The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-10-29
THE PACIFIC
Commercial advertiser.
OCTOBER 90.

II uuCSlIOh Ih- DCtb iitiAtIbiN ohCt4. ~
what right the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS holds q seat
in the Legislative Assembly, and controls its
deliberations? The answer is short and une-
quivocal - HE HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT
WHATEVER. Such a thing has never been
known or attempted before under this Govern
ment, and is unknown under any other. The
Government Attorneys and Judges are the re-
feyees in cases of doubt respecting the laws,
under all systems of Government, but neither
ever sit as ldlr-makers.
But the Acknowledgement claims = seat, and
sits there, and how is it we are asked. Not
by the old or new Constitutions, nor by any
other law Of the land. The new Constitution
makes the Acknowledgement 4 member Of the
Cabinet CouHcI and also of the Prey Council,
but it goes no farther. The only article refer
ring to him is the following:
ARTICLE - The King' Cabinet shall consist % the Minister
Of Foreign Afairs, the Minister Of the Interior, the Minister Of
Finance. and the attorney General OF the Kingdom. and these
o. the hin.dom; and they shan be III Oaeio Members % His
NHie=ty'a Pnvy Council 81 State. They shall be appointed
Majesty's pleasure. subject to Impeachment
Now the above distinctly states who are the
Kings Ministers-fhree IN nUnbc,-the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, OF the Interior, and Of
FiHance-these three, associated with another
officer who is not n Minister, the Attorney
General, as adviser, make up the Cabinet Coun-
ell Of four.
The three " MINISTERS" according to the 43d
Article, are declared to be, by right of Office,
members of the Legislative Assembly. We quote
it here
AtTlcLE t3; Each msmheE Of the Kings casinei shall keep
for the conduct Of his deputies and clerks. The Ministers shah
hold seats er QGicto, as Mobiles, in the Legislative Assembly.
Now is it not clear rs daylight that the At
torney-G General has no legal right to sit in the
Legislature? lie has a right to sit in the
Cabinet Council and also in the Privy Council.
But beyond these, he has not only no right
to sit in the Councils of the nation, but by the
last quoted article, is distinctly omitted, and
thereby barred, the privilege of a seat in the
Legislature. and can only be regarded by the
people as an interloper there. He has Just as
good 4 right to crowd himself on t. the STU
preme Court bench and claim the privilege Of
sitting as 4 judge there, as he has to sit in the
Legislative Assembly. And it is a matter of
surprise to the public, that his seat has not
been contested before the house.
How long will it be before the people learn
that the political troubles that have lately e-
listed, and still threaten the country, are owing
mainly to the assumption of illegal authority
by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, in connection with
the Minister of Foreign Affairs? The same i'm
pudent assumption which claims a seat among
the Mobiles, ,ciLiOut the shddoiC of La,c, may vet
claim TO decide who shall or shall not sit on
the throne of Hawaii, should it become vacant,
OF L question of doubt. Are the Legislators to
be thus blindfolded and led by the hand, and
TO do so and so, at the bidding of
one who has no more right to sit with them,
or say anything in the Legislative hall, than
the boy who sets these lines into type?
Here is 4 man, tcho has S1corn to act accord
ing 10 the Constellation, and who, if what we
have stated is true, is daily acting in open rioha-
GOH Of he Constitution, which he has sworn to
uphold. Let both chiefs and people open their
eyes, and correct this disgraceful state of things,
for if persons sit rs lawmakers, who are not
entitled TO do so, the legality of the laws may
be questioned, and we shall be a disgrace to
ourselves and all nations. .