Ke Koo o Hawaii, Volume I, Number 2, 29 ʻAukake 1883 — HAWAII IMUA O KE A.O NEI. [ARTICLE]

HAWAII IMUA O KE A.O NEI.

He mea hoohauoli nai i ka puuwai, ka hoomaopopo ana ae i ke kulana kilakila o ko kakou wahi Aupuui iloko o keia mau la e naue nei. E like me ka uuku a me ka mamao o keia paemoku mai na aupuni nui a naauao o ke ao nei, pela no ka uuku a me ke .kukaawale loa o kona kulana a me kona inoa mai ka ike a me ka hoomaopopo ana a ka liapa naauao a ikaika.o ka poepoe hdnua, iloko o na makahiki he lehu)ehu i hala hope ae nei. Aia iloko o kahi mau makahiki'pokole wale 110 i naue hope aku la, ua ike wale ia no ka aina hanau ou e ke kanaka Hawaiima konawahi kiko ukulii ma ka palapalaaina;o ka poepoe honua; he mau wahi puulu pukoa kauliilii iwaena o ka loa a me ka laula o ka moana kai hohonu o ka Pakipika; ua lohe ia ka oia wale iho la no; a pau ae la. Ua nana ia mai ma ke ano oka averika hookahi me na paemoku e noho mai la iloko o ke pouliuli a me ka poele o ka naaupo a me ka pegana. Aka, aia nae iloko o ke au pokole e hiki ana i na onohi maka ke aui hope ae, ua kaikai ia aku nei ua mau wahi pukoa mailuilu nei imua, a aole wale iho no hoi imua, aka, i luna lilo; ai keia la, ua hiki a ua kuleana oe e ke kupa o ka aina, ka oiwi oke one hanau—a maluna ae ona mea a pau ka mamo a na kupuna nana i hookahuapaa i kou kulaoa me na makili koko a ka maka ihe ke kaena ae, he aupuni kou mawaena o na auputii ~ ua ikea, ua launa ia, a uajponi ia he lala ponoi no ka poai o na aupuni nui a naauao. O kou naauao, o kou ike, kou akamai ame kou noho'na karieitiano oiaio, ua ikea 5 ke ao a pau. Ua lawe ia aku ka lono—ae—aole wale na ka malihini kipa mai a hoi aku—aka, na kou mau-wePo ponoi i lawe aku, ma ke aiao he mau Elele Alii mailoko aku o kou poli, a hoike aku la —eia au ollawaii, ao ka oukou e~~ike mai ana ma o'u nei, o Hawaii holookoa i$ a pau. Aua apoia mai me ka pumehana. A oia ka makou e hauoli nei, i ka hoomaopopo ana, laamuli o na mea i hoike ia aku imua o na aupuni nui—na mea hoi i hoike ole ia iloko ona au i hala hope ae--ua apo ia ko kakou wahi aupuni aua lilo he aupuni nui—aole ma kona kanua, aole ma kona waiwai, aole hoi ma ka heluna oka lahui, aka-—ma kona kulana.