The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-11-01
FREEDOM BY RIGHT.

AS mas bttH Sldltts WITH
the Hawaiian Islands are annexed to
the United States, the Hawaiian en-
ters the Union upon an equality with
every member of the Union. He does
not enter as a conquered man, he en-
tiers it with the same political rights
that President Mckinley, Secretary
Sherman, Senators Morgan and Pet
tigrew, or any other American citizen
has, and he has the same opportunity,
granted his ability, to rise to the
highest political honors in the Repub-
idea is the equality of man. The es-
sence of the monarchial idea is the in
equality of man.
Now we have those in the commu-
nifty who think that Hawaii would do
well as colonial possession of Eng
land, and so she might, for the white
population, but certainly not for the
Hawaiian population, with its desire
for political rights. There has been
occasion in these columns to show
how the Maoris are regarded in the
colony of New Zealand 1t has been
shown that in the statistics of the
colony, the Maoris are not considered,
When the population of the colony is
counted, the Maoris are not counted
in it, but occupy little section in the
appendix, and yet the Maoris are
slightly more numerous than the Ha-
waiians. The details of their occupa-
tions are not sought. their ages are
not tabulated and their ruler is noted
as king" the quotation marks show
ing that the word is used in contempt
and not as an honor.
Now, let us glance for a moment
"-npon how the native of India is re-
garded, as shown by the British press.
The Daily Graphic, speaking of a Sc
ries of seditious articles by Gangah-
har Tilak, who has recently be pun
ished with eighteen months imprls-
onment, says: THE press in Eng
land expresses the voice of "A sover-
eign people, which is. in the last re-
sort. the Governments master. The
native press in India only express the
voice of subject races. in the one
case freedom is right; in the other it
is merely concession" And the
Globe says: 1--WE have a good deal too
much sentiment talked about the ma
h,
belongs to a subject race"
That is the view taken of the color
ed races under English rule, they are
regarded as ''inferior' or Subject" ra-
ces. The anneNationist on these Is
lands proposes no such position for
the native of Hawaii. He proposes
that he should enter the Union as his
own political equal. There is no at
tempt at making political color line.
The day for the Hawaiian to stand for
himself is past. 1t is no longer a
whether Hawaii shall be controlled by
the native Hawaiian or by some for
eign people, but the question is
'What foreign people shall control
Hawaii?'
From the prely Hawaiian stand.
point annexation to the United States
is the only solution to his position
which can give him the exercise of po-
litical power as he has been accus-
toned to use it, the only chance he
will have of becoming any integral
part of a great sovereign people. if
he drifts into the power of Japan it
will mean humiliation; if he even
comes under the power of Great Brit
ain it would mean complete subordi
nation. Freedom, as the Daily Graph
ic says, is not the right, lit is merely
concession" The United States
makes no concession" it gives the
right. The day that the Stars anG
Stripes are hoisted over the Hawaiian
Islands, the Hawaiian can say, "Civis
Americanas Sum-" and know that h,
is the political equal of every man il
the United States, no matter what hi.
wealth, or social position, or creed OF
color may be. He becomes of right
free of all the institutions of the Unit
ed States, and no one can take hi,
right away, so long as the Stars anC
Stripes continue to wave, and repre-
sent the might and majesty of tru,
republican principles.
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