The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-10
CITIZENSHIP.

. DC III dNAiGaA4g n A-a5@0s 1890
Constitution of the United States an
the Organic Act, a native citizen or
citizen of any extraction is equal befor
the law with every other American
whether in San Francisco, New York
Washington. or any part of the Unite
States or in foreign countries. He i
literally and precisely on the same foot
ing. in relation to his personal right
and his capacity of acquiring and usinl
property. as the President.
This is the nearest approach to uni
formity of opportunity and of righi
that history records. 1t is the inheri-
| lance derived from the Declaration OF
Independence n the Federal Consti-
tuition, made effective, in the first in
stance, by the sword, and afterwards
i by the ballot. The coincidence between
theory and practice is not perfect, in
! many it is grossly imperfect,
but human nature is ever a factor in
administration, and, even in this re-
spect, the United States stands upon
the highest plane, and has proved, that
men are to be trusted, and, when in
vested with political sovereignty, in
average life, and especially in emer-
gencies, rise far o partisan selfish
ness and provinciallsm.
Every human being who, morally, is
not leprous, and who, intellectually, is
alive, may easily comprehend and real
lie these truths. Why, then, is it that,
in this territory. there is a persistent
and transparent effort to foster and
deepen the controversies hat attended
annexation, to deride annexation itself,
to excite and maintain senseless pref
udices and racial strife, and to promote
continued isolation from the powerful
American communities to which, politi-
cally and materially, intellectually and
morally, the Hawaiian Islands are per-
nanently allied.
The answer is simple. The genuine
nd competent representatives of trade,
commerce and labor, skilled and I'M
killed, who comprise the bulk of our
.itizen, are not to be ranked among
,essimistic and INSCRIPTIONS reaction
SITS. They look to their flag, to their in
titutions. to their national history, to
innumerable invitations to pros
Gritty with which the Hawaiian Islands
bound, and they propose to avail them
elves Of the sources of wealth and adj
with which they hav been
rodigiously endowed. Discarded and
by them are even distinctions
etween shades of color and of race, the
iscordant and moth-eaten string upon
hitch a few hundreds, with narrow
eads. arid hearts, and lazy bones, un- {
ltermittently play. The story of dis t
1rd, of unwearied importantly, of I'M
1ding assaults upon fundamental and
ital principles, in these islands, is I
IMPLY the parasitical effort of a few
lie weak revolt of the indolent and the
.nsual against labor, which is the chief {
.lgredient in progress, the struggle =
gainst the Divine injunction that "in
&c sweat "a my OIOM lhOu SAdll cat
~ daily bread" the attempted intro
uction of the paternal element into
1vernment for the benefit and for the s
of inertness and sloth. 4
The small white population of Ha-
ali, which originated in ali civilized
itionalities, emitting the few who '
rategize for their livelihood, typifies t
l that is broadcast, most ambitious A
ID best in modern life. There is no q
ason or excuse for the petty feuds,
at illustrate the lower depths of poll
IS. n
The Islands need good citizenship, e.
c~endancy of brains, work and prop If
rty, solid and cosmopolitan public
inion, the steady use of opportunity, =.
ID beyond all administrative econo- =
y. The legislature protracts its ses- g
ms, wastes time and money in pueril- IL
es and in fractional contests. and Is
identity considers that there is no V
nit to public forbearance. A bien- -
al session of thirty days, at the Ut
ost sixty, is ample for the transact "
N Of legitimate territorial business y
every sort. The expense of h Ha- "
allan government, including liberal
Iowances for public improvements -,
uld be quickly reduced to one-halt :.
at most two-thirds, Of the present =.
propriations. -,
The questions most important in Ha-
ali are all easily soluble. Shall ,
eedy factions rage and steal and fat :.
n on the people or shall American
situations prevail? =
Under which King, Bezonian?--
,eak or die" -
A QUESTION OF LOW RATES. -