The Hawaiian Archipelago - Six Months Among The Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, And Volcanoes Of The Sandwich Islands By Isabella L. Bird
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On The Announcement Of This Result, A
Hoarse, Indignant Roar, Mingled With Cheers From The Crowd Without,
Was Heard Within
The Assembly chamber, and on the committee
appointed to convey to Kalakaua the news of his election, attempting
to take
Their seats in a carriage, they were driven back, maimed and
bleeding, into the Courthouse; the carriage was torn to pieces, and
the spokes of the wheels were distributed as weapons among the
rioters. The "gentle children of the sun" were seen under a new
aspect; they became furious, the latent savagery came out, the doors
of the Hall of Assembly were battered in, the windows were shattered
with clubs and volleys of stones, nine of the representatives, who
were known to have voted for Kalakaua, were severely injured; the
chairs, tables, and furnishings of the rooms were broken up and
thrown out of the windows, along with valuable public and private
documents; kerosene was demanded to fire the buildings; the police
remained neutral, and conflagration and murder would have followed,
had not the ministers dispatched an urgent request for assistance to
the United States' ships of war, Portsmouth and Tuscarora, and
H.B.M. ship Tenedos, which was promptly met by the landing of such a
force of sailors and marines as dispersed the rioters.
Seventy arrests were made, the foreign marines held possession of
the Courthouse, Palace, and Government offices, Kalakaua took the
oath of office in private; the Representatives, with bandaged heads,
and arms in slings, limped, and in some instances were supported, to
their desks, to be liberated from their duties by the king in
person, and in ten days the joint protectorate was withdrawn.
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