Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 204, 29 May 1891 — A WAVE OF DISCONTENT. [ARTICLE]

A WAVE OF DISCONTENT.

Kven llawaii has received her of discontentment as well as , o:her portions of the globe. The wave of unr£st and dissatisfaction whieh seem to perineate old aml v»ell established, ,conservative states i:as reached us. Its laven has begur and it is hard to tell at what time it will cease. Monarehies have been overthrown as it were in an instant, so unanimous hns heen the feelingto throw oflf restaint and arbitrary customs and usages. With the advancement of knowlerlge inen have begun to realize the unjust position they were in, and woul<l still remain if they did not make the effort to :cast of the ineubus that stood in the way of man's 4 perfect enjoyment to his inherent riglits. The overihrow of okl instituiions, and the establishment of ro % w ideas in our social status and the reconstruction of governments upon popular rights or republican principles has proven successful. To-day we know of possible changps that we may here of by anv foreign arrival, of tottering and priest-rid den countries changivig their rulers throush the popular will, and of n©w la\vs promulgated as a guide to the hltherto master by whieh he is to act his duty properly as onlv the chief servant of the people. We hear of discontent, and a feeling bordering on revolution rife &mong our people, with how mueh truth we are not in a position to state.