The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-03-11

On ascending the Throne she says
she was tricked into signing the Con-
stituuon. She argues at length that
the Sovereigns of Hawaii could Go as
they pleased with constitutions, and
cites the action OF h2mehameha V,
She did NOT " 81 TO take the oath 10
support ii. but was taken suddenly I'M
aw2rsS. She bitterly blameS Mr.. God
frey Brown and John Cummins because
they refused 10 resign As Ministers
Even before the King was buried she
showed her teeth. During the tour of
kalakaua around the world, she was
Regent. Her Ministers during that pc
nod came 70 know her and the late
Mr.. H a. P. Carter remarked to Us that
II she ever came TO the Throne there
would be abundance Of trouble.
She gives some interesting details
about the discussions of 3 new consti-
tuition. She said several were drafted
while she looked on One OF them, she
says. WAS drafted by Mr.. W-R, Castle.
This is not true. He did secure 4 copy
OF one Of them and caused il 70 be pub
liShed N the Advertiser. She seems
TO have encouraged constitution max
ing, because 2 new one was demanded
by the people,
She has 2 poor opinion of the Kings
OF Hawaii
Yet what had our earlier Monarchs
ever done for the public good? In
6iyidually nothing They had acquieS-
ced IN the course laid down for them
by the missionaries. The Government
established by pious adventures was
the Government of the day"
She entirely forgets that out of some
thirty Cabinet officers, who served at
different times from the beginning,
only four came from old missionary
stock. Even the school in which she
got her education was created by the
missionaries, and her foster father Pa
h was the devoted friend of the mis-
sionaries. Her position is. that until
Kalakaua reigned, and she after him,
the rulers were very poor stuff. She
hates Dr. Judd and Mr. Richards, who
were in the Cabinet OF Kamehameha
III and quotes s filthy ep,thet which
she says was applied TO the former.
She defends her action regarding the
lottery bill. and the opium license. and
ISLANDERS Col W F. Allen and Mr..
Henry Waterhouse by stating that they
had been associated with questionable
dealings in opium. When she returns
10 these Islands. perhaps these gentle
men will gently call on her 10 prove
the charge.
She gives no details OF the events
connected with her attempt 10 promul-
gate 3 new constitution, but she justi-
ieS her right 10 do il.
She considers Mr.. Willis g sort of
sneak. because he interviewed her with
q secretary behind 2 screen. She re-
peaUs the details Of her interview with
him. on the occasion of the 'behead-
ing remark She admits that she in
sisted on the death penalty for treason,
but denies the use OF the word behead-
ing
On this point her diary, captured
al the tine OF her arrest, supports her.
The entry made in il by her. on her
return from her visit 10 Mr.. Willis,
states the substance OF the interview
and her declaration that the traitors
should suffer death, but she does not
use the word "behee ding" She con-
suited Mr.. J. o. Carter al once, and
the diary reads:
He said that capital punishment is
not thought o. in these days, all over
the world. also that some clemency
might be exercised, that vengeance is
mine saith the Lord is what il ought
70 be. I say yes. il would not be their
lives. but they must be banished.'
She then wrote &c Mr. Willis con-
senJing 10 amnesty in full
In the excitement Of those days, We
believe that some injustice was done
10 her. The community was enraged
al her desire for the execution of trail
lots. Il was called an inhuman, bar
barous and cruel idea Yet not many
months later. when there was another
instruction by her own people. four
Of those fomenCing II were condemned
to death for treason against the Repub-
lie, and host Of respectable people de-
manded their execution, and it was not
considered 10 be an inhuman, or bar
barous idea Had she recovered her
Throne, and executed lot OF US, the
world would have said: Sorry for you,
but you took your chances" The peo-
pie Of the United States clamoured for
the execution Of jefferson Davis. The
nerve OF the Government saved him.
She says she was not satisfied with
the Widemann commission that went
10 Washington
What was the result of this com
mission That is impossible for me 10
say. They went and they returned.
They brought me no papers giving an
official account Of their proceedings or
actions while on the mission They
had absolutely nothing 10 show to me
for their time and the expenditure of
my money"
v
Then comes an Interesting and most
significant statement.
NO one, outside or inside the Ha-
waiian Islands, has contributed a cent
70 the repeated OUTLAWS I have made
for the good Of the Hawaiian people"
Al last We have a bottom facI. The
down trodden Hawaiians, oppressed
with grief al the loss OF the Monarchy,
and outraged at the destruction of their
dearest rights, have not for five years
given their dear Queen, even the price
OF a square meal. What exalted patri-
Otism- The true patriotism which
makes heroes is in your hearts" says
Mr.. Davies, but not a nickel from the
$4,000 OF those deprived Of their
rights" Some scores OF the Royalists
have very large incomes. Hundreds