The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-29
RAwAlrs HOSTILE CRITICS.

To show how ignorant and vicious
much of the comment about Hawaii Is
in the press of the United States, we
frequently make use Of the San Fran
cisco Newsletter, one of the least ig-
norant and vicious of these hostile
critics. The following is a fair sample
of its editorial work:
Hawaii Ia the only one of our new pos
sessions that We have Ventured 10 erect
into a Territory OF the United States, and
the way in which the islanders are begin
ming to exercise the little. authority as yet
Vested In them Is "a marvel to behold. We
dcthroned their Queen and took their
country away from them on the pretense
that they were unfit to run their simple
little government. We forthwith proceed
ed to confer Territorial powers upon
them. and now they are showing US how
MT they are to become good American pol
iticians 1t looks as IL they can play ...e
game with the best of US That they Will
elect a native Legislature and send ma
tive Delegate to Congress is almost GER
tam Nor is IL in doubt that they viii
clip the. wings of the INSCRIPTIONS Gov
ernor whom President Mckinley has plac-
ei over them. All the local power that 1t
is possible to wrest from him will be
seized by the men who were said to be
unfit to govern themselves" The ma
tlXeS are united anu the WHITES diOut al z
divided. 1t should be noticed that most of
the whites are opposed to the missionary
element and have Joined the natives in
order to render their opposition effective.
Probably no country was ever AFFLICTED
with more self-seeking and unscrupu-
I.us party than are the degenerate de-
scendants of the early missionaries to
Hawaii Their forefathers were welcom-
ed to the islands with unbounded hospi-
tally. They were given great offices or
state by King Kamehameha, and were
granted untold acres, in return for which
they proved ingrates. They sought ease.
luxurious living, and ill-gotten gains. and
to procure these they Intrigued. falsiffed,
and even stole with as,fsw .qualms of con-
science as a professional burglar cracks
a safe Being mostly of New England de-
scent, they were able TO play off the Mas
sachusetts conscience as against Uncle
Sam, and thereby obtain reciprocity t4a-
ties and sugar plantations. which made
them rich beyond all expectation. They n
nally captured the whole land and the
r,ghtful rulers thereof, but, in what
We. think will prove an evil mo-
rent for -. themselves. they. came
under the Jurisdiction of the Unit
ell States, and thereby placed a weap-
or of defense In the hands of the natives.
which the latter. are demonstrating they
can use with dexterity and efficiency. The
missionary party sees that its long reign
Is nearly ended, and IL Is desperate in con-
sequence. 1t now proposes to restrict the
suffrage as nearly as possible to its own
members. But Congress will have TO be
heard from as to that, and public opinion
Will have to be consulted. With pain
rather than anger. we confess that the
charge against the missionaries and their
descendants. that they have been the
cause of most of the woes that have be-
fallen the once thriving and happy people
of Hawaii. is true.
Lies are thicker in the News-Letter's
article than cranberries are in a New
Jersey bog. The pity of it Is that so
many of them originate here in news
papers that get their advertising sup
port from the Government and the
long-suffering missionaries and are
quick to turn and sting them.