The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-21
JULIUS EXPIRING KICK
THE QUEENS COURIER SAYS A
LAST WORD.
Palmer Writes to the Boston Tran
script Telling How Wicked AnneXa-
ton All Is.


To the Editor of the Transcript:
\ new recruit to the ranks may be
forgiven his awkwardness, but when
he attempts to teach old soldiers he
simply makes himself ridiculous. For
over four years, seven months OF
which time my words were the tar
get for the annexation press of the
country, no reply combining itself to
disproving the facts ! have stated has
ever been possible
To Mr.. Cabot's idea probably men
are heroic who, after agreeing for
their own protection with the leaders
of strong force, receiving the sup
port promised and the flag coveted,
get under the folds of the latter and
opposite the guns of the former. then
wheedle a woman to sign an order
to desist. directed to the man who
was about to defend her, and with
out drawing a sword or shouldering
gun put their hands into her treas
ury and start off a ship to surrender
her nation to another power II is
happily for the credit of humanity
the sole instance in history, so far as
| I can remember. where the avowed
object was treacherv: the nation of
! w
was to be betrayed in favor of for
egn countrv'S dominion over the peO-
pie to whom God gave those once hap
ply islands.
The latest ANALYSIS of a vote in
Oahu shows me that out of S17 voters,
| 344 were directly in the service of
! that which Mr.. Cabot considers bet
! ter government than that of George
] IF \,
republic Further of these S17 there
were 4S1 who went to the polls. What
kind of rule would there be in this
city if three-quarters of the votes cast
were deposited by those anxious to
be kept in office?
Mr.. Cabot says that all those in
the Hawaiian Parliament voted for
annexation. Before they went there
they were sworn to do this, and they
simply kept their oaths, the restora-
ton of their ancient chiefs and the
union with this country being incor-
porated into the so-called constitution
of 1894.
The Queens constitution of which
Mr.. Cabot is so ignorant as to call
it "the despotic fiat of Queen LiliuO-
kalani." was the only one ever pre-
scented to the Hawaiian people in re-
Spouse to petition. This was signed
by $500 voters out of a possible $500.
The constitution under which these
Islands enjoyed uninterrupted peace
and prosperity for over twenty years
was the fiat of one man. a Hawaiian
monarch. and when it was abrogated
by the very men now in power, in
their futile attempt at revolution
without United States guns. they
laid the foundations of the ruin of
the Hawaiian people, the compromise
then having led to more recent troub-
les.
There has always been an unan-
swerable proposal made by native
Hawaiians. Ever since their subjec-
ton to their masters of alien blood
they have said, Let there be gener-
al vote of all males in the entire do
main above the age of 81 years, and
whatever is the decision as to the
form of government, the cession to
another power, or the name of our
ruler, we will accept the result"
In the stay there of the Manila eX-
petition, foreign soldiers were not on
ly entertained at a cost of $4,000 paid
out of public funds, but paper, envel-
opes and postage stamps were fur
nished them; they were encouraged
to write letters to this country favor
ing annexation: in the two and hall
days ashore they were assured that
the natives were enthusiastic TO be-
come American citizens, and 5000 let
ters stamped free by the best govern.
ment in the world have been mailed
to this country.
Mr.. Cabot does not impeach one oil
the facts stated by me as to the wit
nesses of the investigating committee
so it is useless for me to say more
than to suggest that he would prob,
ably object to have any of his own
rights defined by testimony of wit
nesses chosen exclusively from his
opponents.
There is one incontrovertible fact
and but one in Mr.. Cabot's article. He
asserts that I ought to write the Eng
fish language more correctly. In this
I fully agree with him. During the
twenty-five years or so of my connec
ton with the press it has been my
constant effort to improve, and doubt
less with such kind mentors as Mr.
Cabot this ambition will be encourag
ed, for he is a far better critic of tina
language than of the Hawaiian stu
alton.
JULIUS A. PALMER. JR.