The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-06-17
MAKAwAo MANI, March 2, 1882

MAKAwAo MANI, March 2, 1882.
To the Editor of the National Era
Our Hawaiian election tn choose representa-
tiyes to the lower house took place the first
Monday in January This you will understand
was the second regular election the people have
held under their constitution OF course. they
need instruction first relative to their privilege
and duty to 90 TO the ballot-box and choose their
own representatives and, second as to the
method Of voting. Last year, rs no one took
any interest in the election all foreigners being
ON the full chase of the bauble wealth. felti my
duty to aid the people. therefore gave them
| public talk--told them that God had granted
| them another and a rich blessing, had inclined
their rulers 10 make them freemen, and to allow
every man of them to vote. | assured them
that the friends of the Hawaiian nation in other
lands would rejoice or hearing this, and
therefore exhorted them to make it principle
always to 20 to the polls, and in the fear OF
God to vote for good men. That they might
proceed orderly, according to law, went down
to the public school-house on the morning Of
mote districts were assembling, we spent sea-
son. as we had done for many years, in united
prayer to God for the conversion Of the world.
explained more fully the duty and privilege
besought them all TO become truly intelligent
frecmcn, and to do themselves honor by select
ing and choosing, from year 10 year, the right
sort Of men. ] also assisted the board Of cleo
ton in the proper discharge Of their duty
remained with them during the whole day and
we had most orderly election, and sent to the
ill.,. - L...t -. ~
Judge Lee, the Speaker, il not the very bost
member Of the house. So much for the cleo
ton of 1851. Did exceed the duties Of my
ofhcel Was there anything in all this incon-
sistent with my office as a minister of Christ,
and pastor Of one of His churches If 30,
the foreigners did not speak Of it in way Of
complaint. They feel too little interest in the
result of election to attend or say anything re-
specting it.
But ere the time of election for 1852 arrived,
q change in the prospects OF foreigners had
taken place. This was apparent as early az
August, 1851, and mt the ANIMAL meeting Of the
Agricultural Society It was proposed that the
next Hawaiian legislature be requested TO pass
a law allowing planters to dstil the refuse OF
their sugar and molasses into rum or alcohol. |
A long and animated discussion ensucd but |
the proposition was voted down by large ma |
jority STILL some Of the planters were deter |
mined to make further efforts to carry their |
favorse point Judging from their efforts made |
ut this election, think it likely that they had |
a consultation soon after the meeting Of the /
agricultural meeting last August, and recon- |
mended the plan OF filing the next House OF |
with men favorable to their |
views and chiefly or all foreigners At any
rate, they did all in their power to carry this |
Without consulting the natives. they |
nominated two foreigners at Honolulu; one for |
kamobc, on Oahu and another, think for |
Eva, on the same island. They nominated one |
for M0lohai, and sent thither printed votes |
Another for l.ahsina, and another for Maka-
WAC. They kept oil secret, 30 far as tho people |
and their pastor were concerned. The first |
suspicion had was few weeks previous 10 |
sIection. on seeing notice from the sheriff Of |
Mani, living at Lahaina, ordering the people |
10 assemble for choosing their representative |
1t tho store Of foreigner, a room some ten |
eet by five On behalf of the people remon.
,trated with the sheriff, but he deigncd me no
reply. Accordingly, on the day OF election,
net my people in the neghborhood Of the said
store. We spent two hours In prayer and con
in reference ~ the conversion Of the
world, and then went 10 the store On nay ar.
'ival, found some twenty five or thirty foreign.
,rs some three or four planters the remainder
aborng mon, who Of late have abundant leisure
or any work their more talented neighbovs
rave for them TO do. Some Of them were then
highly charged with beer, and on ny arrival
NTH our people seemed 10 fill them with wrath
finding they could not induce the people to
'ote for their candidate, they opened upon me
heir batteries They also abused the magic
rate and the board VI election, though chr |
'oard was m in6eitely moro respectable body
4 men than these forsigners could have selsstsd |
rom their own number. vas not TO 10 driven !
ron, my post Of duty by ssioh men, nor would |
leave my people 10 30 abused BY them. ! !
therefore, held on till i've O'Clock, P. NJ, when !
10 boz was turned. On counting the votes
70 found about sxty had bssp given Cor for
ikper residiug q honolulu, sSd moro than
wo hundred tor Kssuwsi, The man whom we
cut the last year. soon learned also that
lot only at Lahsinn and Molokai but NJ Kan.