The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-03-19
Es-OmciaE U1terances.

The late Kings Acknowledgement, Mr.
: II Phillips, in his public address at the
Hotel, says, that " the late Kings pride
of country and attachment to his people
were extraordinary. His strong will and
good sense would have enabled him, il
any, to preserve the integrity of the
nation. = If Providence had spared
his life the crisis might have been post
Poned- His people naturally mourn
the loss of his strong arm, and the aban-
donment of all theories of native au-
thority. But so it is. The new sove-
reign has assembled the throne professedly
by the voice of the people, and does not
reign in the right OF the family whose
name he has abjured. BY his own act,
and the popular expression, the traditional
idea has been abandoned, and it is no
longer revolutionary for the collective
body, who have achieved one revolution,
TO consider when and how they will reor-
Cauize with foreign nations" The speaker
goes on 10 comment on what he calls the
crisis and gloomy prospect, to announce
that annexation Is the only mode of re-
lief. and to suggest forwarding petitions
TO Congress at once without awaiting
the action of the Hawaiian Government"
He declares that every man must show
his colors, as wholly Hawaiian or wholly |
American" Mr. Phillips in conclusion
SAYS he has ceased TO be citizen here"
and has "nO expectation or desire of ad-
vantage from this Government, or any
that are likely to succeed it."
At the close of this address, the late
Kings foreign Minister, Mr. c. C. Harris,
rose and said that his friend and himself
were born under free institutions where
free discussion was the life of the nation.
and then moved resolutions of thanks for
the address, ana that a permanent organ
izstion be formed to sustain the interest
winch the address was meant to arouse.
II in the idea of members of the late
Cabinet at the loss the nation has suffer
ed by recent changes, and they choose s
to disparage the power of the present
Sovereign to preserve the integrity of
the nation" it is due to common right
without reference to points of taste and
propriety-thst statements from such =
source, thus endorsed, be made with pre-
oision. a
1t has net been made generally manifest a
that the people mourn the abandonment t
of all theories of native authority" for c
none such has occurred since the Bill of $
Rights of 1912. During the interregnum
caused by late events, the present Sow :.
ereign saw fit to call on the people to
express their wishes before the election. fc
which they did, as they undoubtedly o
would have done without the call, in the p
exercise eff their constitutional right to '
hold public meetings The regular cleo G
lion by the Legislature ratified the unan- :
imous wish of the people. King Lunalilo :,
took the constitutional oath of office, and "
now sits in the seat of his predecessor, the OF
example of native authority" 81
rs well as of constitutional power, that II
his Kingdom, or any other, has ever seen. 81
The people have achieved no revolution, =
md ii is no less revolutionary now than !. !.
before TO undertake to subvert or under
nine this Government. N,
In regard to the mode by which nat
Iralized subjects of this Kingdom may
ay aside their sworn allegiance, there tn