The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-03
CORRESPONDENCE
Fraudulent Promises.
Ed. The INDEpENDENT.--

give the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States for the benefit and
interest Of the native Hawaiians,
sometimes use very funny arguments
to favor the contamination; argu-
ments which the writer's thereof
know to be baseless fabrications.
1t is said by these schemers that
"when the Hawaiian Islands are an
nexed, the Hawaiian does not enter
the Union as conquered man"
Good Godl the Hawaiisn will not
enter it as free man and Of his
own free will The Hawaiian does
not wish to enter the so-called
Union, he has protested against the
proposition. If, in the face OF such
protest the gift" Of Stevens CO.
conspirators is accepted by the
United States the transaction then
becomes, nothing more nor less,
that OF possession by conquest
it may no called "a damn grab"-it
certainly is not annexation with and
by the consent of the people"
The status of the Maori OF Now
Zealand, aud OF the native of India,
in their respective couatries has no
bearing whatever on the Hawaiian
question, nor can any comparison
be deduced therefrom. The Hawai-
ians' country has been recognized,
treated and respected as an Inde-
pendent Nation for over fifty years.
The Hawaiian himself has also been
recognized, treated aud respected
as political factor and has enjoy
ed such privileges as subject of
the Hawaiian nation is entitled to
for over fifty years. The Maori of
New Zealand and the native of India
have not enjoyed such political
privileges, nor are they treated as
"civiIized" beings in accordance with
"Westeru" ideas OF modern civil
ization.
The attempt is now made to de-
prive the Hawaiian of his country;
the schemers in this transaction, to
aid their illegitimate cause, resort to
the utterauce oil all manner OF false
assertions and misrepresentation.
The Hawaiian is now told that she
will enter the Union upon an equal
ity with every member of the Union
and that the essence OF the Repub
lican idea is the equality Of man,
while that OF the monarchical idea
is the inequality of man."
The writer OF the foregoing base
assertions cannot surely expect the
Hawaiian to believe what hr writes
or says. The Hawaiian knows better
The Hawaiian has for fifty years
prior to the year lS93-under a
monarchical form Of government
enjoyed the position Of being on
equal terms with his fellow beings,
not only politically but socially, and
has been treated as such,
Under the present existing condi-
tions in Hawaii, the Hawaiian has
no Freedom by Right" After-the
so-called-annexation, the Hawaiian
will not have any Freedom by
Right" either. The equality" upon
which he will then be placed and
the manner in which he will then
be treated willbe similar to that of
the Negro aud Indian in America
similar to that OF the Maori in New
Zealand and similar to that OF the
native OF India,
The present Hawaiian Govern
ment ls'called by its founders Re-
public, aud yet it's main efforts have
been to deprive the Hawaiian Of his
political rights. How can he OK.
pect then that the Olgarchical Re-
publicans who are selling out his
country to the Greater Republic
will endeavor to restore those rights
to him7 They cannot, will not and
dare not, for if they did he would be
the leading political factor at whose
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