The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-11-18


Nor does il yet appear that, al the eous-
ueoesnsni q the troRble. they were
resis,isg. Or Pcrposiag l. r-ist, any pro
eess issued By any court O -.~. Of coupe
tent Jurisdiction. Whsssver the facts NAY
be IN this respect wiH be made 70 appear
on the trial 81 those who hare been or viii
I Be accused
80 likewise 10 talk Of this matter as
I R-5slIoa-to speak Of haaIsg down the
Rs5sl Jl;g Is Al exasgera,iOn- 4 rebellion
I Is The open and ayowed remuneration Of
the authority Of the Government to which
one owes allegiance : the taking Of
4rms. traitoroasly, 70 resist the Sathority
Of l4wfal government. The traitor
oGsly taking Of arms. with view Of
reao,uscisg ones allegiance, l. necessary
70 constitute \ REBELLION. Nov these peo-
pie not only did not traitorously take
arus, bat they were entirely aDarmed.
I Treason Is the attempt to overthrow the
Government Of the State TO which the Of
fsHder owes allegiance These people made
no attsmps, and bad not the mos, dis
tSnt idea Of s1bysrting the Government
They bad no rebel hag to pull dowu-
I yl-, b-sI vgs~si,vl ne Ils1 I14t they had
some rights in = ueesirg house to which
they bad contributed In this they may
have been mistaken They bad Likewise
conceived the idea that the teachings Of
their so-ealled prophet were more valuable
than those Of the recognised pastors Of the
people in that ueigh0orhood. an, that he
the prupAetl wzs ul0Ce directly the recip-
isut u the divine -aHiatus than they the
pastors were. In this they most NJ
dOabtedly were much deluded. They went
into camp % piece Of and which they
Id bargaIned for. and desired to leaSe &c
corning to the laws Of the kingdom. and
hoisted over their camp piece Of cloth
Inscribed with the holy name Of JEaoyAH.
They SCI up 10 temporal chief against the
authority Of the established Government
much less did they attempt to support him,
BY arms or otherwise. Their religious
idsas-aad their sections consequent upon
those IDEAS. were certainly sufficiently alb
surd-quite - absurd - some Others,
winch we see Frequently attain to 1t Ieast
the respectfully Of numbers.-and they
may, by some, be thought to have rebelIed
assiDst the established ideas Of respectable
ecclesiastical teaching But every collision
Of persons with lawful authority is not re-
bellioU- The burning Of the Ursuline Con
vent AZ Charleston vas not i rebellion;
neither WIS the Broad street not IL Bos-
ton; nor the Providence riot; nor the
As5or Place not IN New YoEk yet sew
eral lives we're lost in each instance.
In this connection the following extract
from letter signed Koua, under date Of
October p. should be noticed
With reference TO this so-callsd Prophet,
rum here and tined before Hon Judge Davis {
On charge Of insanity some L or Is months I
$40, when bis Honor very properly remain
cec hin 10 custody, on the ground that ii z
discharged serious results night follow He
was sent to tho Asylum and afterwards dis (
charged and returned here 70 carry OCT bis
cEnEeruus system Of working upon the iguo- +
gzent events have proved the justice and Z
soCudueSs Of Judge Davis decision. and hsd 4
Il been sustained and carried oct. tie pre- 4
sent Illegal and fatal results would not have .
taken pace Since the Prophets return I
with the prestige OF i successful litigation.
be las succeeded IN drawing 10 his standard
some % natives. men women and children I
have been prevailed upoa 70 dispose OF 4
their lands and property, and live with the
Prophet They have under him become T
entire fanatics and believe hin to be a
Prophet in truth, and are ready TO lay down
their lives 10 hisvill-
It vii &c seen that the impression K
here conveyed that one Of the Judges Of
he Supreme Court had committed the
1aa 70 custody as IN insane nan and that
some one had notwithstanding such con-
discharged him This IN error.
SGeh a dlschzrge-sgeh ! disobedienee Of
court Of competent jurisdiction, having
he authority Of the Ststute for making an
rider, would De 4 grave offence N any one.
The fact Is that there were two hearings.
At the first KaOna vas renanded tempo
ariy. for the observation and examination
# as state Of mind At the second. the
Hon Justice. not finding cause to believe
nat kaozas insanity voGld Be dangerous
o the safsty o. any ous, Or Of himself, or
Tered hin discharged
There were no Rebels, no Rebellion no
Rebel Flag, al Kona- With this We dis
Mss the matter until those nov in custody
hall have been tried, when We VII publish
faithful account Of whatsoever shall be
aade to appear, 50 far as the sane nay be
{ any public interest.
Supreme COurf-In Banco. II