Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 411, 16 March 1892 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

I'KINeiPLK OF (iOVEHxSMENT AND CONfjTITUTIOS . I. W? deem jthai a!l Gowrnment sbouUi be ,fonm!e|l on the priuciplee of l.iherty, and Praternitr; ve hold tbatali men are bo>ru freeaadequal liefore the law and are <Hid wed with inalienahle ri*hts to life, to liberty, to propertp. to thu pursuit of happioeaa an<l to fM>lf<protectlon ag*iinst ai4Btrarv ceneentration <4 power, imaponeihle weallh, and anfair competitkm. We be lieve thatj«at gwertnneiit exiata onljr by the coneeat of the People. aad that, when it heeomee necesBary for the pablie welfare, tbey map aboludi exwtiaB lonna and t««abHeh Mofeadraiiu«co«B an<l mniuhle ey*tOß»; aad, aa the p**n»nt ConetitQtioa| olthe llawaOaa Kuir dom »evw luu> had the approva! ofibe bntwMUablieKd by iaUmldation and frand for the beaeflt of a vertain daca. thW«lr>re we iaw the Bd«>ption of a aew aad »ore Übeval CorMitQtkm, to trahr secare a OovenuaM»t hi the IVople the JfTWCIABY RSVOE«B _S. (Hir JatUdaJr eye6nai aad Oodeof Frneedoie mael fae eolwitkled to a Umw ootfb wWn, eo ae te aaeoia a ekeaa aad Moiapl adfßinieU*tkKotj«Htire Wl eectarlaa er paUeaa af&it. aH to •ioodw the JudlBa »ore mnrify ree> MHilbbtBtke %ple; awl we are ta atwdA««» nWiallnmauNUiia «I C«^tft^^g^teeeelUwfr»ie*m (Ki>a*KraSHc]* OF THK CQUSTRV *♦ OaMeeaeMeeaUea fortkeiaberea Hgbteaad Meaeul eipinioae of «ibe aa* UwMPkHM, W8 aaniie te ieiUa.Uae |^jj^

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