Ka Makaainana, Volume III, Number 8, 29 April 1895 — HEAHA KE ALOHA AINA? [ARTICLE]

HEAHA KE ALOHA AINA?

K iike ho boi me ka hiki poao ole aua itt makou ke pune pololoi i keia nimui mu kekahi helu, i hala ae, pela no iai i uei wa, A i mea nae hoi e maopopo ai i ko niakuu poe heluhelu o kekahi ano o ke aioha aiua, ke lawe mai nei makou i kekahi maipalaolelo i hoopukaia e ka Haku Hihopa o Honoiulu, ina kaua haiolelo. imua o kekahi auaina haipnie o na wahino aloha aiua maioko o ka Luakini o Sana Anaru, i inalainaia uia ka La Kuokoa iloko o 1893, a hoolaha ia lioi e makou maloko o Ka Lei ' Momi, ka niua aku o Ka Makaainana nei ma koua auo hou, ina kona lieiu i hoopukaia i Dekemaba 4. Eia iho ia naa-maia-olelo: u Oa kanuia ke aloha o ka aina iloko o na uaau o kela kanaka keia kan»ka. Eleaha ke,a.uo o ke aloha aina? Ke alolm-o ka noho aiia iiīaioko o kou one hanau; ke iilolui o ka hoomalu ana i ke kuokoa o ka lahui, me ae ale ole ia iloko o kekahi lahuikanaka e; ke i-iloha o ka ike ana i ka hae, o kou aina pouoi e welo aua maluna o ka hale aupuni, uie k'a hoola ana i ka nohoalii o ke aupuni Aole loa nae hoi e manaoia ua lawa ae la keia hoakaka ana no keia ninau uia ko. makou manao ana, oiai, e kaia no makou i elelo ai he ninau ano akea loa keia i hiki ole ke hoakaka pouo ia e ko makou wahi ike uuku, eia nae, ua lawa uo hoi ia uo nei wa. E hewa anei hoi kekahi mea ke elelo ae he aloha aiua oia ? Ō ke aloha ol.e auei hoi ia o ke kakoo ole aku o kahi tnea i ke Aupuni e ku nei ? Ma ko makou manao aohe kekahi mea e hewa ke aloh.a aiua oia; o koua hoike maoli ana ae nō ia iaia iho he kauaka oia no keia aina. Aka, 'o ke kakoo ana aku hoi i keiā Aupuni, o koua ole no ia i kona kulana lahui kumu a oiwi, no ka mea, ua akaka he ake a he puni piepiele oia; aia uo uae aoi īa i ka mea e hololea ana i ka lunaikehala| o kekahi mea e iini aha e kakoo aku, aole loa hoi ia makou ia kuieana. No makou iho uo uae l|oi ka ma kou e pane ae, — aole ! aolk ! ! AOLE LOA !!! | A e like no hoi me ka makou i hoaiai ai mamua aku aei, pela no hoi ia i ueia wa, he nui a he lehulehu loa ua hiona a lpina o ia mea he aloha aiua, a ua lawa ole hoi i ko makou wahi ike omilumilu ke H kaaua pono" aku imua o ka lahui oiwi, Ke waiho aku n<. i no makou a n& kela a me keia iho Jio e koho & e wae uona iho, i |loaa ai i ''Hookaiii puaaa a ko'u puuwaL No ka j»oo alolia i ka ulua," aole lioi ho kela po# hololua a ikoh«# walo e ukmhi| l*u ma-

mane uoai uet ma ke ao lalau mai o lakou ka i oi loa aku o ke aloha aina. Hemn, hole ioa aku īa ano poe pela a ina kuono lilo loa !