The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-10-21

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ISLANDS WiiA. no nENiilfEp
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character ani ii,ssihluilts ~ DE nsv D
made tlilfpns ~ the taiisi Hiatts.
Il Cot fafAaf Hali
49, nai ~ Hnnftsiionisi. bot sill
/ ihink thni the Islands etfs tor innate
Z In having hHoh annfksd a. ihis com.
ItIg Ihn FfaAt ads aniars thsy viii
1 rain Do that thsY Nlu eUafs a stable
/ E0sUfNmfni. 80 that the dyysioSmeni
| of ihe resources Of the Islands Will no
| longsr hr hlndsred by any ansrtAin.
I tlss o. Io che futare ~ the gOsern.
/ meat and iasH ID IL true that u
I Yois had been taksn on what Ne would
consider fair terms a majority 81 tbe
Inhabitants would have been agan
/ annexation The change Was engi-
| neercd through ~ a small body OF men.
bat they Werp among the most prO,Dl-
nent aud Intelligent Ia TIE Islands
They we're not enthusiasts or hasty
reaspnrrH, but men who had, after
much confederation. made up their
minds that the main need OF he peO-
pie was a psrfocty stable government,
aud thai a. things we've this cOu d uut
be- secured without annexation. ! nave
! the greatest respect Tor proAident Doe.
! lie lB not a politician ia the ordinary
sense, and has acted throughout for
the good Of the people. Among other
men OF sterling worth who are going
! 20 be prominent ia developing the
/ Islands | think especially Of Judge
/ Frear aud -. r. Dillingham;. They are
men who would be the most valued Of
! citizens Ia any community.
In general the native Hawailans
| were against annexation. Partly uhis
was because they had been misled by
stories and ISLANDERS Of one Kind and
another. For instance, when the Cop
tlc arrived / heard a man turn 20 a
native standing beside him on the
wharf and say: We'll. few minutes
ago you were a free Hawaiian. Now
you are nothing but one OF the United
States niggers" Such remarks, used
as arguments. were common, and stlll
show their effects. More than this
however, the natives have a deep feel
ing Of loyalty to their native govern
ment, and Il hurts them TO feel tina.
Il Is gone from them forever, and hat
willy-nilly they are now parts OF an
other country.
LOYAL TO THEIR OWN LAND.
This feeling of loyalty is about al
that was left to the natives OF their
manifold good original qualities, after
the whites had finished their so-called
ciylliZing work. The race Is "A line
one. and was by no means in state
of sayagery before Christian influences
began. No men who were SO skilled
!. in the arts as these people can I've
called sayages. Truly one can say
they were originally people OF art
lists. They made many beautiful things
| which We Americans can't even lmi-
tate, and they have great manual abil-
tiles now, though circumstances lave
I made these abilities lie latent for some
/ time. The people are kindly and IN
no way aggressive, and they are loved
, by the various white races and stand
: on the most friendly personal terms
1 with them.
. when the missionaries arrived, good
r men as they were, they had some very
Q mistaken ideas about the nature of tn,
! people they were to work among. They
q saw no good In the natives, and tried
a TO graft on them their own type OF
New England Christianity. They
failed The natives were in the end
broken In spirit, and became indolent
Their upward progress was stopped for
the time, and their patriotism was
. about all that was left for them TO
care for. Now | hope this will be
changed
4 4 lao. A1s.1N,
with Tho nawa ~ an,exation the whole
nnnnla,ion Won, int ocstocias 90 iny
pmt avan then enc native uawaIane
iaoLod .roya 70 ,ha Iav Cor ,bo sosm.
! al arrexatin, ,nnrn,cbod tho neonIs
became siiII prayer Thev were sad
soIan,n IN tbo 5ay q, Tho inaucnro,
, lion ~ the now sovaraigntv tbs,
: seemed IN act as 70 taking mar, in
snnar,i Tho opeen's recention wa.
, lilo a house ~ mourninp even m,
(, s,ccossfuI annayationIst Marty seamef
/, sad M seeing the sutIerinps ~ I'M, ma,
q lives The ceremonies showed this
, There were no sneecbes simple an
nouncem.nt was made Then the Ua
1 waiian national air was played A ga
a Iute was made TO the aag which wa