Nuhou, Volume I, Number 21, 24 March 1874 — A Crown [ARTICLE]

A Crown

Is the proper decoratio_n aud of a King. īt i* the supreme emblem of honor and power f and when plaeed and mainlalnea by the love cf a people it is t!le chiefest of g-lories on the head of nioilal mrai" Tlie enduringf power of o!d stalt*s is fittingl) emb!ematized by refmēd go!d 'and precious gems, grncing the brōw of a trde Prince and Father of his people. And the weight and cost of this roya! panoply s!iould notbe ;nade to correspond with numbers |and -area t so mueh ns with the perfect spirit 'of nationality and prosperity of the dominion and people that are emblematized bj an lio'norary covering of state. And so Hawaii, weak and —yet and l!evoted to a nation&l sentiment should have !:er Cap of Maintenance as well as mighty Imperial Britain. But if Hawaii cannot maintam heT autonomy within her own borders, without foreign help, and has: to svatched by*foreigu guns, like wardens of an asylu:n watching some weak demented that might do itee!f hurt, then in t!iat case, a crow p n wou!d give no lustte s but a thing for mockery or an actor % s bauble. A crowi. in such a case ** īs Wortb } wiEli ū\\ its go!d aud ītcrc Just wiiat tlte toj wil! scll fcr iu moiw'* But as we have a governmeut whieh, L e, published policy t " decl?ues iiself uiiited auJ determined in defeuce of nalionul iutegrit % \ of such an' aJuunis|ratlon uiigUt iu vie\y of tiie present poverty cjf tlic eounuy patriotica!!y resolve that |hi> !:Kiopendea\ monarchy t>egraceJ by futuigem* Wem, aml resolve that if its trva*ury wasunable to supply the eoin for th#jcui\\u, to duct the needful amoum froiq tl;eir iinpeeiectiy eanied Ministefial salarijt?s. Ahhough 111 tlus auutei, v\ e \\oulvl vmmuv iu 2*uggv^{ ii discriuiii:atiuu ou account ot 01 lesser oucwusuosa oi oilkiai iUuy,aud*av ui that \vhen»as Fpreign Aiiair* uud Pinuueo ought to aflbrd u» comribute iHty per eoiu. oi the auiount ti.es draw t \w would not expect more tiuui nvera\ per ccut. iroiu the moie hunheuea Law. This ivould giae usseveu ihou*,uua ii\e hundred dollars deducted koiu o»;e Muusicrial emolumeni» a uj u \\onju a gwvl \vay iu golJ and Periu*j*s tiūrtv ot forty onnee< of gold wouU aot ioo ;uuel<

\veight for a Covering of State, tliat is only ! plaeeil tor a minute* or two. There is no i doubt but \vhat we imve the necessary artiricer's skill to execute the parts of our syin-"| bol of honor anel glorv .* first an exquisitelv ; ilne carved and chassd circle or band for J royai bro\vs, ond then the arching fillets to be united i.n the emblematic orb of domihion ' that suniioun{s a kingly cfanium. And such | skill woukl cost probably more than the gold; but the chief cost would be in tlie jewe]s, 1 and as th6y give a crown all its sigmficance, they must be fuily repres9ntative of our national GdnditionV Eaeh Department shou!d furiiish a souvenir of some precious stone; say an emerald, on aeeouni of its color, for Foreign Affairs aml n War the īnterior } a gem of " jiminy the La w. a JJ black stōne;" and our Treasury } O nix. It might not be inappropriate that SQme precious stones should be supplied by those who smashed the Hall of Justice, and who battered the foundations of the Throne with ston.es. But the several isles of our Archipelago vire the ehief objects to be symbolized, and whieh will give character anel co'hsequen.ce to the jewels of the Crown. Pirst is fiery Hawaii, who should have an ai'dent ruby of ?he firstmagnitude for her symbol ; bui as it would cost more than her field c and flocks ean afford, she must be content to be reprefor a time with a polished sphere of lava. Mawi, the pre-eminent sugar field, should be symbolized by a crystal." Oahu, the seat of high toned commerce and of lucrative agencies, should produce from the ■ depths of its Lochs, a I*earl, to symbolize ; tlie national spirit that pervadcs its Kauai, the land of loyalty and of many streams 5 might y\eld a brilliant of the first water. mustcontribute a carbuncle— fubescent and glistering like a leprous tumor. Lanai wili help to add lustre to the Crown with a grazier's cutting diamond t The proprietors ofNiihau couldsupply abuv~yl. And the lessee of Kahoolawe should send apebble from his home in Bangor ivhen he receives his Hawaiian pay. Butlet the independent aiulenlightened Nunotr give itshonestopinionabout this"emblematicornamentand insignia of our monarchy. We wouki win abroad, as well as at home, the precious meta! anel gems for its construction and decoration. The sea should yield us treasure. We would seek in India that whieh would rival the famed diamond of Koh-i-nor, —even liungry Sikhs ? who would rejoice to seek life and fullness on our shores. We would pass by the great diamond of Matan in Borneo, iii order to get some lusty Dyaks te furbish up our Crown, We wpuld awaken the interest of States, and join international hands by our diplomacy, so tiig.t they should furnish the arching fillets of gold to support our lilīle orb of dominion, The color of our Cap,— encircled and #urmounted by tho go!d and gems, should be red,—red with the new fixsh b!ood of nations,—and we wouid $o work and devise fbr puhlie good, that a joyous» prosfpfom t grateful people, proud of their and , recognizing our sacrifiee to public wēal, should bless us with love, and :rown us with immortal bays. Ot7R' a Arm> " llAi) A FIHST BRUSII witll UU enemy on last Thursday night. Two sentries of the Palaee were fraternizing at one po»t, when they saw something white aniong the tmß, —possibly some white ahnexationists # who had soa!ed fhe wa!!s, \\oi td sei l enade a !ady with a lute ? hut to acare a maul on a

raid of looi. "-Owai kela!" Who goes : there ! wn<.the peremptory challerige, but as ! the enemy ambushed arnong the bushes and probabiy in large force, did not reply, our raw warriors thinking it unwise to risk fresh levies in a doubtful encounter, and so endanger germ of our ineipienl " forces," fired and ran: and .as they deemed recvuits more precious and dlfiicult.to be obtained than muskets (hs we have only about 22 so far as whole rank and file of the army ") did not burthen tliemselves \vith their pieces as they ran, fire drew fcy:th two more shots then four &.nd six other discliarges from the guns of jliscreet sentinels who also discharged themselves from duty in the Palaee Grounds jfor the right. After a time, the appeareu on the field of action jwith the reserves, whieh consisted of : our Specials and some . lanterns, \vho f reponnoisance in force, i. e., every man with his billy, they diī'covered two sheep whieh had been presented at the Palaee by| loyal Chinainen 011 the Saturday previous, aud these \voolene'us animals weie stampedin.g in the grounds, having perhaps scented the sentries sauntering among the trees. However, our braves state a more likely cavfse of the alann, and that is au akua, or devil they coming from the direcfion of the Stone Church. We believe in the akua c|s a more aeeiaaie solution of the !/".<<■< that took plaee, as we cannot doubt that| our new troops backed by a "Seciet'tr} at War" and nvo Aids, \vould be ready to fiesh their maiden swords in any kind of mutton. We will not allow the wool of tjiose two sheep to be pulled over our eyes, aud such baa-dinage has not a ghost of a ehanee to change our mind as to the belief: that our •'army'' saw a ghost. We recommend tha.i we get'a clerical drili sergeant, >vho ean both exercise recruits and exorcise spirits, and so make, our " army " ghost proo'f. We exp|cct that a Court Martial will be hel4 to (ry tiie trooj)s that violated Aniele lof '■ War," by desertion of their posts. It is a little annoyiug that the whole " army " of the raii.lv and file will have to be brought up fot- tiipl oii īliis indictn)ent } and there may not K enough of " balls aud chains " to go all around; but fortunately we kave enough of ofllcers, not ou!y to constitute the Couit,but to furnis!i a full eoniplemeut of substitutes| for the' delinquetu troops ; and shoū!d the officei's ruu away, let 110 disquiet arise, as opr reserves,the Specials, will be called out,| who are ever ready to sliow their fo save the country.