Nuhou, Volume I, Number 7, 16 December 1873 — Hon. D. Kalakaua [ARTICLE]

Hon. D. Kalakaua

| Id a ieuei' to tiie Advertiser ects fortii tlie estabI lishment oi cpnstitutioniil governmeDt In Ihie' i coui>trj ; tlie peaceful eleetion of a monai'eh ; the ! opposition to the eession of Peari Ilarbor f uotj wifchstanaing a iuost eordial".good'feelmg towards | the l nited Htates ; and the honorable gentleman I proeeeds to eorreet a mischievous ! Impresßion in j respect to an alledged V hatred of race whieh eertain l'alee aiarihists have endcavored to create. We copy in full below the langaage of tliis in-' fluential cliicf upon this point: We say to the uoihl, as ou'r neighbor tbe United j say.-?, tbrtt we have always welcomed foreign-. ers to 01w shores, LetJthem eonie, aud bring \vīt 11 1 | thcrn mouey aiid sTcill to develope the resonrces of ! 1 the country. "Here. as In the freest and ?trongest: ) nation in the World, all men will be protected in ■ | their rights, onder civilīzed law. Who ever says ' I that thls is not so. is In my no frh 4 nd of i Hawaii or of Hawaiian mdependence. A greafc deal has been said by a iew persoas in , our couimunity to the effecfc that the nativea are ' antugonistic to. the foreigners. Tbis I deuy. and 1 1 take tli!s oppoHunity m say ihui no such feeling ' ī has or now ; for the proof of whieh I state 1 j that during the disenssion about ceding Pearl River I to ihe L nited no violence or threat eame ; from any one df the natives. save a 1 air cnticisoi in 1 regard to the action of the Ministers. ī D. Kalakaua. llonolulu, 3th, 1373.