Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VII, Number 22, 30 May 1868 — HOME POLITICS. [ARTICLE]

HOME POLITICS.

Mr. Khodes in his remarks on Tuesday accused Mr. Whitney ®nd his party of trea. soq because, if they coold, they wouii thrust the K>ng from his throne. We fenr. i icss!y utter that Mr. Khodes would. if ha could, be gui!iy of treason to the prvple, through them to the King. by p«\ssing n B H n>aking l»quor free to all. Should this Bi i pass he would surely rob the King of hi» MakaaiHam who sust«in him on his thornr. merelv that he might benetit his ow, exfchequer. The Hon., ?peakerof the Rtprescnbtire> occupied tbe attention of the «raembiy frr sometime» on Tuesday last, nnd provei that he too could utter gross perso»al:ties. and be gui!ty of cunning in imio r to carry a point. In his speech on the nso. 1 lution of Hoo. C. Kalu. he remarked that he I \vas glid to see that tte Hawu|i|ns \vrrc alive to the treasonable designs of H. M. \Vhitney No\r we have it on good authority thnt Mr. Kalu never composedthe Resolutiuu.aivt was not when he presented it, cleor us to u* meanin g. Mr. Rhodes, however, ean if he wiil; euliffhten ihe Assembly as to the nuthnr the Krsolution, nnd who prompted Mr. Kalu to present it. It «nust ha**e astonished the spectntors who were atthe Legisltttive session on Tues. dny to Sec a venerable gny haired m;in ily into n passion and accuse the writers for tlio onposition pnpers of being possessed \vith the disposition of assasins, (•• Men who cry God snve the King and would plunpe « knife into his back at the sume time.") Ukl he judge of them as he would he judged himself ? Has he so readily forgotten his feelings when he henrd that Lord George Pauiei hnd perpetn«ted the grosest outmge ever eomn»itted upon a Hawaiian King nud peopie ? Does he forget how fierce were hisatt>icks upon the !ate Mr. \Vyllie, how personalnml abusive he cou!d be when he stood in tl\« ranks of the oppostion and utlered his thoughts through the papers ? Let hiin reflect nud hoid his penee.