Ka Nonanona, Volume III, Number 8, 5 September 1843 — Page 38
38 KA NONANONA. (SEPATEMABA,
3. Ina paha e make ke kahu kula a hele paha a he kahu kula ole paha, alaila hana ke kahuna ma kona wahi.
4. E haawiia ka palapala mare e ka ka luna katolika ua kohoia e ke kahuna a e aeia no hoi e ke aupuni ou e ka mea Moi, a ina ua make paha a hele paha a nele paha alaila haawi na kahuna i na palapala mare.
5. Mai keia manawa aku aole e koi ia aku ka poe katolika e hele i ka hana e kokua ai i na kula a me na hale pule o kekahi aoao, aole hoi e hana ino ia na makua o na kamalii i pili ma ka aoao katolika no ia mea.
6. Aole e aeia kekahi mea, o kela mea a o keia mea e wawahi i ka hale pule a he hale kula paha o ka aoao katolika, aole hoi e hoino mai i ke kahuna pule o ia aoao ke ole e hoopai ikaika loa ia.
E koi aku hoi au ia oe e ka mea Moi, e hoolilo mau loa mai i ka poe misiona ri Farani ka aina i haawiia mai ia lakou e Boki, oia no ke Kuhina o ke Aupuni a ua manao mau ia ua aina la no ua poe misionari la, a e ae mai oe i ke kuai ana o ka aina a kuu Haku ka Bihopa o Niopolis, a lilo mau loa ia i kuu Haku ka Bihopa o Niopolis a me kona mau hooilina.
Aole e pau ka'u olelo no ka poe kahuna katolika me ka olelo ole aku ia oe ka Moi e haawi lokomaikai mai i ka mea e ikea ai ua kakau o Abbe Maigret i ka palapala e ae mai ai oia he kanaka o Be ritania; ina pela, he mea ia e ino ai ka inoa maikai o kekahi kahuna pule Farani ma ka manao o na kanaka o keia pae aina, a i ka manao ou e ka Moi, E hoi aku wau e hoole ke kumu o ia olelo ino o ke kahu kula nui o Ioane Ii e hoole ia olelo ma ka palapala, e olelo ana mai ua wahahee, a i ole ia ua alakai hewaia. He mea nui ia'u he kanaka Farani e oluolu ma keia wahi.
Eia hoi kekahi mea e pono ia'u e koi aku ia oe e ka Moi, nau e hoomaopopo mai. Ma ka pauku 6 o ke kuikahi o ka
3r d. That the Kahunas have power to fill, temporarily, all vacancies that may occur in consequence of the death, absence, or loss of office of any of the Kahukulas.
4th. That for the future, permission to marry be given by Catholics, nominated by the Kahunas, and approved always by the Government of your Majesty: and that in case of absence, death, or loss of office, the Kahunas have power, provisionally, to grant permission themselves.
5 th. That hereafter Catholics be not forced to labor upon schools, or churches of a different faith, and that the relations of children, who may embrace the Catholic religion, be not ill-treated on this account.
6th. That severe punishment be inflicted upon any individual, whatever may be his rank or condition, who shall destroy a Catholic church, or school, or insult the ministers of this religion.
Furthermore, I demand of your Majesty that you will confirm to the French mission the land which was given it by Boki, when Regent of the Kingdom, which land has always been considered as belonging to said mission; and also, that you legalize the purchase of the land made by his Lordship, the Bishop of Nicopolis, by a sanction which will confirm it to his Lordship, and to his heirs forever.
I will not conclude what relates to the Catholic clergy without praying your Majesty to give me proof that the Abbe Maigret has signed a writing, by which he acknowledges himself a British Subject. Should this prove to be a mere calumny, invented for the purpose of ruining a French priest in the estimation of the inhabitants of these isles, and that of your Majesty, I demand that the author of this calumny, John Ii, the Inspector General, retract in writing, declaring either that he lied about it, or, that he has been deceived. As a Frenchman, I deem it important to be fully satisfied on this point.
There is still another subject, concerning which I must demand some explanation of your Majesty. According to Article