The paradise of the Pacific- the Hawaiian Islands (electronic resource) (1900) (14576793388)

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Title: The paradise of the Pacific: the Hawaiian Islands (electronic resource)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Browne, George Waldo, 1851-1930
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Publisher: Boston, D. Estes & Co
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives



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^oclaimed kingunder the title of Kamehameha IV. This kingmarried the chiefess Emma Rooke, a granddaugh-ter of John Young, the Englishman who figuredso prominently in Kamehameha the Firsts con-quest, and who married a Hawaiian woman. Thereign of Kamehameha lY., which lasted until hisdeath, November 30, 1863, was comparativelyuneventful. In 1857 the fort at Honolulu wasdemolished by order of the government, as that atLahaina had been in 1854. The same year JohnYoung (Koni Ana) died. He had been kiiliina nid(premier) since 1845. In 1859 the civil code waspublished, and in 1860 legal steps were takento establish houses of prostitution, the law tomitigate, etc., becoming a law. Kamehameha lY. died November 30, 1863, inhis thirtieth year, and his elder brother Lot be-came ruler as Kamehameha Y. Almost the firstthing this monarch did was to call a convention.May 5, 1864, to amend the constitution. August13th the old constitution was abrogated and the20th a new one granted by the king. One of
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<;ri.i:N iMMA. BISE OF THE REPUBLIC. 119 his most important changes was to allow the rightof suffrage only to those who could read and writeand had some property. During his reign theBoard of Education was formed^ the Board ofImmigration instituted^ and in 1865 an act passedthe Legislature to segregate the lepers. The kingdied suddenly December 11, 1872, the last of theline of Kamehamehas. His reign was saddenedand his own end hastened by the death of hisonly son, Prince of Hawaii, August 27, 1862, atthe age of four years. In his grief over theuntimely death of his young son, and seeingthe end of the Kamehameha dynasty, the kingexclaimed : What is to become of my poor country? QueenEmma I do not trust; Lunalilo is a drunkard, andKalakaua is a fool. Under his rule the old-time paganism was to aconsiderable extent restored, and its wild revelsrevived. Seeking the favour of the native popu-lation, but not to the neglect of the foreign ele-ment, his influence was not always for the goo