The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-04-16

ing the Anglo-Saxon laws, and he did
nit refer to the Bible as the foundation
of law. An answer was given, by an
other person, and the King partially
approved it.
Mr.. Davies refers to the revolution
here. and states his belief that the
Queen should have abdicated in favor
of Kaiulani, and that Council of Re
gency. composed of foreigners, should
have been appointed to hold control
for a fixed term.
Mr.. Davies, therefore, was as revolu-
tfonary as Mr.. Thurston. A council Of
foreigners in power would have been
an oyerturning of the Constitution. It
would have shipped the native sover-
eigns of all power Mr.. Davies weeps
over the sad story Of the transfer Of
power from the native to the foreigner,
but it would not be sad story if the
foreigners, instead of the P G. had
been Council of Regency" with, we
may fairly presume, Mr.. Davies as
president of the Regency. ''I'll squeal
on yer stealing them apples said one
urchin to the other, "but if yer gives
me a share, I'll tell the perlice you
are contractor"
Mr.. Davies says, that the retention Of
on the throne was "im-
possible" because of her attack on the
He fatty justifies the
revolution, but he wanted a Council of
Regency. The crime, if there was one,
was in revolution Mr.. Davies justifies
that, it seems, but the crime he mourns
over, and regrets is the crime of max
ing P. G. instead of council, etc.
Had such regency been created, it
would have, like all regencies COM
posed of several persons, quickly gone
% pieces. The most contemplate body
that ruled France, in the opinion of
was that of the Commit
tee" Give men between each others
legs all of the time" We were saved
from similar government
Mr.. Davies finally complains that
'the men of the SOIL" the native Ha-
waiians, "have been largely excluded
from the electorate" When Mr. Da-
7ies can show that on the plantations
lnder his control he has ever made any
lecided movement to fit the natives for
he electorate, or has spent any time
n educating them to the use of politi-
:al power, it will be time for him to
on the condition of the "men
If the soil" His conduct has been, in
/ large measure, that of absent pro-
whose fatal influence, by ne
fleet, in the lands. when they have ac-
Iuired fortune, has been justly con-
lemned, again and again, in English
literature.
Mr.. Davies finally hints that the oc-
upation of the throne, which does not
,yist, by Kaiulani. is the happy solu-
ion of the question. This is quite like
he proposition of an American crank,
Who recently proposed that the Unit
ID States should be made, once more.
,olonies of Great Britain. so as ''to re-
store good times" The tiniest wheel
# history never turns backward. No
human giant, no combination of the
orces of all nations has yet so turned
+ Let no one be so audacious, how
sver. as to say that Mr. Davies could
rot reverse the order of things, if he
Wished to.
The mistake which the poor mission
Try made, and is now making is, that
re did not, and does not now, recog-
7ize the great spirit of wisdom, relig-
Gus and political, which Mr.. Davies
under the humble garb of a
iugar baron. In summing up, howev-
", all that he has thought out for the
rood of these Islands, he comes to only
me conclusion, that Kaiulani should
)e on the throne It is the old story of
he thoughtful peddler in Turkey, who
ooks wise, rises and bows towards the
Cast, and exclaims: "In the name of
he prophecies"
That attractive and worthy young
woman. Kaiulani. in the hands of Mr.
Davies, reminds one of the German
tory, in which the young and beauti-
nj child is kidnapped by the sordid
ramp of a musician. and is dragged
rom place to place, and paraded for
he benefit of her selfish master. Fin
ally. the hero appears and rescues her,
md she is restored to her happy home.
# Mr.. Davies would consult some of
hose soul farces, which put him far
bove the grovelling missionary, he
would try to make the life of this
-oung woman an example to all Ha-
yaiians, and not persistently thrust her
lnder the heavy wheels of Anglo-Sax-
III civilization. w. n. A.