Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-09-04

they are ashamed of their coun-
try American diplomats 81 and
naval officers have made r dirty
blot on their country's history
which will never be purged. and
have gained for their flag the
contempt of 4 people they have
wrouged. President Cleveland
will stand out as shining light
above his people, and viii always
be respected by Hawaiians. but
he was beat by the malice, false
hoods, yilli6cations and black
guard speeches of United States
Senators, who had been strangely
deceived by the propaganda OF
Thurston and his partner the
devil. To Minister Willis was
given grand opportunity to re-
deem his nations honor. but in
misrepresenting the Queen, in
denouncing the royalists, finding
the "best intelligence" with the
usurpers. and finally giving
cordial recognition to a republic
that was not a republic. he simply
followed in the wake of John l..
Stevens, and has aided to infict
upon an unhappy people a despo-
tic and unpopular form of govern
ment, that will never govern
Hawaii successfully.
Dole, and the men and women
who form his Court have nothing
to be proud of but everything to
be ashamed of. Their assump-
ton of power was not the result
of a patriotic revolution, but by
"force and fraud in collision
with an unprincipled representa-
tive of the United States. They
haze succeeded in securing them
selves in power, not by any moral
Justification, but by malicious
and villanious ISLANDERS against
the Queen and the Hawaiians,
and they hope to continue by
despotic coercion. For them to
pretend to be the moral superiors
of the Queen and her Court is
an assumption that will not bear
the light of the day or the eyid-
ence of certain Hawaiian women.
But we will be charitable and
let the veil remain over that
feature of their conceit. The
bald fact is, and it can never be
controverted. that this clique have
for years been hungry for the
spoils and power of government
and have accomplished their de-
sire by very shady means. Their
past history is dead againstthem,
which Minister Willis ought to
have carefully studied before he
granted them the "best intellig-
ence." The contemptuous recog-
milton which they have received
at the hands of President Cleve-
land is but the index of the way
they are regarded throughout the
whole Hawaiian Islands.
We have today the strange
spectacle of a nation disfranchis-
ed and throttled by small clique
of usurpers. / say disfranchised
for / doubt if the Hawaiians will
ever as a body take the oath re-
quired of them. l understand
Mr.. Editor that you advise them
to take the oath and create
constitutional opposition. [ do
not think the advice is sound at
present. AT least let the first cleo
ton be held without the Hawai-
ian vote. l know that there are
scores of foreigners who carried
a gun for them and voted with
them before, who will not take
that oath or vote with them now,
and nearly the whole Portuguese
colony are against them. Let
their first ballot then. prove more
emphatically than before, how
little they represent the people
Of these Islands and how slim
their support is.
To all Hawaiians who held |
Office or are obliged by other
employers to take that oath. l |
should say take it. They can do |
30 without any compunction Of
conscience or many way feel their |
honor bound thereby. Dole and |
Judd the highest muck-a- mucks
n the land have established
precedent in Hawaii that q solemn /
political oath can be broken at |