The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-10-13
A REGAL RECEPTION.


Over two columns of space are
occupied in this mornings AdceHi-
scr with an account of grand reccp-
ton given to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs at Lahaina. The greater
part is taken up with report of Mr..
Gibson's speech in the church, which
was thrown open for the occasion.
Ii processes 20 be only the substance
Of His Super-royal llighness's re-
marks, but no one but the speaker
himself or verbatim reporter could
so exactly reproduce the familiar
phraseology. He recalls to the
Lahainans how they twice supported
him "as being a representative of
Hawaiian independence, and an adj
vocate for the promotion of Hawaiian
national sentiment, and for the sup
port of the Hawaiian monarchy"
He says he has maintained those
principles, both as representative
of the people and as q Minister of
the King" OF course the man who
wields unlimited power in the realm
was above giving particulars of how
he maintained those principles, there
fore that becomes the duty of the
Independent press-the only estate
in the realm which has been able to
eude tue clutches OF the Minister
despot. AS Il representative of
Hawaiian independence, the self.
constituted Prime Minister has man
aged to bring the nation to the verge
of a financial abyss, which once it
falls overland the indications of the
catastrophe are ominous--it will,
unless patriotic capitalists at home
take the risk of eXtricating it, fall
an easier prey to foreign usurers
than Egypt has done. Much of its
independence has already been sac
riticed TO an alien Crpsus, who has
shown his power in making Ministers
and keeping them in power. Indeed,
only the most vigorous representa-
ton of Hawaiian Independence by
the opponents OF the present Admin
istration prevented this foreigner
attempt to control legislation in his
own interest, from succeeding en-
tirely as it succeeded in large and
injurious part. As an " advocate
for the promotion of Hawaiian
! national sentiment" the Minister
could have boasted of his partially
successful efforts to corrupt native
representatives, and to poison their
minds against many OF their best
friends. Hc could have Justly
donned victor's wreath for having
led a majority Of native representa-
tiycs, and even the native sovereign,
captive at his will, chained to the
chariot wheels of his ambition and
dragged IN the dust of his personal
and political animosities. For the
support of the Hawaiian monarchy"
it is notorious that he has frequently
placed His Majesty in false light
to carry out Il bit of political Jug
glery, and upon different occasions,
some very recent, has forced the
royal prerogativc into his service
against the well-understood wishes
of a loyal community, even when it
had been pledged otherwise. Can
the Minister lay his finger upon
single act of his administration
which was designed to establish the
throne in righteousness, in accord
ance with the national motto Ia
Mau Ike Ea o ka Alma i ka Pono?"
Is it not the reality that the idea of
the monarchy needing support would
never have occurred, even to the
Minister, had not its power been
usurped and its foundations sub
jected TO process of undermining,
by corrupt and incompetent Min
istry, who in an evil hour were
constituted its guardians?