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

all suspicion of bribery who led thu
natives and some whites
"His extraordinary statement OIL
page 6 that the story OF the division
! (of the land of 1851 is discreditable e
King, chiefs and white residents i:
( so iagrantly unjust, and so opposed
/ to the verdict of all other authoritie:
| on the subject that it discredits tn,
Commissioners judgment on all othel
subjects. That grand act of Kameha
meha III, by which he made the pOol
serfs owners of their homesteads SnS
laid the foundation of in6iVi1uai
property il land, ard which gained
for him the name CT 'Kamehamehs
the Good is Justly considered be
glory OF his reign, aud reflects he
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
Office-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 L 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 a 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
deliveranee 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
appreciation of the magnanimity and
forbearan;e of the leaders z RSs
movement, who allowed the king TO
retain the throne and revenues which
he had 70 feited end id not touch q
single riglt of the natives. He entire
ly ignores most important article OF
the revised constitution; 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
Kingdom, or to hold the position Of
an elective member of the same. And
no member of the Legislature shall,
during the time for which he is
elected, be appointed TO any civil
office under the Government, except
that of a member of the Cabinet
This struck at the root of the kings
use of his patronage to control Legis-
Iatures. The power to appoint mobiles
was taken from the king and vested
IN electors possessed of 8 moderate
qualification. Thus the con- J
.rOl of the Upper House was taken |
rom an irresponsible, semi-barbarous |
iespot. and given5 Era better class
If natives and whites. 1t wss the only |
yayin which the property and intel
igence of the country could be assur-
ID of any voice in national affairs. !
colonel Blount would apparently be
n favor of leaving all the great inter
SITS of the country to the unrestrained
mercy of an ignorant portion of the
which pays about one
enth of the taxes and is largely con-
rolled by demagogues Of the lowest
ype.
1.-THE first free and fair election By
ecret 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
nat election was due to moral causes, |
specially to the constitutional amend
lent cited above. The Commissioner
especially bitter against the Portu-
1ese settlers, whom he would dis
if he could. He even goes
|, far as to say that 1T is wrong to
ass them as Europeans Perhaps
2 considers them as Asiatics. Thus
e disposes of 1900 Of the most in
lstrious, thrifty and moral people in
lie country. Their crime, in his eyes, :
insists in their unanimous support Of :
lie Provisional Government and their
lmiration Of American institutions. !
sITTNI AND LOTTERY RINGS IGNOPFD I