Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-06-24
Flog. the New Orleans I'Iope.
BRITISH OUTRAGE IN AND CAPTURE
OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
OHAHu, SANDWICH lsLANDs,l
March 6, I643. {


Group having been compelled TO submit to her Bril-
tanir majesty
As these islands are of great importance to the
United States, now and respectively, have no
doubt you will be glad for an authentic history oil
the disgraceful affair, which l will endedyor to
give as concisely as possible.
! Lord George Paule,, Captain of II. B. M.'s
ship Graysfor, having caused the King to be sent
for from Maui, demanded priYare interview with
his Majesty, choosing his o,cl interpreter, for the
purpose of presenting certain demands for redress
on the par, of British subjects. As the King, by,
acceeding to his requirement, would have been
completely cut off from his advisers, and it was be-
isyed tha, it was the intention of mis- Lordship to
betray him into some l.judged act or admission,
the private interview thus restricted, declined.
but readiness was expressed to receive any written
communication or in case the communication was
Of nature peculiarly pirate as not to be trusted
TO tho usual methods Of discussion and adjustment,
a confidential sgen, was named, with whom his
Lordship nigh, communicate.
| This proposal was dsclind by his Lordship with
great discourtesy; the character ofthe Kings adj
visers aspsrsed, and certain peremptory demands
presented. with threat OF attacking the town in
case Of nan-compiance, within twenty-iour hours.
These demands, to which the King was required
10 yield without hearing. were arbitrary in the
extreme and subversive of the established law.
In the mean time the friga,e Craysiort was clear
ed for action Information of intended hos,ilities
at4P. NJ. was sent to Captain Long, of the U. 5.
ship Boston, at IL the preceding midnight, and
the American and French Consuls, at 10 A. nj.
Of the day of the expected attack, thus giving the
forsign residents nearly six hours of daylight to
seek protection for their persons, and to remove
their Property. Had this state of things eventual
ted in hostities, the shorness of the time allowed
to the government for celebrating on demand
(aow for the frs, time presentsd) and to foreign
residents to seek an asylum, wonld have bosn the
subject of just and Indignant protest BY the Iospec-
tive parties.
As the King had no means of effsctual resistance,
and was unwilling to provoke hostiliiies,
he yield to all his Lordship's acquisitions with
10 the time prescribed, under protest of embracing
t1e edfiltSl opportunity VI representing hio I"oS
to Her Britannia Majesty.
Under the demands thus complied with, the King
was forced to acknowledge Alex. Simpson as Ac- |
ting Consul ofH. d. NJ, whom he had previously |
refused to recognise for legitimate reasons, sustain
cd by evidence the most complete and explicit,
drawn ou, in detail for the consideration of his
Lor1shp, who in his solicitude TO support justice.
riosin L,si
broadside 10 the totcn, and refused to listen to any
thing.
Mr.. Charleston, former Consul to ii. B NJ, al
ter committing series of high disleputable acts,
aud after involving himself TO lafge amount, sud-
denly decamped from the islands, without giving
any nstce ofhs intention previous to going, en-
gazing his passage in the name OF another person,
and, in tho hurry of departure, forgetting 10 pay
his creditors. After his departure, Mr.. Simpson
produced authority from Mr.. Charleston. delegating
TO him his consular functions.
Tho King was also compelled by an arbitrary
&C, of power, to remove an attac hment which had
been levied upon the landed property of Mr.,
Charleston for the collection, in the course of law,
of a deb, acknowledged by Mr.. c., and decided up.
on By Jury, which Mr.. c. had quite forgotten to
nroyido for when he ceased to be found in this
munity. Ho was also compelled to set aside the
formal decision of jurics, empannelled according
TO law, and 20 promise new trials.
One demand followed another, until it became
v,pareu, ,ha, the true object 10 find some pre-
lance 70, taking the islands the refusal or inab-
i,v of the Government TO comply with the exac-
I,ions. The spirit Of the king was al last broken,
and declaring that he had no means of meeting the
pavments of such heavy ndsmnlties, and that he
,xold M, violate the laws snd constitution OF the
country bv complying with sther demands, he ae-
c,n,ed the only peaceful alternative left, to throw
himself on the generosity OF the British nation, and
eede the islands Professionally, and abide the hnal
decision Of her Brisanic Majesty. In the proca-
nation which he read to his people, with his eyes
srean,,, with tears he declared his situation; ~
max. kno,rn 70 you that avn IN perplsri.y BY req
son Of !iGfe,llse, into rhich haze been brought
,r,.hs,.t a cause. Therefore, haze eiren Giray
TIE hte eF TIE la,sd."
The interest OF the United States will suffer
chiefly from the occupation by the English OF these
I.,.,ds. Two hundred vessels, under the Ameri-
can fias, arrive here annualr. There is now up
an the Island large amount Of Amsr'ean property,
In ease the canal uniting the two oceans is COM
pls,sd, the future importance OF the Islands will
be Immense. The Americans have civilized and
pl,ntea the commercial inisfeGs OF the eooup. Ii
remains to be seen whether tn United States Gov
.,o,,.u, VIII oei ;sscs in a Js.Y.e,n so dessr''c
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