The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-12
THE CITIZENS DUTY.

AS was stated yesterday the cause
of annexation is the platform of this
paper. There are two sets of people
TO convince on the matter. The states
men of the United States have to be
convinced and there are those here
who have to be convinced.
Take the planter who says that with
out the particular conditions of labor
which he has been accustomed to, his
plantation will be failure. His arcu-
ment should be heard and should be
answered intellgently. Let him look
at the condition of the slave states Of
far heather, far more energetic than
ever they were under the conditions
that ruled in the sixties. There war
laid waste much that could have been
saved. Here there will be no such var,
because the end desired must come by
peaceful means.
The labor question is one which.
there is no doubt, will settle itself.
Economic matters always do, for the
laws of economics are immutable, ard
if you have good soil, an energetic set
of owners of the soil, and a free gov
eminent, you are bound to have sue
cess, in fact you can command it.
Our people must consider this. They
are here to build up. 1t is all very well
to say after us the deluge," as Mad
anne de Pampadour and Louis XIV
used to say, but that is not the man
ner of the United States citizen nor
is it the manner of the Anglo Saxon
race. 4 citizen of country has his
duties, besides the mere getting of a
dollar here and a couple more there.
He is bound to do the very best for
the country in which his lot is cast.
If he finds it weak. he must see how
he can strengthen it. If he finds that
it cannot stand by itself, he must use
his best efforts to ally it with that
which will give it strength. There is
no alliance that can be made outside
of getting that close association with
the Great Republic, which is annexa-
tion. 1t is annexation or it is disinte-
grafton. That is the issue clearly and
tersely put.
AS far as internal affairs are con-
cerned we can hold our own, but as far
as external affairs loom up, we can
not. 1t is the danger from without
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does it seem that anyone should even
oppose scheme which gives safety to
his family and security to his proper
ty. With the flag of the United States
flying over the Government Buildings
is there a power that would dare ia
lay a finger on Hawaii. With our own
flag flying who can prevent the China
men or the japanese from having their
own will with us? What power have
we? Bravery, determination. love of
our own children and wives; but how
ever great the bravery, however great
the determination, however great the
love for children and wives, ito use
strong eXpress-"cuts no Ice in the
matter of Hotchkiss guns and Krupp
cannon.
The fact is from without we are de-
fenseless, though from within we are
perfectly well able to take care of
ourselves. Therefore it is the duty
of everyone who has the love home
and hearth to use every effort which
that shall give perfect safety to the
artizan's family as well as to that 81
the sugar millionaire the arti-
ian needs it more than the millionaire
The only safety, clear, and certain, is
annexation to the United States.
There seems to be an impression
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