Talk:Kaulana Nā Pua

Greedy document of extortion
Was that a reference to the Bayonet Constitution? - 69.118.97.26 02:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I believe the greedy document of extortion referred to the treaty of annexation, which later failed in the U.S. Senate. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pdunnaurello (talk • contribs).

No, on both counts. The Bayonet Constitution was forced on the Hawaiian government in 1887. Hawai'i was annexed by the United States in 1898. "Kaulana Na Pua" was written to protest the criminal overthrow of the legitimate government of Hawaii in 1893. The "greedy document" is the loyalty oath that the usurper government demanded that the musicians sign if they wanted to keep their jobs. This is all covered in the second edition of Hawaiian Music and Musicians (Library of Congress Control Number 2012932042) that was published by Mutual Publishing of Honolulu, Hawai'i, in October, 2012. (66.162.249.170 (talk) 05:40, 7 November 2012 (UTC))