The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-02-03

side by side, determined and united
in one thing, however much they
might differ elsewhere. They fought
with a will for the preservation of the
dear old Union, and today it stands {
grand monument to those who live6
and died for il. Was the cause les:
holy because in all things all did no
think alike?
SOME OF BLoUNTs MISTAKES.
i have only seen a resume of Mr.
BlOunt's report, so can hardly judge
fairly of its contents, but the fact thai
Mr.. Gresham's letter is based upon
this report justifies the belief, per.
haps, that the resume gives the sub.
stance very well. Mr.. Blount speaks
of MIR. Thurston's part in the revolu
ton of 'S7 as if it were something 10
be ashamed of. do not rise to Mr..
Thurston's defense-he is quite capa-
Die of fighting his own battles; but
Mr.. Blount goes on to imply that be-
cause the Constitution of 1887 was
forced upon Kalakaua his sister was
justified in trying to overthrow it in
1893.
In 1914, if my memory serves me
right, the barons of England con-
fronted King John with arms and
forced him to sign the Magma Charta.
The ink was hardly dry on this fam
Gus document when the king began
his efforts TO circumvent it. and the
rest of his wicked life was devoted to
these efforts. Now does any one sup
pose that the English people would
admit King Johns well-known I'M
willingness on this occasion as valid
excuse for any of his SUCCESSORS who
might take a notion to set aside the
principles involved in this "charter
of English liberties ?" i fancy if any
one tried it the roar of the British
lion would be heard the world around.
L. it not the right of the governed
to demand that the government they
support be justly, wisely, and hon
estIy administered Surely no Amer
lean will answer this question in the
negative.
Another point in Mr.. Blounts re-
port will show that he sometimes
confused his authorities. He cites
Mr.. j. o. Carter as Zone of the promi-
nent men engaged in the revolution
airy movement" and quotes Mr.. Car
ter's statement in the support of the
theory he labored so assiduously TO
prove, that the monarchy was over
thrown by the United States forces.
Mr.. Carter, / presume, is justly Of
Tended, for he Is one of the few Teput-
able Americans known to be royal
lists.
Mr.. Il. III. Davies has written so
much, and said SO much, both in
America and Hawaii. that one may
be pardoned for mentioning him in
this connection. He is a man whose
private character is above reproach,
and in saying this i am just as sim |
cere as he himself is when he speaks !
of the men at the head of the Provis- !
ional Government as sail honorable |
men," 1t is certainly nothing against 1
his character, as above cited, to say
that he is an intensely monarchical
monarchist. IN
MIR. DAVIES ATTITUDE. ~
1t is well known in Honolulu that |
In all efforts to secure good govern
ment i'm past years Mr.. Davies has re-
manned quite passive, devoting him.
self assiduously 10 business, but it is
also equally we'll known that in every
instance where closer relations with
the United States were sought,
be these relations political or COM
mercial, Mr.. Davies has come to the
fore as a staunch opponent. He bit
terly opposed the treaty of recipro-
city, but since he failed to defeat it
there is no record of his ever showing
any scruples over profits arising
therefrom. He is now a man OF
wealth, with home in England,
where he may live, if he so elect.
The moral atmosphere of Honolulu
and the corruptions in government,
though he may deplore them as he
would deplore sin anywhere, do not
the most of us, he does not have
to live and bring his children
up in its midst. When the cession of
Pearl Harbor was on the tapis, Mr..
Davies was also on the tapis. l was
told that he remarked TO q gentleman
On the steamer that he had come all
the way from England to kill the
measure. And he did use all the in
duence he could bring to bear honora-
questions his right To his opinions,
but these instances go to show his
jealousy of the increase of American
influence in Hawaii. Just here it may
De well to speak of Kaiulani. For
several years she has been in England,
guarded from evil influences.
She has grown into a winsome young
cultured, refined, Chris
ian. But bring her back to Honolulu
md the surroundings that await her
here, and, if the refinement is radical,
'he will suffer; if it is superficial, and
dependent on associations, she will
become a bitter disappointment to
hose who love her best.
FOR THE GOOD OF THE PRINCESS.
1t would be a cruel thing to take her
rom the safe shelter of England and
place her In the midst of the tempta-
,ions that would be thrown about her
here, in spite of Mr.. Davies. Bring her
mere and let he= attendants crawl and
fringe before her, and ply her with
ulsome fiattery, and wiser and strong
sr characters than hers would snap
under the strain.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the most
,talwart Christians among the Ha-
waiian pastors, the men who have
Draved all sorts of insults, are solid in
avor of the new order of things. For
his they have been stigmatized as
traitors, or deficient in patriotism.