Is that the constitution which we are required to indorse. which we are required to keep vessels of war for the purpose of upholding? I will read it: Any person not a Hawaiian citizen who took an active part or otherwise in rendering substantial service in the formation of and has since supported this Provisional Government of Hawaii who shall within six months from the promulgation of this constitution procure from the minister of the interior a certificate of such service as herein set forth. and who shall take an oath to supsort the constitution and the laws of the Republic so long. as he shall remain Somiciled in the Republic. shall be entitled to all the privileges of citizenship without thereby prejudicing his native citizenship. That is bad enough as it stands. to bribe with the right of suffrage the support of a noncitizen as a reward for service in overturning the government of the country which sheltered and protected him. Now. sir. I will turn to that article which defines suffrage. and we will see what becomes of this favored foreigner.
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