The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-11
PRINCIPLE, NOT SENTIMENT.

Shoulder to shoulder with the
whites - facing danger without
fiinching-ever ready to respond
to the can for duty wherever 1t
may take them, quietly and unob-
trusively, the native element of the
Government forces have stood
solidly aiding in the protection OF
the Republic. Many natives and
haIf.whites have offered their SER
vices, ready to 60 where they can
be of the best service.
There is a significance in the
action of this class that should not
be overlooked. These men include
some of the most intelligent OF
their race in the islsnds-men
not swayed by the varying breezes
which the smooth, oily expressions
of the agitator may create ; thought
full men, with an ability to weigh
the political situation of the country
with an eye to something beyond
the passing day. While they are
not all blessed with superior
amount of knowledge gained from
books, they have what many times
serves q man infinitely better
a knowledge of human nature !;
a receptive and discerning mind,
with which to weigh political right
and wrong.
These Hawaiians know that the
men in the field are fighting for
the maintenance of the civil rights
of whatever nationality may be
represented in the islands. They
are ruled by common sense, not
sentiment. They can see the way
their race and country has been
going,-an easy tool in the hands
of the adventurer, bled to death by
the schemes of a coterie of indivi-
duals who don't care a penny
weight for the Hawaiians or their
islands.
They have confidence in the
men at the head of the Republic.
The native Hawaiians know that
every supporter of the present Gov
eminent is willing to risk his life
that every man, woman and child
of whatever caste or color may
stand on the level Of civil equal
ity. He knows that the men in
the field are fighting for principle
not sentiment that there is not
man in the whole official force of
the Republic that would send a
fellow creature into a place of
danger where he would not 60 him
self. There are none of the methods
of the sneaking coward, who in
time of danger uses the natives as
a bullet shield and Immediately
victory is won relegates him to
the vale of insignifcance with no
voice in the conduct of affairs.
The fighting force of the'rebels is
composed of natives. White men
furnished the tools of warfare but
not q single one of these renegades
is seen on the field of battle.
Note the difference. Look az the
records of the men Dole, Smith,
King, Carter, Castle and hundred
and one others prominent in the
Government. Where have they
been found? Always In the fight
ing front. They have the courage
Of their convictions, q courage born
of the principle that gives dignity
to the nation, advance in the COM
mercial world, advance morally
and intellectually for the native
Hawaiian. Let the weak, narrow
minded supporter of sentimentality
say what he Will, these are truisms
that can never be wiped out.
Never a single instance has there
been where the native has been
messed forward to do the dirty
work, while the men who ply the
timid drivers whip come in to
reap the financial benefits. The
more thoughtful Hawaiians have
seen this, and once seeing have
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