Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-06-30

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A correspondent Of the B, Ala. =.
ling fiom the Sandwich Islands in ,s,. VIII
10 he recent provisional ce.sion If i'' y
group 10 The British Government, Cav, =. y 'a's
when Mr. Hooper. The American ,o, a','
called upon Lord. Paule,, he wa. ,o I''s y
an inferior officer that he could moi /: y
ceived as ConauI, and was charged s;
having insul,ed The Consul, Of H., p p:a
,anic Majesty, &c. We regre, ,h,, ~, u
r. preventative Of the American Reo,1a'
did no. resen. the insul. offered his t ,a.
Try, in the proper spirit When NJ w. usa'
dit. the French Consul. called. the ~ '
message was delivered 10 him: bn' Y
walked up deliberately TO Lord paule, ~ y
replied 10 him. instead of his mini0n 4 y
the following language: "Sir, l c,me !, "
board your ship. in citizens dress, ern. "
ing to be received as gentleman. ! \,
no. come to bargain for salute. I sa a
that l have heen received as blackg,,.,'
and by blackguard-and shall ,aIs A.
first opportunity TO inform my Go,.n
men, If the insult cast upon her r,p,e,.'
ta,ive."
| After the British Government, ,he,a -.
organized. demand was made NM, !.
American Consul for his credeu,isI, ~,
he sent them in and was recoyu;z,d '
: When similar demand was made on i.
French Consul, his reply was-"whs.
you show me by VIVA. authority ycu NAL y.
The demand, ! will take i. ia,o consider.
tion."
II must be humiliaIing TO the An,1.n
people to learn that our Consul did M
take the lofty aud correc. stand imu,I
a,ely assumed by the representa,iv. d
France. I he British obtained The ce,,;,
Of these Islands through fraud and VIC.
lenre. and as our Government had re,s,.
nized the Hawaiian group as an indep.,.
dent nation. MIR. Hooper should no, ha,,
? a,,nilted. even indirectly, that Lord Paw.
, lie, had any right to demand Of him In
. production Of his credentials. No. Rss
: SANDWICH lsLANDs.-The indignsis.
!, in this country a. the outrageous coudsa
ol England in seizing upon The Sandsrl
I.ianis, appears 10 be aImos, univepA
!. The National 1n,eIligencer anl,wo Or thu.
other payers. have venlured to apologize
= for Grca. Britain; bn. the voice Of IN
coun,ry evidently demands Of the Go,so.
men. pron,p, and decided action On Iii,
subject. We make the following eyra,.
), from the memorial Of the Boston merchants
, To The President III relation to this ou,sg,
and we hope the latter " i'll prove hilns.n
equal to the emergency. by maintaining
q with Becoming dignity and ,pir, The sighu
and interests nf The American citizens il
. those islands, aud the honor Of The ration
as involved III our authoritative RECON-.
!, tion If the independence Of The Hawaln
!, Governments;
Firmly believing that The establish
ment Of the national independence Of h
Hawaiian Islands upon firm basis, is e.
sen,ial to the due preservation Of The coz
, nerciaI rights Of all nations in the Nmi
Pacific. and tina, the Hawaiian Govern
snent, il left To itself and treated BY olhs
nations with justice and courtesy, is full.
|. compe,en. To discharge al! its relations
not only for the maintenance Of its oH
Internal peace. and the security Of penm
!. aud property to all who visit their Shores
:, hut to conform to all the settled principle
Of international law; and believing as|
/, tina. the permanent occupancy Of Them St
any fHeign. power would prove exceeding
~ injurious to the commercial and ~F
!, can,iie interests Of Ancricancili zens, mod
, participant; 10 those engaged in lile Sha'
:. fishery, we do respectfully presen! 10 you
1 consideration these views, aud ss5na
whether under exhisiing Circumstances
! is not expetiienl and prope, for The 'ne''
! e>ts IF The American trade in that quarter
; Of the globe. that the American govern
menl should make decided remon''''s
against measure 50 destructive Of H~
, Interests.
1.-The sentiments expressed in l@
message to Congress Of Dec. 3Is'' ''''
in regard 10 The relations Of this g''Fr
meat with the Hawaiian Government o.
. lis relative position to other powers w..
our full and cordial appreciation, ana !"
req"es. that they may be made the "i'.
i Of a communication. (f in your op" ..
consistent with the interests OF the A"s :,
lean Government from this to- e''"'
10 the Government of Great Britain
FRoM MISUNDERSTANDING 3 T..
American Seaman. The sfho""eI A. 4.
arrived a. This por, in eight days ''' "a,m ",
: ,anzas, reports that an American &c.,. NJ
: attached To the bdrque RocAe'l's,c w.. nd
! pretended by The au,horiIieso' ou. w., ID
O,lt(<mnpd IN civ years iiDprlsoh"'''