The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-30


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The plan 1f the Home Rulers to in-
VeiElp Republicans and Democrats into
their meeting Del too childish for any
thing Here i4 meeting which was
nursed and Graded boo the Home Rule
Uaucases. and then some brilliant Wit
ted individual said let as say we will
drop politics. and send special invita-
lions To the men we have traduced and
nouted. III they are fools enough 70
come we have lungs enough To out
below them, argument is not iu our
line. and we can pass a set of cut and
dried resolution. and say that the Gov
erno. the Territorial Secretary. the
Judges of the Supreme Court were AN
there and acuuIesced iu them
When first preached this meeting
was supposed to De one for instruction
in .Americanism." Ii lis quite true
that the members of the Home Rule
party. need such instruction and need
il very badly. But the members of the
Republican party need no such instruc-
ton. The Republican party under the
leadership of Lincoln. Garfield. Nc
Kiulcy and a host of others. has been
the exponent of one phase of Ameri-
canism for years. and has the votes of
the majority of IS 600 600 behind it, The
Democratic party has been the expo
nent of another phase of Americanism,
with less success. But both parties
know what true Americanism is. 1t
lies in love of country. as a whole, and
not in love of any one corner of if. The
true American is for the Union. not
for the State This question was fought
out during the great Civil War and
settled once and for ever A Home
Rule party. framed on the lines which
the Home Rule party Of Hawaii is, is
not American. II is most decidadIv
un-Americap.
Again the true American loves his
flag, the flag of the Union. Does the
Home Ruler profess to love the flag?
There are very few indications of it.
There are two cardinal points that the
Home Ruler must put on the card Of
his political compass. They belong to
no party, they belong to the nation.
They are as dear to the Democrat as
they are to the Republican. Let this
Americanism be learned, it is the fun
damental layer There are other LAYERS
to follow, other courses of national
masonry, but this is the main Iavar
Get this and we have a starting point
The Home Rulers will have a some
thing tangible to commence fro,,, M
trouble with the Home Ruler is that
ne thinks ant-Republicanism and an
ant-haole attitude is Americanism.
NO meeting and no argument is going
to teach him his error He will learn
in time, there is no royal road to
Amerlcanism any more than there is
royal road to any other kind of
knowledge.
II the meeting Of next Saturday is to
be non-political and comparison, how
comes 1t that the invitations to it are
issued from a strictly partisan organi- |
cation? If it was really the good Of the |
Territory that was to be discussed, |
there being practically national issue,
all parties might join, and the invi-
tatlon come from the Republican and /
Democratic committees, as well as
from the Home Rulers. But there is no
hallohaI issue. There are issues, how
ever upon which Republicans and
Home Rulers are divided upon vitality,
and it will be just such issues that will
come up, in spite of the specious word
ing Of the chairmans letter of invita-
ton.
There are two places where tbaso is-
sues can be settled. at the no,Is and
IN tho aoo,, 90 ~ anu