Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-07-22
VIEWS OF PORTO RICANS.
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caste, to the rise of an official class
sharply set off from the rest of the in.
habitants. The passing of the Spanish
language will in itself be viewed with
regret, for, Spanish as it is, it is dear
to all who speak it. Impediments in
the transaction of affairs, business as
well as governmental, will also ncces.
sarily be produced by this difference
In language. and their tendency will b,
more OF less toward irritation and fric
ton.
How many of my countrymen may
agree with me in the views / hold /
cannot state with positiveness, but that
there are not few am confident, and
it seems to me that it should be easy
for all to comprehend where their best
interests lie. The American press has
rightly made great deal of the open
arms with which the Porto Rioans have
received the army of General Miles.
AL those manifestations of delight
the resembling addresses of welcome,
the flowers, the tears of joy, the EN-.
braces Of unrestrained enthusiasm
were questionlessly honest and sincere.
Yet-ond l assert this with absolute
conviction-they were founded upon a
serious misrepresentation. The Porto
Ricans have taken for granted that the
purpose Of the United States was, first,
to strike military blow at Spain, and,
second, to seize the opportunity to pat All
RI ntgh nil
in the Antilles by erecting on the is.
land free and independent govern.
ment. The policy of annexation, the
imposition of sovereignty upon people
without its solicitation and even with.
out inquiry as to its desires, they never
suspected for one moment, opposed az
1t was to the fundamental principles
which had hitherto guided the republic.
What revulsion Of feeling may follow
a recognition of the true intention of
the United States no one can foretell.
but what avails it now to talk in
this strain! The die is cast. The policy
of the United States has been declared
to the world, and it is doubtless un.
alterable. This being so, it behooves
Porto Ricans to consider the future in
the fixed light of annexation. What.
ever disappointment may be felt, how.
ever acute it may be at first, 1 ex.
pect that it will give way to general
and hearty acceptance of the status.
"The infinitude Of good involved in the
change from Spanish to American al.
legiance forbids any other conclusion.
But since our lot is cast with the Unit.
ed States we shall now desire with in
tense eagemess to be admitted to full
participation in all the prerogatives
and privileges of a sovereign unit of the
republic. We aspire to reach as specdi
ly as possible our station among the
statcs-to he that element in the affairs
I he Union which such u sir'u> IN
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