Nuhou, Volume I, Number 12, 20 January 1874 — HIS MAJESTY [ARTICLE]

HIS MAJESTY

Returned frorri Kailua to this city on bQard the KUauea on Sunday morning. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, a large numhei* of people had collected at an early lioiii on the wharf to weleome the return of the King\ But the assembled" multitude of His Majesty's subject were deeply pained to observe, as the King was assisted into a carriage 3 the changed. and dangerous condition of the myal invalid; and as the people looked upon the face of a belovcd chief, so sadly ravaged by disfase A they felt that they musfc prepare for a change. And we felt that it would be happy for the country, if it did not have ta prepare for the uncertainties of another interregnum. But we also felt, that even Ūu* woul4 be mueh preferred to an unpopular appointment. Hawaiians are now so far advaneed in political educatiQn that they have a very sirong spirit o{ independence, and some passion of patriotism. Samoans and Fijians may desire the stranger to eome and rule over them, butthis only proves their barbarismj and \j T .ant"",of political education. The natives of these islands are lar advanced, and when they| have a government fully in consonai)ce w|t.h" the uational sentimeat # then the indepdnd€nce aiid.prosperity of this Archipelago wpl be placed on a basis that shall meet all fhe wanis of and be in harmony jwith the politieal vievvs of all the maritime stptes who interested in the iree intercourse of the Pacific, Peaee and the welfi\re of Hawaii will be ensured if The Srooi:ssioN to the Throne is in aeoonlanee \Vith native nalional and not merely the result of foreiga intrigue. There is onljj 0110 individual who aow fully reprc3ents this paīional aud wko meeu ihe awakened passion of patriotism among Hawaii^n^,—who is the High Cliief David Kalakaila. He is the chief hofte of the native peoj>U\ aiul it will be ise to attempt in aby way to thwart this hope, It must not be t'hwarted; and we vetuure to say n\oreover, tlu\t foreigu po\\ers, who have

recogulzeJ the indepeiidcncc of this li£t v Kingdom will desire to be as.sur£d 3 that tl. - ruler who contvols its destinies repre-en:s t;> wish ot the People. There is a noinination spoken of. nay know it to \>e under consideration at the !jo:: v we write, whichdoes not represeht Ihe national &entiment, and that is of Her Majesty Queen Emma, This distinguisheJ and excellent lady commands our highest corssi,l- - and esteem; she is idenlified with those associations in whieh we are most ir«terested; and we should be most happy tote her ehampion and partisan; but in this ins(ance we feel that we woulel, by so Joing ignore the \\ishes of the Hawaiian People. We established this paper for the so!e obje:: of defeating the Pearl Harbor Cession pro]eo: and of battling for their independence> auJ we feel that the hopes for the preservatlon of the independence of the Peopk In the event of His Majesty's demise, is in the Succession of the High Chief Kalakaua. The political hopes of the native people are now concentrated upon his person 4 whereas Her Majesty Queen Emma, whopi we a most noble woman and devoted to her native country and People, and who we are iurc takes no part in political intrigue; auJ whose name is put forward by a cabal, e: ring of foreign interests» does not satisfy t:ie national hope as a Successor to King Lunalilo. Let not the people be disappqinted. Wc hope that King Lunalilo maylive; if uo:— in the name of Kalakaua alone jjiere Peaee. !