The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-01-17
Thirty Days of Hawaiian History-4.
by SANFORD b. DOLE.

LECTIoNEERING-MAs MEETING.
A few days after the appearance of the manifesto,
q paper printed at the Government press for parties
who were anonymous, was distributed secretly by
night through the streets of Honolulu, of which the
following is a translation
"TMs Is THE TRUTH
Son the 10th day of the present December, q
proclamation was issued in this city, commencing as
folloWs:-I, VIM. C. Lunalilo, the son of Kekauluohi,
the daughter of ka~mehameha l. TO the Hawaiian
nation, greeting
Let the genealogists see, and they testify this
Kekauluohi was not a daughter of Kamehameha |.
as asserted in the publication. But her line is after
this manner: Kaleimamahu lived with Kaheiheima-
lie and Kekauluohi was born thence; and Kekaulu-
Obi lived with Charles Kanaina and thence was born
the Chief VIM. G. Lunalilo.
On the other side this is the real truth Kameha-
meha L. CATER the birth of Kekauluohi) lived with
h:a@ hem !. R9 effdth hGaGs a Hadf tbbee6EGGe iN Was born Rf4ES ne
two Kings now deceased. But in regard to the re-
lationship of Kamehameha l. to Kaleimamahu it is
as follows Keoua lived with Kekuiapoiwa thence
was born Kamehameha I. afterwards Keoua lived
with Kamakaheikuli, and thence was born Kaleima-
nahuJ tho f~thoI Of KvhauiuUhi. This alsU Is the
truth Kamehameha /. lived with Kaekapolei
thence was born Kaoleiohoku, a male, the first born
Of Kamehameha l. Kaoleiohoku lived with Keoua,
o female, and thence was born Pauahi, which female
chief lived with NJ. Kekuanaoa, thence was born the
sister of the late King, Ruth Keelikolani. Kaoleio-
hoku further lived with Luahine, thence was born
Kalani Pauahi.
Oh people, you here have the truth, and the rela.
tionship of these chief families to Kamehameha.
By the skilliul Genealogists."
"N. Bly, the foregoing genealogical accounts it
will appear that the Chief VIM. G. Lunalilo is not O
descendant of Kamehameha T."
No satisfactory conclusion can be made from the
genealogical authorities Of the Hawaiians. Jarves
makes Lunalilo the grandson Of Kaiana the brother
of Kaeo, an ancient King of Kauai, and Dibble makes
Kaeo the uncle of Kamehameha l. and he and the
'skillful genealogists " agree in making Lunalilo the
grandson Of Kaleimamahu, who was the son of
Keoua and half brother to Kamehameha l.
Whatever of truth or probability the foregoing
publication may have contained, it was regarded by
the people as a mean attack upon their ~favorite; and
the secret manner of its distribution with its anony-
nous character added to this feeling. This evidence
Of opposition unknown in strength and working in
secret had the effect very materially to stimulate the
Lunalilo party, and the signs of its power and
growth became more positive every day.
AS the tide of popular feeling for the Prince in
creased, efforts to swell it to the utmost that it might
sweep away all opposition assumed a more public
character. The independent newspapers in both lam
guages, were covered with leaders and articles abso-
lutely committing themselves to the fortunes Of his
party, and in which they boldly charged all opposi-
ton in such positive terms as to assume the e~nthrone-
ment of their candidate as q fat GccOmplt and all
hostility thereto as already reasonable. In the
streets, and in the fish market at Honolulu, where at
certain times large numbers Of people congregated,
stump orators from hitehing-posts or fish counters,
willing listeners and easily drew enthusi-
astic applause by q judicious use of the magic word,
Lund-liiO.
Many who had hitherto wavered and refrained
from supporting any candidate, and some who had
openly opposed the Prince, now one by one declared
in his favor. These changes Of base by which dis
Greet individuals endeavored to preempt in the for
tunes Of an inevitable destiny caused much irrever-
ent amusement among the sagaeious ones who had
adhered to him from the first utterance of his claim.
About this time it was reported that the rival can
didates, with the exception of Col Kalakaua, had
waived all claim to the Throne in favor of Lunallo.
There does not appear to be any evidence that Queen
Emma made any effort toward the sovereignty or
that she troubled herself at all about the matter or
regarded her own prospects, and it conveys a false
impression to speak Of her as a candidate. And so
far as definite report goes, the same is true Of Mrs.
Pauahi Bishop; forasmuch as the King in his last
severe attack just before his death, distinctly, but
informally, proposed to her that she should be his
successor, which fattering ole. she declined.
The number Of people in Honolulu was materially
increased during these days by additions from the
other islands. Every steamer and sailing vessel that
came into the harbor was crowded with men, women
and children; attracted thither by the political situa-
ton and the coming funeral Of the late King.
On the evening of the twenty-sixth Of December,
a mass meeting called by q number Of white and
native citizens through the newspapers, was held at
the Kaumakapili Church. This building had been
used a number Of times during the interregnum for
political meetings until it had acquired a character
like that of Faneuil Hall, in revolutionary days.
When its bell, which hung in n low belfry Of wood