |
what folloWsl The delightful. |