Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VII, Number 23, 6 June 1868 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

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M Tbe person ofthe Kīng is innoUWe aod sicred. Ms Minhtcrs «« nspanstbie. A great deal ba» been said by the Mimaters and their sateilite3 about iosaltmg tonguaije and treasonaWe conduct towards Hi« Majesty. They baTC beeo partico»ariy de»trous of fastening the odium of «oeh aG» upon ihe independent Jouioals of this ctty. We ask an honest ioTestig*tio»of the ehai^e and do not fear tbe Terdict. Sbakspeare h»s it—" Thefe*s sacb diTinity doth bedge a King. that tre*son ean but peep to what it would." >o act or word of ours ean be >nterpreted as meaning to break down the barrieF whieh surrounds the Throne of Hawaiī. ll is the Mimstry and second estate ofthe reala» wbo ore breaking it down, and cheapening royalty. No one measure has rubbed the Throne ond second estateof tbe respect«nd reverence of tbe third estate, so mueh «s the article of ihe Constitution of 1864, whieh compcls the e?tates to sit together in the Legislntire Assembly. - | What has been the eflfect ?—The Terificn« tion of tbe adagc that " fumiliarity breeds contempt." The Constitution of 1564 was intended to eheek the current of popular tendencies of the age, wlueh the Hawaiians were becommg fully alive to. TheConstitution dammed up the current; but has it <>topped it? lsnot ihe current accumulating forre, whieh the Nobles and Mimstry fitid it more and more difficult to resist, eaeh se?sion of the Assembly ? The people andtheir Kepresentatiws were \vont to respect the Nobles; and their opinion on questions of importance given \vith a due regard to the dignity of their posi*ion, was listened to with respcct. 13rought together, the t Kepresentatives soon fuund that they lost nothing in the contparison with the Ministers and Nobles for intelligence and respectability ; lhis wns a grcat point gaincd for thc people. Rendered bold by the discovery, they hnve dared to oppose nteasures brought forivard nnd supported by the Government, with consider.ible success. They hove only sufiered defeat on important measures, because, the Ministersand Nobles have ns a last resort c»rried the name and influeoce of the King into the struggle. Onee the Government had but to intimntc the wish of ihe King to see nn immcdiate submission to the Koyal will. this lost its force, and the Mintsters in order to carry pet mensures—instance the raising of their own wages—h»ve brought the written wish of the King into the arena. The present session, the Ministers, feeliog certam of defeat on an import>tnt nieasure, first mado known thc wish of the King, und this availiug them nothing, they have succeeded in carrying their point, because, j the Koynl iniluenee has been used to aid them. To secure Hts Majesty's support for a mcasure of vital importance to the nation is very questionablc policy; but to invoke it upon a questton of doubtful importance, is, to use no harshcr tcrm, unwise. To bring the Throne and the third estate together thus familiarly in a struggle for votes, ean only tcnd to breed contempt for the Kingly office and this we boldly nssert is insulting and treasonable conduct. The Kings of Hawaii have never had more loyal subjects than ourselves, and the above is not written with the wish or intention to lessen tbe respect of the people for His Majesty ; but as a warning to the true friends of the Kamehameha dynasty, that they may be aware of the danger whieh is before thetn.