Hawaii, the Fires of Life: Rebirth in Volcano Land, Five Decades of Vegetation Development in the Devastation Area, Site of the 1959 Kilauea Iki

By Garrett A. Smathers and Garrett A. Smathers and Dieter Mueller-Dombois

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ... Ayuntamianto, and others who had favored their plans, which effectually smothered all open resistance to the authority of the Central Junta, while it increased the disposition of the people to a separation from Spain. These bold measures were approved by the Central Junta; which, in consequence, of the incapacity of the Archbishop having become apparent, invested the Audiencia with the powers of a Viceroy until another regular appointment could be made. The year 1809 was a period of disasters lo the cause of the patriots in Spain. The French overran nearly the whole kingdom, and the Central Junta, driven from Mardrid to Seville, was at length obliged to fly from that city to Cadiz, the only important spot not occupied by the invaders. The inefficiency of this body had become evident even to its own members, who, at length, though unwillingly, agreed to surrender their assumed powers. Before doing this, however, as a last resort, they summoned a Cortes, or general council of the representatives of the nation, which wag to meet in Cadiz on the 1st of March following, and to which the American provinces were invited to send deputies, as integrant parts of the empire; until the American deputies could arrive, their places were to be supplied by persons chosen in Spain. The Supreme Junta then appointed a Regency, composed of five individuals, to whose hands they, in the beginning of February, 1810, committed the direction of affairs, until the representatives of the nation could meet. The Regency immediately addressed a circular decree to the different provinces of the Indies, calling upon them without delay to elect their deputies, who were to be in number twenty-six; this decree was accompanied by an appeal to the people, reminding them that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566478189
• ISBN13: 9781566478182
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Mutual Publishing LLC
• Length: 52 Pages