Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-01-20
THE NATIVE PRESS.
BEFORE THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE.

King will be crowned on the 18th of February
next, 1883. We have waited long to see the
full completion of the preparations for placing
this emblem upon him.
That he may conform TO the custom Of mon
arches, he is about to take upon himself the
exclusiveness (kapukapu) and the sacredness
(hiihi) Of @yeuf ancient kings, o Hawaii!
He will take this new emblem so that COM
ing generations cannot forget, when in the
presence of the ambassadors sent hither by
great powers, to do honor to the Hawaiian
race on account Of this coronation Of our King
Therefore, all ye loyal subjects of the dread
King are hidden to come and witness the
august ceremonies of this royal coronation to
manifest your trustful and reverent regard for
your King and to illustrate to the representa-
tives from foreign lands the manner of our
ahectionate greeting to our Sovereign and the
love in which he reposes. And as it is in
accordance with the custom of the nation from
ancient times for gifts and presents to be
offered to the Sovereign on such great occa-
sions as this, therefore let your loyal hearts
testify, each one according to its ability to the
joyful love ii feels towards its King. And
when we open our generous gift-bearing hands
this deed of love TO our King will doubtless be
blazoned abroad throughout the whole world,
when the representatives Of foreign lands shall
return to their own governments, as an aston
. ishng offering, something to be proud of, and
that no other nation beneath the sun is so
proud Of its King as Hawaii. And that all
persons outside OF Honolulu may fully under
stand about this tribute giving, the period
from the 10th Of January to the 5th Of Febru-
AIRY has been set apart as the time when the
remote districts shall send offerings and trib-
utes to the marshal of the ceremony literally,
chief of the feast) at the Palace, Honolulu.
And the people of Honolulu are to wait until
the 2Ist OF February and then bring in their
offerings to the Palace yard. On that same
day also the new Palace will be opened for
the public inspection OF the Kings subjects.
And rs the coronation committee deem il
probable that you will not all come, seeing
that some of you will remain to look after
your farms, your fields and your planted
and seemly to command the people of each
electoral district to assemble at proper place
and hold meeting Of citizens. And let these
assemblies choose fifteen delegates to come to
the coronation in the name OF the citizens Of
the districts to which they each belong. And
the district judges are invited to take the lead
in calling these meetings Of the citizens Of their
districts. Let them speedily report to the
chairman of the committee the list of the
names Of those who have been chosen before
the 2Sth Of January.
When you, o people, choose your delegates,
do not let them come with any political plans
in view.
And now, o Hawaii we have come to a
time when the grandeur, and our jealous de-
sire for that sacredness Of our Sovereign is to
be greatly magnihed, an event such as Hawaii
has never before seen. God save the King
Walter NJ. Gibson, chairman; II. A. Wide
mann, William =. Wood, Joseph U. Hawai-