The Liberal, Volume I, Number 52, 11 Malaki 1893 — A FOOLISH PRINCESS. [ARTICLE]

A FOOLISH PRINCESS.

Tl»e following dlpp!og from aix Ano»ri<*an Joama! may prose iatcr> ®sttog' r«iditigr to the .«tante<l jotirr*H»t f*Y ' ' Prtaee«i KAiulanī is ruporte»l »» 9»ylßSr coocemlDg the Hawaiiae epown: - TlWt 1« rigt»tfnT!y mīne, and i< th« Am«ricmiis are the oobīe-mm<iej p«ople that I bave learned to regard tbem U»«y wīH not be a party to the ootra|f© by whieh r haye lo«t my birthrlght. ! Tht Princ«ss is a product of the 1 8©venteenth eentury. Crowns were | then M<i by dfvinc righf. People \:WQSQ tftttght t»iat lt was ihe- dlvint! i will that seate<l a kiog on hb throne. To oppo-n' tlw 3ting was to opposo tfae ]x>wer that uiade him i king. Thia theory rpi 4 eive<l a severe i ahoek when L#ouk X\M. wa.* ied to l the 9caffold. There were people i who did not believe the execu' [ Uoaer woa!d be attowed to proceed ! with bls \sork. Some intcrpositioa i oi Providence w&a expected. Over | a century before the First Charles j in EEiagUnd suffered a >»Imiiar fate. Neither of these royai per9on&g*) was a bad mau. They were the vtetim* of vicious ldeas. They 4h«ught that ihey were everythiog, ihe peopi* nofcb i ug. They sincereiy Mlev«4 that the crowna they wore W»re «ghtf«ily theirs. To theni it dkl aot n«itter whether their rule wa» helplui to the peopie or harmfoL They ruied pretty mueh. *s they pteasef! aad required q{ ih'e people iropHcit cbedience*. ~ §x»ggefalion of the Sndividual a&d subordination of the peopie is domlnaat i& the address of the Ilawailan Prineess. lt The crown/' *he aays, '*ls rightfully miue.'' From what Boarce does she draw, her titLe ? Who gnve her the crown? AH 4he title »he has comes frorn llie people, She was declared the succeasor of Qoeen LiUuokalanl in the intere.3ts of fhe people. It was hetd at tlie time toat in this wav the Hawailan people woukl he most iikely to secure go6d governuient. The Queen, bowevtir. di<l not govttra as to retain £er throne. Whatevt?? title the Priucess had xvm Jo?t in the transmission. Liiiuokaiani c>Hild not loae her erown »Ad still trans. mit it. ■ The argnrnent J4ga?n«t the rmn«xatfon of the Hawaii;*n I*fand* to the t'nited BtaU?-i mu*t f>e i».ddresfwd t«j the understandlng f not to tite syūip»th»e«. Thequestion !s not whether the Prlnce«* by courte«y would lUe to be a i>ut whether it ia best for the people of the .islaiids that the>- submit to her ru]ie. Bet«re«n h«r*vU auU her chiKkl«headcd gvtardma an ;±uswer in Uu? negutiv<; U r*pi«lly b«iug foriuuiatrd. yq, .■P—WB