Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-30
From the Hawaiian leland.

roo Al
ers. The people there were rejoicing ovo
the failure of the King to ratify the trent,
with France. From what we can gatbo
from the Advertiser, the treaty. allp5ad .
was very unpopular with a majority Of tb,
inhabitants of the islands. We append few
extracts clipped. from well written articles .,
the subject, which appear in the Advertiser
The salute of one hundred q,,ns on Monda,
evening last, was the spontaneous outburst -
Puolle ieellng on the action of His Maiestv il
declining to ratify the treaty with France
IL was popular demonstration of Joy on tn,
deleat OF the efforts Of the Ministry to en-
save our Sovereign, disperse our commerce
ana cripple all our national prosperity. 1t il
puOllc condemnation of the course of tn,
Min stry as marked and severve as any that
has ever been shown in this or anv otbe,
country, and 1t will be well if they heed the
voice which has been uttered.
A due respect to the voice of the nuIlic
when it is expressed without doubt is tbe
highest duty of Sovereign. The Interest.
of the ruler and his people are one and tbe
same. and should ever he harmonious TLe
recent act of His Majesty, il declining TO rot
ify the treaty prepared bv his ministers will
endear hlm more than ever to his subjects
and has convinced them, and will convince
the world, that in him rests that sound iudp.
ment and wisdom which Sovereign ruler
should posscsss and though Young. he will
not be oyerruled by his ministers. but has at
heart the interests of his people. There is
lot person but will rejoice at the indie.
pendent stand he has taken on this question.
Thanks to the wisdom and sound iudcment
OF the King, whose sovereignty was sought
TO be pawned away to establish the reputa.
ton OF Minister-thanks to the native chief
members OF the Council, whose honesty, good
sense and loyalty has put to shame the recre-
ant Mlnlsters-thanks to Judge Robertson.
VIM. Webster, and Messrs Rookie and Arm
strong who have opposed with truly loyal
hearts and unyieldng voice the perfidious
supporters OF the treaty-thanls to all these
the star hope still beams above the hor.
rizon.
We learn that after the salute was fired
some persons went through the streets and
made chGrigdri serenade near the premises
of the French Commissioner, and visited one
or two other dwellings. We regret this de.
monstration and feel assured thatall honora
ble citizens condemn it. AS far as we can
learn, the persons engaged in it had no con
nection with the salute A foreign consul or
ambassador is the representative of n Sover-
eign and nation, and his person and residence
partake OF the same sanctity that belongs to
Sovereign. The persons who engaged in
the serenade (if 1t was intended as a disre-
spect to the French Commissioner arc. guilty
OF an open violation of the law, and liable to
arrest and penalty. In regard to the posi-
ton of the French Ambassador, on this treaty
question, no reasonable person can or has
any right to impute blame to him for apv
demands he may make on this government.
If the demands are unjust, the blame of con.
ceding them lies with our Ministry. who
alone are responsible. Mock serenades of
the latter are very different thing.
No one can now expect the formation of
treaty with France while the present Minis
ter remains as the diplomatic exponent of our
Government. Let US dispel from our minds
any such Elusive hope and bear in silence
the taunts and jeers which may be hurled at
us, that we submit to the presence of Minis
ter whose ideas are of the century that has
passed by, and whose views are antagonistic
to the interests ofthe crown and the people.
What we need we all know, and lge will
dare to express. We need Secretary of
state who can represent the popular senti-
ment, whose views are in consonance with
those OF the King and people, and who will
be able to restore the feeling of stability,
peace and security, which does not now ex
ist, and which will never exist while the
present incumbent remains in office.
"Chance will not do the work. cha nee sends the breeze
But if the pilot slumber at the helm,
The very wind that watts US towards the port
May dash us on the shelvesThe steersman's part is
vigilence,
Blow 1t rough or smooth"
Since the above was in type, We have been
placed in possession of Hawaiian dates to the
16th inst, from which it appears that the
treaty alluded to above has been approved
and ratified:
The treaty was at first rejected by the
King, and his action met with so much ap
p!ause, that a salute of 100 guns was fired bv
a committee of the citizens of Honolulu over
the event A few days after, however, the
treaty having been altered, and the approval
of the King having been warmly sought by
his Ministers and the French Commissioner,
he finally yielded to their entreaties, and
ratified the document The treaty is univer-
sally condemed by citizens of every class as
oppressive and unjust to this weak nation.
The main points yielded to France are-that
the French language is to be placed on a
level with the English; the duty on liquors
to be reduced from IS to SO q gallon: French
vessels in the Hawaiian kingdom are to be
placed on the same footing as Hawaiian the
French Consul is allowed to exercise judicial
functions belonging of right to the Hawaiian
courts. The ratification of the treaty was
effected by trick-in attaching to it a sup
Elementary article as a rider" which no
one believes the French Emperor will sign or
even notice. This article being rejected, the
treaty will be considered in full force. The
enforcement of the treaty, it is supposed, will
cause an annual loss in the revenue of the
Hawaiian kingdom of between $4,000 and
100000.
A ROMANCE "A paragraph is going the