The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-01-13
QUEEN LII AND THE SOUTH.

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 infor-
nation in regard 10 each other. She
seems to have labored under the i'm
preston that we were a more or less
savage people, and that in the south
ern part of the country especially
there was painful lack of enlighten-
ment. Indeed, she told reporter in
New York plainly and pointedly: 81
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
are!"
Who led her to believe the people of
the south were not civilized? In or
der to find an answer for the question,
it is necessary to inquire as to the peo
pie from the United States that she
met and associated with in Honolulu.
The information is, we believe, that the
leaders of the American colony in the
islands were, and are, New England
ers. If we are not mistaken, her hus-
band was New Englander; at any
rate, his kindred dwell in New En-
gland, and it is to visit them that the
ex-queen is now in Boston. The man
who wrested Liliuokalani's govern
ment from her is of New England
stock, and the man who reprepresent-
ed this government in Honolulu at the
time of the revolution was from the
same section of the country. They
naturally subscribed for New England
papers and magazines, the editorial
ntterances and literary articles of
which, in connection with the opinions
held and expressed by the New Eng
landers on the ground, gave the upper
class Kanakas the idea that the people
of the southern portion of the United
States were unciviliZed.
Having in mind the things of the
New Englanders told her about the peo-
pie Of the south, Liliuokalani expected
that when she reached New Orleans
she would find village of matched
huts, of the kind we picture to our
selves as being typical Of Hawaii, and
that she would see the natives wearing
bright bandana costumes of 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, 81 did not see anything
uncivilized about the people of New
Orleans at all. They were most cor
dial, and very gentle and kindly"
She had expected to find them fero-
cious with the hot pot on the fire all the
time, and ever ready to throw a spear.
Remembering the stories she had heard
in Honolulu, however, she was not
quite ready to admit that her friends
(and enemies) from New England had
been fOoling her. She was quite sure
there must have been some foundation
for the tales they had told her; there
fore she concluded: 81 think the south
ern people must have been civilized
very muchin late years."
While Mrs. Dominis was learning
that we are a somewhat civilized peo-
pie we learned that she is not a ne
gro, is not a mulatto, and not related
to the negro race any more than the
North American Indians are. She be-
longs to the brown race of Polynesia,
the people of which have narrow noses,
straight, long hair, thin lips, an arched
instep and and clear skin. Her peo-