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lilo left directions for a simple funeral, and that none of the 

 old heathenish observances should ensue upon his death. So, 

 amidst unbounded grief, he was carried to the grave with 

 hymns and anthems, and the hopes of Hawaii were buried with 

 him. 



He died without naming a successor, and thus for the second 

 time within fourteen months, a king came to be elected by 

 ballot. 



The proceedings at the election of Lunalilo were marked by 

 an order, regularity, and peaceableness which reflected extreme 

 credit on the civilisation of the Hawaiians, but in the subse- 

 quent period the temper of the people had considerably 

 changed, and they had been affected by influences to which 

 some allusions were made in Letter XIX. 



In politics, Lunalilo's views were essentially democratic, and 

 he showed an almost undue deference to the will of the people, 

 giving them a year's practical experience of democracy which 

 they will never forget. 



An antagonism to the foreign residents, or rather to their 

 political influence, had grown rapidly. Some of the Americans 

 had been unwise in their language, and the discussion on the 

 proposed cession of Pearl River increased the popular discon- 

 tent, and the jealousy of foreign interference in island affairs. 

 " America gave us the light," said a native pastor, in a sermon 

 which was reported over the islands, " but now that we have 

 the light, we should be left to use it for ourselves." This sen- 

 tence represented the bulk of the national feeling, which, if 

 partially unenlightened, is intensely, passionately, almost fana- 

 tically patriotic. 



The biennial election of delegates to the Legislative Assembly 

 occurred shortly before Lunalilo's death, and the rallying-cry, 

 *' Hawaii for the Hawaiians," was used with such effect that 

 the most respectable foreign candidates, even in the capital, 

 had not a chance of success, and for the first time in Hawaiian 

 constitutional history a house was elected, consisting, with one 

 exception, of natives. Immediately on the king's death, Kala- 

 kaua, who was understood to represent the foreign interest as 

 well as the policy indicated by the popular rallying-cry, and 

 Queen Emma, came forward as candidates; the walls were 

 placarded with addresses, mass meetings were held, canvassers 

 were busy night and day, promises impossible of fulfilment 

 were made, and for eight days the Hawaiian capital presented 

 those scenes of excitement, wrangling, and mutual misrepre- 



