The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-17
BETTER ANARCHISTS THAN "REBEIs. .

It is very natural for those favor
able to leniency toward the instr
gators of the present uprising 70
no,nt to the action of the United
States toward the leaders Of the
confederacy as has our correspond
ent in another column. They give
the insurrection the dignity Of a
rebellion, a war against the Gov
eminent, when the evidence which
is being steadily gathered by the
Government officials shows that 1t
was little more or less than an an
archist plot, which can best be
compared with the Chicago riots OF
1885 that led to the execution OF
Spies, Parsons and other anarch-
ist leaders, than to any other
event in American history. 1t 10
we'll known that great hue and
CIV was raised among a certain
class Of Americans because OF the
death of these men, but the WIS
dom of the courts In sentencing
those anarchists to death on the
gallows ia more completely demon
strated as the years roll by. so
thoroughly has it become estab-
lished that the action of Governor
Altgeld in pardoning the confeder-
ates of the men executed, caused a
universal cry of condemnation from
every nook and corner Of the United
States.
There was not a semblance OF
civilized warfare in any act pro-
posed by the insurgents Of Hawaii.
Every man enlisted to overthrow
the Government was a member of
a revolutionary party, the object OF
which was to introduce state Of
affairs little better than anarchy.
To this end they proposed to ex-
terminate by violent death all who
favored the present state of law and
order.
Point out, if you can, a single
instance in the war of the rebellion
where the men of the South at
tempted to gain their ends by
methods which endangered the
lives of innocent women and chill
dren. The rebellion of 1858
and the instruction of Hawaii in
1895 are not to be compared either
in the object to be attained or the
general methods of procedure. The
leaders of the South made a state
ment of principles and went into
the field and fought like men. On
being defeated they were treated
according to the honor of modern
warfare they had displayed.
What of the Hawaiian insurrec-
ton AS the ADVERTISER has
stated many times before, and the
terrible truth of which is daily
being more clearly demonstrated,
the leaders who mapped out the
murderous plot of the insurrection
included the most horrible, damn
able schemes, which the civilized
world has ever known. The dyna-
mite bombs many of which are still
in the hands of the enemies Of the
Government constitute evidence
that cannot be questioned.
The only difference between the
Chicago riots and the insurrection
OF Hawaii is that the anarchists of
America accomplished their dead
ly purpose while the Hawaiian
anarchists were baked at the out
set. They murdered only one
man but it was not their fault that
they did not commit more heinous
crimes. There is no evidence that
one manly, honorable action was
proposed by those connected with
the instruction. The prisoners
themselves have not offered a word
of testimony that savors of any
thing but cruel, unhuman slaugh-
ter. These are hard uncomfort-
able facts which the lenient
minded supporters of the Govern
ment should take home and ponder
well.