Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 164, 3 April 1891 — Page 4
| This text was transcribed by: | Kailianu V. Michaels |
| This work is dedicated to: | In loving memory of my father, Mervin Apana Lee Kwai |
KA LEO O KA LAHUI.
"E Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono."
THAT MURDER CASE.
Some two months or more ago, an outrageous murder was committed on a poor Hawaiian in the District of Hamakua. The circumstance of the murder was published and was well-known to the community. A coronerʻs jury was empannelled, who rendered a verdict that the manʻs death was due to wounds inflicted upon him by some person or persons to them unknown. The crime was committed in open daylight, and it is said openly was began by an attack upon the native by one of the Hornerʻs living in Hamakua, and assisted by a negro friend who came at the call of the former to help on the murderous work. We understand, that owing to the willful and criminal negligence of the Sheriff of Hawaii, that affidavits have been placed before the Attorney General, who appears to be as much interested in investigating this class of crime against Hawaiians, as the deputized officials under his department, are who are living on the island of Hawaii, and in the immediate vicinity of the place where it occurred. Owing to this negligence and apparent disinclination on the part of the authorities to bring the culprits to justice, the Hawaiians are getting up a subscription to fee a lawyer and bring a prosecution on their own account in this matter. The contempt with which the Hawaiians rights are being treated is learning them a lesson, which will no doubt have a salutary effect in giving them a just appreciation of the justice they may expect from officials who are clothed with the garb of the honest pharisee.
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APRIL FOOLʻS DAY
Wednesday, April 1st., was all foolʻs day, a day usually celebrated by the mischievous minded by practical jokes upon their unsuspecting friends, but heretofore it has not been considered becoming in dignified officers of state to befool a whole people upon this day. But has this been done by the Queenʻs Cabinet.
The morning and evening papers of Wednesday were eagerly scanned by the public to see the notices of official changes which has been promised to a long suffering community, but not an intimation appears. The ministers had hoaxed the public and the air was full of mutterings of discontent and resentment; the cabinets April fool joke was not appreciated. The Queenʻs new ministers have now held the reigns of power over one full calendar month, but have not yet accomplished what was expected of them. Do they really intend to ignore the honest demand of the National Reform Party, and defiantly retain in office the rogues, scoundrels and incompetents as did the last cabinet. We beg to remind the minister, that the National Reform Party is still a power that cannot be insulted or ignored judiciously, and that the Leo has a voice that is heard throughout the length and breath of the Kingdom with a rapidly increasing circulation, and that voice will breath dulcet strains of support to the administration if they attempt to set themselves up as an oligarchy that will rule in defiance of the will of the people, of justice and of honest administration. Considering the character of one of the members of the cabinet, we will charitably presume that they have been crankey influences at work which have prevented the Premier and his other colleagues from their duty, and therefore we will patiently wait till the first of May, to see if the cabinet cannot arrive at their sense and do what they know only to well is expected of them.
The people are getting tired of the hold their weapons mountebanks, cranks and low comedy actors that have been masquerading as crown ministers for so many years past. We want men for ministers, and fondly hoped that at last the nation was to be governed with a national policy and a representative adinstration; but a doubt has now entered our mind. In order to win and retain the confidence of the people, the cabinet must not constitute themselves an independent party but must govern according to the expressed wishes of the people; and those wishes were plainly expressed in a platform, at the ballot box and in the Legislature last year. To ignore them can only result in disaster to the cabinet, who now have an imperative duty before them. So it to be or not to be, that is the question.
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The "Leoʻs" Views for the P. C Advertiser.
PART THIRD
To us it matters not in what form of government, the governmental powers are exercised. so long as it is legitimately used to carry out the eternal truths of God, as asserted in unmistakable and simple language in the Declaration of Independence, that "Governments derive their just powers from the governed." If the people for just cause should desire to change their form of government, it is their inherent right to do so, and it still remains the same power. It is still to be respected because it is legitimate.
As an illustration of the derivation of power from the people, we will take for example Queen Victoria, who sovereignty embraces one of the grandest and most comprehensive of modern times. The Queen derived her power to govern as being first in line of succession to William the Fourth. Through one line she traces her royal lineage to William the Conqueror, who was a Norman Chief, and he derived his Chieftainship from the Normans and in that line Victoria sprung from the People. Through the other line the Queen is from the House of Hanover, and Hanover is a province of Germany. When Queen Anne died, the next in line of succession was George of Hanover, who became King of England as George the First. He received his princely lineage from Henry the Lion, son of Henry the Proud. and was a prince of the House of Guelph, of Swabia. The father of the House of Guelph, was a prince of the Alamanni, who invaded the Roman Empire, and estalished their power in what is now Southern Germany, and were the origin of what is now the German nation and Empire. This man was made a prince by the savage tribes of Germany. Thus also the royal dignity of the Queen of Great Britain sprung from the people.
Aside from this every school boy knows that the Queenʻs power is limited. The imperial power of the sovereign is circumscribed by the people. She is simply the representative of the governmental power, and that power is derived from the people, as is that of the American Republic, of Brazil, of France, and little Hawaii nei, with this difference, the rulers here have yet to learn from whence they derive their authority.
And instanee of the power of the people was demonstrated through its leader, Hon. Gladstone, when in refusing to sign a law, the Queen was told by the head of the House of Common, that she must sign it. She exclaimed, "I am the Queen of England." The Premier calmly replied: "And I am the People of England." And she had to obey the wishes of the People of England. The people, the creative power, can command the chief executive; the power of the people is above that of the ruler. The Queen of England is simply the representative of the peopleʻs power, and if they should choose to dispense with the expensive luxury of royalty, and change their form of government into that of a republic, it would be but the legitimate exercise of their right, and the power thus formed would be as much ordained of God as the power that now is or could be.
As with the case of the Queen of England, so it is with all rulers. There never has been a ruler on earth, outside of the theocracy of the Jewish people, whose authority was not primarily or ultimately, expressly or permissively, derived from the people. As we have stated, when "governments derived their just powers from the consent of the governed." it mattered not in which form it was exercised, so long as it was conducted in accordance with the wish of that power which created it, and that which was created through the voice of the people was ordained of God, and in order to its perpetuation, it MUST be conducted consistently and in accordance with the principles laid down by the Creator, and whenever the executive by and deviation from that principle endangers the welfare of the PEOPLE, it is our duty to fearlessly point out the errors that may lead to a temporary state of anarchy, which is sure to follow all innovations or deviations from what is natural and just.
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The Hilo Record.
The above sheet published by, and in the interests of the legal family compact of Hilo; says, of our latest comments on the non-arrest of the murderers of the Hawaiian recently murdered at Hamakua, that our statements are "outrageously false." We repeat that we are well informed as to the facts, and are just so little liable to be misled by a one sided statement, as the head of the Record family is to feel himself unable to get on the trail of the Hamakua homicide.
As to the treatment, we published, of the "leper murderer" in Hilo jail, and on his way to it; all we stated can be proved on oath by reliable persons.
The Record can rest assured that the last is not heard or said about these two matters. We are willing to see if a little more time will unable the proper officials to do their duty.
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REFORM REVISED.
The Bulletin last evening tells us of a new "Liberal Party" who held a meeting with the promoters absent. "Liberal" is a good name and we have heard it before. It appears to have a coffin for the "soreheads" ready, with the scull and crossbones of true Liberalism ready for interment. The "Reform allies" as pall-bearers.
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Hawaiian Patriotism.
The following was found in yesterdayʻs gale of wind going up Queen street. It perhaps got blown out of a window, and was possibly intended as a "stickful" on another sheet. However, we hope if there is a moral in it, its philosophy may be not be loss for appearing in the Ka Leo.
"My dear Patriot from Australia. you are on the wrong track, in fact I may say on the road to ruin. I was once myself an anti-monopolist, an anti-missionary, and anti humbug generally; but time, that tries all proves there was nothing in it. Follow my footsteps, my antipodean Patriot, let your motto be a weekly "Excelsior" in U. S. god coin, and without having to cudgel your brains for any principle to write about you may reach the pinnacle of fame and roost snug, embowered even as a Texan rose.
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Buying up the Press.
There is a movement on foot by the men at the back of the Gazette Office to obtain the ownership of the native newspapers. It looks as if the idea was to centralize the power of the Press into a trust which will manufacture ideas for the people. As far as echoing the sentiments of the planters trust, the Kuokoa, one of the purchased papers did that before the sale. As the native religious organ of the Congregational Church, it would never tolerate a native preacher taking part in any political movement that was not clearly for the benefit of the moneyed interests of the men whose purses and support control the American Mission.
But it appears as if the new trust monopolists see the advantage of being able to sprinkle a little knowledge of the blessings of an Asiatic population. and the Divine institution of konohiki fishing rights, and a more planter-like exposition of "Servants be subjects to your master." and get a scribe who can judiciously blend them with the scripture Sunday School lesson.
As to the other native paper, the Paeaina, it has been the Piano of the monopolists who chanced to put up for it. Now, however, it is solid for Reform as represented by a cast iron guild of monopolists, whose sole aim and effort and interest will be in one direction - self.
We see in this movement a deep seated danger, which should arouse working men to view the coming situation and resolve to be better organized and select some different men to represent them. What sympathy can men, who fatten on slave labor and konohiki rights and Crown land monopoly leases, have with the masses who are engaged in industry?
There is a determination silent, but sullen, to snuff the working class, both native and foreign, out of fair representation. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
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KUAI HOOPAU NUI.
Mai keia manawa aku a hiki i ko Makou hoonee ana aku iloko o ko makou
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NA LOLE NANI,
NA LOLE I HUMUIA,
KAPU A ME PAPALE
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No na Uku Hooemi Loa Nae.
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ALANUI MOI kokoke i ka ALANUI PAPU. tf-d.
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