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

Let US recall the epochal episodes that disig
ure the reign OF the King, and Judge II they
have anything to do with the governmental
complications In the first place Kalakaua
was placed upon the throne by a skillhl and
artful minority in opposition to the wish Of the
people, or Of the majority Of them al least.
This was the signal for demonstration by no
means nattering or rcassuring to him, and
should have given him a cue for future action.
The Kings unpopularity was alone the cause
Of this public expression Of disapproval. The
Cabinet was in no wise responsible for II: in.
deed but for the support Of the Cabinet, and
the determination Of few who had no, yet
lost faith in Kalakaua, his reign would have
been rs brief as brilliant, and his hopes would
have been snufed out like farthing rush light
in gust Of wind. lie was forced upon the
throne by a handful Of partiran leaders op.
posed to universally popular candidate. IBIS.
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 Knlakaua,
now had their faith shaken to its foundation.
Gullcd by this adventurcr, infatuated by the
arts " the most ar,ful Of his race, the king
spurncd the counsel Of his advisers and, scorn.
fully Diminishing them, took Moreno to his
heart
There is, perhaps, nothing more imcical in
history than this fdnr pas and the climax that
naturally succeeded it. I, is jus, possible that
the King has never fully realized how nearly
fatal that step was, Au,ocracy was no more
palatable in those days than il is at pres
cnt; the royal guard was doubled, guns were
wheeled into position, foreign powers threw
their protecting arms abou, the palace and the
Sunny Italian" received "notice TO quit, -
an opportunity which he embraced with the
theatrical ardor Of a chorus singer in the Grand
epochal episode No. q.
The third epoch may not be far distant. Is
this era Of distrust and disgust slowly ioreshad.
owing the inevitable' Having los, the conf
out pang, the King smiles as usual, bu, the
guards once more sleep on their arms, and the
awkward squads tread is mufTled in the dust OF
night. II is comic reign Of terror backed by
a brace Of guns that, in the hands Of IIis Maj
esty's amateurs, may yet succeed in crowding the
wards Of the Queens Hospital with dismem
bered innoccnts. And again we feel con
strained TO ask-Why1
II is because the royal head is turned; be
e cause its tongue has betrayed the trus, and los
the confidence Of its most tenacious supporters
II is because the royal heart warns only towart
7 those who are willing TO pander to its us,s. i
e is because the royal hand is greedy and i
y speedily raised against those who are too hon
, est and too honorable to humor the roya
e whims. Indignant disapproval boldly ex
pressed and manfully adhered to is the natura
consequence.
What lessons are to be learned from thes,
y perfectly natural consequences The commu
nifty evidences no desire to employ violence il
4 gaining the end so necessary to the future wei
a fare of this government. King who play
his part as well as the other actors who ar,
b. down in the bill, is an interesting adjunct t.
4. the drama. The King who plays it i'll is ,wic
as ridiculous in consequence of the total absence
t of that dioinity which is POLITICALLY said to Aedg
a king. Nor does the community ask to,
). much of government whose house it builds
+. whose back it clothes, whose mouth il fills, HJ
e crafty. 1t merely asks for the restoration of
c constituton-now seriously impaired which il
Il its natural condition, is good enough to las
y the kingdom very long time to come. /
e asks, and it has right to ask, that the Cabine
e shall be thoroughly renovated, rejuvenated an,
e repaired; that those who are unworthy of tn
high positions they now belittlc may be dis
e missed, 1t asks that it may see no more q
e this itching autocracy! That the Cabinet ma
l. DC sune''d to exercise its prerogatives withou
d impeachment. But above ana ma, e al :, ,,,,
l. tina, the pertinacious Premier may be permit
o ted to withdraw at once to that pastoral seclu
< sion which is forever associated with his mem
l. DRY and that there he may be allowed to sin
II into his las, long sleep, as another natural cor
n sequence