Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-04-29
CHE ]Dolpnesian.
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE REPORT OF THE MINISTER
OF FOREIGN RELATIONS TO THE
TEGIST ATTIRE OF 1874

CINL OT lCcf.
On the sth February, 1854, the Honorable
d. l.. Gregg, Commissioner of the United
States, addressed to me a Despatch, of which
annex copy, marked SO, requesting for
the use of his Government, printed official
copies of all our laws and regulations, on the
subject of ship-building, employment of sail
ors at home, or on foreign service, shipping,
navigation, and commerce, generally.
append, marked No. "a, copy of my re-
ply to him, dated Doth February.
On the Sth, of February, | received also
another despatch from Mr.. Gregg. of which
annex copy, marked No. So, in which he
enclosed copy of letter from Mr.. Oscar E.
Ehle, expressing wish to make a contract
with the Kings Government for the estab-
lishment of a monthly mail communication
between Honolulu and San Francisco.
add copy of my reply to that despatch,
marked No So.
On the 10Th, February, 1854, WIN. Miller,
Esq, H. B. NJ. Consul General, addressed
to me a despatch, with two enclosures, of
which append copy, marked No. 81, re-
lating to some genuine Vaccine Lymph, sent
out for use here, by the humane care of the
British Government with the view to protect
the Hawaiian people from the destructive
ravages of small pox.
| annex, marked No. 50, copy of my note
of 18th February, acknowledging the Con-
sui Generals Despatch, and requesting that
the Vaccine Lymph should be delivered to
Mr.. Armstrong, the Minister of Public In
struction, which was Immediately done.
further annex, marked No. 80 and ~,
copies of my official letters of 18th and 18th
February, upon this important subject to his
Royal Highness, Prince Liholiho, Presi-
dent ofthe Royal Commissioners of Health
also. marked No 81, copy of the reply OF
His Royal Highness; and marked No. W,
copy of my despatch of the Goth, officially
conveying the thanks of the King and Coun-
Gil to the British Government through the
Consul General
Now that the small poX after a temporary
cessation has reappeared, it is to be hoped
that the Act for rendering vaccination COM
pulsory, to which the Prince refers, will be
passed, and the process energetically and
promptly carried over the whole kingdom.
On the l4th March, | addressed to the
Kings Commissioner in London and to his
Malesty's Consul General, in New York, the
dispatches marked respectively, 93 and "a,
of which append copies, that they may be
read in connexion with enclosures Nos. 7S
and 7Sk referred to In my Report to you, for
1853.
In March last, Charles E. Hitchcock,
Esq, the Kings Consul in San Francisco,
wrote to me that having TO leave that city,
permanently, to attend to his private affairs,
elsewhere, he had appointed to act, in his
room, in quality of Vice Consul, Charles r.
Goodwin, Esq, and that an Erequatur would
be applied for, through the Kings Consul
General for the United States.
On the 9th March, 1854, the Plenipoten-
tiary of France addressed to me the de-
spatch, of which append atranslation, mark
ed No. 95, referring to his Despatch of the
2lst March, 1853, (see enclosure No. q, of
my report of 1853, and assigning reasons
for his delay in presenting the draft of new
treaty, and the decision of the Emperor up
on the claims of this Government for indem-
nifty. which well deserve the serious consid-
Grafton of all who concur in the letter adj
dressed to me on the 9TH May, 1853, by the
Hon. G. NJ. Robertson, speaker of the late
House of Representatives, (see enclosures
Nos. 9, 10 ana ii, of my report for 1858
No one, | think, who has carefully read
nv report of 1852 and 1853 with reference
to what the best publicists say of the perma-
nent force of real treaties, will affirm tnat
the treaty with France of the Doth March,
1916. is a treaty which can be brought to a
close by the will of only one of the contract
ing parties France, as | understand the
question, will consent to the abrogation OF
that treaty, provided we will remove the re-
strictions, upon the spirits she imports, ofthe
high duties imposed by the Joint resolution
of Sd April, 1916, for which she will grant
the consideration of removing, simultaneous.
Iy. the restriction which that treaty imposes
on us, of levying no higher duty than 5 pei
cent ad ralorem on other goods, splrituous
liquors and wines being excepted. The ques-
ton, therefore, does not come before us in
the odious form of a demand for reduction,
but in the form of one giving up one restric-
tion. for another restriction which France of
fers to give up 1t is plain fiscal question,
of who yields most, or who will reap
most benefit, which the honorable represen-
tatives of the people, under their constltu-
tional attributes, are quite competent to en-
tertain, with what lights they will derive
from what the Minister of Finance will lay
before them in his recommendations of new
tariff. This question, if discussed at all,
requires TO be treated seriously, calmly, and
dispassionateiy. Even the Government ofthe
United States. or any other powerful govern
ment, If bound by treaty similar to that OF
the Doth March, 1916. would never seek to
relieve itself from its obligation by any 9TH
er process than that of peaceful negotiation
founded on the principle of fair eqmraie"ts
In that light the subject is recommended to
you, in the speech from the throne. with this
ONLY caution, that you are not to compromise
the Kings faith. Anything even approach
ing to this would be the worst of al alterna-
tives, for it would fix a stain upon the nation
and endanger the King.
] - ..a,, q .-or,r sfr,Linn and memnra