Polynesian., 1860-03-24

Farther OmeiaI Correspondence with their Ex.
ceIIcucies the Princes Ambassadors Of III. i.
NJ. Of Japan. and Correspondence with the
Admiral.
To their Ercellencies-The Princes SnMI-BoozEN,
First Ambassador; MGORAGAKI-AwAGE, Second
Ambassador, of His Imperial Majesty the Ty-
coon, Emperor of Japan
And 10 Has Ercellency-The Prince OGOOLE-BUNGO.
The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
His Majesty King Kamehameha, by command of
his Sovereign, has the honor to thank their Excel
ences the Princes Ambassadors of His Imperial
Majesty the Tycoon, Emperor of Japan for their
note of the second month of the seventh year Of
Ansey, replying the undersigned that the desire
of His Sovereign to have Treaty between His
Kingdom and the Empire of Japan, will be made
known to the Emperor, and that their Excellencies
will reply to the note OF the undersigned of the
18th instant, after their return to Japan.
The undersigned, fully relying upon this prom
ise for which he thanks their Excellencies, that
they may more fully inform His Majesty the Ty-
coon upon the subject of the position Of his SOyer
egn in relation to other SOvereigns, has the honor
to enclose to their Excelences, herewith copies
of His Maiesty's Treaties with the United States,
Great Britain. Denmark, France, Sweden and Nor
way, Hamburg and Bremen and further to make
known to their Excellencies that the Kings of HOl
land, of Prussia and Belgium, willing to make
treaties with His Majesty King Kamehameha ",
who also expects soon at His Court, Diplomatic
Agent of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Of all
the Russias with powers to negotiate treaty with
| this Kingdom.
Besides what your Excellencies have heard from
His Majesty's own lips, of His desire to cultivate
the friendly relations with his Imperial Broth
er the iustriOus Emperor the Tycoon, the under
signed has the honor further to make known to
their Excellencies that after hearing OF the Treaty
concluded with the United States, through Com
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had contemplated to. appoint the Honorable John
Ricord, who had been the Attorney General of His
Maiesty's predecessor, the good King komehame
ha ILL., to negotiate a similar treaty between this
Kingdom and the Empire of Japan.
That desire of the King, the Lord and Master of
the undersigned could not be carried into effect,
because Mr.. RicOrd proceeded to Siam, and not to
Japan.
| 1t cannot have escaped the wise penetration of
their Excellencies the Princes Ambassadors, that
the Sovereign Of the undersigned rules in peace
and quiet, over His own native subjects, over men
of all foreign nations and of all religions creeds,
living within his jurisdiction, with very small
military and police force
| Their Excellencies will doubtless make known to
their Emperor His Majesty the Tycoon, this re-
markabe fact, and that the Sovereign of the un-
dersgned finds it easy to govern men OF all na
| tons and Of all religions, because His Majesty
places them all on the same friendly footing and
while he permits of all religions to follow their
own conscientious belief, he permits to no priests
of any religion to interfere in the political admins
| tration Of His government.
The undersigned, though i'll versed in japanese
history, knows that the high policy of their Mnes-
ties the EmperOrs of Japan. when the first POrtu-
| guese priests arrived, as liberal and kind to
men of all religions as is the policy of King ka-
mehameha w., and that their Imperial Majestles
changed that policy and strictly prohibited the
| d To lie irin
the successors of Saint Francis Xavier intermed
died in the political government Of the Empire.
IL the priests did so, they did wrong, and violated
the rules of their own Church. In proof of this
truth the undersigned Graves permission OF their
| Exceencies to state that his LOrdship the Bishop
de Arathie, with his priests, who, though French
men, are all, in spiritual matters, under the Pope
of Rome, as were the Portuguese, and who are of
the Roman Catholic religion, are permitted by the
King to teach. preach and practice their doctrines
| freely to His Maesty's subjects and others; that
they pray to God for His Majesty and his Royal
family, respect His Majesty and obey his laws
and that the King has subjects more loyal and
| submissive to his authority and laws than those
who have embraced and follow the doctrines of the
Roman Catholic Church.
| The undersigned has heard with pleasure that
the Catholic Bishop and his Clergy had the honor
| to offer their respects to their Exceliencles the
Princes Ambassadors, in the presence OF the hon
| Ored Representative OF Ills August MaJeSCy lne
| Emperor Of France, who is one of the greatest and
best friends of the Sovereign of the undersigned,
and who, although himselfOf the Roman Catholic
religion, permits no bishops priests of that
religion or of any other religion to interfere in the
| political administration of His wise and energetic
| government.
The undersigned, understanding that their Ex-
eellencies were inquiring for information upon the
history of this Kingdom, sends along with this
note copy of the Sd edition of its history by Mr..
Jarves and adds copy of the late Kings Order
in Council of the 25th August, lS48, that their
Excellencies may know that it is strict order of
the King to his Diplomatic and Consular agents
serving abroad that they respect and obey the au
thorties and the laws of the foreign governments
to which His Majesty sends them.
For all other matters relating to this Kingdom
and the government Of his Sovereign, the under
signed begs leave of their Exceences refer them
to the ample official Reports, &c. committed to the
care Of that good gentleman the Rev. Ii. Wood,
ChaI lain of the United States steamer of war
PO,rhdidH.
The undersigned praying for the choicest bless
ings of the Great God of all EmperOrs, Kings and
Nations, to His Imperial Majesty the Tycoon, and
His Maiesty's Princes and Ambassadors, feels it
high honor to have this other occasion to offer to
their Excellencies the homage of his highest respect
'''- R. c. WrIL1r.
OFFICE OF THE KING's DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Honolulu, 18th March, 1860.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
18th March 1860