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CONSTITUTION. 



It is our design to regulate our kingdom according to the above 

 principles, and thus seek the greatest prosperity both of all the chiefs 

 and all the people of these Hawaiian Islands. But we are aware that 

 we cannot ourselves alone accomplish such an object. God must be 

 our aid, for it is his province alone to give perfect protection and pro- 

 perty. Wherefore we first present our supplication to him, that he 

 will guide us to right measures and sustain us in our work. 



It is, therefore, our fixed decree : — 



1. That no law shall be enacted which is at variance with the word 

 of the Lord Jehovah, or at variance with the general spirit of his 

 word. All laws of the island shall be in consistency with the general 

 spirit of God's law. 



2. All men, of every religion, shall be protected in worshipping 

 Jehovah, and serving him according to their own understanding, but 

 no man shall ever be punished for neglect of God, unless he injures 

 his neighbour, or bring evil on the kingdom. 



3. The law shall give redress to every man who is injured by 

 another, without a fault of his own, and shall protect all men while 

 they conduct properly, and shall punish all men who commit crime 

 against the kingdom or against individuals ; and no unequal law shall 

 be passed for the benefit of one to the injury of another. 



4. No man shall be punished, unless his crime be first made 

 manifest, neither shall he be punished unless he be first brought to 

 trial in the presence of his accusers, and they have met face to face, 

 and the trial having been conducted according to law, and the crime 

 made manifest in their presence, then punishment may be inflicted. 



5. No man or chief shall be permitted to sit as judge or act on a 

 jury to try his particular friend or enemy, or one who is especially 

 connected with him. Wherefore, if any man be condemned or 

 acquitted, and it shall afterwards be made to appear that some one 

 who tried him acted with partiality, for the purpose of favouring his 

 friend or injuring his enemy, or for the purpose of enriching himself, 

 then there shall be a new trial allowed before those who are impartial. 



EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE PRESENT DYNASTY 



IS FOUNDED. 



The origin of the present government and system of polity is as 



