"`O WAU, LILI`UOKALANI, ma ka lokomaika`i o ke Akua,
ma lalo o ke Kumukanawai o ke Aupuni Hawai`i,
MŌ`ĪWAHINE,
ma kēia ke hō`ike pa`a nei i Ko`u kū`ē
I kekahi hana a mau hana paha a pau i lawelawe `ia
e kū`ē ana ia`u iho a me ke Aupuni Kumukanawai o ke Aupuni Hawai`i
e kekahi po`e e koi ana ua kūkulu lākou he Aupuni Kuikawā no ka manawa
no kēia Aupuni.
Ke `ae wale nei nō Au ma muli o ka mana `oi ikaika o `Amerika Huipū`ia
nona ho`i ke Kuhina `Elele Nui, ka Meamahalo`ia John L. Stevens, ua
kauoha aku i nā koa o `Amerika Huipū`ia e ho`opae `ia mai ma Honolulu, a
ua kūkala a`e e kōkua nō `oia i ua Aupuni Kuikawā `ia no ka Manawa i
`ōlelo`ia.
No laila, i mea e kaupale aku ai i na ho`okū`ia `ana o nā puali i ho`olawa `ia
me nā lako kaua, a malia paha o ho`opō`ino `ia ke ola; no laila, malalo o
keia Kuahaua Kū`ē a i kauhola `ia ho`i e ua mana ikaika la, ke `ae wale nei
nō Au e pane`e aku i Ko`u Mana a hiki i ka manawa a ke Aupuni o `Amerika
Huipū`ia, ma muli o nā mea `oiai`o e waiho `ia aku ai i mua ona, e hoololi ai i
nā hana a kona Luna Aupuni a e ho`onoho hou ia`u ma luna o ka mana A`u
e koi nei ma ke `ano Ali`i`aimoku o ka Pae`āina Hawai`i."
Translation:
“I, Lili`uokalani, by the Grace of God and under the Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the Constitutional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom.
That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America whose Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support the Provisional Government.
Now to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do this under protest and impelled by said force yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representatives and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the Constitutional Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.”
Queen Lili’uokalani would do anything to protect her people. She was a strong and loyal leader of the Hawaiian people. When a group of men planned to take away her power, as the Monarch of Hawaii, her biggest concern was the wellbeing of her people. I believe that Queen Liliʻuokalani wrote the Queen’s Proclamation to protect her people rather than creating a conflict that may have resulted in many deaths.
When the men tried to remove Queen Liliʻuokalani from the throne, they called in the army to help protect them. Queen Liliʻuokalani had no way to fight against the United States Army. She knew that any type of conflict would hurt too many people. Queen Liliʻuokalani did what she could to protect her people. I think she wrote the Queen Proclamation because it was the only way to ensure the safety of her people. She knew that the Provisional Government had no right to take her power away from her. She trusted that the United States government would help to get rid of the Provisional Government and reinstate her as the Monarch of Hawaiʻi.
Queen Liliʻuokalani trusted that the United States government would do what is right and help her by remove the Provisional Government that a group of men formed in Hawaiʻi. She wanted to protest the formation of the Provisional Government in the most peaceful but effective way possible. I think she made the best choice by choosing to let the United States government deal with the Provisional Government. Queen Liliʻuokalani did give up her power to the throne to the United States government, but she thought that the United States government would reinstate her to the throne after they removed the Provisional Government set up in Hawaiʻi.
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