The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-11-12

unmoved. The minister then rose and said
to the King: Do you say before all these
Witnesses that if any man IS going TO fight
another with firearms, swords or spears, that
YOU will not prevent him. and that If he kills
any one he shall not be punished 2" The
King replied | agree 10 that Then said
the minister 1t is enough we must arm;'
and turning TO his followers said Let US
return saw the long procession as they
passed nv house, grave and silent. on their
way TO the ministers dwelling. The day
was spent in deliberation, and they deter
mined to oppose the King.
Howard the evening | was most provl-
d~entially preserved from assassination at the
Kings house, five of his confidential advisors
that is, the Mena ~maSo-having, as | have
since been well informed, combined 10 take
nv life. as one of the means of arresting the
progress of Christianity. Under God, [ owe
my preservation to the warning of my friends
and the provision made by the prime minis
ter for my safety. | went TO the King an
hour earlier than usual, and returned imme-
diately, TO prepare for removal 10 4 place of
greater safety near my own house. Messen-
gers from the minister were waiting my re-
turn, and before dusk | removed TO the house
of DR.. Davidson, which stands on the edge
of Andohalo, the large space where public
assemblies are often held. The city was in
great commotion all night women and chill
dren and slaves, with portable valuables,
were h~urrying from the city. while crowds of
armed men from the suburbs were crowding
into it. At daybreak on the ninth some two
thousand or more troops occupied Andohalo.
The ground around the prime minister's
house, on the summit of the Northern crest
of the mountain close by, was filled with SOL
diers. while every avenue to the city was Sc
curely kept by the ministers troops. The
first object of the mobiles was 10 secure up
ward of thirty of the more obnoxious of the
Mena na0SO, whom they accused OF being the
advisors and abettors of the King in his UNI
Just and injurious measures. \ number OF
these were taken and killed. a number fled,
but twelve or thirteen remained with the
King These the mobiles required should be
surrendered to them. The King refused,
but they threatened TO take them by force
from the palace, to which he had removed.
Troops continued to pour in from adjacent
and distant posts, and. as the few soldiers of
the King refused to fire on those surround
ing the palace, the people, though plying the
King, did not take up arms in his defense.
He consented at length 10 surrender the
Mena naSO, on condition that their lives
should be spared, and that they should be
confined for life in letters. On Monday, the
11th, they were marched by Andohalo, on
their way TO the spot where the irons were
to be fixed upon their limbs.
: In the course of the discussion with the
mobiles, the King had said that he alone was
sovereign, his word alone was law. his per-
son was sacred. he was systematically pro-
tected, and would punish severely the oppo-
sers of his will. This led the mobiles to de.
termine that it was not safe for him to live,
and he died BY their hands the next morning,
within the palace. The Queen, who alone
was with him, used every effort, TO the last
moment of his life, TO save him, but i'll vain.
His advisors, the Mena maSo, were after
wards put to death.
.sIn the course of the forenoon four of the
chief mobiles went to the Queen, with a writ
ten paper, which they handed TO her as ex-
pressing the terms or conditions on which,
for the future, the country should be gov
erned. They requested her TO read it, sta
ting that if she consented to govern accord
ing to these conditions, they were willing
that she should be the sovereign of the coun-
try, but that if she objected or declined, they
must seek another ruler. The Queen, after
reading the document. and listening to it,
and receiving explanations on one or two
points, expressed her full and entire consent
TO govern according TO the plan therein set
forth. The mobiles then said We also
bind ourselves by this agreement. If we
break it, we shall be guilty of treason, and
If YOU break il, we shall do as we have now
done The prime minister then signed the
document on behalf of the mobiles and heads
of the people, and the Queen signed it also.
=. Between three and four o'clock a party
of officers came with a copy of this docu-
ment, which they read to US. | can only
state two or three of its chief items
The word of the sovereign alone is not
to be law, but the mobiles and heads of the
people, with the sovereign, are to make the
laws.
Perfect liberty and protection are guar
anteed TO all foreigners who are obedlent TO
the laws of the country.
"FriendIv relations are to be maintained
with all other nations.
Duties are to be levied, but
and civilization are TO be encouraged.
Protection and liberty to worship, teach,
and promote the extension of Christianity.
are secured TO the native Christians, and the
same protection and liberty are guaranteed
to those who are not Christians.
Domestic slavery is not abolished but
masters are at liberty to give freedom TO
their slaves, or to sell them TO others.
mo person is 10 be put to death for any
offense by the word of the sovereign alone
and no one is TO be sentenced to death till
twelve men have declared such person TO be
guilty of the crime to which the law awards
the punishment of death.
AN hour afterwards we were sent for to