Nuhou, Volume I, Number 3, 18 Nowemapa 1873 — A PACKED HOUSE OF NOBLES [ARTICLE]

A PACKED HOUSE OF NOBLES

lh thc hope of a weuk und trcasonahlo inintry 5 \\hu fculi4g ccrtain that they eannol get the voto oi' thc native people of these islands to support any ibr alienation of territory or the 80Tereignty of the Kingdom, hope tp-eounter-act the patriotie feelingof the country bv packing the Housc of Nobles with a number of foreigncrB who aie avowed CQ6sionists or annexationi6te, and somc of whom do n>t apknowledge any a to their country. It will be difticult £o understand abryad, or even here, that a Ministry suppoßed to iiave been choBen hy a popiilar King, sō enthuBiastically elected by the people as was Ilie Mujesty, should, within a few mbnths after Hie elevatiou to the Throne, begin to negotiate for the aheiuUion of a portion of Hawaiian territory. and afterwardB when they began to perceive that they eoukl not carry the vote of the people with them 1u suppoit of their utipatriotic meaeure, they then with the desperation of u neenipuloue coni>pira tors endeavor to paek a Branch of the Legislature, whose menibers are supposad to be appointed by the Sovereign, with a riumber of strangere, ioany of whom are the avowed enemie? of tbe institutionB of the counfcry, whieh the people desire to preserve. īt will be difficuLt to underetand this, we *ay, becauee it wlll be supposed that this treasonable Ministry are supportod in this nieasure by a popuiarJy chosen King. But it muBt be borne iu mind, \vhat weli understood ]iere, that the King, at llis elevation, owii?g to inexperienee in public afilui'B, waived to a great est.ent Ilie own preferences and dcferred to others the ehoiee of His advisers. A speculative iniluenee that haunted the purlieits of the Palaee sitceeeded iu placing a number of weak, reepectable men, with little or no experience in public afiairs. into the responsible position of Ministers. Thesc aeted w'ith timid conservatism «tt first, aud eonfined their ministerial acfion to reformatory leetures and to an impertiiient intrusion upon the soeial ljtertv of tbc Sovereign. Then after a elamor at their public inaction, they weiegoaded by the speculative and judicial iniluenee that put them whcre they were, to endorfee the scheme of ceding sonie portion of the territory ; in order to temporarily imprOve the market of the country. Then the insolent defianee of a handfiil of iiutim>ors havxng convinced them of their utter weakness and loss of inAuenoe with the people, tliey have at last beert prompted by the speculative ring that essays to scli the eountry iu order to better tbe finaneial 6ituation, to endeavor tohood~ wink an invalid King by indueing Him toappo!nfc a*lot of pseudo Nobles, whose vote represcnting only their own wouid eounteract the lotes of the people in behalf of the iutegrity and i|dcpendenee of their country. But we are bappy to belicve that for the present the patriotism of the Sovereign, seriously affected by ill hcaith, vvill rebukt this treat?onable purpose of the-Mmistry. But it not [)itilul tu eonteinplate ail this hargain and over thi« poor \incyard of the llawaiian Naboth * Nay, it is gometbiug more 1 n it i s Mllainoue,—thc intrigue of a t l s i) wom and circumvom an inva lid aial io hetray people. We ";n tiiat 1!a >e do>ire to keep their eountry in its ;n;d when thelr voiee is elcarly known, W''ild \\M soc that the lla\uuian people, :hough er,lv iifty thou«and >trong, liave that in- * !!i l M-iiN" o/ p:tt n to hwi'e the*r "'/ . *

indepcndener ;jl>ove all thing~. They have liveJ in perfect peaee with the stranger withiri their i isles now iiearly a century ; and that peaee will eontmue in spite of the alariDists who desire the j contrary as an escuse for intervention. There is ! a of dainger when there is not a shadow of ! danger. It ia the story of t!ie wolf and the lamb jagain. Oh ? it ie pitiful and eontemptible to i thmk of the intrigues of alarmists who have fati tened on this landare raieiriga clamor to bring here ygußB to w r atch a failing Chief and a feeble people i who have nothing but their naked hands and their : eimple love ofcountry todefendthem beforclligh illeaven.