Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands, a Complete Historical Account

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Advertiser, 1926 - 607 pages
 

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Page 287 - Whenever the office of the governor and lieutenant-governor shall be vacant, by reason of death, absence, or otherwise, then the council, or the major part of them, shall, during such vacancy, have full power and authority to do, and execute, all and every such acts, matters, and things, as the governor or the...
Page 310 - President to be quite willing to declare, as the sense of the Government of the United States, that the Government of the Sandwich Islands ought to be respected; that no power ought either to take possession of the islands as a conquest, or for the purpose of colonization, and that no power ought to seek for any undue control over the existing Government, or any exclusive privileges or preferences in matters of commerce.
Page 57 - Are you really my son Esau, or not?" 22 So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Page 310 - Government seeks nevertheless no peculiar advantages, no exclusive control over the Hawaiian Government, but is content with its independent existence, and anxiously wishes for its security and prosperity.
Page 576 - Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono" — The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
Page 287 - Assembly, who shall elect by ballot some native Alii of the Kingdom as Successor to the Throne ; and the Successor so elected shall become a new...
Page 83 - Whereas the Earl of Sandwich has signified to us his Majesty's pleasure, that an attempt should be made to find out a Northern passage by sea from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 320 - These are the equitable conditions at the price of which, the King of the Sandwich Islands shall conserve friendship with France. I am induced to hope that, understanding better how necessary it is for the prosperity of his people and the preservation of his power, he will remain...
Page 310 - American vessels have with it — such vessels constituting five-sixths of all which annually visit it — could not but create dissatisfaction on the part of the United States at any attempt by another power, should such attempt be threatened or feared, to take possession of the Islands, colonize them, and subvert the native Government.
Page 330 - Where are you, chiefs, people and commons from my ancestors, and people from foreign lands ! Hear ye ! 1 make known to you that I am in perplexity by reason of difficulties into which I have been brought without cause ; therefore, I have given away the...

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