The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-18
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it all the rights, duties and privi-
leges OF citizenship. Then did this
country
ATTAIN ITS GOLDEN ERA,
which you could have maintained,
but for the promises and pledges
you made only to break, through
patronage and trucking to mon
opoly, through your delivery of inn
portant and valuable Offices and po-
sitions OF trust to the worthless,
through your forced introduction of
Japanese and Chinese coolies and
slaves against the wishes of the peo-
pie, and merely because you dared
not oppose the demands OF the
plutocrats, the sugar planters, the
men whom Uncle Sam in his mis-
taken generosity has permitted to
grow rich at the American citizens
expense, and who has ever discrimi-
mated against the employment Of
Americans on those plantations and
in those interests for which he re-
ceived such enormous bounties.
YOU MUST MODIFY THIS OATH,
You seemingly overlook the claims
OF those who demand it. You talk
about those who are opposed to it.
Are the majority to have no voice.
Have the Hawaiians nothing to say2
Those who are born here, who have
brought up families here, who have
the residential and the property
qualifications, who pay the taxes on
81 percent OF the total amount
collected, who outnumber 10 to l.
the others of this country to whom
you have given the oath,-the men
OF yesterday,-the new arrivals
owning nothing mere adventures,
whom you have placed in the high
est and most prominent positions,
who have everything to gain and
nothing to lose, and who only sup
port you because it is in their inter
est to do so2 To whom then shall
be accorded the justice, right and
control in deciding what this coun-
try shall be or what it shall not be2
Mr.. Speaker, if it is to be the pro-
perty qualification that shall decide
then l claim that
HAVE FAR GREATER RIGHTS
in voicing this claim, than many of
those who oppose, for L pay higher
taxes and my virtue OF residence is
greater. stand here as the Repre-
sentative from those OF the most i'm
portant districts on these Islands,
and l was elected with one of the
largest majorities that ever was cast,
and with clearly enunciated de-
claration OF principles of what |
represented and what / proposed to
stand for, and first and foremost came
my emphatic declaration that the
franchise should be extended.
To. day our country of the United
States is a glorious complication
OF the equal rights of 100000 peo-
pie, the ending Of that great war of
the rebellion likewise coalesced and
welded together in one homogeneous
band, never to be severed or obliter-
ated those who had been opponents
and enemies. This to-day is a de
facto government, the issues and
differences Of the past are past and
forgotten, there is no Liliuokalani,
no queen.
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR CANNOT RULE
forever, but the perfect expression OF
the peoples will and sense. That
then, is what / desire, that the wishes
and will OF the people shall be main
tanned, and to convince you that it
is wisdom, patriotism, ST craftsmanship
and necessity that you grant the
rights of citizenship to those whom
you have hitherto denied them to,
whom you have kept without the
pale. And let me tell you once
more that that is not how the Amer
lean states, the American cities have
reached their eminence and wealth,