Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-28
THE NfTTDE PRESS.
THE CHIEFS OF HAWAII.

Elele Poakou: We previously said that
"those who lay hold Of the ancestral meles of
the old chiefs and apply them to others are
guilty of fraud and theft" We repeat it. You,
o Elele, and all of your set, who are opposing
us, we again assert it, and hurl the charge at
you, are guilty Of Selling meles-a robbery and
fraud. You deny it, and say that we are wrong
in asserting that Kauikeoui transferred all his
titles to his son. And your opposing argu-
ments are the following, viz: 81. The HUI
lumanu, after the death of Kamehameha III,
came and applied the name-meles ina mele
inoa) Of kamehameha III to Kamehameha
~. ?. That after the death Of Kamehameha
~, his title-keepers [by this is meant those
persons who committed to memory the meles
in which these titles were givenl came before
kamehameha V and conferred these titles on
him. 3. That these titles were conferred on
Lunalio after the death of Kamehameha "
4. That II. Kalama did not protest at this
public bestowal of these names upon Kameha-
meha ~ and kamehameha V. S. And that
as she did not protest against the transfer Of
those titles to those previous kings so she did
not protest against their being given to Kala.
kaua l."
The other side is again in error. When Ka.
mehameha V assembled the throne, he took
possession Of the lands which Kauikeaouli had
reserved for his own private use, and which
the land commissioners had confirmed to him,
these being a part Of the crown lands. Has
this seizure, this grab, this robbery of these
lands as part of the crown lands by Kameha.
meha V, been confrmed1 No! The attempt
failed. Those properties are being restored to
the rightful heirs according to law. Look at
the decision OF the full bench on the I'd of
April, 1883, which granted the petition of the
Queen Tlowauer Emma Il al Vas
ust as that land grab by Kamehameha v,
Lunalio l, and Kalakaua |, Of the private lands
of Kauikeouli was not confirmed, so also is
this title grabbing Of Kamehameha ~, IA.
mehameha V, Lunalio |, and Kalakaua not
confirmed. Andthose who conspire together and
shamelessly declare that "thus they publicly
announced and transferred the titles of Kameha-
meha III to Kalakaua on the 10th of Novem-
Der, 1876" do very unworthy thing. For
people to misapply these titles for one INSULT
cient reason or another is dishonoIable act
1t does NOT become the dignity Of the king on
his throne to be misled by the representations
of Others. Pahau is still alive who lived with
Kalama from her youth and was present when
his tKamehamehas titles were conferred. Paa-
lua W., and Kamakauahoa are still alive, who
lived with Kamehameha III as the kahus of
the lad (Kunuiakea) when he was young
prince, and they together with others fire.
quently heard Kauikeouli say "all my titles
shall go to my son" (Kunuiakea).
Those who are guilty of this title grabbing
have let the cat out Of the bag and we know
who is the writer in the Elele. In the reign
OF Kamehameha III he was n nobody and at
the present time is guilty of grabbing and
fradulently appropriating
Again, have studied the will OF Kameha.
meha III as IT effects the throne aud the crown,
and il does not affect the interests which We
are discussing We are discussing the appro-
priation Of meles by the other side the heir.
ship Of the throne and the crown is fixed by
the constitution and the testament of the king,
but the right TO the mele titles is to be trans.
ferred only at the command Of the king And
it is as Kamehameha Ill said to Kaiole, "all
those mees you have rccited and all my titles,
transfer them all to my son.
This side does not deny that Kamehameha
III chose Alexander Liholiho his foster son,
to be his successor in the government. We
readily assent to this. But the robbing Of his
own son tKunuiakeal was not the work OF this
king tKamehameha III).
Kamehameha had planned to give some.
thing to both his sons, that Alexander Liho.
Tho should be his FIRST heir, and that after his
Iiholiho's death, the kingdom should descend
to his second heir tKunuakeal, and he had dis.
cussed this plan with his premier, John Young;
but John Young strongly opposed the plan
and advised that he should make the two
brothers "a. Liholiho and Lott successive
heirs to his government.
Owing to the strength OF the opposition OF
John Young and Others to his John youngs 81
nephew, (KunuiakeAl by their persuaslons,
they succeeded in changing the kings mind,
SO that he chose Alexander Iiholho as his
heir to the throne and crown lands.
From the beginning to the end Of our con.
stitution, no, a word can be found which
makes the possession Of the chiefly titles a
right belonging to the throne.
You enumerase your witnesses John Ii, Kau-
nawahi, Timoteo, Kaomea, Hikiau, Koahou,
Aialie, who are ready to come forward and
help you, and give some SAVIOR Of RICH, to your
Seizure Of the meles.
You do not utter the words Of Kauikeaouli,
nor did these people you mention hear the
voice Of Kauikeaouli. That side is badly of
ior witnesses. But this side is well provided;
We have Pahau ", Paalua ", Kamakauahoa
", and Manohia ", people who lived in tbs
immediate presence Of kauikeaouli during the
greater part Of their days while he was alive.
The night Of Nov. 10, 1876, was the time