The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-04
~ The following is a fair translation OF q circu-
lar, a few copies of which were seen in the city ON
Saturday last:
o My People! My Countrymen from Old I
Arise This is the Voice

Ho! all ye tribes and divisions. Hol my own
ancient people! The people who took hold and built
up the Kingdom of the Kamehamehas from the
first blow struck ut the water of Keomo, TO the COM
/ plete union of the islands ut the seabeach OF Kulo-
lola. (Honolulu) Arise This is the voicei
Ho Maui of Kuimeheua the Great Ho Maui Of
Kamalalawalu, of Kihapiilani also Ho Molokai
tall of Hins Ho Lanai of Kaulu Ho Kauai Of
Mano. of my ancestors gone. Arise Turn 20
Here is the voice
Ho the relatives of Keaweaheulu, Of Kameeia-
moku and Kamanawa, they who met the hardships,
the hunger, and the WEAKNESS of the smear and the
implements of war. Our blood flowed first and our
bodies were SCARED in the creation Of this House
(government) and the securing of the peace now
enjoyed. We created this government.
HERE Is THE VOICE |! ARISE AND LISTEN.
At the present time. while the night watch and
the sacred mourning of affection is being held over
the corpse of our House finder, our last Lord, the
final one of the Ka~mehamehas,- bebold, the sacred
doorstep of Liloa is shaken. the symbolic cord of
Ahaula is broken. IL is dragged down by the un-
worthy, it is overthrow and lies face downward, its
tsbus are trodden on its sleeping great one. who
sleeps the long sleep,-his tabus are broken.
Thus while we are mourning, comes a voice graf
ing on the ear, as of a bswling crowd disturbing
the thoughts of the hearer, dIstracting the mind and
attention, and il pours out thus:
"HO the Hawaiian Nation
william c. Lunalilo, the SON Of Kekauluohi, the
daughter of Kamehameha l." &c. A vote to be
taken on the LIST day Of January, 1873, for a king
for the Throne of the Kamehanehas.
Jul Jill Abuou BOu y IfkhEu " bllb J
1t is not zoe who have sprung forward TO mock and
to treat with contempt the CORPSE Of our beloved
King, who now sleeps. Ii is those who treat thee
with contempt. and we bid them farewell forever.
Let me direct you, my people do nothing that
will be contrary to the law, or that will disturb the
peace of our Kingdom. Do not 60 and vote, and do
not trammel the iabors of your Representatives ; IL
will be opposing their authority and powers on the
9Th of January, ON which day the Legislature il to
meet and choose a successor to the Throne. Don't
be led by the fOreigners-they had no part in our
h~ardships in gaining the country. Don't be led by
their false teachings, as a hog with n string ia his
nose is red ignorantly along to the oven prepared to
cook him.
Stand fast Stand firm Be men, and fearless,
Give not up your rights and privileges to others.
The K~amehamehas are ended the land, the govern
ment, which we labored and strove TO create has re-
turned to us.
Be patient and wait. my people, until after the
funeral of Kamehameha ", the one absorbing affair
before us,-our last Lord. The land is full OF Bit
terness of grief; the chiefs are all alike.
For this reason will L be silent and still, but my
mind Is full Of conflicting emotions, to sec the things
that are done in despite of our King. Before his
beloved body is out Of sight, behold, how his bones
are Knocked. Beware, or the words Of the Gospel
may apply to us: They parted my raiment among
them, and for my vesture they did cast lots."
l shall not now speak Of the senseless things that
are now being done, but as you have earnestly
pressed me to present my views as to the condition
of affairs and for the good Of the Hawaiian people ;
and because [ have an ancient right to the Throne,
from the birth of Keaweikekahialii. over Maui Of
Kama, Oahu Of Kuihewa, down to Kauai Of Mano-
kalanipo therefore,
l ask you to hear TO me / am of the frst-born,
you are of the second-born, of the same ancestors.
The PLATFORM OF MY Government.
l. / shall obey the advice of our ancestor, Of Ke-
aweaheulu, my grandfather, which he gave 10 Ka-
m%ehameha l., to be n rule for bis government:
"The old men, the old women and the children,
shall lie in safety on the highways"
2. To preserve and to increase the people, so that
they shall multiply and fill the land with chiefs and
common people.
8. To repeal all the personal taxes, about which
the people complain.
4. To put native HaWaiians into government
Offices, so as to pay of the national debt.
3. The amending of the Constitution Of 1864.
The desires Of the people will be obtained by q true
agreement between the people and the Occupan. Of
the Throne.
Beware Of the Constitution Of 1852, and the false
teachings Of the foreigners who are now grasping to
obtain the direction of the government if w. C. Luz
nalilo ascends the Throne. In this way the country
narrowly escaped in 1858, shortly after the passage
of the Constitution of 1852. 1t was when Kameha-
meha III. was sick, that he was urged 10 sign the
transfer OF the country TO America.
Don't listen to the deceivert :
Don't slight my wordsl
AS we are now in a season Of mourning, / am
therefore brief, not to tire you, aud that you may be
sure of the warning Of the voice which now echoes
on all sides.
After my much lSmented lord and father is buried,
| shall again issue my views, with bravery and with
out f~inching. and without subseryiency.
Let the sound Of voices be husbed,
Rest ye, oh people,
The kapu is kept.
Wait until my voice is again raised, and ponder
well on what is here said. 10 We women, my
family, turn ye your husbands, aud tell them not to
part with the rights of our ancestors. And tell
them to be ready when / call againi
In the inspiring words Of our ancestors, a call to
guard well our rights now threatened, then,
To the front. Drink the waters of bitterness,
o. nEn