The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-07

learn that Messrs Miller Perrin have received de-
spaces FROM their approving the pursued
by them protesting against the
September last and that had been addressed
The u the United states the subject By
Great Britain France The fact merely mentioned
him. aud he unable 10 gather anything like full par
aars either the terms OF the approval the char
acter Of the representations 10 our government"
And am informed that from England least formal
protest made against any such annexation Bot SIR
this Is not alt shall have OCCASION painfully, TO show 10
the Senate that whether with without authority the
accredited Of both these the Sand
witch islands and the island OF San Domingo have
deavored alarm and ntimidase the people there and
their governments By producing the impression that II
they DO cultivate relations Of amiy with sggres
siye policy s eventually encroaeh on them, and make
them slaves That language has been held bQIh the
Sandwich ISLANDS and at San Domingo by the representa-
tives of these Courts and discaimed so far
know In despatch from Mr.. Gregg Of the 9Th Of june
1854 he says:
The British consul general Is busily engaged
old of dpssgng the Institutions Of the United
states and trying 70 excite geaaeef against them in the
Yesterday he sought koeni Ana, the premier, and
placed in his hands, with many njunetions OF and
caution manuscript in Hawaiian requesting him to read
the King, and return it a. possible IL purpored
argument against annexation the United States,
and with the statement that the first effect of such
would be To make slaves OF the natves then de-
government corrupt its tendencies, grasp
ing in its policy and Inscriptions in its action"
Again sir so late October 2, 1854, in despatch Of
tha, date from commissioner at the Sandwich islands
there communicated this government paper which
think saw in print pretty SURE thsti saw the
substance of ii in prnpurporng to have been speech
delivered by the British consul the King Of the Sand
witch islands ntimdae and deter him from the
alton which they supposed then to be imminent The
commissioner says;
An arrangement made receive him lGeneral Mil
ler British consul general the 18th, when be made
speech Of hour and against
the United States and in dpraiss OF
try her government and people The substance Of his
marks has been stated BY those who heard them He
deprecated annexation to the United States and represented
to be Of the worst evils which could BETA the Hawaiian
denouncing Institutions corruptns IN their ten
deney and wholly unequal to protect IN security NE enjoy
California, and described numerous disorders which be al
the introduction OF American rule in these islands would
be the signal for the commencement Of similar state OF
things in which the rights Of the natives wou oe altogether
lost sight and sacrificed He read at length the articles IN
New York Tribune Of July goth, and me Herald Of
previous date on the subject Of 70 show that the
and ought TO be regarded In friendly Light These pa
per he insisted fair and honest rising above the
uptng tendency republican institutions and entitled to
great weight forming opinion Of the policy OF the Amer
| lean nation"
!. Mr. WELLER. wish to ask my friend from Virginia
whether he is of the fact that them board
appointed the speech made composed of the
surgeons Of the French and English fleet Honolulu,
/ which found that this consul insane. There
board regularly appointed try that question and they
found that he insane That is the why shall
make reply what be says against my constituents
I Mr.. MASON. Mr.. President, aware sir, OF the
fact commission Of lunacy had issued upon him.
but that it had been said afterwards in manner that
he insane If this the only instance where these
policy, might consider it worthy only of passing
notice; but | regard it mere link in great chain.
Whether this be insane not Heaven knows but If
he held the language which is ascrbed him. and which
doubtless he did hold being himself the representative of his
country the foreign power which he accredited in
defining the institutions OF government with which his
of peace and amity and that government
did only make disclaimer of the act OF its repre-
sentative but disclaimer of the sentiments and Of the
purpose and policy we have right to hold them respon-
1 sihe for it.
Now sir have call the attention of the Senate
very recent with which my honorable friend the
senator from Louisiana, Mr.. BENJAMIN, has probably
some acquaintance 1t was considered desirable
part of this government for purposes Of high national
terst IN the promotion of commerce to make convention
with the State of Ecuador the Pacific where have
charge dalares, relation 10 the in guaDo
which supposed had been recently discovered within
the possessions of Ecuador Negotiations entered into
for the purpose of making commercial treaty to
this government in form, the advantages resulting
from such trade and forthwith find the representa-
ves of England and France alone but OF Spain aud
Peru with Them demonstrating against any such treaty
the part of the government OF Ecuador Here is the evil
dence. In despatch from Mr.. White charge dafares
Quito, the Secretary of State dated November "a
Il 1854 he says:
Caled last night at my advise that
De Par and ylamo charg,s from Spain and France Scr
Iauz, The Peruvian minister and Mr. Walter Cope the
body without the usual courtesy of asking in advance for
conference and that they abruptly demanded the right to
protest against the ratification of treaty with Ecuador
4 in relation to the trade in guano, DC
i The minister OF Peru and the minister OF Spain
here intervening the first time in the affairs of this gov
ernmen but their objects and purposes and the quo
are manifested by the company in which they found
They there and abruptly demanded the right of
testing against any such treaty with this government
This is the only evidence Of it, for there is despatch
from Mr. Clay minister Peru, dated late the
25h of December last in which he tells the Secretary OF
Il State.
4 "Mr Moncayo, Minister of Ecuador Lima, was also
instructed by his inform that official
interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ecua
DOR Mr.. vsmos the French charg daaires had said, in
referring he surprised that the
the Ecuador would seek the protection OF nation
whose ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS desire extending
notorious, and which shown by the
Texas California and designs with respect
Sandwich islands and Cuba That, France
concerned the Emperor resolved curb that spirit
policy his TO undertake thing against
United States upon the conclusion Of the with
would his attention to the United
States and that between the two countries he consd
ment' pretend give the words of this
OF Mr.. Nillamos but ed
by Mr. Moncayo language fully strong and sub
s,antially as l have stated it,
H Now sir if there inquisition of lunaey the
gentleman here mentioned apprehend he would be fl
subject of unacy the consul Of Great Brit
ain Honolulu but what does it evnoe? Why, sir, ii
that extraordinary way these consuls and
diplomatic fuuconaries have general license, in Eu-
rope but here upon the adjacent American continent TO
deame the institutions of this country in their official char
acer to intimdae the to which they accred-
ed for the purpose Of preventing commercial treaties,
that seek may choose form with them
and that they &C. far theirown
| cerned, unwhipped Of justice.
Il come the recent at San Domingo 1t
considered important the part Of this
taE form cial Of nd