The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-04
ADMIRAL HEARDsLrEs iDlAs.

Itfltau h'fitN OF Dfi.t presents phase
of The annexation matter which has
not appeared In the yoiuminOus iisra.
ture ON this subject iIls article ls ~.
published on another page
Toe Admiral touches upon. but does
not discuss. the relation Of the part
whites 20 t-e old and new order %
things I'm that relation. Ne believe. Is
the romance and pathos Of life on these
Islands Any person familiar with the
history Of mixed races, may see that
here. a. well as elsewhere. are seen
the conflicts Of the different racial In
stinc,s IA the same person. which must
be finally expressed In the social life.
In spite Of the considerable number
of educated people here. no one has
yet attempted TO make any contribution
TO social science on this highly inter
esting subject. II is one that requires
delicate treatment here, in a small
community. Any general and vague
discussion of II would be misunder-
stood
| Herman Melville. the author OF
"Typee." once said that the half-white
the Pacific. These words contain a
vast amount of food for reflection, al
though they are only partially true In
the dual character of those who are
part white lies the romance OF the
Pacific. And with II comes much sor-
row and wrong
Out Of this also comes the reason
and the justification for Admiral
Beardslee's statement that the part
whites, especially the women, dreaded
annexation. They naturally feared that
IT would be the opening OF the food
gates, thorough which would rush q
torrent OF aggressive immigration from
a race that. SO far, has treated with
scandalous injustice the weaker races
In contact with II. II is difficult In
deed to meet this ugly fact with a
statement which is assuredly the truth
that the natives and part-whites will
at no time suffer personal injustice
from the American Government.
Annexation stands as a fact for all
time. Those who have worked for Il
can now pause and reflect calmly on
the reasons which led the part-whites
TO oppose, as class. the overthrow OF
the monarchy, and their Justification
In doing so. just as DR.. Benjamin
Franklin was Justified" in refusing for
some time to unite with those who
desired to overthrow the British
authority in the American colonies and
establish Independence.
The part-whites with more acute
perceptions than the natives, and act
Ing as all people, OF every race strong
as well as weak, act, upon their habits
and sentiments, were loyal to mon
archy that was present and excellent
as they viewed 1t, just as the Germans
are loyal to military despotism, tina,
Is utterly intolerable 20 the Anglo |
Saxon.
a failure. on our part, to recognize |
the strength, and reasons for this sen
timent, and to. appreciate 1t, Is only
to give ourselves a character for sell |
fishness and for inexcusable ignorance |
of human conditions and OF the reign |
of habits and sentiments.
Let us not be misunderstood. The |
revolution was in the natural order OF |
human events. That the natives and
part-whites should favor it, as a peo-
pie, was contrary TO all historical pre-
cedent, and not to be expected from
those who did not have Tin their blood"
any clear knowledge of alien political
However wrong and I'M
wise the natives and the part-whites
have been or are now. they are free
from criticism on the part OF those who
DO not feel and think as they do.
Death Is inevitable. 1t is the decree
Of God. But the near presence OF IL
brings sorrow, and Infinite effort TO
strike away its hand. Is II disloyalty
10 God TO struggle against his decree?
So 1t was not "disloyal" for the part
whites to struggle against the inevita-
BILE in the evolution OF the Hawaiian
nation.
The perfectly natural fear of the
part whites OF the results OF annexation
ire now partially, II not wholly, remov-
ID by the unexpected incident of the
reception of part white at Topeka
Il is a surprising object lesson. The
Arabs say, zone hour of charity is
worth seventy years OF prayer" The
single incident at Topeka is worth a
iozen messages Of President Mckinley
asking the people to be nice to the Ha-
ea!ians
II Is to he regretted that Admiral
Beardslee repeated the fabrication in
Effect that Hawaiian maidens were to
over the flag OF their country. There
was never any thought OF such a pro-
'eeding.
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