The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
HAWAIIAN AND NEG O.
THEIR RELATIVE CONDITIONS Uys
DER THE STARS AND STRIPES.

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a meno,.iu Editor Discusse, Thrm FOR the
perent OF the ~anawich Islanders. and .
Nnu or Negro Preferences Discusses HE
utscnusion rre,n tho HeErou Point Of View.
A correspondent at Honolulu has sent the
writer a copy OF tho Pacific Commercial AdreTS
tiser OF Oct. 10. in which the leading editorial
article deals with 1.-The native and tho negro"
Tho editor of the newspaper Is W. \. Armstrong;,
n brother OF Gen. 8. e. Armstrong, who founded
tho hampton Normal and Agricultural lnsutuua-
and devoted the best days OF his life TO the work
of educating fro-Americans The editor OF the
Polynesian newspaper has 3 mo views on the
Afro-American question which show that he has
a great deal to learn about 1t, especially II he
wants to convince tho natives of Hawaii that
the best thing for them and for their country II
to get under the protection OF the Stars and
Stripes as soon rs possible. Mr.. Armstrong sayst
"Some extended inquiry among the natives
discloses their general and sincere suspicion
that, in the event of annexation, they will be
treated In social, II II t in political, matters like
tho American negroes. The native and the
negro arc now and will continue to be placed on
very different footings in America. But II 10
difficult to prove this to tho native, because the
proof lies rather in opinion than in domonstra.
ton. Recently Liliuokaiani crossed and rr
crossed the continent in tho Pullman cars with
all of the privileges of he white traveller. We
| Del0ve tnnU Tho ntbTO WOulu nOb 10 pcTulttOA
the same privilege of travel. She was enter
tanned In hotels which refuse tho negro any 40
commodation."
1t is natural that tho natives OF Hawaii
should want to know what their status will DO
in the event Of tho annexation. but Mr.. Arm-
strong does not possess the necessary knowledge
TO inform their ignorance when no leaves the
broad, general, and safe ground that their status
ought to be, and would DO under the Constitu-
tim tho IN N M that pf thu ybtta HnVniinDp.
The fact is that o-Americ are allowed TO
ride in the Pull an cars in every State in the
Uni n, their right to do so having been affirmed
in two instances by the Federal courts. and that
the Atlantic and the Pacific. VIII ether she went
by New Orleans, or Denver. any ordinary AFRO
car 8 rvice. il he had had money. TO pay for 1t.
II he had been of the same fictitious Importance
dated at every hotel, outside of the southern
States, at " ich she was accommodates. 1t was
mand OF cash that made the way smooth for her:
Her c lor cut no figure. The black liking OF
in h1 the same style and Received Just as much At.
%tcntion. A title or a shadow of a title and a big
G Giak h ia most WI OF the bay STATES sHs a'H Tho S sonta paSt%a
has much on its sidc that condition, not
dice, A poor. ignorant, and unclean Hawaiian
will find 1t just as uncomfortable in the United
or Chinaman, while a rich. cultured. and clean
one Will find that he can stop at the Astoria and
T waSts in to- Ds and that s"F' there nas s WPiiI b n NO linz Ga to the he
fun he can have as long as his money holds out.
h HSwa piliahn r sf%Se viii ri hG not be- r tsas SnS Ss Mhiso
folks in the United States any more than the
ssasom that eei 1SsS nne mot. and fhe ar w ths h s,%p ls
take their chances along with the other colored
country. which is still very young, With no hxed
preiudices against any race that time will not
MIR. Armstrong says: THE prejudice against
the negro lies not so much in color rs in other
ern5 seru saes as f iSn9 mnslesnI Insk OF a thTii eoa gse 9.
ness of feature. The same distinction exists be.
tween white 4 and Sa, white 9oo, The Irish ,hsn beg ,S. trot,or
thirty years ago; These preiudices arc not
. F fhs fsrse but Cities ts% 81 sSe Atla 1hiif' soi ys"fns horse ssG ssr is
, were reserved for colored people owing
to this prejudice. But gradually the whites
!. next a Niger than lose I'VE minutes, BY 1870
:. must have been badly confused by the opening
Prejudice against the Afro.American is not
S based on a ths all alleged gsdt' fact oa t that ns he is ig nor +
years Of age can read and write rrite. and that, too.
, a artfr c Psins diu%i nRsian Si!h all nc q %hSm ' aFs %sS
down in the English, at least. Of their education;
he does not lack thr IT, because he pro.
s;sSe better the clothes s1.,;s,, than 4, he son did as ma a
8 auction and consumption since the war
show this to be the case. AS far as his reputa-
l Is concerned. 1t is a safe stateme THAT the Afro
American masses use as much soap as any of
the other masses Of the population. and that on
D this score they will stand head and shoulders
: above the Hawaiian natives, not all of whom
I have begun to wear clothes. All the masses in
i, the United States and in Hawaii can use more
( The Afro-American has been shedding that ever
: since he came to the United States, as a result
I Of CLIMATIC q influences and amHlgamation SO
African coarseness and conforming to tho ma
/ tional type still in process of evolution.
r any of these things, but in the fact that they
Z were slaves and that as n mass they are poor.
l The native Hawaiian need not worry about his
8 color as a citizen of the United States il he has
education and plenty of money; but il he is iR-
norant and poor he will have a hard road to
tans by the way, black or white. to succor him.
Mr.. Armstrong has q far-away idea that this 10
the state of the case when he says: But 1t 10
character and not color which draws tho line
Tho concluding paragraph of Mr.. Armstrong;
"The causes which created the prejudice
against the negro do not exist in the case OF the
I native Hawaiian. If the native comprehends or
realizes the important fact that II is not really
, founded on color of amy kind he will dismiss HIS
fears. But we see that the native ~confuses the
s social condition and that OF the white man on
Of both under the laws have been care.
fully protected. and there has been no fric-
} tion. The native should realize it that the
American population, here are tho relations
| which he will bear to the people of the United
, States in The event Of annexation. But it is fool
ish to criticise barshly the native suspicious re-
| garding his future treatment 30 long MS the
. facts stand rs they do regarding the attitude of
t s sae A seeyics m neSp be tSH ons d the aeDH RSgrG; But But
b native that he is not and will not be classed
. with the negro
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