Nuhou, Volume I, Number 8, 21 March 1873 — GOD SAVE THE KING! [ARTICLE]

GOD SAVE THE KING!

We are Araerican in all our* training and asBoeiatiot)B ; but we are now Hawaiian in all our interestB; and therefore, whilst we live here, to serve Hawaii is our proper patriotism. We doii't pretend to say we will leave our bones here; although we may. for we would a* lief leave thern iii the depths of the mother Bea, upon whose bosom we were borh } aa to let them mold anywhere on shore, We will not toady to a Hawaiian King ; nor Blaver with mawkish flattery the Hawaiian people, be-eause we intend to tell them the truth wliilst we battle ft>r tlieir best in- ; and we think we understand a little those interests, beeause we have toiled with.the sons of the soiī during the many years ihat we have been in these isles, and our experienee has led us to be in sympathy witli the islanders and their King. We eannot speak mueh from knowledge of the person of the presenl King\ We have been. even a stranger to his face, during the many years we have lived in this Kingdonv until the oceasion of the death of the late Iving. There was eertainly_ then in the "minds of all those held weaHh and iniluenee ih their hands, a divided opinion in respect to the suecession to the Throrie. Certainly, the present incumbent during the lirst davs of the interregnum, iiad no avowed partisan.s ; among those who had plaee and emolument ? and who were eapahle of giving immediate direction to puhlie opini oi|r But in those lirst days, nay among the very flrst r we quiekly reeognized the true Prinee, and we interested ourselves in diseussions, whieh set forth in a vivid light his hereditary elaims and enliglitened fitness, whieh baffled intrigue, whieh shamed lukewarmness where zeal ought to have existed, and whieli helped to plaee the Pnnee triumpJiant3y upon the Throne. We worked then for a reward, whieli we feel that we liave to a great extent obtained~-that is an opportunity to speak for the Prinee and his people, and to have aome 111 tle inlluenee in promoting the material interests of this Arehipelago. We have gained with our liUle paper an audience ? who kindiy reeeive our words, and wlio believe it is our purpose to speak tha truth; And why i?hould we do otherwise ?' Eor _w;e have a eontented soul, as far as our own being is eoncerned ; and as long as grass wili grow, and sheep wi]l eat we eau live,.aiul say our say r and tbar tks faee of no man. v Well, one thing we wanl to say, is that a great hope fbr the saving and perpetuation of an interesting branch of tlie liuman family, the Hawaiian race, is in the person of Chief, wliom they elevated willi marvellous unanimity to sovereign power, This unauimity may spring lrom the mere instinct of ehieaanism of a simple, patriarchial rav<>; but whatever the cause, and this hope may have been inspired and brought fi>rth inU> i*esplendent iight f it is one that ought to be eherished, and held sacred» and atlbrded everv oppoi**tunity for the realization of the blessing that it pix>mises, Now this ivaiizatiou must be fully eon\vith tho ,>t' the

fbreigners t \vhose labora and lntelligence hafe jj!ven sha[)e and eharaeter io this Kijigdom, and who have piaeed it amoug th§ tamily ol naiiona* -Their reasonahle wanti» eannol be ignored by a patriotie King, who has again and again given that he recognlzes 110 distinc-tion-ot c|ass>es among all the workers of every hue, who xire stīiving for the proniotiou of the svelfare of his Kingdom, whilfct houestiy endeavoring to promote their own welfare. Their interests as well as those of the native people are bound up in the. King ; for neither~ki America f nor in any other portion of the will enlightened men with favor upon any intrigue or | £action, that shou!d endeavor to dea hope, that was inspired by sueli an ardent elioiee of a ruler, as attended tlie eleelion of Lunalilo. We will endeavor to strengthen his hands with our mite of Inlluenee. We doh-t feel th;rt we weaken them when we eritieise ineompetent meu, who grope bli,udly for opportunities to serve thē eountry r or, wlio wait for oecasions w T hich they ought to make; and who being absorbed in their own interests, liave their sensibilities too mueh blunted to be able to see when the honor ol the Boverelgn is compromised. But how sliould they eomprehend sueh honor, sinee it is only through offiee, that they are inspired to have any respect for tlie person of the King ? They. had none before, and the interest of the pocket is a poor teaeher of that whieh sliould spring from the inspiration of a loving heart. We honor the Choice of this people, and this is one of the planks and the first one of our platfrrm, of whieh we promised to speak ; therefore we say, God Save the King.