The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-24

(F'rom the Springfield, Mass, Weekly
Republican, May 6, 1904)
HAWAII AND THE PHILIPPINES.
A STUDY IN RACIAL EVOLUTION.
Being an Argument and a Plea for
the Right of the Exploited Peoples
of the Earth.
written by Sixto Lopez and Thomas
T. Patterson for the Republican,
The blessings OF civilization in
their application to what are termed
nature peoples" form a concise and,
in almost every case, a similar history.
The blessings inverted commas,
which should not be confused with
the real blessings or benefits attendant
upon those within the centers of civil
ization-are the lees of a purer distil-
1ation; they are found only in foreign
countries, and are bestowed upon
those who have no means Of COM
pairing the spurious with the real
Their history begins with the discov-
erer, continues with the missionary
and the trader, and ends in the ex-
tinction or the subjugation of the ma
ture peoples and the forcible seizure
of their territory. A curious blend of
religion and rum, of beads and beati-
tudes, of grace and greed-the decalog
written with the hearts blood of dark
men; a picture of mercy scared upon
quivering flesh; a proclamation of
love that reaches the heart through
an opening made with the sword
these are the blessings of civilization"
A curious blend and a tragic incon-
sistency; they tell of the glories of
heaven-and lay hands upon the
treasures of earth; they teach the
beauty of chastity-and spread I'M
mentionable diseases; they preach the
wisdom Of temperance-and open sa-
looms at the corner of every street;
they proclaim to the children of ma
ture'' that peace is a jewel from heav-
en-while Krupp and Maxim ride at
anchor in the bay! And when the
circle of their destruction is complete,
the missionary-still unconscious of the
wrong he has unwittingly done-seeks
for a new sphere of activity; the trader
smiles at the planter and speculates
upon future increases of profit; while
the politician at home, in burst of
postprandial eloquence, extols the
beneficence and profitableness of IMAM
dfest destiny!"
Deny it? No one denies it, but those
who have commercial or political in
ferests to serve eladeavor to place the
responsibility upon some Irresponsible
agency: cit is fate''-.sit is destiny
1T is providencei'' As if every other
Ill, which we try TO overcome or eradf-
cate, were not equally attributable to
these agencies. But then, the self
Interested apologist Is always ready to
hurnbIy submit to providence-when it
paysi
But let the facts speak. The Hawai-
ian islands furnish the most recent ex-
ample of the results achieved by the
BLESSINGS OF civilization. The form
9pf government and the social .institu-
fions of these people, at the time OF
their discovery by Capt. Cook In 177S, I
were doubtless suitable to their degree
Of development and their subsequent
history shows a rapid progress toward
better things. Near the tclose of the
18th century Kafnehameha 1.-The Bis
marck of Eawaii-sueceeded in bring
ing all the islands under one central
government, and from that time on
ward the progress toward constitutions
al government was continuous and in
Ee1ligent. OF the several constitutions
adopted under the Kamehameha dynas- \