Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-28

His aaimns il betrayed By the earliest n |
sefs m h eoFYespoudesee vith The sfAte DE- |
Esrsmen1. His pardstsy to Rcyaliss sources
Of information has led him into many e. |
fors, even In regard 70 masfefs NOT involved
in the present controversy. For example,
on page s he states that even be-
fore 1876 the natives fsnensily read
and wrote Eneiish,' which but few OF the
adult natives are able 10 do af the present
time. Again, in the face of full insorma-
ZION based on documentary evidence, he de-
seribes the notorious ex-Mormon adyentursf
Gihson, vas connected with the worst polisi-
cal scandals in Hawxiisn history. ~ man
Of large information, free from al su.-
picion Of bribery, Who led the natives aud
some whites
His extraordinary statement on psgf
ths, the story of the division Of the lands
Of is45y IL diseredifable 20 King, chiefs and
white reel tents IL 20 hsgrantiy unjust, and
20 opposed TO the verdict Of all
other authorities on the subject
tina, il discredits the commissioners
Judgment on all other subjects. That grand
act Of Kamehamshs III, by which he male
the ponr serfs owners Of their homestssds
and laid the foundation Of individual prop
ef:y ia land, and which gained for him the
rs me Of 'Kamehameha the Good. IS justly
considered the glory Of his reizn. and re-
fleets the highest honor both on those white
residents who brought ii about and on the
King and chiefs who Voluntarily gave up
part of their hereditary lands and privileges
for the good Of their yassals.
Remarkable Remedy Proposed
"On page 8. after briefly advertine to
some Of the obnoxious legislation OF haia-
kaua's reign, while ignoring the main ques-
ton then at issue, he proceeds IS follow.
None OF the legislation complained Of would
have been considered a cause of revolution
tn any one Of the United States, but would
have been used In the elections to expei the
authors from power. The alleged corrupt
action Of the King could have been avoidet
by more careful legislation and would (siel
have been a complete remedy for the future
Ny reply TO this is that the chief difficulty
lay in the autocrstic power of
the King, who had the appoint
ment of the Upper House and pack
ed the Lower House with serviie Office
holders, while he also held an unconditional
vetp on all the legislation. At the sam
time, naturalizat alton, besides being condi-
toned on FIVE years residence and the pos
session Of real estate. was entirely at the
discretion of the King, who refused 1t u
those foreigners who were opposed TO his
corrupt schemes.
Colonel Blount speaks of the alleged
corrupt action Of the King. This was
proved by his own witnesses in a
trial held before the Supreme Court,
information of which | furnished
10 Colonel Blount. The remedy suggested
by Colonel Blount had been tried for sever
al successive sessions in vain. All CON
sti,utianal means of redress had failed. In
1856, the good people of San Francisco,
tinding themselves in similar plight, fook
up arms and expelled the rascals who had
controlled all the machinery OF elections,
and in several of the Southern states the
shotgun has been resorted TO as the only
means of deliysranee from 'carpet-bag'
rule and Negro domination. 1t i'll becomes
Colonel biount to deny the sacred right OF
revolution.