The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-02-17


American Minister at this capital, re-
ceive the Resolutions which you place in
my hands,a the expression of the warm
and sincere feelings cherished by the
citizens OF Hawaii for the citizens and
Government of the United States. The
manner in which these sentiments are
called forth and the attending circum-
stances OF your late Sovereign's death,
cannot fail to strengthen permanently
the fraternal and friendly relations be-
tween this Island Kingdom and the Am
erican Nation, which are united by the
triple bonds of moral sympathy, of near
neighborhood and of commercial inter-
| ests
1t will be my duty, as well as my
pleasure, to transmit copies of your Reso-
lutions to the President OF the United
States, to the Governor of California,
and to the Mayor OF San Francisco.
1t is worthy OF remark that during the
whole time the committee were attend
ing to the duties assigned them terrific
rain storm was going on, as though the
elements were weeping for the departed
Monarch, and which is looked on by the
Hawaiians as tribute to the departed
Ali.
The following are the resolutions:
WHEREAS, the unbounded courtesy
and kind attentions extended to His late
Majesty, King Kalakaua, in his recent
visit to California by the United States
Government, the State of California, the
City OF San Francisco, as well as citizens
and residents in San Francisco, and by
Rear-Admiral George Brown and the
Officers and men of the United States
Flagship Charleston, have placed the
Hawaiian nation under a deep debt OF
gratitude to the United States and to
citizens OF said country and to said Rear
Admiral Brown, his Officers and men,
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Hawaiian King
dom recognizes with the deepest graft
tude the great courtesy of the United
States Government, and of officials and
citizens of the State of California in the
courtesies extended to His late Majesty
the King upon the occasion OF his recent
visit to California, where he met his
most untimely death. And be it
further
RESOLVED, That we recognize a like
debt of gratitude to Rear-Admiral Brown
of the United States Flagship Charleston
and to his officers and men in their more
than courteous treatment and care OF His
late Majesty King Kalakaua, both in going
to California and in their tender care
and attention during his illness and in
returning his remains to our midst. And
be it further
RESOLVED, That an engrossed copy
hereof be presented to His Excellency
John L. Stevens, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States, in Honolulu, for trans
mission to Washington, that a like copy |
be sent to the Governor OF California, |
another to the Mayor of the City OF San |
Francisco, and another be presented to
Rear-Admiral Brown, on behalf OF His |
late Majesty's grateful subjects and
friends.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty |
God to remove His Majesty kalakaua
after a reign of nearly seventeen years of |
unbounded prosperity to the Hawaiian
Kingdom; and
WHEREAS, The prosperous condition
OF the Kingdom during His late Ma
jesty's reign has been largely due to the
Reciprocity Treaty and other enlight-
ened measures inaugurated or consum-
mated by the wisdom and sagacity OF
His late Majesty; and
WHEREAS, The nation has sustained an
irreparable loss in the death of its great
friend, and Her Majesty Queen Liliuo-
kalani, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager
Kapiolani and the Royal Family have
thereby been plunged into inconsolable
grief; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, citizens and resi-
dents of Honolulu, do hereby express
our sense of the great loss sustained by
the Hawaiian Nation in the death of
His late Majesty King Kalakaua, as well
as the sad bereavement inflicted thereby
upon Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani,
Her Majesty Queen Dowager Kapiolani,
the relatives OF His late Majesty, and
the large circle of his personal friends;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That we do hereby re-
spectfully express to the Royal Family
our deep and heartfelt sympathy in their
and be it further
RESOLVED, That an engrossed copy of
these Resolutions be presented to Her
Majesty the Queen Liliuokalani, and a
ike copy to the Queen Dowager Kapic-
ami.