Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-05-01
From the South

The HoLoNUA published a very
interesting letter which appeared
in the Nsav York, Times from the
pen Of ID. Fl. Chamberlain, ex-
governor Gf South Carolina. The
letter raised IL storm of indigna-
tion from the jingo press in Am
erica, and Mr.. Chamberlain WAS
personally criticized and abused.
To show who he is, we print the
following editorial from the Ne1cs
and Courier Is c. which may
interest to those who have read
Mr.. Chamberlain s excellent arg
uments:
HAWAII AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
When ore throws a brick at
dog and the do! howls there is
reason to believe TINT the dog
has been hit and hurt 1t is by
this method of inductive reason
ing that we conclude that the
New York Sun and the New York
Tribune have been hit and hurt
by ex Governor Chamberlain 3
excellent review of the Hawaiian
situation published in the New
York Times on Tuesday and re
produced III The News and Cour-
'er today. Both the Sun and
Tribune were parties to the Stew
ems conspiracy, or at least they
We're accessories after the fact.
Ii they did not help the thieving
carpet bngsers at Honolulu To
steal Hawai-, they have applaud
ed their rascal,ty and songht in
every possible way to aid them
in holding on to their pluudeE if
they d Il commit the crime THEM
selves they are trying to divert
the public attention from the
criminals by frantic shouting for
the old flag and abusing old
Cleveland" 1t was not to be
expected that they would permit
Mr.. Chamber.aius letter to pass
without severe criticism, not of
the letter itself but of its writer.
They make no attempt to dIsprove
his statesment. they do not meet
facts with facts nor argument
with argument, they do not say
wherein Mr.. Chamberlain has
erred in marshalllng his evidence
and in reaching his conclusions
they answer hls exposure Of the
carpet bag consp racy at Homo
lulu by saying that he was
carpet-bagger himself some
! twenty years ago.
The Sun says that this is d.
IL. Chamberlaiu," who for years
was associated with Scott, Frank
Muses., John ]. Patterson and
Others of ma odorous memory,
and quotes one of his letters to
Mr.. Kimpton; and the Tribune
remarks that Daniel is a deposed
ruler himself" ald that his posi-
tion rs Governor Of South Caro-
lima about seventeen years ago.
resembled In several important
particulars" that of Mrs. Doninis.
late Queen of Hawaii" T" All this
is of course very smart and very
funny; but it does not in any way
affect the force of Mr.. Chamber
lun's statement. nor prnve that
the revolution in Hawaii was not
the work of the carpet-baggers In
the Islands, aided and abstted
by the United States Minister
and marines, and that Mr. Cleve-
land is not right in his efforts to
save the United States Govern
ment from the reproach of the
Stevens steal.
The fact that Mr.. Chamberlain
was Governor of S nth Carolina
seventeen years ago has nothing
tn do with the case. He is not on
trial. his official conduct in this
State wis not male the subject
of Investigation even when party
spirit n highest; bat if "a pa
rallel could be drawn between
the situation ia Hawaii and the
situation in South Carolina seven
teen years ago. the San wonl:l be
silenced. 1t helped to drive