The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-05-30

! of that story. OF the same character
/ are the stories that are now being sem
! Out from rOyalIst sources that there i.
! dissension in the Cabinet. 1t is lie
! out of whole cloth.
/ 4 Lincoln Story-DOn't Nag the Govern
ment.
! A deputation once waited upon Lin
| coin to complain of some act of his ad
! ministration. He responded: "Gen-
! tlemen, suppose all the property you
| were worth was in gold, and you had
| put it in the hands of Blondin tC
carry across the Niagara river on a
rope, would you shake the cable, OF
keep shouting out to him: Blondin,
stand up little straigh -Blondin,
| stoop little more-go little faster?'
No, you would hold your breath as
well as your tongue, and keep your
hands off until he was safe over. The
Government are carrying an immense
weight. They are doing the best they
can. Don't badger them. Keep
silence, and Well get you safe across. y
ask you to apply that anecdote to
our chosen leaders. The positions
which they are occupying are full of
difficulties and perpleXities. They are
working heart, mind and body to their
utmost strength to accomplish the
object for which we put them there,
Don't nag at them; give them credit
for the infinite number of difficult
places that they have already pulled
us through, and make them feel that
you trust them and believe in their
good faith, and you will get a great
deal more and better work out of them
than you will if you help throw an air
of d1strust and suspicion about them.
Do not be discouraged because every
thing is not accomplished at once. 1t
is easier to fight than it is to wait; but
the distinguishing feature of the
Anglo-SaxOn race is their ability to
wait as well as fight. Let us prove
ourselves worthy of our race. They
tell about Connecticut man who was
so fond of CLAIMS that he ate them three
times day for twenty years, until he
became so saturated with clam juice
that his stomach would rise and fall
with the tide.
Let us emulate that distinguished
citizen. When you find a good thing,
stick to it. All things come to him
who waits.
"Why Am an AnnexatiOnist."
from the main subject, and L will now
proceed to state to you "why / am an
annexatiOnist."
1t may be laid down as a general
proposition that one of the chief dis
and difficulties of every |
small country is the fact that its small |
ness renders it liable to be seriously |
affected by minor occurrences, which /
would pass unheeded in a large coun- /
try.
The palpable fact that the physical !
81 l..
ment is necessarily limited, renders it
liable to constant rumOrs of trouble, /
which, in the long run, is almost as
injurious as actual trouble itself.
Hawaii IS no exception to this pro- /
position. If this were community of
Anglo SaXOns, or of those thoroughly (
imbued with the principles of repre- I
sentative government, the situation .
would be different. Under those cir (
the community, however
small, could be depended upon to work
along constitutional lines. I
No matter how the present condi- /
tIons came about, we must deal with
them as we find them. The situation
which we must face is, that the Anglo
Saxon proportion of the community,
and those who believe with them in
the principles of representative gov
ernment, will not submit to the ar
oitrary, despOtic and vicious methods
represented by the late monarchy;
while many of those who believe in
The divine rights Of kings are not yet
content to accept republic principles
IF government.
republicans Can Maintain Themselves.
There is 40 doubt in my mind that
he republicans of Hawaii can main.
ain themselves against would be
at home and filibus-
ering pirates from abroad for an
Indefinite period, and if the monarchy
hOuId by any unthinkable contin-
,ency regain control, it could not hold
t for more than few days. In spite,
however, OF the manifest strength of
he Government, recent history shows
hat it is not strong enough to prevent
he belief among the supporters of
monarchy that they can successfully
oppose it; and we have an ever-recur-
ing supply of rumOrs of instructions
nd hlibustering expeditions.
Other Causes of Conflict.
1t is not only the conflict between !
he two systems Of government that
enders probable continuance of the
resent undesirable conditions.
The situation and condition of the
ountry is inherently one to breed ad-
enturers; it is not any one man or
ny set of men who are responsible for
be existing status. The status creates
be men. Let the whole existing
rood of demagOgues and adventures
e wiped out of existence, and in a few
ears an entirely new crop will have
cen produced by the existing condi-
ions.
The conditions which produce this
and undesirable state of
fairs are:
First-The country is rich, with a
large income and pat
ODage.
Second--The population is so small
lat man counts for a. great deal
lore than he does in a large cOmmu-
ity, and with much less brains and
fort can push himself to the front.
ne country is therefore much more
inject than are larger nations to be
reyed upon by INSCRIPTIONS men
hO have In ba cprntrv