The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-07-17

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and wfiiins Of the majority Of the Housr Of REPRESENTATIVES.
For all of the foregoing reasons and others shown in the re-
port yesterday, your Committee beg to give notice that they
the purporto Of which shall! lie to assure His Majesty the King Of
the continued loyalty OF the House of Mobiles to his person and
family, but positively asserting that his Constitution Is not
adapted to his people and country.
that the bin as prepared 10y the Honorable House of Reprrsen-
mitted by the Kings Government.
All of which Is respectfully submitted.
l. KAT,nAHEH..
How far the above document was endorsed by
the Mobiles, does not appear from the report Of
their proceedings in their organ, other than that
it was ordered to be printed. Did we suppose
that it embodied the sense of that house, or that
there really existed any just "apprehensions of
the danger in which the Kings government is
placed, - arising simply from the very justifiable
manner in which the Representatives, have seen
fit to vote the supplies for the Government, we
might view the report in the serious light in
which it has been viewed by some of our citizens.
Until it has been endorsed by the body before
whom it was presented, we must take it as the
private opinion of the noble gentlemen whose
names are attached to it. We have always
asked and always yielded the largest liberty in
political discussions, whether they concern the
rights Of people, King or mobiles, and therefore
acceue the same 10 llClh- Inc lISHlS VI NihS,
mobiles and people are so intimately connected
that a blow at either is felt by all. The rights
and powers of the King cannot be abridged nor
increased without in some way affecting the
The Constitutions, in this as in every we'll
organized government, is the treaty or pledge of
faith between the King and his people. Its obi
cations are, or ought to be, clearly defined.
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the advancements made by the people, they
should be changed, but only in such manner as
will convince all that the change is for the
benefit of all alike. The Constitution ought
to be held as sacred, and therefore frequent
changes in it are impolitic. 1t Is for this reason
mainly that the amendments which have been
proposed from time to time have met so little
favor. If the defects are shown to be Of a serious
nature, Il new Constitution should be framed.
Ills Majesty has not, that we are aware of, ever
signitied a wish for a new Constitution, and
whenever he does, and the reasons are sufficient,
we doubt not that the Representatives will most
unite with the Mobiles in any measures
designed for that object, or join in selecting Il
joint commission to frame Il new instrument.
Some have thought that the threats uttered
in regard to the Constitutions, point to
a forced abrogation of that instrument. We
have too much loyalty and faith in our Sovereign
to believe that anything of the kind could be
sanctioned by him, whose government could
never be supported or peace maintained, but in
.he love and loyal support of his foreign as we'll
Is his native subjects. The former number only
,bout / 600, the latter 65 600, but the support
If either is not to be dcspised. The domestic
oeace which we have SO long enjoyed, the ad-
in all the arts and pursuits of civil
life which this people have made, our great
generation from barbarism to civilization.
which has awakened the admiration of the world,
nd led to our cordial admission into the great
lmily of nations-are all 10 be aScribed, more or
to the Constitution which we enjoy. If
hese blessings have accompanied our present
Constitution, or if that instrument is in any de-
rec the source of them, a change TO a more
rhitrary system can only be attended with a
Destroy that instrument, that pledge of
ur civilization, and we exclude ourselves, by an
ct of our own, from the society of nations, in
tie anarchy and civil disturbances to take the
Of peace, and risk the very existence Of our
resent government. Destroy that Instrument,
nd we destroy at one blow our public credit
nd our industrial interests, which rest solely on
and on the peace which 1t ensures. Destroy
lat instrument, and we break the public faith
it'll all foreigners who have emigrated hither
18th their capital to aid in developing our inter-
al resources, under the guarantees given by it
one. Destroy that instrument, and We instant
forfeit the good will and respect of the world,
id invite hither every class of flibusters, BUSH
hackers and ocean-royers to practice ON US what
e have attempted on ourselves.
No, if our present Constitution is to be changed,
t it be changed only in a constitutional way, let
be done only by the joint consultation and
inference Of King. Mobiles and People, by their
NEGLECTED Commissioners Only thus can the
rhts Of each be gnarded. and we still enjoy the r