Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 15, 15 February 1893 — NA LETA [ARTICLE]

NA LETA

[Aole o makou makemake e lawe ike l:oiko o na hala no na manao i hoopukaia malalo o keia ko makou poe mea kakau.1 Heaha ko Kakou Pomaikai? E Mb. Lunahooponopoko: He nui a lehulehu -wale na kanaka Hawaii maoli e ake nul nei e hoīhoī hou īa ae ka Moiwahine Liliuokalani ma ka noho Moi o Hawai nei, aka 3 aole nae o lakou hoomaopopo ae, ina paha he mea ia no lakoue pomaikai ai a i ole e hune loa aku ai paha o keīa noho ana. Ua ike, a ua maopopo kona kulana ia kakou a pau, a ua kanalua ole hoi ko’u waha ma ta i āna ae, aole loa oia i kupono no kela kulana. He puni wale i na .alakaihewa, a he paakiki ino hoi ma ka hoomaopopo ana mai ī na ao maikai ana aku a ka poe naauao maoli.- Ua hoike loa ae hoi kona kupono ole ma ka hookohn ana aei kekahīo kana mau punahele maluna o kekahi o na olhana kiekie loa o ke aupuni, me kona ike no aole loa ia poe i kupono no kahi a lakou i hookohu ia aku ai. Nolaīla mamnli o keia mau hanaa ua.Moiwanine Taokakou, uahīki ole i na.noonoo o ka poe naauao maoli ke hilinai aku maluna o kona mau hookele aupuni ana; a ua hiki ole i ka poe kumupaa nal ke hilinal mai ia kakou nei, a ma ia mea, ua paa ia ke komo nui ana mai o ke dala maloko o Hawaii nei, a pela hoi ī hahana loa mai ai ka ilihune lloko nei o ka aina, , Mamua iki iho o ka hookuu ia ana o ka ahaolelo i hala īho neī, ua loaa iki ia kakou he wahl manaolana mamuli o ka Aha Kuhina a ua Moiwahine ’la i hookohu ai, oia hoi ka Aha Kuhina o Keoki Wilikoki ma aka, aia nae mahope īkī mai r ua hana ia kekahi hana maikaī ole loa e ka ahaolelo, aua kipakuia kela Aha Kuhina, a ma kona makalua oa hookohu mai la ka Moīwahīne he Aha Kuhina a ka nui o ka lehulehu i kaniuhu loa ai, ahuī pu hoi me kela hana kue kumukanawai iuo loa a na lala o kela ahahui Kalaiaiaa i onou makapo aku ai, ua loaa he kumu kupono loa i na makaainana naauao o Hawaii neī e kapae ae aī ī ua Moiwahīne J la, mai kekulana anai hookeleai meka hemahema loa. Nolaila, aia iloko o na la pokole loa maī ke kapae xa ana ae o ka Moiwahine, a hiki i ka loaa ana aku o keia lono jna ke kulanakauhale -o Kapalakiko, ua loaa koke ka hilīnal ia o na hana kalepa ma Hawaīi nei. Mamua koke: aku nei, ua emi loa īho na mahele kuleana o ka Hui Mahlko o Kamaomao a ka umi keneia pakahi, aka, i ka la nae i hoea aku aī keia lono-ma Kapalakiko, ua pii koke aeia ka walwaiip o kela a mahele. ouamahi- • -ko la.oKamapmao.i.ka ehika.dala pakahi. He lehulehu wale. hoi o

• na poe mea dala e ake nui nei e, ; hookomo aku ika lakou mau dala l . iloko ona hoohana anā ake aupuni,; nolaila, ua loaa koke ka hilinai īa o j ko kakoa aupuni i keia wa ano. * - No keaha mai keia mau hihnai ia? Ua maopopo, e lawelawe ia aku ana na hana o ke aupuni e ka poe makaukau a hoojk>no hoi, aole ho! o na punahele ame na hanaiahuhu, ka poe hoi i ane hiki ole ke kakau, a ke heluhelu me ka pololei. Nolaila eka lahui Hawaii—e hoomau akuno anei kakou e keuo no ka hoīhoi hou ia ae o kela poe ma ka lakou mau oihana, a e noho mau aku hoi kakou me ka nele ī na hana e loaa aī ke ola ia kakou, a ī ole, e hooikaika anei kakou i na manae lokahi ma ka hooholo loa ana aku i kela hana imua a komo nni mai na pomaikai iloko nei oka aina? He mea oīal, aole no paha e pau kela mea he aloha alii mai ko kakou mad puuwai ae, aka, e hilpoi anei kakou i na hoohiwahiwa alii ana, me ke poholo mau aku o kakou iloko o ka nenelu o ka nohona hune? Aole, aole loa. £ holoi loa ia na hoohiwahiwa makehewa mai na papalina ae o Hawaii nei. Eia ka hana imua o kakou. Nolaila, e hana k hooholomua aku a ku na mamo a Hawaiī ma ke kulana like me ko Amerika. Me ka manaolana no ka pomaikai o ke kanaka Hawaiī. * * _ Honolulu, Peberuari 13, 1893.