Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 581, 11 November 1892 — POLITICS. [ARTICLE]

POLITICS.

'I ■ . j ; | Histrtry abounde in exacmi>ieB oi . contests between sovereigDs and ! peoole. betwe«n kinge and parliarj mentss, but the instances are few in : whieli the people or their rōpreseni tativee have been woreted in sach •a stri»ggle. As a whole civilized | peoplu have beeq Blowly but surely j curtailing the power of iuonarchs and apserting their right« and abij litv to jfoyern therceelves. Such ! has been t.he coarse of events in ] Hawaii here einee the introduction ! of we«stern civilizatioD. But einee ! her >lajesty Lilluokalani eame to j the throne the power of the sov- ' ereigr. has been exercised, and | stren£;tbened by the exercising, till wr are actuAlly coufronted bv the i powHt»ility of returtāng to the soluti sqi of the old fendul timee. ,The ]iepple nntarallv resist such tendeif)cies, as dāngerous to the peaoe and Btab;lity of the govern- ! ment and it« people. but their re--9tBtance i« weakened and often loBt, I by the neceesity of acting throngh |elecied representatives, who. too I frequently fail to rsotesent any- ! thing but their aordid greed of pelf . and power. The H«form inemberfi 1 of th«' do not pretend ' to renresenc th« people, but th«y have fir«temled to repree«nt priuci- ! pl*»s of *nt*grity «nd lib*ralitv. . Acting ii» the nams of u ßefbrin v k : they lnavo eet up oew dynasty. :' efttab] isbed a new J»nsiitQtion and

MStOvlj m»Vv HIkiIImMI'Ow «IM7 gWvlIl" inent for «everat montbs. But tbe yictory is to th& Queeri. %X the sight ofboodl»€Ungling before their and withiQ~reacb of tfeeir grasping hands, tbey dropped * kprmciple ,J and made a wilel grab for plnnder. They fcave theoffiees, b«t the Queen retaios her principleand Bhe rightly prizes it the eonsideration ehe CoDC#nied-*-three seats in the cabinet. " The greafc mista):e • whieh ihe Q«een made at the beI ginning 01 fcer reign. waa to favbr the same unprincipled partv of money - getting foreipners — some callēd Missioaaries and some ealieil Boodlers but aP alike plunderers. Since then she had been steadily retrieving the lost ground and recovering the love,' eonMenee and respect of ,tjie native people. The regard of the Hawaiian people is the only foundation for the Hawaiian throne. If her Majest.y realizes this prinDary truth, she will endeavor to drawJtogethor and uniie the whole nation in her supr>ort. so thai all native Hawaiians ean look uu to her not only as the head of the government. but as the head of the nation p.nd the best friend of every Hawaiian. The triumph of the Queen in the struggle with the opposition must groatiy increase the reepect of foreig-i natiohs v and with the whole native at her back slic ean preserve the independence ol the country and the dignity of the throne. The Queen has won, fairlv and lawfully. May she livt jong and bv a righteous course restore peaee and harmony among al) classes. and cement her people as one in the preservation and in th€ eBtablishment of good goyrnment.