The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-08-25

Charge against us is not THe, onN
will be the resource only of weak
minded or else absolutely unprin-
cipled men. On the contrary, The
one ground upon which VIC arc
agreed is sincere desire for the
,ceyare of Hawaii nei, Independent
and prosperous. Many of us are
born here and educated here, and
most of us have the whole of our
worldly interests existent in this
country and dependent upon its in
stitutions institutions which, by the
law of the land, are to extend their
benefit to all, irrespective of race.
Just us the Supreme
Court of this Kingdom already ell.
joys the respect and regard of other
great legal bodies for its disinterested
and intelligent judgments, so may
the independent maintainers of con-
stitutional government here claim
the sympathy and admiration Of its
supporters all over the world.
But many of you, gentlemen, will
90 back to constituencies where most
of the electors are of native race;
and we feel sure that your districts
will believe, as we do, that you as
their representatives have not worked
and voted in the Legislature of 1884
in pursuit of Office or aggrandise-
meut of any kind; but as trustees
for the King and the people, of the
public welfare, as careful guardians
of the public purse, and as vigorous
opponents of policy which would
threaten the country with foreign
debt and involve it in serious
troubles.
Ua man ke Ea kd .Iin0 h0
Pono. This is the motto which
Kamehameha Ill. chose for this
country. We saw, and his success
sors have seen, that national honor
and uprightness are the foundations
of national welfare; and these are
the principles which we believe that
you have labored to maintain, rs the
sincerely patriotic servants of your
King and his people, of Hawaii and
Hawaiian independence.
The reading of the address was
frequently interrupted with applause.
Mr.. Jones then called on the Prcsi-
dent of the Legislative Assembly,
Hon. Godfrey Rhodes, who was re-
ceived with most enthusiastic and
prolonged applause. The honorable
gentleman spoke as follows:
"MR. JONES AND GENTLEMEN Il
find myself in rather a novel position
tonight, but / will say a very pleas
ant one. 1t is the first time in IA
ther long life that l have ever been
placed in such position as | am
this evening--that is, to reply to the
eloquent address and kind express
sions to myself and colleagues. We
feel very much indebted for these
kind expressions which we have just
heard, and in replying to them you
will pardon any shortcomings OF
mine and take it in kindness and
indulgence. We have been placed
in rather an anomalous position
will speak for myself-that the Pre-.
sident of the Assembly should be in
the minority of the House. / have
been in that position before-in fact,
it has been the normal position oi
my life. There are so many
gentlemen so much more able an6
so much more competent to reply tc
such an address, as to make Inc fee
the honor all the greater. We sec
there the Hawaiian motto, which was
proposed by King Kamehameha III.
who reigned when | first came t.
these Islands" Ia muu ke En- {
kd Aind 1 h0 POnO." That is true
and we have seen how far that motto
has been departed from in the las
two years. We have endeayored a
far as we possibly could to withstand
what we considered bad legislation
We have withstood it to the utmost
(Applause.) We have done ou
best to stem the torrent. Un
fortunately we have not been able t.
overcome the odds that have beel