Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-16

Let US recall the epochal episodes that disfg
ure the reign Of the King, and Judge II they
have anything to do with the governmental
complications. In the first place Kaakaua
was placed upon the throne by skillful and
artful minority in opposition to the wish Of the
people, or Of the majority Of them at least.
This was the signal for demonstration by no
means hattering OF reassuring to him, and
should have given him cue for future action.
The King unpopuarity was alone the cause
Of this public expression Of disapprova The
Cabinet was in no wise responsible for It: in
deed but for the support Of the Cabinet, and
the determination Of few who had not yet
lost faith in Kalakaua, his reign would have
been as brief as brilliant, and his hopes would
have been snuffed out like farthing rush flight
in gust of wind lie was forced upon the
throne by a handful Of partizan leaders OPP
posed to a universally popular candidate Dis
order and disaster were natural consequences
Then came the more picturesque but no less
disastrous episode the advent Of the Sunny
Italian Those who still believed in knlaLaua,
now had their faith shaken to its foundation
Gulled by this adventurer, infatuated by the
arts Of the most artfu Of his race, the king
spurned the counsel Of his advisers and, scorn-
fully dsmissing them, took Moreno to his
heart
There is, perhaps, nothing more farcical in
history than this Ianr Pas and the climax that
naturally succeeded it, 1t is just possible that
the King has never fully realized how nearly
fatal that step was. Autocracy was no more
palatabe in those days than it is at pres
ent; the royal guard was doubled, guns were
wheeled into position, foreign powers threw
their protecting arms about the palace and tn,
Sunny Italian" received "notice to quit, -
an opportunity which he embraced with tn,
theatrical ardor of chorus singer in the Crane
Opera. This was the natural consequence o
epoohal episode No. 2.
The third epoch may not be far distant. /
this era Of distrust and disgust slowly foreshad
owing the inevitable2 Having lost the conf
dence of his people, and this apparently with
out a pang, the King smiles as usual, but tn
guards once more sleep on their arms, and tn
awkward squads tread is muffled in the dust o
night. 1t is a comic reign of terror backed b
a brace of guns that, in the hands of His MAJ
esty's amateurs, may yet succeed in crowding tn
wards of the Queens Hospital with dismen
bered innocents. And again we feel cor
strained to ask-Why1
1t is because the royal head is turned; be
, cause its tongue has betrayed the trust and los
the confidence of its most tenacious supporter
1t is because the royal heart warns only towar
I those who are willing TO pander to its lusts.
= is because the royal hand is greedy and
, speedily raised agains, those who are too hor
est and too honorable to humor the roy,
= whims. Indignant disapprova boldly c,
2 pressed and manfully adhered 10 is the natur
consequence.
What lessons are to be learned from the.
y perfectly natural consequence The COMMIT
nifty evidences no desire to employ violence
4 gaining the end so necessary to the future we
a fare of this government. a King who play
his part as well as the other actors who al
down in the bill, is an interesting adjunct
the drama. The King who plays it i'll is twi,
. as ridiculous in consequence OF the total absent
/ of that d'1inily which is POLITICALLY said to he'd
. a king. Nor does the community ask tc
= much of government whose house it build
i whose back it clothes, whose mouth it fills, Ii
e crafty. 1t merely asks for the restoration of
G constitution-now seriously impaired which
ii its natural condition, is good enough to la
y the kingdom very long time to come
e asks, and it has right to ask, that the Cabin
e shall be thoroughly renovated rejuvenatet al
e repaired: that those who are unworthy of Il
high positions they now bclittle may be di
Ie missed. 1t asks that it may see no more
&c this itching autocracy! That the Cabinet mi
4. be suffered to exercise its prerogatives witho
ID impeachment. But above and first of all, il as
A. that the pertinacious Premier may be perm
10 ted to withdraw at once to that pastoral secl
x sion which is forever associated with his mel
n DRY and that there he may be allowed to sill
er into his last long sleep, as another natural co
in sequence,