Nuhou, Volume I, Number 4, 25 November 1873 — By Authority. [ARTICLE]

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By Authority.

1t iia.s plcaseii Uis Majesty the King to appoiiU as Nobles of the Kingdom, t!ie following named genllemen i John Moanauli, John P. Parker, William Thomas Martin ; Archibald S. Cleghun!. H. Kuihelani, Samuel G. Wilder, .i Jaines 1. Dowsett. lnterior Office, Nōv. 17th, 8731. Our commentB upon a •' Paekea llouao of bles " in our iesue of the 18tii insc., and puhiielied before the above named gentlemeD werc an~ nounoed, were b.ased upon anotber list of names whieli were.pie6ented for-llis Majesty's approval, and whieli dld nofc meet ihe royal asscnt. Avowed and active cee|sioniBts and annexationist< weie presented to tlieKing; and llis refusnl to <;ive to uueh j men a plaee in the eonneile of tlie nation \vas one | wcighty reason for ihe sudden eollapse of tlie! Ministers in respeet to their Pearl līarbor eeheme. The above appointments of Nobles mighf a&>rd them 'o.ne-, or at the mosc only two votes in favor of their scheme of eession, whereas their 44 slate * ' of Nobles would have insured them a majōrity in the Legislature. Failing to paek thc House of Nobles as they hoped, they have teit that theiv game was np, and so they ingloriously tind dishonorably haekea down and gave up ihe Alannists Wlio are and whose h tuot it is, to try eo prove that there is a dangerous and a disquiet feeling amongst our native people, are on the oui rirc to note and repeat any expreesion 1 that ipdicates any warmth of poliiieal fecling on the part of the native people. \Ye know that Hawaiians ai|e this di^, as they have always bccu, the most law abiding people in the world. Have they ever been known, sinee law was established in this eonntry, to take the law into their j own hands, anu to praetiee what is so eommon )in Amei'iea, as what i* ealled Lyneh Law?" 1 No. thcir good sense tol!s them, that aetiug aecording to law, they are strong, but aotiug eontrary to law, they would bt 4 uttorly weak and helpless. Witli the ballot in their hands and aeting peaeab|y, they are yet masters of Ilawaii, and no po\ver of tho \vorld will wish to disturb I them in the phieeful enjoyment of their polilieal, j supremaoy in ihis Arehipclago. But we know that | j with peaoo only, and by preserving a peaoe and ' £oml order sujpovior oven to that of groater ooun-1 tries, oan thej' liope to prea x rve their autouomy., Natives of lionolulu must bc more orderlv tliau eHi2ens of S;in Frauoisoo; beoauso if llawauans j shoulu niob only one strauger, as liun3rcds of i Ciuuese anu oUior strangors havo beon mobbed in ■ Fnmotsco. !>oston v ow York, it would ' K 1 vnsld</r' i d hi for polkLal inter-

?entlors. Ev:n If tliey <3o U'A uio'i uny lo not Uiiiik uf" ever c4rryltig a viLitp>u lii trclr hand«, or keeping one in tbeir h> m.ik j s (w!aeī; U the Cu6«j tbrougLout Ilawaii) \sllb ut aurtijjg aujbod>» yet tbeī*.* au* mu?g \\no wili eomplain the wo!f <])d ag;un-? I:\f> hmi*» : arid find «om»* e>:ca*>: f.<r t! e -. 'liiē ©pecuiativ*j Augio &txon in ali lii* with uneivīlized race« le like the avol!\ i pretexr to lDterfere, and|the dc?lre, Tjr muttjn. v ianil maken eitber an aiarmifct.