Soverignty folks, now fading away to just a ahndful of bored whites from the mainland, might agree.

I would only beg to differ on Kamehameha III.  He actively sought to Westernize Hawaii and was by far the most important Westernizer after Kahahumanu.  He invited Westerners to advise him on Hawaii's  Bill of Rights, the DOE and the first constitution.  What he accomplished was remarkable.  He voluntarily surrendered his absolute rule for a constitutionally limited government.  Old Queen Lil disliked what he had done and wanted to restore the absolutism of Kamehameha V.  As Kam V said to his legislature, "Hawaiians are not capable of democracy or self-rule.  They need to be told what to do and when.  The missionaries forced democracy on us along with liberal democratic rules.  We lack the ability to do those things.  I will order my people around, thank you."  Where as Westerners livng here lamented the arrogance, most Hawaiians remained silent in the face of such radical politics.