The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-17

The following are extracts from At
toruey- General DOle's brief iu the Unit
ed States Supreme Court i'm the case of
Osaki Mankichi:
ut seems to me that the history lead .
ing up to annexation, as well as the .
history of annexation itself has a
bearing upon the question which now
comes before this court for the first
time. For the court has before it a
broad field, which must take into ac-
count existing conditions and historical .
facts.
THE Hawaiian Islands were a clump F.
of petty mOnarchies for unknown ages
prior to their discovery by Captain Cook
A great man, as the world counts great
ness, came to the front i'm the latter
part of the eighteenth century and the
half dozen kingdoms were hammered
and fused into one Kamehameha /,
was Moi, Cooking, and a dark-skinned
barbarian. But he made life and prop
erty safe, as it never had been before.
Indeed, for the past one hundred and
seven years life and property have been
safer in the Hawaiian Islands than in
most parts of the civilized world. He
promulgated wise edicts; he encouraged
industries; he built uD commerce; he
negotiated treaties with the United
States. with Great Britain with Russia, /
and with China, He was recognized in
1 ~ - 'N' " 80 .' N's'N'
but as the head of an independent ma
ton.
His successor, Kamehameha IT, who
assembled the throne in 1919 and died
in 1874, was received at the Court of st.
James with royal honors.
More than sixty years ago kameha-
meha III gave his people a written CON
stltution According to ancient IDEAS
he was supreme law maker. dispenser
| of life and death, divine being sent
! by the gods to rule men for short
| space, and then return to the gods
| from whence he came. As the old mele
I put 1t: All men, all things that breathe,
are the Mois; the land is his: the sea is
/ his the bird of the air is his, and the
dead whale, cast up by the waves
/ More than sixty years ago kameha-
meha III, heir to these traditions of di-
| vine right and absolute power, gave his
people written constitution, embOdy-
/ ing the elemental principles of civil and
religious liberty. 1t was not wrested
from him as Magma Charta was wrest-
( ed from King John; it was a voluntary
| and royal gift.
IAN act of the first legislature, held
! sixty years ago, required every child in
the King ON to learn to read and
/ write Compulsory education, for good
! or for evil, has been the law Of the Ha-
Waiian Islands ever since, and it has
/ been generally enforced
! In 1913 came the great Mahele, by
| which Kamehameha III set apart one
/ third of the land for the maintenance of
/ the government and the dignity of the
/ crown; one third for the chiefs and
. one-third for the common people. The
/ royal patents issued pursuant to this
great act are the source OF land titles
! 10 the present day
1t Is not presumptious, considering
] GOnQltlOnS which surrounded
ana the smallneSs or ms stage, 10 class
: halhehameha l. with the great men OF
history anu halnehameha III, name
, hameha ~ ana hamehameha sin
/ Cerely' ana with such llsht as they had,
sought Ihelf people, good Ihe dyhaS-
! " Whlcn ruled the Hawaiian Islands
! Tor the hrst three-quarters OF the nine
! teenth century VIII compare tavorably
| with most dynasties OF civilized lands.
! no douDJ the great hamehameha was
largely Influenced IN ms broad ana tar-
! seeing pOllcy Dy JOhn young, an Eng
! llsh sailor OF great aDlllty ana common
/ sense, VINO was premier Tor something
! IKE thirty years NO doubt the consu-
! LuLlOn ana the great Mahele or Kane
hameha III were due to the influence of
! the missionaries. NO doubt educated
! Wmte men OF nigh character We're an
! important FACTOR IN Shaping the relgns
OF kamehameha ~, and kamehameha
! v. sun, the Iact remains that IN these
tar-oH Polyneslan Islands, for a period
OF toward century there was ma
! tive dynasty which was more humane
ana more just than the dyhastles o. hu-
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