The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-01-09

/ all suspicion of bribery who led the
natives and some whites
"His extraordinary statement on
page that the story Of the division
| (of the land Of 1851 is discreditable to
I King, chiefs and white residents is
so fiagrantly unjust, and so opposed
to the verdict of all other authorities
on the subject that il discredits the
Commissioners judgment on all other
subjects. That grand act OF Kameha-
meha III, by which he made the poor
serfs owners of their homesteaGs and
laid the foundation of in6iviuua.
property il land, ard which gained
for him tbs nan q CT 'Kamehamehs
the Good is justly considered be
glory OF his reign, aud reflects &c
highest honor both on those white
residents who brought it about and
on the King and chiefs who volun-
tarily gave up part of their heredi-
tary lands and privileges for the good
of their vassals.
A REMARKABLE REMEDY PROPOSED.
"On page S, after briefly adverting
to some of the obnoxious legislation
of Kalakaua's reign, while ignoring
the main question then at issue, he
proceeds as follows: None of the legis-
lation complained of would have been
considered a cause for revolution in
any one Of the United States, but
would have been used in the elections
to expel the authors from powe.;. The
alleged corrupt action of the king
could have been avoided by more
careful legislation and would (sic)
have been complete remedy for the
future My reply to this is thai the
chief difficulty lay in the autocratic
power of the king, who had the APP
pointment of the Upper House and
packed the Lower House with servile
otfice-holders, while he also held an
unconditional veto on all the legisla-
ton. At the same time, naturaliza-
ton, besides being conditioned on five
years residence and the possession of
real estate, was entirely at the discre-
ton of the king, who refused it to
those foreigners who were opposed to
his corrupt schemes.
Colonel Blount speaks of the al
legged corrupt action of the king.
This was proved by his own witnesses
in a trial held before the Supreme
Court, information of which | fur
nished TO Colonel Blount. The reme-
dy suggested by Colonel Blount had
beent ried for several successive ses-
sions in vain. All constitutional
means of redress lad failed In 1856,
the good people Of San Francisco
finding themselves in similar plight,
took 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
deliverance from 'carpet-bag' rule and
negro domination. 1t ill becomes
Colonel Blount to deny the sacred
right of revolution
PREJUDICE PLAINLY SHOWN.
"His strong prejudice against the
reform party is shown by his COM
ments on the constitutional amend
ments, which Kalakaua was COM
PEELED to accept in 1857. He shows no
of the magnanimity and
of the leaders ! Z RSs
who allowed the king to
retain the throne and revenues which
he had 70 feited end id not touch .
single riglt of the natives. He entire.
ly ignores a most important article OF
the revised constitutions; viz, that No
executive or judicial officer, or any
or employee of the Govern !
ment, or any person in the receipt of |
salary or emOlument from the Gov
eminent, shall be eligible to election !
to the Legislature OF the Hawaiian |
or to hold the position of |
m elective member of the same. And |
no member of the Legislature shall, |
turing the time for which he is /
elected, be appointed 10 any civil
office under the Government, except |
hat of a member of the Cabinet
This struck at the root OF the kings
lse of his patronage to control Legis-
atures. The power to appoint mobiles
vas taken from the king and vested
n electors possessed of 8 moderate
qualification. Thus the con-
rol of the Upper House was taken
rom an irresponsible, semi-barbarOus
lespOt and givenj o ths better class
f natives and whites. 1t wss the only
Tayin which the property and intel
igence of the country could be assur-
d of any voice in national affairs.
'olonel Blount would apparently be
q favor of leaving all the great inter
SITS of the country to the unrestrained
Mercy Of an ignorant portion Of the
opulation, which pays about one
enth of the taxes and is largely con-
oiled by demagogues Of the lowest
Tpe.
''The first free and fair election by
,cret ballot for twenty years was
ED after the revolution Of 1887.
here were no troops except at Homo
Ilu, and they were not visible. The ]
tier collapse of the royalist party at !
lat election was due to moral causes, !
pecially to the constitutional amend :
ent cited above. The Commissioner
especially bitter against the Portu- !,
lese settlers, whom he would dis :
anchise if he could. He even goes ,
far as to say that it is wrong to :
ass them as Europeans Perhaps :
considers them as Asiatics. Thus q
disposes Of 1900 of the most in :,
Istrious, thrifty and moral people in !,
G country. Their crime, in his eyes, y
insists in their unanimous support Of :,
e Provisional Government and their !.
miration of American institutions. !,