The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-12-21
A PLEBISCITUM.

VIZ ISSUE herewith an Address to the Nation
by Prince WILLIAM LUNALILo, the Heir Apparent
to the Throne of these Islands. 1t is modest,
manly and calm in It's tone. and the sentiments
expressed must commend themselves to the ap-
prOyal Of all. In no more appropriate or accept
able way could the Prince have placed his claims
before the country. Whatever name may receive
the sanction of the popular approval, this action
alone OF Prince WILLIAM will stamp his character
for unselfsh patriotism and h~igh-minded appre-
citation of the principle that the true source Of
governmental power Is the consent Of the governed.
We speak advisedly. when we say that Prince
WILLIAM entertains 4 deep sense of the RESPONSE
bilities of the position to which the Providence
Of God has evidently called bin that he prepares,
with the will Of the Hawaiia People, to assume
that position from no ambitious motives, (for he
is not a needy Prinoe) but purely from a sense Of
duty to his people and that he is firm in his
purpose to avoid in the future the youthful follies
and irregularities of the past.
Assured as we are of the justice of the Princes
claim TO the Throne, and believing in his personal
abilities and in the honesty and sincerity of his
professions, We heartily give our adhesion TO his
cause.
WILLIAM &. LUSALILO, Son of KskaukuOhi, The
Daughter Of RGHlehGmehd L., TO the HaraiiaR
People, Greeting
WHEREAS, The Throne of the Kingdom has
become vacant by the death of His Majesty
Kamehameha V, on the IIth of December, 1872,
without a successor appointed or proclaimed; and.
WHEREAS, 1t is desirable that the wishes of the
Hawaiian People be consulted as to a successor to
the Throne therefore,
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inheritance / am the rightful heir to the Throne,
in order to preserve peace, harmony and good
order, | desire to submit the decision of my claim
to the voice Of the People, to be freely and fairly
expressed by a PLKBIscITUN The only pledge that
| deem it necessary TO offer to the people is, that
/ will restore the Constitution Of Kamehameha
LII. of happy memory, with only such changes as
may be required to adapt it to present laws, and
that 1 wall govern the nation according to the
principles of that Constitution and Il liberal Con-
stitutional Monarchy, which, while it preserves
the proper prerogatives of the Crown, shall fully
maintain the rights and liberties of the people.
To the end proposed, | recommsnd the Judges
of the different election districts throughout the
Islands, thereby appealing to their ancient allie
glance to the family of the Kamehamehas), to
give notice that a poll will be opened on Wednes-
day, the lst day of January, A. D., 1873, at
which all male subjects of the kingdom may by
their vote peaceably and orderly express their free
choice for u King of the Hawaiian Islands as
successor of Kamehameha v. And that the said
officers of the several election districts, do, on a
count of the vote, make immediate certified return
Of the same to the Legislative Assembly sum
moned to meet at Honolulu, on the 9Th day of
January, 1873. That if any officer or officers of
any election district shall refuse to act in accord
ance herewith, or if there shall be a vacancy in
said Offices in any district, the people may choose
others in their places, who may proceed in con-
formity to law in conducting the election.
Given under my hand at Honolulu, this 10th
day of December, 1879.
GOD PROTECT HAWAII NEI