The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-10
&C. ryripht. by EogrRr BoxxEn,s soNs.l
CHAPTER VI.
CONTINUED.

He looked at the audience refectiyely
. moment, and then said:
"Nir. President aud Gertlemen:
Mypaper is brief but it is to the point.
To begin abruptly-Hawai has some
thing Ike one hundred thousand in
hsbitan:s. OF these forty thousand
are native or mixed breeds. Three
thousand are American, twelve thon
sand are British, twelve thousand are
Portuguese, about the same number
are Chinese, fifteen thousand Japan
,ese and six thousand scattering amoL2
French, Spanish, German, Mexican
aud others. The estimated number
of acres Of land under c;.:!.:.;;.as:SS;s; c;.!:;,a1:S; ~
the eight islands is, IN round num-
bers, two millions. OF these, less
than one hundred thousand are owned
by the crown; fully half million are
owned by Cne person, high in the
councils of the queen, and in favor ol
the monstrous wrong she is about to
perpetrate. The natives own but lit
tle of the cultivated land, some ten
thousand acres. About ono hundred
thousand acres are owned by English
and German residents. The rest of
the land is owned by American set
tiers. The exports from these islands
last year amounted to twelve millions
of dollars, eight millions OF which
were produced by Americans, and ten
millions of which went to the United
States. The amount of capital in
vested in trade and commerce is four
millions, of which the stupendous
proportion of four-ffths is purely
American capital. In Oahu there are
ten factories employing twelve hun
dred people, al on American invest
ments.
Before the era of American ascen-
dency ignorance was rife. Now there
is hardly child over seven years Of
age who cannot read and write, and
who may not, if he chooses, have the
advantage of higher education. This
is true o. native, foreign-horn and
American children. Under the foster
ing care OF American enterprise, Ha-
waii has been made what it IS. Amer
icaps pay seveuty-fve per cent. Of the
taxes, both in towns and country.
The morality Of the native portion
of the inhabitants has Ceen steadily
improved, 50 far as it may be under u
government Itself OF lax morality.
''It is clea" tlst whatever progress
has haan made in Hawaii is due to the
Americans, :lI yet it IS a reproach TO
be an American. To account for this
strange condition of affairs, we must
bear in mind that the native element
Is influenced by the queen, and that
she is surrounded by advisers inimical
not only TO America but to the pro
gress of Hawaii rs well.
"Shall the vast interests OF Amerl-
cans be allowed TO suffer at the hands
OF bigot queen?'
With this abrupt ending, Mr.. Sell
don sat down.
Our old friend, Jollroy Seacamp,
.spTaug to his feet and waved an Ameri-
can flag in the air.
"Mr. President and fellow-Ameri-
cans" he said: "Let this day be the
glorious beginning OF new era. Let
the American eagle scream as it has
never screamed before since George
Washington opened It's mouth for tue
amusement of our British friends. We
know that without American help this
little country would be stagnating in
the doldrums of obscurity. We know
that the very extravagauce OF the
queen is made possible by the. wealth
producing Americans in Hawaii; yet
we are degraded by the government ct
every step. And now still more
=monstrous wrong is to he put upon
MS. Shall wa submit? I say: MOI l
SAY, let the eagle scream and show
his talons! Let US wresS this fair
land from the hands of its unworthy
queen and put it where itrightfully be-
long8-under the flag of the United
States"
Joliroy was ont of breath, or he
would have continued. With last
appeal to give the eagle an oppor-
tunity to scream, he succumbed.
"My uncle shook his head warn
ingly at the speech of Seacamp and,
slowly rising and addressing the chair,
he said.
Il think it would be we'll, before
taking any active steps toward unseat-
ing the existing government, or, in
deed, before We give way to iHcendiary
feelings, to understand fully the prob
able effect upon the country of the
proposed changes. What will the su-
premacy OF TIE opium ring mean: