Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XVII, Number 31, 3 ʻAukake 1878 — Ka Maikai o ka Rama a me ka Ole. [ARTICLE]

Ka Maikai o ka Rama a me ka Ole.

Eia iloko o keia kfflanakauhale nei kahi e waiho nei o ka rama, ua ike kakou opau ua kapu ka rama i ke kanaka Hawaii a me na haole kupa o Hawaii nei, eia nae, aohewahi mea a kapu iki, ke inu nei no kakou i ua rama nei, pehea la e looa ai ike kanaka Hawaii, penei. Ina he aikane haole, pukiki, pake paha, alaila na ua poe ala e kii iloko ona hale kuai rama, pela e loaa nei ! ka rama i ke kanaka Hawaii. Makau ole no hoi na kanaka ona aina e i ke kanawai kuai rama i ke kanaka Hawaii, he mea nui loa keia, he hoopomaikoi i ke aupuni, a he hooneo i kahi waihona ame ke ola oka ohana, a o ka hope loa ouu rama noi, he make a me ka ilihune ; pehea ! he maikai no ia mea a kakou e hoopapau nei i keia mea ino, aohe maikai. £ia ka maiīai oua rama nei, ina he kanaka ma-i, a ike ke kauka he pono ka rama i ua kanaka nei, alaila maikni neia mea he rama i ua ma-i la, aka, o ka inu ana ika rama me ka lealea, a kohu holoholona ka eku ilalo o ka lepo, he mea ia e hoohaahaa ana ia oe iho, elike me kekahi hana i hana ia ma ka la 4 o July nei, iloko o kekahi pa kauiana o Honolulu. Eia ihea na Luna, Aupuni e malama ole nei i keia hana nui, me he mea ala ua komo pu no kekahi o lakou i keiā hana ino, a i na aole e makaala i keia hana, alaila, eia wale no ka pono, e hoonoa koke ae ka rama, a e hoopau ia ke kanawai e papa ana i na kanakaHawaii, aole e loaa ka rama ia lakou. C. F.