, 1843-07-15
The Sandwich Islands, again.

ihis interesting group OF Islands
Was discovered 10y the great nayiga.
tor, C"pi. Cook, in 1875. They are
ten iii number. eight of which are in.
habled. The population WAS ioIm-
erIy larger than /: IS now: lis dlscov-
ercr esri lat d it at 100000. But
l"lce a Pesllthce has ravugei them,
and iHiS, with tie disastrous wars OF
Tamrhaineha's reign. have diminish
ed tins population 10 about 100000,
Tier to'a! superficial extent is about
GO00 square miles. Oyhee is the lar
gest. beng 1000 square miles, and
having about $1,000 inhabitants; Mo-
wee has COO square miles and 10000
inhabitants; Oahu (No hoo has $50
square m,icS and 10000 inhabitants.
1t is tie capital oflhc lsIauds, and con,
lains lie town of Honolulu, with lis
! 1900 @: Ancrlc-nS and 1000 inhabIi-
autS.
When discovered the natives were
immersed III batharl>m. CannIbailsnl
and horrible ,itcs of ]paganl>m, were
IL luil vI.ur. And unlll about TWEEN
ny Icars hey had no written Ian
! -u"gc. and no characters ia Which 10
wire il. Then they Lad none OF the
institutions Of civilization. The GOV
eminent was an bsoluiiSn; the rIghts
pt properly were but partially &C
kHowled.ed; there were no courts oI
Justice; the viii OF the ruling chief
tain Was tie law Of the land, AID his
favor the only security which foreign
ers could have for their property. In
a report made to the House o: Repre-
Sentati,cs. in Congress, January "A.
l843, the committee on foreign rela-
tons thus ailudes To the change which
has taken place in the condition OF
these people. Tits report WAS drawn
up by J. g. Adams:-
Within the last quarter ola centu-
ry. the people of this group OF islands
have teen converted from the lowest
d~ebasement OF idoIatry 10 the bless
ings OF the Christian gospel: united un-
der one balanced government; rallied
TO the fold of civilization by L written
language and constitution, providing
security for the rights Of persons.
property, and mind, and invested
with al the clements of right ard
power which can entitIe them 10 he
acknowledged by their brethren of
the human race as Il seperale and III
dependent community. TO the con-
sumation of then acknowledgment,
the people OF the n. American Union
ale urged by an Unrest Of their own,
deeper than that Of any portion OF the
inhabitants oil The ~earih--by a virtual
right Of conquest. not over the free
dom Of their brother man by the bru-
tai arm OF physical power, but over
the mind aud heart by the celestial
panopIy OF the gospel of peace and
love-
The interesting spectacle is here
presented of a rude people arising
out of barbarism to the comforts OF
civ ilization. Their code oilaws has
been published. Their legislature
meets annually 10 omend them. Their
courts have decided many important
cases. Constituting a "Hotel" for all
the vessels trading in the Pacific,
where they are invited to touch for
supplies or repairs, they bid far TO
enjoy an enviable prosperity. They
are, in fact. IN the centre OF the great
whale fishery of the world, and on a
line of communication between the
American continent and The CONT
nent OF Asia. In no place in that
vast region can supplies be obtained,
or repairs of vessels made, to SO great
an advantage. These are some Of
The causes tina, make them so imPor-