The Polynesian., 1840-09-05

vantages being supposed reciprocal future
and precarious, prospective only, and might
never be enjoy and long before it could
have been an object Of much Importance in
this point Of view, in the mutability of hu
man events, he had reason to expect an en-
tire change in the condition, or even abro-
CATION of the Treaty. a Mcrchant" treats
the advisers of the king, in the case Of send
ING sugar "to test the1reaty," with a good
deal of harshness. We know not who they
We're or whether he had any at all, but if SO,
! it is not clear TO US that they were actuatcd
! by the bad motives which he imputes or
seems TO imputc to them. How the king
"got" the idea that he could send sugar or
any other Hawaiian production to France,
upon the same terms that he admitted French
free, we do not consider at all "eXtraordna-
ry.' We have no doubt that he received it
as others have done, either directly or ndi-
rectly through the French Consul, who, al
though not the ostensible, is well known
here to have been the real negotiator of the
! Treaty. at least, such is the current opinion.
! which we have not heard denied Whether
he has designed to convey the idea of gener-
al reciprocity, is not for us to say. 1t is
sufficient to know that such has been the
impression received by this government as
well as others. The arrangement Of the ar
ticles in the Treaty, is also calculated to
IcoJ "a th;- concentration
The natural and proper place in the Treaty
to have stated the footing upon which Ha-
waiian merchandise should be received in
France, would have been Immediately after
the statement Of the terms upon which French
merchandise were to be received in the
Sandwich Islands, but instead of this, one
Article intervenes, and then follows the 9Th,
the first clause Of which grants reciprocal
protection to the subjects Of the contracting
powers, and the last clause the statement
Of the basis upon which the Sandwich Islands
commercial relations with France are placed.
! This follows the other so closely, in the same
sentence, that the cursory reader would very
likely apply the reciprocity, granted in the
first clause of the sentence, to both of it's
members This arrangement is certainly
unnatural, and to us, seems the work of de-
sign, calculated to convey to the other con-
tracing party the idea of a reciprocity which
the Treaty does not grant. 1t can hardly
be supposed, that if the king had not so I'M
derstood it, with the least sense of justice,
and his own rights, he would have preferred
the execution of a treaty by which he virtu-
ally yielded up his dependence, and recev
ed no return, to the loss of his crown and
kingdom. And certainly none but an idiot
could have done this freely
Without these views of reciprocity grant
ed by this Treaty, the king would probably
have suffered himself to be deposed before
he would have given it his signature, and
with these views it is not at all singular that
he should seek the market where his produce
would command the highest price, and such
he would consider that Of France. If he
had heard this construction of the Treaty
questioned it certainly would be very natu-
raj to desire to test the question and know
whether he was in the right or wrong, and
whether all his concessions were made with
out any equivalent at all.
,VTnder thc imnreSsion he nrohohly chin