The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-02-02

MR.. EDITOR hope the article in
this mornings paper was as interesting
to all your readers as it was to me.
Ii read rightly, there is no one here
protesting Christianity or brotherly
love. but must own the truth is told,
regarding the bitter and unreasonable
feeling planted in the breasts of Amer
lean children towards Britain and all
things British When l lived for a
time in the States l often wondered
why that feeling was so strong in the
children after a lapse of so many years,
and especially when l thought many of
them were only one generation from
every nation under the sun, and that
their forefathers had no concern with
the American Revolution. But take
those whose ancestors did lick the
Britishers," as they put it, surely the
mellowing influence of time and the
mere fact of them being the vtctors
should have buried all bitterness long
ago.
While ii. is very hard for us at times
10 remember, as you say, that there
is but one flag for all races, and that
its staff was raised on the heights of
Jerusalem, still, it is surely very easy
indeed, to lay aside the hard thoughts
regarding those who have offended US,
more especially, if our offenders have
suffered punishment for the evil they
did If Britain did overstep her
rights as the parent country and de-
veloped an unusual amount of big
head"-to use your expressive Ameri-
can language she has had over cen
fury to watch the tremendous growth
and rise of a wonderful and mighty
nation which might still have owned
her sway had she been careful and
not blundered and taken rather more
than a just share of parental authori-
ty Is not this punishment enough?
For we never quite recognize that
punishment is a good thing no matter
how much we may have brought it
on ourselves by our misdeeds.
And now that thou shalt see the
difference of our spirit" let me tell
you, in Britain there is nothing in
any school book nor anything the ED
ers tell the young people to keep up
enmity towards America 1t is, in
fact the other way. We are taught to
look on America as wonderful coun-
try with a wonderful people, and we
certainly look on them as much nearer
related to us than other white races
nearer home. 1t is the Land of the
Free" although, now that have been
there, I have yet to learn or have ex-
planned to me where there is any more
freedom than in the old country. How
ever, that has nothing to do with the
subject, and have firmly made up my
mind that we have much too warm a
regard for America-even to a secret
admiration for the stand she took for
her liberty-in return for all the disa-
greeable. scurTilous untruths they tell
about "land-grabbing England" as
they are pleased to call it. You say it
may be asked whether or not the So
ciety of the Sons of the Revolution"
and other kindred bodies are not, after
all. in some conflict with the principles
of universal brotherhood. Well, that is
how it strikes me, but then l am born
British, not raised" under the glor-
ious STARS and Stripes" To me the
mere name has a disagreeable sound.
1t suggests war and enmity, and il
those protesting to belong to the order
are really the Christians we suppose
them to be, then in the interests OF
Christianity, the sooner they choose
another name for their society more