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Peirce to The attention of all officers of the government is respectfully invited to the impropriety of any official interference in determining the question of succession to the throne. It is a question upon which every subject undoubtedly feels the deepest interest, and all have a right to express their views in an orderly manner, individually and collectively, and to suggest their wishes to the members of the legislative assembly, to whom, by the constitution, the right of choosing a successor belongs. But no officer of the government has any official right or duty in the matter, least of all in an official capacity, to hold or preside at any election for which the sanction of official authority is claimed. F. W. HUCHISON, December 18, 1872

From Peirce
To The attention of all officers of the government is respectfully invited to the impropriety of any official interference in determining the question of succession to the throne. It is a question upon which every subject undoubtedly feels the deepest interest, and all have a right to express their views in an orderly manner, individually and collectively, and to suggest their wishes to the members of the legislative assembly, to whom, by the constitution, the right of choosing a successor belongs. But no officer of the government has any official right or duty in the matter, least of all in an official capacity, to hold or preside at any election for which the sanction of official authority is claimed. F. W. HUCHISON
December 18, 1872

No. 226. Mr. Peirce to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] Legation of United States of America, Honolulu, December 18, 1872. (Rec’d January 10, 1873.) No. 177.] Sir: As the contest to elect…

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Robert Stirling to (The order summoning the legislative assembly is printed as an inclosure to Mr. Peirce’s No. 177, of January 10, 1873.), December 11, 1872

From Robert Stirling
To (The order summoning the legislative assembly is printed as an inclosure to Mr. Peirce’s No. 177, of January 10, 1873.)
December 11, 1872

[Inclosure.] [From the Hawaiian Gazette of Wednesday, December 11, 1872.] The health of His Majesty has been failing for some time, and during the last night he experienced a very…

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Peirce to (The order summoning the legislative assembly is printed as an inclosure to Mr. Peirce’s No. 177, of January 10, 1873.), December 11, 1872

From Peirce
To (The order summoning the legislative assembly is printed as an inclosure to Mr. Peirce’s No. 177, of January 10, 1873.)
December 11, 1872

No. 225. Mr. Peirce to Mr. Fish. [Extract.] Legation of the United States of America, Honolulu, Dec. 11, 1872. (Received Jan. 2, 1873.) No. 174.] Sir: The sovereign of this…

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