The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-12-02

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nors Rs'sIion D. O. matter 8i
ancient history with which the writer
s nU, familiar ard d. NJ r'rmane fo
the discusson. THO Hawaiian hos
NO. been robbed of hIs hbcrtios he
enjoys vastly more than ia HE am
cest0rs. Who knpN nothing u tIe
incoming Of the word ] 40 MOI believe
that o case can bp found on the 49,
ords % the land Office. where mis-
siOnary or the son " a missionary has
not given a fair price, az the time ~
purchase. for every acre 81 land be
low owns
The friends % the Hawaiian n'ly
believe that the Anger Of Providence
has slgnally In the past delivered the
Islands from complications with the
Russians, The English. the French ana
'he California flihnsttrs. and has res
tucd thcm as bright star In the gal
axy OF the American nag.
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION JCsTI-
FLED.
To = proper understanding Of the
Hawaiian matter. IL Is necessary TO re
view briefly the conditions autecedent
to, and involved in, the Revolution OF
1898
The Hawaiian people are even now
only three or four generations re-
moved from a state OF heathenism. In
A. ID. 1890 there were no laws except
| the despotic will OF the chief There
was no written language. The com
mon people had no rights that their
superlurs were bound to respect. The
people were in abiect subjugat!on. II
! is not strange that in 50 short a time
| they are not fully qualified TO under
! stand and intelligentiy act upon broad
! economic and political questions They
are but children yet In the intricacies
OF political science.
The American missionaries arrived
at Hawaii A. u. 1920. They brought
the Bible and the schoolhouse, those
potent agencies In promoting civil and
religious liberty. They found people
Just being delivered from the worst OF
tyrannous, superstitious systems-that
of the Tabu. The idols had been
burned, and the people We're without
knowledge OF a better God than thos'
their hands had made.
For half a century the faithful ser
wants of the gospel labored TO intro
duce new ideas OF the Almighty; :
reverence for Gods holy Word and tbs
sacredness OF home; a conception %
the need OF education, OF the necessity
OF established law and order, of Z
State aud a Constitutional Govern
ment
This was in a measure accomplished
and for years the nation gradually adj
yanced In intelligence and Christian
lty, so that today, judged by the read
ing and writing test, there Is less II
lHeracy in the Hawaiian Islands thar
in the United States. But that Is onl!
part of what makes nation. Ii
accordance with their light an
knowledge, the peOp,e were Christian
lied" as some portions OF our owl
; favored land are said to be Christian
lied: not possessing the highest edu
cation of the most perfect Christianity
, but growing towards II.
= The fathers have passed away. Mos
5 OF them spent their lives among tn
! people they had labOred most unself
| lshly 70 save and elevate. The son
2 have inherited many OF the character
7 istics OF their parents, and are toda
the foremost benefactors OF the Ha
+ waiian people, far more 80 than IN
HaWaiians are themselves. These son
OF the missionaries are the founder
OF schools, builders Of churches, inst
tutors OF kindergarten work-in fac
. the prime founders OF almost all tina
is still being done for the upbuildin
, OF the people, and they are doing mob
err work In trying to save the rem
:, nant" from themselves and their ba
a advisers.
The Revolution OF 1898 was not an
sudden uprising, nor was it due TO an
improper aiIiliatiOn of the U. s. rel
] resentatiyss II was a elimination I
: political forces that had been becon
= ing more and more aggravated by IN
: natural antagonism OF the desires OF
ruler for autOcratic power against d
i instincts OF those who knew what col
y stitutional limitations were, and dare
d to maintain them. King Kalakar
u tried every vicious scheme TO indu'
3 conflict OF races, and started the q
a Hawaii for the HawaiianS!" !
}. sought to SOW seeds of discord that
J. might secure to himself more powo
y like the rulers Of the Oriental con-
X tries that he had visited. his admin
/ istration was utterly selfish, degradiI
d and retrognessiOn towards heather
ism
= His sister, LiliuOkalani, came to u
= throne by the death Of her brothe
. having been named by him as the he
:, apparent. Much was hoped OF her fro
y her early education. She had gre
. advantages, and her early life ga
~ much promise. But on her accessit
" to queenly power she seemed, to h
y best friends, to have become anoth
person, showing a determined will
"a rule In accordance with her own idea
y A constant clash, for two years, b
tween the forces that would limit q
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