Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 332, 26 November 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

! INDEPKNDENCjS of thecountry , PKINOLPLE OF GOVERSMENT A]SD i CONSTITUTIOK. i 1. We deem that all GoveTim\enl ' fthoulrl beic»uuded on tiie principles oi \ Liberty. Equality suid Fraternity; we | hold that all men are born free and equal. I be£ore thelaw and are.ondowed with malienable rights to iife, to liberty, to l £ropertp, to the pui*suit of happiness and yelf-protection against arbitrary soncentration of; poMrtr, irresponßible wealtb, and uufair competition. We believe that just government exista only by the eoneeni of the People, and that, when it beeomes necessarv for the p«b--lie weUawi, may aboHsh exteting forms andestablifih more adrantageous and equit&bie Byet«m; and, as thejpreeent Conßtitution of the H&waiian Kmg» dani never haa had th« approval oi tbe People, but was establisded by iuUmidatlon ond fraud for the benefit of a certain class g tlierefore, we iaw>r the adoption of a new and Q)ore liberaJ Conetitution, to traly i pecnre a Grovernment o/the People, by ;the People and for the .1 (JI)ICLAIaY REFi>HMB j 2« Out o{ cousideration for the inhei*ent I rights and premmt opinions of the na< | thre popnUilkm, we deraire to retsun the mdependence of the Country &nd defend its autonomy, nnder a liberal and popolar form of $&v%rnnient; biuou]rTrĀ[&Bl wiUi Foreiga Fowfre« and espēegaßyj with the United of should be revi«ed. so as to bett neceeaitie« &nd to obtain mof% equit&W« ad\*antages in exchangeofthosB grant«l by us. i Otrr J«didary system and Cod«<^: l"rocedure mnst he gubmitt«d to % thor» i ough revision. soa» to seoure aelmp and prompt «daiinietration ofinstiw,fr«e 1 of all aeeUīiān or patlsan Kpirit, and to render the more dir«cUy tee-j w»fiible lotb« JPeopl©; and an in Caß^tfattaa PROTKGTION T0 HOME IN- i PTJBTRĪKS? ?. We &re in £av»r of «ncouragūig al! home a|pr)cQlture ai»d mduetries, andall oor i»t4w lifee rke, coite, a«d foeterad hy wopa? ; and ako i> be th« a»*> of theGov> ment t ip ite «*fcr*cta.%ttci other oam*

ceive a fairef ' ' morw?ys for the jeso«rces aiid toe 4f§ 'ftieir wants. In laefc« ■ tbe * loeal Self-govm*nmeat &feotild W#S®»dted, whereby gi viug locali|ies ihe mostimportaut officera, si*ct Jor<|fee pnr|K>se 1 eal iuiDroTemeiilB oi a pirmg natnr€. PROTECTIOS fOTHB LAMTO|MG . tending to iraprove the coaāiU<m : workihgclasses,and costse4H*tat!y 1 with~ I out injuring veste4 we wfll ' advocate laws to prev&t all fm'thser 3x&~ portation or ei»|>loyisent of eon^-ae^ !abor of kmd, īipoa eeaiāiUeaiH,— — whieh wUI brijag rt into a roinoas and degrading competjtion withfeee Hawai ian or white labor. We gfeaU also, m the interest o£ the better |wra*eetion oi the poor t ask for inore hberai exempticms of their property from foreed Bale 011 execution, aud from seizure in banfcruptcy proeeedings. SMALL FARMTNG ASD HOME STEA3>S. 10. The wealthy fraction of our population have hitherto prevented tfee deTelopment of an independent class of citi/,ens; the public lands have been acqnired and have been tied up in a few hands or parcelled to suit favorites, and smaJl farmers and planters have been driven out by €ombidaal3ons of capitalists; but ae small farming is eonducive tothe sfcafeility of the State, it should pe eiiCouraged by a new and more liberal Homeatea<l aet, by wheh the ownership of emall tracts of lan<! and the settlement thereon of families of our present population,—and eepeeiali ly of the native Hawaiiana who have heen left almost homeless in therecoun-try.-should be rendered poa&.ble. To that end, the Government and Oown lands» ( in so far as ean be done without invadmg vestedrights ) should bedevoted ass soon as posaible to homestead,«. and conferred upon bona-fide eettlers free of taxes for a limited period. It should be the further aim of government to, at onee, so far improve the means of transportr tion, —loeal, national and internā,tional,— ap to provide, in al! the diptricts, eheap meana of convey■inp- the pro<tect oi the soil to mark«-tT RLECTORAL RIFIGT. 31. We hokl tliat npright and honest manhood, an<\ not the posseßsion of weaīlh, arbitrarify fixed, should consti-,the-.right to vote /or nob!es( an well aa representatives ? and no more power shon!d be accorded to the ba!lot of the rich m%n than to the ballet of fcho poor man. The discrimination in lsMlr • of weaith now made in our Consti{ttf&<m is contrary to all the eteraal priuciples of right and iußtic«, and must be abolished. To thi» end, we will favor a ievding of the present dietinction of wealth and dasses whieh bleraish our with respect oi th« right to vote for nohlee, theraby restoirisig. to the naiive Hawailalßs whidi pertainto tliem in their couatiy, J and of $shich they have heen tmjugtly deprived. * k VZ We iavor tho ejs|»aitHreal*oft~ i cient mvm to secai3Banumb«r©f needed pohlie improvements on Oahtt $nd other I6landB; aehool, milroad3 aaid harbors ' «wI wharvea, puhKe ligjb&, a«d «Oeo a thorougb syatem of resarvoir3 acd watefworks» not ou!y lopHoooluln, but throuv£h-*out?he other īslaada.