The Making of Hawaii (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...who had been educated in Italy, and who for some time--with the probable connivance of the king and Liliuokalani--had been engaged in fomenting and organizing native discontent, occupied the government buildings with a considerable band of armed insurgents, their purpose being to compel the restoration of the Constitution of 1864. They were repelled, however, about a score being killed or wounded. Wilcox was tried on the charge of treason, and acquitted by a jury of natives. Rebellion" 1 Cf. the following frank statement by the Hon. S. M. Damon (in Blount, p. 44): The Hawaiians "have attempted in every succeeding Legislature since the promulgation by Kamehameha V. of the third Constitution, in 1864 to work together, but there has always been a disintegration in every Legislature. They could not hold themselves together compactly as a body. Whenever they have had the opportunity to exercise this power it has not been at the level of the intelligent Anglo-Saxon idea of making laws or carrying out a system of government. It has chafed the Anglo-Saxon. He would not tolerate it. He has found that he could control it indirectly, if he could not directly, by his superior education and intelligence. The Hawaiians had grown to a feeling of independence, and in company with the queen, they wanted to throw off that Anglo-Saxon domination which has been with them and controlled them all these years.... It is the clashing of two nationalities for supremacy." a From Statement of the Hawaiian Patriotic League, in Blount, p. 1 Statement of Liliuokalani, in Blount, p. 391. Kalakaua died January 20, 1891, and his sister Liliuokalani succeeded to the throne. Her political Liliuokalani and religious sentiments were reactionary, as her brother's had been; and her...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...who had been educated in Italy, and who for some time--with the probable connivance of the king and Liliuokalani--had been engaged in fomenting and organizing native discontent, occupied the government buildings with a considerable band of armed insurgents, their purpose being to compel the restoration of the Constitution of 1864. They were repelled, however, about a score being killed or wounded. Wilcox was tried on the charge of treason, and acquitted by a jury of natives. Rebellion" 1 Cf. the following frank statement by the Hon. S. M. Damon (in Blount, p. 44): The Hawaiians "have attempted in every succeeding Legislature since the promulgation by Kamehameha V. of the third Constitution, in 1864 to work together, but there has always been a disintegration in every Legislature. They could not hold themselves together compactly as a body. Whenever they have had the opportunity to exercise this power it has not been at the level of the intelligent Anglo-Saxon idea of making laws or carrying out a system of government. It has chafed the Anglo-Saxon. He would not tolerate it. He has found that he could control it indirectly, if he could not directly, by his superior education and intelligence. The Hawaiians had grown to a feeling of independence, and in company with the queen, they wanted to throw off that Anglo-Saxon domination which has been with them and controlled them all these years.... It is the clashing of two nationalities for supremacy." a From Statement of the Hawaiian Patriotic League, in Blount, p. 1 Statement of Liliuokalani, in Blount, p. 391. Kalakaua died January 20, 1891, and his sister Liliuokalani succeeded to the throne. Her political Liliuokalani and religious sentiments were reactionary, as her brother's had been; and her...

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Rarebooksclub.com

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United States

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May 2012

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May 2012

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246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

66

ISBN-13

978-1-231-19694-6

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9781231196946

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1-231-19694-7



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