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 Minor punctuation errors have been corrected    without notice.  Several words were spelled in two different ways    and not corrected; they are listed at the end of this book. A few obvious typographical errors have    been corrected, and they are indicated with    a mouse-hover    and are also listed at the    end.

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SPEECHES
OF HIS
MAJESTY KAMEHAMEHA IV.
TO THE
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE,
WITH HIS MAJESTY'S

REPLIES TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN NATIONS AND TO
PUBLIC BODIES; ALSO WITH SUNDRY PROCLAMATIONS AND
OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO HIS ADVENT TO
THE THRONE, Etc., WITH THE LAST PROCLAMATION
AND AN OBITUARY OF HIS
LATE MAJESTY

KING KAMEHAMEHA III.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS.

HONOLULU:
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1861.

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SPEECHES
OF HIS
MAJESTY KAMEHAMEHA IV.,
AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.

December 8, 1854.
The last Public Proclamation made by His late Majesty King KamehamehaIII.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, It has come to my knowledge from the highest officialsources, that my Government has been recently threatened withoverthrow by lawless violence; and whereas the representativesat my Court, of the United States, Great Britain and France,being cognizant of these threats, have offered me the promptassistance of the Naval forces of their respective countries,I hereby publicly proclaim my acceptance of the aid thusproffered in support of my Sovereignty. My independence ismore firmly established than ever before.
KAMEHAMEHA.
Keoni Ana.
Palace, 8th December, 1854.
By the King and Kuhina Nui.
  R. C. WYLLIE



December 15th, 1854.
Public Proclamation of the Succession To the Throne of His MajestyKamehameha IV.
PROCLAMATION.
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Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from this worldour beloved Sovereign, His late Majesty, Kamehameha III.; andwhereas, by the will of His late Majesty, and by theappointment and Proclamation of His Majesty and of the Houseof Nobles, His Royal Highness, Prince Liholiho, was declaredto be His Majesty's Successor. Therefore, Public Proclamationis hereby made, that Prince Alexander Liholiho is KING of theHawaiian Islands, under the style of Kamehameha IV. Godpreserve the King.
KEONI ANA,
Kuhina Nui.
December 15th, 1854.



December 16th, 1854.

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