The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

Mrs. Dominis, until lately queen of the
Sandwich or Hawaiian, Islands, is in this
country, for the first time. 1t appears
that she and the American people are
gathering some fresh information with
regard to each other. She seems to have
labored under the impression that we
were a more or less savage people, and
that in the southern part of the country
especially there was a painful lack of
enlightenment. Indeed, she told a report
er in New York plainly and pointedly: II
had been led to believe that the people of
the south were not civilized" But" she
added, evidently relieved at having had it
demonstrated to her that the opposite was
true-"but they arer'
Who led her to believe the people of
the south were not civilized? In order to
find an answer for the question, it is nee
essary to inquire as to the people from
the United States that she met and as
ISOLATED with in Honolulu. The informa-
ton is, we believe, that the leaders of the
American colony in the islands were, and
are, New Englanders. If we are not mis-
taken, her husband was a New England
er; at any rate, his kindred dwell in New
England, and it is to visit them that the
ex-queen is now in Boston. The man who
wrested Liliuokalanrs government from
her is of New England stock and the man
who represented this government in Hon.
olulu at the time of the revolution was
from the same section of the country
They naturally subscribed for New Eng
land papers and magazines, the editorial
utterances and literary articles of which,
in connection with the opinions held and
expressed by the New Englanders on the
ground gave the upper class Kanakas the
idea that the people of the southern por-
ton of the United States were uncivilized.
Having in mind the things the New
Englanders told her about the people of
the south, Liliuokalani expected that
when she reached New Orleans she would
find village of matched huts, of the
kind we picture to ourselves as being typ
ical of Hawaii, and that she would see
the natives wearing bright bandana cos
tunes of a single piece and carrying war
clubs. When she arrived at the Crescent
City she was delighted to find nothing of
the sort. why" said she TO the New
York reporter. II did not see anything I'M
civilized about the people of New Or
leans at all. They were most cordial, and
very gentle and kindly" She had ex-
pected to find them ferocious; with the
hot-pot on the fire all the time, and ever
ready 10 throw a spear. Remembering
the stories she had heard in Honolulu.
however. she was not quite ready TO adj
NIT that her friends (and enemies) from
New England had been fooing her. Sne
was quite sure there must have been some
foundation for the tales they had told
her; therefore she concluded: Il think the
southern people must have been civilized
very much in late years"
While Mrs Dominis was learning that
we are somewhat civilized people. we
learned that she is not a negro, is not a
mulatto. and is not related to the negro
race any more than the North American
Indians are. She belongs to the brown
race of Polynesia, the people of which
have narrow noses, straight, long hair,
thin lips. an arched instep and a clear
skin, Her people have a language OF their
own. and in that language "A rich htera-
ture, in legend, The brown people are
supposed to be allied TO the American H.
dams and the Malays. but their origin
Is not known.