Nuhou, Volume I, Number 22, 31 Malaki 1874 — Blood. [ARTICLE]

Blood.

Diuing the Royal Progres& on Kauai, King Kalakaua said in addressiiigHis People at Nawiliwili, that he trusted that the b!dod shed by his Elec(ors on the 12(h of February would prore a cement to the Hawaiian Kingdom of thesē days, eyen as the blood of the warriors of Kamehameha I. had uilited together the Kingdom of the Conqueror, This was a deeply interesting and politic utierance 011 the pavt of His Majesty. There is no bond like a bond of blood. To shed blood is the supreme sacrifice. Its oflering surpasses all other bounty. And the risk of an^ r one ? s blood for life, or cause, is an obligation that no honor, or emolument of this world ean eaneel, And to establish a bond of blood between a Leader and a People is to plaee government on its surest and most everla6tmg basis. But to estal>lish this Bond in its perfection, the obHgation ! must be mutual. The life of the Pnnee must have been in equal jeopardy with the life of his eyen a§ tlie Conquermg Kamehameha risked his breast against the enemy's spear as well as the commonest of hislranakas. On the battle fi<jjd the King and the peasant shared a eommon risk, and in the dāys of peaee the peasant stood firm io support a Throne and share a eommon glory. But where was our Prince on his Day of Battle ? Kept away by the advice of timid and selfish friends who thought only of their own interest as identified with his Person. Oh, what an opportunity was that day of riot and bloodshed, and of bleeding followers for a Prince ! Had he risked his person in that hour of mad passion for his People and Electors, who suflered in # his cause, there would be no quedtion about an " jnny t " or fbrces," at this day, There would be now an everlasfing bnl\\ark of loye'und coufideij[ce'aroiind the Throne. The opporlunity was lost through timid counsel; but it was fairly appreciated in the princely and enlight ened thought of the Chief. And when, an opportunity may arisē again» let it I>e remembered, that for a Ohief coretiug kiugl) swnj% the boldest a!ways the safest cour*e,

and if you would unite a kingdom with the bond of blood, you must be ready to offer blood for blood.

" in the hands of bad meu are agents of %struc{ion, and more effective m demoralizing~a ,communify than any ofher agency it is possible to einploy. These rejmarksof a iiecent writer are as applieable jhere (in as elsewhere." Alas! ;these words ! of flie Gazeffe are too- true, | There are sbme types and a government | press in the ! hands of a man here who is £tn utter pander|to native Hawaiian nastiness, or nonsense. We had him up a while ago beiore the Cpurt of Pubiic Opinion, (and he ought to ha've been brought up before the Poliee Couijt) on account of nastiness published for i|iative perusal; and now we present an indictment for nōnsense, or silliness, the perusal of whiph is calculated to belittle the dative miiul to the last deoree of . h ■ | O imbecility. ln f!ie last number of his paper, the Kuokoa, of Marc!i 21st, lie descr\bes in tvvo colmnns a gabble of talk bet\veen his half nian, plieep hero Lo Hipa, and a horse, who, after a time, encounter in the air somewlieres, a hlaek moneyj—who having a forch stuck in his tail, (at fhe root) looks in the disfance like a star in the sky. And he, thejmonkey, says that he and his kingdom dosire ihem (ihe half sheep and horse) to goa\vay, because they are descendants of Adam, whom the monkey utferly repudiafes. (Anti Darwinism, and no mistake.) Anc{ the monkey goes on to say that the descendanfs of Adam make Constitutions (KumukanaWai) whieli are only calculated to kill ofi pt|ople. (x\n atfack on the poliiieal order of the:country, whieh the iucendiary Kuokoa is foinenting.) Aud farthermore says ihaf all| the descendants of Adam who make.Constjtutions must be killed. Now we J\vant to know for \vhat reason such pernicious and everlastiug nouseuse as this is subsidized, aud sucli an ineouiprehensible i|md miscliievous doukey should, in this enligjhtened day aud generation, and in the midst of a regenerated race aud nation, ■' so, damuably niisuse the King's (goveniincnt) press ?"

So " safe aud respectable meu," ia private anJ private life are usually timid and d,oub!e deuling iu public uffaiis. Thc timid eaution that euibles theni to scrape together dirt ;mj dollars, rather incapacitates thom fvom e\ercisiiig a bo!d aud straightlorward eourse in politKs. They back do\vn from <i positum in conse<jueuce of a popular storm, anil then try by secret diplomacy aud snbterfuge -jo oarry' their"poiut. For this opinion in r<jspect to our i; safe aud respectablo men," |ve haye aiuple grouuds Ui the acco«nt pu|lished iii t|ie AJn;-(iw'of"Sat «rday,2l iusjt. resp£ttiu£pur Chancellor,l)eing jOceupsed ;vt jW r ashington \vith_trea!y discus|sion> ou the basis of cession oC !and iu ae-

f » — r|cordance with in.sfruc!ions froui uur Miiii--try, a»d fbis after a āolemn dec'arat;on fore the people, that ihe proppsition of lsion had been \vitbdrawn. We do not i wonder that a divided authorify jspring-up in the country to 'endanger |throne and the independence of the*Haj waiian people, wlien the public men of H-i--j waii are capable of such double dealing. j And vvhat must be thought of the honesty of iour chief offici>il digjMtary, \vhogoing abroad jon an absence of three months to ostensibly jyisit an inva!id member of his farnily; and jafter an absence of over six months, for j whieh he draws about three thousand dollar> I of Hawaiian money, is occupi£d with the secret negotiation of a nieasure that is utter'y repudiated by Hawaiian people ? Surely a Hawaiian Legislature and a High Court of Hawaiian Nobles will eall this chaHcese!!er jof Hawaiian territory, and unscrupulous a' - i senfee to a severe aeeounl.

The Poweh of Ijdeas ,is the, chief force In any counfry 5 that has any civilization, Ughtenment } whatever may bp its physicaL or military strcngth } anel the jjerfection of i;s organizatioiy anel in a smal| country like jthis, where Ihere is,|onie li(t]e enlighter*iinentj whieh nas los.t.TO, aneiene ieudal authority, and that has. no organized powei whatever 4 then ihe power of ideas is and imust he the on.ly force. An original incisive ithought will lead the current| of opinion In community ; but amongs|} the Hawaiiau j people, a well put that forcibiy jappeals to naticnal will not oniy igive direction to public opinjon, but will, 11 well sustained t shape and moU the naiional will, Such a people as this and leadership; but they are very apt schol» ars in po!itical education, There is.no other Asiatic, or brown people, that! wiil take up political ideas as they haye done, Tiie , ivue& of. Hindostan # Si£un, or ilalaysia 4 or even of Japan, are ,not to compared to Hawaiians for the poluieal of uie eomnion peopie. These are readily inelinea to accept new forms of organization. ollt l cal revo>iUtion among masscs of any Asiatic people is not possible t |a3 the resuit ot the force of poliiieal ideas; b|it it is possible i w itli Ha\\anans. i f - K Y:; - "

I A MiNisii.ji.iAi. iu | wriuag üboui ["MiuUwml Ggvcrmueut" $ives a skp ai I thc iwo latc iuiuistrics just prccc«iiug uio ( prcscut oue, iu sayiug timt— We |Seeu euough oi divided iu the iast |lwo aduiiuisuatious aud oi resūtig ! eouieiu witii letuug thiiy»s take ,juieir 2\ow vve havc a gO|verumeut widi •• suou£ liiMids uud clear iicads," aud ii' tiieir judgiuciit is ouly to uiay do so|uethiug usciui, hut ridiculous " # ' tiasco, au,\J • iussiicJ feathers " thau evcr bviore, uot iook I.ko a good beginuiug. ; i t , * __ l i