Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVIII, Number 33, 17 August 1889 — NO KA PONO O NA KANAKA HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

NO KA PONO O NA KANAKA HAWAII.

E .w H« a'i oha H ihaii. Ua nui kuu kaemaha i keia miu la. no kuu hoomaopopo ana i kekahi poe 0 oukou. roe he la he kanalua a he kuee uaha ia makou na makamaka ba ole. Nolaila, he makemake ko'u e hai lea aku ia oukou, owau nei b, ke mau nei no kuj aloha piha i ka lahui Hawan. a me na kanaka Hawaii a pau. e like me kuu aloha mai ka wa liilii mai Ina kanaka o kuu one hanau. He r6 makahiki a'a 1 lawel-we ai mawaena o oukoti ma ka oihana kahu. a ma ka oihana kumukula nui. a he pumehana kuu aloha 1 kuu mau haumana knhiko. Ime na hipa o ke kih3pal N >laila. 1 ka ulu ana mai o kekahi mea i eLaeha ai ka naau, ke hu nei kuu aloha īa ojkou, a ke ake nui nei au e kuka pu me oukou. ame ke kamailio pu ana e0 na mea e pono ai keia noho ana L'a heluhelu wau me ka mahalo i na olelo a Hr. C. M. Hyde i pai la ma kela ntbcdoma. Ua maikai no, aua ku J ka poiolei i kuu nana ana'ku, a

ke kokua aku nei au mamuii o ia mau olelo. Ua heie au a kokoke e elemaku'e (he 62 makahiki) o ka noho ana iwaena ona kanaka Hawaii. He nui kuu noonoo ana i na mea e pono ai lakou. Ua nana aku au me ka hauoli a rne ka makemake nui i ka hHe imua o

kekahi pre ma ka ike. a me ke kuonoono oka noho ana. Mc ke kaumaha hoi a me ka hopohopo kuu ike ana'ku 1 kekahi poe he lehulehu e hoi ana ihope i na heina hoomanamana o ka w.i puuli, a i na hana haumia. He :nau rnea kela e make ai ka lahui.

Ma kuu ike ana. a me ka noonoo ana, aohe waiwai iki 0 ka hoao ana o kanaka Hawaii e hopu wale aku i na oihana k ekie no lakou iho me ka lima ikaika. Ma kela aoao n waiho la ka

hoka a me ka poino nui. Hookahi \ ale no aoao e pono ai ka hooikaika ana, oia keia : K hooikaika na kanaka Hawaii e hoomahuahua ae i ko lakou akamai, i ka noeau, i ke ano hoopolo lei e hiki ai ke hilmai ia, a pela e loaa mai ai na oihana maikai. Ma ke a mea, ua like a like ke kulana o na keiki Hawaii a nie na keiki haole. Ina e ike ia kekuhi keiki haole e noho uhauha ana, me kd ona, ka piliwaiwai, ka epa wale, alaila ua maka'u īa oia e ka poe kalepa, a me ka pje haawi i na oihana maikai. Ina hoi e īke ia kekahi keiki Hawaii e noho maluhia ana, me ka hoopololei, a nie ka miki i kana mau hana, alaila ua makemnke loa ia kela keiki Hawaii e ka poe naauao a me ka poe koikoi, a e hoonoho no lakou iaia ma na oihana maikai. K nana kakou i ke ano o keia aupuni Hawaii ia kakou e noho nei. Ua hala ae kona wa liilii a heinahema. Mamua, he like me kekahi waa kau-l lua; he hiki no i na kanaka hapa o ka ] ike ke hookele iua waa la. I keia wa, I ua ulu keia aupuni a ua nur, ua piha i ka waiwai, a ua piha i na hana akamai he lehulehu. Me he mokuahi hao nui ia ke aupuni Hawaii i keia wa; aole e hiki ioa kanaka hawawa ke hookele iaia. Na na kanaka akamai a miki, a noonoo e malama i na ano maikai o keia moku nui. Ina e hoonoho ia na luna hawawa, o ka huli hewa no la o ka moku. haki na au o ka enegini, pahu ka mahu. a ili ka moku ma ka aina. Nolaila, i ka ike ana'ku i ke ku mai o kekahi poe naaupo me ka manao e hopu i ka mana maluna o keia nioku, o k& huliamahi mai no ia o ka poe naauao e pale aku ia lakou, o nui ka poino. A pela no e hana mau ia ana. Aole loa e hiki ke ae ia na ka poe naaupe i nele i ka hoapono ole ia ma kekahi mau oihana maikai mamua, nj lakou e hookele i na pono maka* mae he lehulehu o keia aupuni maikai o Hawaii nei, me kona mau w.\iwn nui, a me kona nau hina akamai he lehulehu; o ka poe e hoao ana pela, he poino ka hope o ko lakou aa wale ana. Ke olelo nn kekahi poe, "O Hawaii no na Hawaii ! n Ka, he leo kohu ole keia ika noonoo. Ua piha keia aina i na haole, oa Fake, na Pukiki a me na lap»na, a he hapa uuku wale no na kanaka maoli. Hookahi wale no mea e hiki ai, e noho like a e noho oluolu na mea a pau me ka maluhia, a na ka poe nooooo akamai e hookele i ke aupuni o kakou; a na kela a me keia mea e hooikaika ona kana hana iho me ka euiki a ®c ka hoomanawanui, a me ke pal« aku i na ohumuhumu w-le ana Alaila, e hoomaikai mai no ke Akua, a e haawi mai i kela a me keia mea i ka hua o kana mau hana maikai mi ka noho kuonoono ana. S. E. Bishop Ua hoopau loa ia ke ku ana o na pu ali koa Hawaii e ka Aha Kuhina. •V