The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-13
AN EMINENT OPINION.
What a Prominent Catholic Clergy.
man Saw in Hawai-.

w
man Saw in Hawaii.
Among the passengers who arriv-
ed at San Francisco from the Orient
on board the Oceanic was DR.. Z. Il.
Quigley, one Of the most famous pull
pit orators in the United States, and
one Of the leading aut horities in the
Catholic Church on canonical law.
Dr.. Quigley has been absent from
his home in Toledo for many months.
He has travelled to the Hawaiian
Islands, to Japan and to China aud
returns with striking impressions
and opinions OF the countries and
the people he saw. He IL keen OBJ
server who has much that is inter
ssting to say Of the religious aud
civic life OF the nations he visited.
BY q circumstance unusually for
tunate he was in Honolulu when the
islands were stirred to the highest
pitch Of excitement over political
aud national affairs. He saw aud
heard enough to learn Of q strong
nationality on the islands, Of . stub
born spirit Of freedom aud Of . de-
termination to preserve . national
existence which was dearly bought.
DIR. Qu'glcy returns to give ex-
preston to new opinions Of the poll.
ticai situation in Hawaii. He speaks
because he has mingled with the
Hswaiians themselves, has heard
them in their moods Of gayety aud
sadness, has seen them in moments
Of political excitement aud watched
them in the daily routine Of their
lives. He has much to praise and
not q little to condemn in the sim
pie islanders, but he gives an assur.
ance, based, as he believes, upon
TACT, that the Hawaiians will not
lose their nationality without .
struggle which may startls the
world.
In speaking OF his visit to the Ha.
waiian islands he refers to their
ply steal characteristics aud to their
reign Of perpetual summer. In the
people he sees q joyful, peaceful,
hsppy race, simple in manners and
customs, graceful aud beautiful in
carriage aud fond Of music, rs all
people of the tropics or s-nii-tropics
are.
He has praise for the religious at.
tributes Of the people. In the
Catholic Cathedral OF Honolulu il
is not an infrequent circumstance
for 5000 or GOO auditors to assem-.
bile for the service. The Episcopal
and Union Congregational Churches
are we'll represented and have organ
lied an excellent system Of educa-
tiou. On the islands there are
seniinaries aud schools. The island
ers are apt scholars.
There is in Them" said the rev.
ersnd gentleman, - consciousness
Of their right 10 nationality, Of their
/ privilege Of q government of their
own. They understand that natural
/ inalienable right to ind p,ndence.
II may be denied, but it can never
be taken away.
They are q thoughtful people.
They read much, aud the vast maj
ority Of them believe that their
Queen was dethroned by the fraud
VI Foreigners, who used their power
and their position to initiate and
carry out rebellion against the o.
tablished government Of a nation
They who did this were naturalized
citizens of Hawaii.
IL have talked seriously with tn,
natives on this question. They hav,
spoken freely aud earnestly. The!
believe that band Of naturalizet
citizens could come among us ant
breed secession aud treason to GU
Government with as much justice q
has been done to theirs. ! thinl
that il the people Of the Hawaiian
Islands were able they would rebe
against the Provisional Governmen
To. morrow and re-establish the rega
form under which they lived. Soone
or later they will protest; how sooI
or how late I do not know, but
question is never settled until 1t
rightly settled, and II is my opinion
that the world may look for start
ling and important events in Ha
wall within year or two, perhap
sooner.
"Much has been said OF the in
morality OF the dsposed Queen.
have it from one whose word
accept without reservation the a
surance that these stories are fal.
iu every particular. The depose
Queen is a member of the Unto
Congregational Church. She is r
garded as in every way virtuous al
worthy. The best people in Il
islands attended her receptions. A
invitation was never denied. indes
they were eagerly sought. Tho
who went did not scruple to tai
their wives and daughters. Yet the
now charge the Quaen with immo
atty.
"ln profound peace the Americ,
troops entered the islands and raise
the American ilag. Their act WI
as wrong as though they had rails,
the Stars and Stripes on the nation
property Of Paris or London, i
n stead Of upon that OF the Hawaii'
Islands"
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