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Show SANDWICH ISLANDS LETTER. Iemoiistrnlions ol" CJrlcr at Hie Dentil ol Luuulilo. Tho Contest lor Ihc Crown. Whites at a Discount. lavil KalaUaua n"l Ecou Em m it. ILjn'Ji.ulu, Oui,', 1 Sandwich Islands, i-February, i-February, U, 1S74. Editors Sail Lake Herald: Your correspondent has thrown off tho sweet perlumeof tho sugar house, where the sparkling, bubbling sugar makes tho planter smile, for achaugo in tho open air and sunshine, and to seo how people Bustuiu tho loss of a King, and to witness tho process of creating another; henco I have come to this town. On entering the city I was somewhat struck with the solemnity solem-nity which hung over the place, as evidenced by Hags Hying at half-mast, and other demonstrations of mourning, mourn-ing, " THE KINO js i:.u." " Are you going to seo tho King lying in state?" was a question ! asked a foreigner. "In stite," said ho, "I have seen hint lying in tho Stato road, often." This, of course, referred to the character of the late King, and in consequence of his too frequent visits to tho "Stato road ho 1ms early gone tho road to his long home. Many changes have occurred in the political and social condition of the natives tf these Islands. Tho simple natives had tho most implicit confidence in tho early foreign settlers set-tlers here: they viewed tho white race us a nobler specimen of humanity, and far superior to themselves in judgment and wisdom; hence they yielded to that superiority, ana allowed al-lowed the foreigners almost universal power in organizing a government: with a constitution and laws, adopted, if not wholly, in part to the wants of the natives, with a view, undoubtedly undoubted-ly to their continued dominanco over the Hawaiians. We grant this su peri-ority peri-ority and believe that it would have continued if that superior power and intelligence had strictly protected tho virtue of the weaker and led them on bv decrees to a higher stato of morality moral-ity than that which they possessed when the Islands wero discovered. INTEUMAKKIACE. Immediately following the arrival of the missionaries on these islands, the white population rapidly increased but that increaso was principally males, who found it in many instances instan-ces to be policy, or convenient at least, to marry native women and instead of bringing their wives and children up to a level with themselves yielded their manhood and descended i to or beneath the natives. There are 1 honorable exceptions to this stale of things. 1 have often seen foreigners i prohibit their wives sitting and eating 1 at tite same table with themselves at ! home and abro.id, vvl lii'o same ! persons will ra;si up children bv ithem. Their evil propensities and low habits have beeomo v apparent to the native population that ( Uteir ( stimate of the race is on the wane. In consequence of this at the late ! ELECTIONS Only one foreigner was elected from all the electoral districts in the kingdom. king-dom. The representative part of the Legislature for ihiruii n- i id wholly native with this one exception. Tho voices of the natives cry out against the foreigners. The result of the election had not been returned hufuro the death of King l.unalilo was heralded from island to island tlg-nusjhout this gnaip. William C. Lunahio; in the prime of life, left the throne vacant aftcp reigning one year and one month. His profligate habits had illy prepared him to fill the throne made vacant by tho death of Kamcbameha V, although tho united voice o! the people called him to that position one year ago last January. The demise of the King necessitates the appointing appoint-ing of a J , . ni'mis.-OIt to the vacant throne. Whether ft more successful King than l.unalilo can be selected from the Hawaiian race remains for time to tell. The late King, failing to appoint or proclaim ft successor, leaves the vacant throne to two contestants, tho power virtually belonging to the Legislature to make the choice. Tho Legislature will convene con-vene on the li!th inst. to orgojiiic, and elect a King. A attention as to whether wheth-er this duty should (Involve on tho old or new Legislature, has sprung up, but as there, is uo special enactment to regulate this queslion, it is generally gener-ally conceded that tho new representatives represen-tatives hold tho lower to transact all tho business coming under their jurisdiction, juris-diction, although Lho ti i no tor the biennial bi-ennial session has not arrival. A great majority of the foreign population popula-tion arc in sympathy with DAVID ATA . f . . Wlio is the nearest male heir to the, throne, being a descendant of a high, chief with some royal blood in his veins. In person ho is stout and dignified, dig-nified, and would indicato that lie has a long life- before him.- At the death of JCiilnchaiiielia V, ho took possession of the Jolani nalaeo and claimed tho throne, but tho voice of the peoplo was tor Lunalilo, and ho yielded his claim to tho prince. David, now hits a powerful contestant In Lho person of Ouecn Emma, tho widow of Kamohaiuoha JV, who, by virtue of her royalty, claims tho tlirDnc and because tho late King, during his tour to the island of Hawaii, expressed a desiro in tho presence of his father and chamberlain, that sho should bo Ida successor; but no public announcement of this wish was made beforo his death. Emma has recently recent-ly fallen heir to tho greater part of tho property of tho Into King at the death of his father, tho income of, which, together with her personal' income, sho proposes to apply to tho liquidation of tho public deliL in ciiho she is enthroned. This declaration ' was mndo to a large concourse of peoplo assembled in front of her residence, resi-dence, and was received with wild onthusiasm. As a guarantee of her great love for tho nalives and to aid her in tho accomplishment of hnr present ambition, sho proposed to fill all tho government i offices with natives and in no case would ho call on the assistance of foreigners only when tho natives failed to dischargo their duties.' Loud and prolonged applause ap-plause rang from tho crowd. Whilo faces woro at it great discount on that occasion. Fortunately there- aro two war vet-sols anchored in the harbor, which will havo a salutary ellect in cooling tho heated lumpers of the J iawaiians should there ho mi attempt to force an unjust claim at tho seas on of tho Legislature. I will'givo you Lho result of the meeting of tho Logislaturo in a low days. H. II. (Ji.m ,'. |