Polynesian., 1845-02-15

as Il Christian nation, England by an Aber-
deem and a Fox, the United States by a
Webster and an L pshur, France bv a Gui-
got and st. Aulaire, have formally and sol
EMMY declared their recognition of it, as
an independent kingdom; and that on the
ground that this government "is CAPABLE
Of p'orid'ng tor he regularity Of It's rela-
tons Nth foreign noiions."
An independent kingdom possesses the in
dubitablc right to regulate its own judiciary,
upon the basis Of the general law and sense
OF mankind. The Earl of Aberdeen has
already borne witness to a confidence on
the part of his nation, both in the forms and
justice of the Hawaiian Courts; and MIR.
Fox has announced in his letter to Mr.. Up
shur, Jan. %, l3l3, the determination of his
government to give "He noiire authorities
q sense Of their independence By tearing the
administration Of Justice IN Mciy orn hands.'
II thus much was done and guaranteed
when the forms, both of the executive and
'"'''" Wv pa tiIItltS, NcTc ScIlll-DlfD1rOtS.
VIII 1t be retracted now that they are so
rapidly being placed upon the same organi-
cation as those that constitute the model
governments of the world? VIII ENGLAND
France, and the United States. Weld more
to the crude Justice of half-informcd men
than to the lights derived from their own
~ n,np1,, nod i,,, IL -.
most eminent %jurists; Are they to disavow
their own Just and generous acts, because
N%attel, Blackstone, Gro,ius, Pufcndorf.
Kent, Story, and a host of writer's of equal
lore and authority have become naturalized
here, and their wisdom made to bear upon
the courts and councils of the nation?-
Are they to exert an arbitrary authority,
and arrest the flood of light derived from
their " master minds, which has begun to
spread over the nation: To tell this sun TO
rise no higher because its light has already
become too brilliant and scorching for the
tender brains of a few men who left their
territories for what was then the more
congenial soil of barbarism? Will they look
with a caviling and stern eye upon the
attempts of a small nation, created as it
were under their own auspices, to vindicate
its own rights and to assert in manliness
of heart that independence which they
vouchsaled to grant: Will an honest error
in policy or in a form, or a brecch of dubi-
GUS etiquette, draw down from them oppo-
s%ition; and are they, the mightiest and
wisest of earth's lords, to become irritated
and to declare their dignity invaded, be-
cause the child, declared of age, has put on
the garb of manhood:
There arc those here who assert this and
more; who draw death as it were from the
very source of life; who see in every step
of the progress towards the high examples
OF their own countries, nothing but d~estruc-
ton for this. 1t is said Of some men that
what they much wish comes at last to be
their belief. We fear it is so in this case.
But we have greatly mistaken the character
of their governments, if they do not in future
as in ines past, nurture the fair germ
of civilization. In its increase and spread
in this ocean they will perceive the repro
duction of themselves, and the Fastening
of that period when christianity will have
everywhere triumphcd.
This government finds its strength in an
enlightened public opinion. 1t has not the
warlikc paraphcrnalia Of forts, and ships,
and armies; but it has IA stronger support ia