Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 318, 6 November 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

PRCv'CIPLĒ 0F AiiD CONSTITUTI.ON.

3. We det i m tuat all Government ehonM be founded on the pri3aci)f>le6 o{ _Libertv, Equaiity and Fraternity; we haid tbat all men are born free anaeaual before thc law and are end<>wM with ina3ienable rights to life, to liberty, to propertp, to the pursīiit oi hamnne£B and to se!f-protection agaitist arbatraiy eoneentration of power, irrespc»isible wealth, and anfair competition. We bebeve that}nst goveniment exists only by the consent of the People. and tbat, when it beeomēs necessary for the pubJic weifare, they may abolish existing: forms and eetablish more advantag6ons and equitable system; and } as the present Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom never has had the approval of the People, but was establisded bv intimidation and fraud for .the benefit of a certain class t tberefore # we favor the adoption of a new and more liberal Constitution, to truly secure a Government of the People, by the People and for the People. INDEPENDKXCiS OF THE COUSTRY „ 2. outof consideration for the inherent ifights and prese?it opiniona of the na*> * tive popnlation, we dersire to retfeii the independence of the Countrv and defend its autonomy, nnder a liberal and popular form of government; butour Treaties with Foreign Powere, and eepecially with the United State? o£ America, ahonld be revised, so ae to »etier meet present necessities and to equitable advant«ges in exchange o£ those granted by UB- - JUDICIARY REFORMB o. Our Ju4iciarv system and Code of Procedure must be submitted to a thorough revieion. so ae to seeure a cheai? and pr<smpt administration of jafitace,feee of all sectaarian or patisan and to render the Jjjdg&s more qireetiy re«poneible to the People; ahd we are ia fa,vor of a more liberal interpretaticai of Constitutional goarantees of the freedom of f«peet'h and theprees. TAXATIOJJ 4 A more ; ,ust and perfect BVBtem <ff TaxuLion be maugnrated/ to abo« lish the present inequalities, by whkh the proper J ,y of the poor is excessively taxed, whiie mueh of the rich goods ar<- under-valued for asse6sment or entirely escape taxation; we ēhail therefore demand the passage of laws kbat wiU more effect.aally subject the property of eorporaticns and neh eitizens to their just proportion of mrblic burdena, while granting more liberai exemptio«s to the poor \ and as a of discouraging the locking up of large tMU»ts of uncultivated lands, a differential tax should be levied in additk}n to the usnal as&e&&ment ou valuation,which Khould be in proportion to the fertility of tiie soil. We shall also favor th« tablishinent o£ a graduated income-tax, and tiiua expect to obtain Ample fund« for conducting the government and attending te all necessary public impro\-v--ments vvithout any lurfcher «\llb on U.e masses.