Now that the DOI has gone through these Islands "putting Hawaiian leaders in their place", patriot Nawahi's words are even more treasured ! Do YOU know details of his speech ?? Please, help ! Where can his text be found ??
The Man, The Legend Joseph Nawahi, President of the Hui Aloha Aina:
"In spite of continual protest by the people, the constitutional convention proceeded, and the already-drafted constitution was approved. The P.G.S then selected the 4th of July to announce their new permanent government. The po'e aloha 'aina were outraged. They found out about these plans just a few days ahead of time. They called a halawai makaainana nui 'mass rally' for July 2. Between five thousand and seven thousand people—about twice as many as had voted for the constitutional convention—showed up at 5 p.m. at Palace Square to express their disagreement with the Republic's formation, and to approve a resolution drafted by the officers of the Hui Aloha 'Aina to be submitted to the U.S. Minister. Here is part of that resolution:
Ke kue kupaa loa nei ka Hui Hawaii Aloha Aina a me na Hui Aloha Aina e ae, a me na kupa aloha aina o ke Aupuni Hawaii... i ke kuahaua ia ana o kekahi Kumukanawai Hou i hana ia me ka ae ole ia me ka lawelawe pu ole hoi o ka Lehulehu. (Ka Leo oka Lahui 1894, 3 Jul.)
The Hui Aloha 'Aina, and other patriotic leagues together with the loyal subjects of the Hawaiian Kingdom ... do hereby most solemnly protest against the promulgation of a new Constitution formed without the consent and participation of the people. (Hawaii Holomua 1894, 3 Jul.)
Joseph Nawahi gave a speech that evening in which he said:
No kakou ka Hale e like me ka na Kamehameha i kukulu ai. Ua kipaku ia ae kakou e ka poe i aea hele mai, a komo i loko o ko kakou hale; a ke olelo mai nei ia kakou, e komo aku a e noho i loko o ka hale kaulei a lakou i manao ai e kukulu iho a onou aku ia kakou a pau e komo aku. O ka'u hoi e olelo aku nei ia oukou e o'u mau hoa makaainana, mai noho kakou a ae iki. (Ka Leo o ka Lahui 1894, 3 Jul.)
The house of government belongs to us, as the Kamehamehas built it. We have been ousted by trespassers who entered our house and who are telling us to go and live in a lei stand that they think to build and force us all into. I am telling you, my fellow citizens, we should not agree in the least.
Nawahi was asserting here that the government properly belongs to the Kanaka Maoli, that the Kamehameha line had established a foundation of constitutional monarchy that gave voice and representation to the people, and that the haole oligarchy sought to replace that constitutional government with a colonial government that lacked such a foundation in the consent of the people.
The reference to the lei stand may also be indicative of Nawahi's concern about the economic fate of the people: the lei stand may be symbolic and prescient of the ways that the Kanaka Maoli would be reduced to selling exotic and ephemeral elements of their culture, instead of holding substantial places in the economy."
Sources:
Noenoe Silva, Ke Kue Kupaa Loa Nei Makou, 1999, 171-172
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The Man, The Legend Joseph Nawahi, President of the Hui Aloha Aina:
"In spite of continual protest by the people, the constitutional convention proceeded, and the already-drafted constitution was approved. The P.G.S then selected the 4th of July to announce their new permanent government. The po'e aloha 'aina were outraged. They found out about these plans just a few days ahead of time. They called a halawai makaainana nui 'mass rally' for July 2. Between five thousand and seven thousand people—about twice as many as had voted for the constitutional convention—showed up at 5 p.m. at Palace Square to express their disagreement with the Republic's formation, and to approve a resolution drafted by the officers of the Hui Aloha 'Aina to be submitted to the U.S. Minister. Here is part of that resolution:
Ke kue kupaa loa nei ka Hui Hawaii Aloha Aina a me na Hui Aloha Aina e ae, a me na kupa aloha aina o ke Aupuni Hawaii... i ke kuahaua ia ana o kekahi Kumukanawai Hou i hana ia me ka ae ole ia me ka lawelawe pu ole hoi o ka Lehulehu. (Ka Leo oka Lahui 1894, 3 Jul.)
The Hui Aloha 'Aina, and other patriotic leagues together with the loyal subjects of the Hawaiian Kingdom ... do hereby most solemnly protest against the promulgation of a new Constitution formed without the consent and participation of the people. (Hawaii Holomua 1894, 3 Jul.)
Joseph Nawahi gave a speech that evening in which he said:
No kakou ka Hale e like me ka na Kamehameha i kukulu ai. Ua kipaku ia ae kakou e ka poe i aea hele mai, a komo i loko o ko kakou hale; a ke olelo mai nei ia kakou, e komo aku a e noho i loko o ka hale kaulei a lakou i manao ai e kukulu iho a onou aku ia kakou a pau e komo aku. O ka'u hoi e olelo aku nei ia oukou e o'u mau hoa makaainana, mai noho kakou a ae iki. (Ka Leo o ka Lahui 1894, 3 Jul.)
The house of government belongs to us, as the Kamehamehas built it. We have been ousted by trespassers who entered our house and who are telling us to go and live in a lei stand that they think to build and force us all into. I am telling you, my fellow citizens, we should not agree in the
least.
Nawahi was asserting here that the government properly belongs to the Kanaka Maoli, that the Kamehameha line had established a foundation of constitutional monarchy that gave voice and representation to the people, and that the haole oligarchy sought to replace that constitutional government with a colonial government that lacked such a foundation in the consent of the people.
The reference to the lei stand may also be indicative of Nawahi's concern about the economic fate of the people: the lei stand may be symbolic and prescient of the ways that the Kanaka Maoli would be reduced to selling exotic and ephemeral elements of their culture, instead of holding substantial places in the economy."
Sources:
Noenoe Silva, Ke Kue Kupaa Loa Nei Makou, 1999, 171-172
http://www.papakilodatabase.com/pdnupepa/cgi-bin/pdnupepa?a=d&d=KLL18940703-01.2.5&srpos=&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN%7ctxNU------
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047059/1894-07-03/ed-1/seq-2.jp2
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