The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-12-05
The Sandwich Islands.
HoNoLULu, OAHU, SANDWICH ISLANDS,
Srptemhor 16 1S54


:. Honolulu is very quiet at present, and bust
ness dull, for the whalers. which crowd this
port during the Arctic winter have,not yet ar
rived, though the first arrival was d month ear
lier last year. s.
Politics form the all-absorbng theme just
now The annexation and fllibustering par
ties are the two great heads, and out of them
spring many minor parties--the Independl2t i
Republic Men, the Royalists, &c. But of all
parties the Annexatonsts are by far the strong,
er, and composed of the more respectable class
Of American residents. The community is
he'd in not little excitement by the report of
Il flibusterng party now organizing in Calfor-
MIA, destined for the capture Of these islands.
The government, as is reported on good au.
thority, has received official warning to be on
its guard from Gov. Biger, of California. BY
every vessel from the coast adventures arrive
o..;"ery doubtful character and intentions, to
say the least, and some OF whom are well
known to be here on fllibustering business
The chief matter Of doubt seems to be, not
whether fillibustering expedition is actually
projected in California, but in what particular
manner this formidable organization will make
its first appearance. Should they come down
from the coast en- naasse, like General Lopez
or President Walker, the Hawaiian Govern
ment would instantly throw itself upon the
United States for protect on, and become
part Of that country. In'this case the United
States soops of war St. Mary's and Ports
mouth, now lying in this harbor, are amply
sufficient for the protection of the islands from
any orce the flibusteIs could bring into the
field. But there are two other more iDsdlous
and dangerous plans which the fllibusters may
adopt: The one is by coming over as passen-
gers in small parties and mingng and ldentl.
flying themselves with the citizens as much as
possible, and at given signal creating a riot
which should take the form Of civil revolu.
tion, and with which the naval power of the
United States could not interfere to prevent;
the other is by making tools of the sailors
who are landed to the number of severaf thou.
sands from the whaling feet, and who are al
ways, ready for anything.
This formidable body of men have several
times had the town in their possession and the
Government at their mercy; the last instance of
which occurred in the riots two years since
BY either one or a union of both these schemes
the fllibusters might, in less than twenty-four
hours, overthrow the existing Government and
establish another before any armed force from
the United States could obtain q right to inter.
fere. To such revelation the Government
could not offer moments elGectual resistance.
Considerable alarm was felt the other day by
a report that IA large quantity of arms had ar
rived from rSan Francisco by heschooner Lady
nrIn pnHn
arms, TCs proved tn be q false alarm, how.
ever, arising from the finding Of several pairs of
revovers in passing the baggage of one of the
passengers of the Lady Jane through the GUS
tom house. ".
The policy of the existing Government is ev-
identity to hold out as4ong as it is able to sus
lnin ITSELF and when crisis arrives to throw
itself into the arms Of the United States
i'rhce Alexander, the heir apparent to the
throne, is young and ambitions, and Of course
one of the chief opponents of any plan which
may deprive him of his birthright But it is
plain that the Government cannot exist many
years as it now is. The'nalive race itself is
becoming extinct with such great rapidity, that
it is estimated that iu thirty years hence there
will not be a full blooded Hawaiian on the isl
ands. Of course, in this state of affairs, it
seems but natural that the United States
should adopt the child to whose nourishment
and growth she has so much contributed.
The question whether the United States
wants these islands we leave to you at home
to decide, being confident that sooner or later
they will offer themselves to you, and that, too
.pcaceably and without bloodshed, except it
may be in fight with the fllibusters. Eng
land does not want them; France is content
with her large possessions in the Pacific among
the Society Islands. The question is, do You
want the Sandwich Islands?
Cor ". Y. Cour. and Eng. /.
THE MUsoUITo TERRIToRY.-The meditated
expedition to Central America, under Col.
orT Lad 70 ant