Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-31
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Uf RuoEoA or no TRACK.

auogantly asserting that Lihpliho vas a Mn.
pio chief Doe, IL not shame and discreiit his
knpwlelgc and ,till that he should make pub
hg thec absurd statements, and declare them
true II is q labrJatiou, not merely shght
error, but d complete tissue " faachpJis from
beginning 10 end. Thi, b. error 80. T..
Again the hHotoa says that Lihplihp inhcri-
ted his kapu from hr mother Keopuul11i, who
Inherited hers from Kiwalap. 4 lu" assertion
this. How b. b. that Ecopuliui inherited this
kapu from kiwlao, since kIwalo died IN bat
fle here at Mukuohaip There j. No. tradition
uf the transfer u these lapus 10 kiHalaD, NJ
ibr heir II bis father kaanDpuu even DOM
to- the time n his death. LihDlihp received bis
kapu moe, bis kapu wcla previously planned,
Trans. also his kapu hoano IA kapu that made
him sacred. Trans. al these he received NJ IL.
hcutcd from those who Al that time possessed
them, also his kapug were nmplifcd At LAM.
h5u by kamchameha- by his being The
.on " kcopuOlani and the grandson u kiwa.
lao. This BE- error no ON the part ofthe hp0.
lea that counts Tor this side N the argument
Here is another cuor. The hHotoa says
that kckupkalani's wphi kapu was from his
father, Kalaninuimalukuloku which descended
10 his children born u various chiefly women,
and thus II came down to his chiefly grand.
children Tor other chicfgh dcsccndanlsJ now
living. All readers of ancient tIIawiiianJ his.
tory know that kckuaokalani was the the first
born pf Kamchamcha l. Kckuaoknlani was
sort n son Of his, but Kamchamcha did not
leave his kapu Wohi to kekuaokaani. Two
chiefs cannot possess this kapu tWuhI at the
same time, but only one, and that was Kane
hameha I. Kamchamcha ! died at kamaka.
honu in 1870 and he did not ,ay 10 the chiefs,
-" ! am dying and my Kapu Wohi shall belong
10 kckuaokalani." Not 80. His commands
tt., fttY tkf { -
and. Regarding his bones. We have said that
it vas at Lanihau, in Kailua, Kona, Hawaii,
that Liholiho obtained the Kapu Moe, Kapu
Wcla, and the Kapu IIoano, and that these
were conferred upon him by those who had the
keeping of these kapus, And ii was when he
increased his kapu by that Of Kamchameha,
then ii was that kamehameha gave his Kapu
Wohi to Liholiho, for he put him on his
thigh and then he placed him on his back and
bound abou, his loins the pau skirt of the
kapu Wohi. That was the time when the
kapu Wohi was transferred to Liholiho
Where then was the kapu Of Kekuaokalanif
II was a year after this that kekuaokalani en-
gagged in battle with Liholho at Kuamoo. He
died without the kapu Wohi. The kapu was
given to Liholiho to whom they were htly
transferred. Let the hnokoa answer this ques-
ton What was the nature Of the Kapu Wohi,
to whom did it belong in ancient times and to
whom does it belong at the present timer We
deny that it belongs to the descendants grand
childrcnl Of kekuaokalani at the present time
| in fact Kekuaokalani has no descendants liv-
| ing This side scores one more and talles
against the hnok0a error No. 3.
! Again it is said that Kcawenui gave his Ka-
pu Moe to Kalaninuiiamamao, his first born,
and his Kapu Wohi he gave to Keeaumoku,
his son by Kalanikauleleieiwi. Here also is
another great untruth told by the Rnokoa ke-
awenui did not give his Kapu Moe to Kalaninui-
amamao, but il was Kekealani the mother OF
keawc who gave it to him. This is a fine
statement. What Keawenui was this' 1t is a
laundering, soyenly, foreign sort Of a way this
Of writing his name Keawcnui. The correct
way is to write it Keawe and separate the word
great (nuil otherwise his name might as well be
called Observation-Disclosures (Keawe-a.
certain king f.the Island) To call him Ke.
awenui is binder; an illogical error which
shows the ignorance Of the writer in the hna.
koa. We can declare that these assertions oil
the hHokoa are misleading, and score this as
error No. Of the hn0koa
Here is another error. The hnokoa says
1.-The kapus of the old chiefs Of Hawai- mel
that have been maintained in their purity have
by no means lapsed, and their descendants
now living have right to claim them Blu,
the descendants of those high chiefs who have
formed unions with those Of lower rank thar
themselves, and their offspring with those still
lower in rank, and so on down, until they
have intermarried with commoners can by nc
means claim these sacred attributes (kapul
Yet they are assuming these kapus whilst they
utterly lack the favor and awesomeness o
chiefly rank having the appearance OF chiefish
ness, yet are, in truth, only OF common blood
Thus it is unbecoming to ascribe these kapu.
to those who have no title to them. For Z
clique of individuals to seek to make sacred
to ascribe to OF confer these kapus upon one
who has no title to them, is fraud, theft
and such an attempt will confer no attribute o.
sacredness no dread personal invioabity upor
those who do not rightfully inherit them from
remote antiquity. AT another time we shall
bring forward the name names, perhaps
from among Hawaiis chiefs now living who
are entitled to these chiefly kapus."
We ask whose kapu has been thus assumed
Who is this chief that lacks the true essence o
chiefly kapu, who appears to be of chiefly ranl
but is in fact only OF common blood, yet ha.
assumed to himself these kapus' The answer
to this is evident, for there IS no chief who ha.
revived the chiefly kapu, save the King, at III,
time he was elected in accordance with tbs
) Constitution, who was lately crowned. Thes,
charges OF the hnOkOa are directed against him
he is the one who, forsooth, has assumed thes,
kapus without title, and he is the one at whom
these reproaches are cast.
There is no foundation, no ground for thes,
insults of the hnokoa. 1t is useless to reiterat,
these base detractions. The kapus shine with
the light of MONDAY. No one can cover then
up; no water can dampen the fiery glory of thu
, day Of the Kings coronation. The heave en-
displayed august portents, great Hawaii of he
awe, Maui of Kama, famous Molokai of Hina
Lanai, Kaula, Oahu Of Kakuihewa and Kaua
of Mano, Witnessed the glory of it. The an
cient Gods Of Kahiki of the time OF Kane ais
witnessed it and approved The low-lyinl
rainbow, the scudding clouds and the high
arching rainbow were symbols. The star o
Hikianalia shone forth at midday over the ba,
of Lumehai. All these are the emblems tina
testify that the sacred kapus belong to Kalani
, Let the KnGkOa strive to disprove it; it vii
, fail. The night and the day, the sun and th'
moon, the stars of Heaven, the world, rain
, lightning thunder, have consented to it. IA
lani has seized all OF these kapus and the Hno
koa set are foiled, to lapse without dignity int
their insignihcance.
THE TITLES OF THE CHIEFS.
"Those who lay hold OF the ancestral mele.
of the old chiefs and apply them to others ar,
guilty Of fraud and theft. II there are mele;
appropriated to Kamehameha l, it would seen
as if Her Royal Highness Keelikolani wer,
the one to respond to and claim them now, anC
that no one else has any right to do this; and
50 OF meles appropriated to the departed chiefs
il is for their descendants to respond to anC
claim the titles they confer"
Here, again, the AInokoa is off the track
, The last OF the Kamehamehas, Kamehamehi
! V, died intestate. II is known to all that tn,
cabinet ministers and The chiefs besoupht ane
! urged Kamehameha V, with greed and envy t,
designate his heir Kamehameha posi-
! lively refused to appoint Keelikolani OF Queer
| Emma No one was designated as heir to hi
throne or his estate. Who, then, was heir I,
the meles, to the throne and to the crowr
andsp II was the one who was elected by III,
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