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Show SANDWICH ISlANDS LETTER. null Hit a;it'-l ion f BPii1 il Uulnlotiiii ItiiiK. An Il'itriitl .11 b UifrMiu: for Bitom!. AiimtU'I"' :hI IOiikIinIi (pifH liu Etiol. JluMJI.lU.L", OAMI", ' I February 11, 187-1. Editors .St! La hi ll-ml.k Agreeable to promise I hasten to give yuu the results of the f-uecial session ses-sion of tin1 Legislature called to appoint ap-point 'a King to till the'vacancy made by the death of Lunalilo. The twelfth day of February, 1871, wi.l loug be remembered by tbo citizens of these Islands, both natives and foreigners; for a while it seemed that peace had lied fr.im these hitherto peaceful isles and that the land was shrouded with demoniac, fiendish vandalism. The Legislature met at 1'2 o'clock, noon, and proceeded to organize, which was accomplished ac-complished without any interruption, although tho Court House yard was thronged with an eni:r, excited crowd. Tbo Quenuites marched from tho Queen's residence to the- Legislative hall with liftj and drum, making as much pomp and show as possible, ami cheered by spectators. As soon as the organization ot the Legislature was completed they proceeded to ballot bal-lot for a King. Tim portion of the building allotted to visitors was filled with anxious listeners who probably, did not dream of the storm which was soon to burst in upon them, The announcement was soon mado that Prince David Kalakaua was elected King of the Hawaiian Islands. Disatisfaction arose from the multi-. multi-. tudo without, loliowcd by threats which soon resulted in a general mob fight. Stones began to lly in every direction; window after window was ' smashed in, until scaicalva pane of glass remained whole in the .building. The doors, which had been made f;ist at the outbreak, soon gave way to the battering rams of timber which were brought to the work of destruction and the blood-thirsty savages rushed in and tell upon the members of tbo Legislature, beating and seriously injuring in-juring several ot them, including a foreign ;r who sought to keep tho mob back. Not being satisfied with fighting only, the crowd entered tho rooms! occupied by the Judges and the Attorney At-torney General, and tore up and destroyed de-stroyed many valuable papers and books. To preserve lite, property and tho public peace, the olficers in command of tho war ships in the harbor American and English- were appealed to fur assistance, and thev promptly inarched their forces to tiie Court ilousCjiintl took possession posses-sion of tho building, the mob dispersing dispers-ing as the Americans and Knglish approached. The Queen's residence was made the gathering pi ace ofthc rebels and considerable native oratory was freely indulged in; the Queen assured them that there should be a rehearing. But where were the representatives! Some were seriously injured, other were secreted and one poor fellow fortunately got through the crowd to his horss and made a hasty departure depar-ture lor home; h e assured hi constituents con-stituents that he would never go back. Our representative the foreigner was more fortunate than either ofthc others;he ascended and ensconced him- self in the upper regions of the building. build-ing. He heard that his constituents would tear him limb from limb if ho returned to his home, but wc have sent him a message assuring him that there will be no ditliculty and that he can return to his homo on the Kool-auloasidcof Kool-auloasidcof Uahu, wit out fear of molestation. On the bllh the newly appointed King took the oath of office prescribed by the corintitutiou, and was proclaimed pro-claimed "King of the Hawaiian Islands" through the principal sLrcets of Honolulu by the Governor of Oahu and a guard. Many of the rioters have been arrested ar-rested and confined in prison to await their trials. Tho Queen graciously recommended that the prisoners be released, and that she be impr soned in their stead, but her oiler was declined. de-clined. It is more than probable that if the voice of tho people had been appealed to in making choice of a successor, the Queen would have secured se-cured the largest number of votos. H. H. Ci.c-ff. |