The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-04-11

and Mr. Webster. under the head Of - Protection and
Care 4 Seameu," # he DID not intend that "rgv' 80
should fOilOn protection
Again, if foreigner Is on bard Of an - American
ship, and from that fact alone IS sEempt from in
PrsssteHt, eau Il be for one moment supposed that
such foreigner, when sick or destitute, can DC dis
charged ia q foreign port, - a paper, after hav-
ing rendered services n long - he wa capable under
the American flag The idea j prepo-terous. Tie
United states = wiling 10 wage war 10 prevent the
Imp-es-nent, AID yec 10; wiling 20 tsae care u. the
SEAMAN who ns become SIcH aut destitute IL her ser
vice
The prime pie now contended for = a blow aimed al
the whaling interest, aud if carried out. must newt
aoly destroy IT, IL i well knOwu tha, many of the
whaling sbIps do not enter an American port Tor
years, AMI that they annually have 10 change their
crews 20 foreign ports, and % depend 10 a very great
extent On forei.n-DOru seamen 70 navigate their ships:
they are required IL certain cases To pay three months
extra wage for such seamen; If, ia addition 20 this,
they De required, at their own expense, t. take care
Of al SUCH seamen, few indeed would be found will
ing u engage ~ such a business
UHttsd States Government Sailors SHUiHgS
BIH6.-ErOm the foregoing discussion and the exhI-
bitiOn Of the laws u the United States, relating to
selmen employed Oh board vessels flying the Amer
lean flag, Il will appear that Government employs its
Treasury as virtually a savings BANK for the sallCr,
when SICK and destitute, or discharged from his ship
Ia a foreign port. Suppose the merchant sailor,
coaster, or man-Of-wars-man, Is employed the year
around, then he pay- Al annual tax Of TWO dollars
and forty cents (S2,40) in this savings bank. The
sum thus contributed, added to that Of the extra
wages exactiOn, will show AL amount az the years
end Of many hundreds Of thousand Of dCllaTs-aye
millions Of dollars have been thus deposited in the
Treasury Of the United States. This money Is the
sailors hard earnings. Il i the forced contribution
which the Government cOmpeis the sailor 20 make.
IL Is a most sacred deposit, taken IN trust by the
Government for the sailors benefit. when sick, des-
titute and disabled. The officers Of Government,
President, Secretaries aud CCnsuls, are the appointed
trustees Of this fund. Their duties are clearly de-
fined, a much so as those OF the Trustees Of a mutual
savings bank. II this is the correct view Of the
intention Of the Government, then 1t is a subject Of
no ordinary interest that there should be a right dis
posal Of those funds. They should be invested in
that way and manner which will most essentially
contribute to the end aimed at when selmen are com
PEELED 10 pay their taxes. To waste. peryert, or
otherwise mislpply those funds becomes 4 grave
ofense, and in the very highest degree censurable
and ~culpablc- We think II highly proper that the
attention a the public should be called to ;His.
The ChgriflbLe DETERMINATION COusuls nj the
Sandwich Islands have been accused Cf resorting 20 a
charitable dOfgs in their Interpretation Of the laws
of 'he United States. III allowing foreigners not nat
~urrLi=ci, but serving On board American ships. TO
enjoy the benefits Of Hospital relief at L1lainu aud
Honolulu. The editor of the FricnR mas been tauut-
ed with appLtudinS Of this d0fSs on tine part OF the
Con-ulS--ce BDsfOH Commercial Bulletin Of Oct.
10Th, 1850, and Pacific Commercial .iiror'iSsr II
FEB. 9th.
it appe.rs that the editor Of the FrieaJ auI the
American Consl!s, are rot alone IA what has been Sc,
hippluily called .'a charitable d0dee."
II Is well known, and cannot be cOutrOyerted, that
cur United States vessels ii war DO engage foreigners
in foreign ports. iritsouf .4mericaa projections, aaI
UltiOut their bang R~GtgTaHScI, On board VI their
ships Il Is known that such were on board Of the
LeU0Ht 1T tine very time she was sent here 70
make g the investigation which has been the sub
Of 20 many comments, and the cause Of so much
controversy.
We have bad u case III point in this port. within
the last forty days. The WyomiHg shipped at Cql-
last TALL, Charles Erc1rIcksln, n subject Of tie !
King Of STcSsH, without an American protection,
in al probability without ever having rrod on
American soil. Soon after reaching this port, this
man was taken sick and died. During his sickness,
be had very properly Medical Attendance, euro.
and, As far a. possible, reiif' afforded him, ami
after his death WAS here buried, al at The expense Of
The United States. Was this a - charitable dodge"
IN the part If the gallant Mitchell. the Commander
Of the UyOmiag ? or was it the discharge Of a solemn
duty, demanded alike by the laws OF justice and hu-
nanity :
Agiin-every one here must be familiar with the
Of the - FTenChuiau lie was not only IL
French subject, but was ia fact a French sIHOr up tn
the moment mis- vessel was wrecked gu the high seas.
lie was shipped ON an American vessel" and AT sea,
and r~e-shipped at this port. On the arrival # said
vessel in this port, be was claimed by the French
Consul
lst.-On the ground that lac was a French subject.
2L-Thlt ne mad BOT been lawfully shipped on an
American vessel.
Tue case was carried before the courts Of this king
the United States aud French Govern
ments.-and GH decided that he had been lawfully
and OF course an " Americ Il seIman,' al
though a French subject. OF course, this man was
not 7af4r1li=ei BY the United States, OF held any
protection irUH the United States.
Now, suppose this man had become sick, or desti-
ute. while engaged in the american service. and
under is flag. would II not have been the duty OF tie
he American Consul ~(witho:t a resort to "A
. charitable dodge 10 asord reiigf 10 him. Ii nor,
whose duty was IL: Clearly not that OF the Freuc,
Consul.
We go further. and boldly declare, if any "Ameri-
an Consul. under such circumstances. had refused
eIief, he youlI have been derelict in his duty, and
the ceusure Of MS government.
The whaling business N the Pacific, i sui gene
rs. From tie very nature U: the business, this, and
rher foreign ports, must be asSimiiated to, and ir
III practical purposes. are home ports; and foreigners.
he United States, mus, be treated IN all respects Us
{ they had been = 10 the manor born Away,
hen, we >ay again, wiki this cry Of pauUers" Lee
ng relieved, ami cared for, Jy the United States. II
will not bear tine Iest Oi reason. q justice, Of hui
lauity.
Ii is sueeriugly iusiuuatei that the editor Of
lac Friend has done this while PrgfsSsiHg to ad-
ncate sIilOT-' rights - tar ~ Jonsu!s nave thus
the Laws Of the United States and acted
accordance with such an Interpretation, we have
nd do still approve OF their course. To have acted
therSi<e. would have been wr.ug and cruel, la our
opinion. This Is "a poiu; upon which We feel
artculariy sensitive, Tor we have had occasion TO
rgue ami write upon the subject ia bygoue years.
Is long ago a. October, 1850. We published IN article
this subject, and which wc u0w r~epubiish.
ecause ;hs Facts are peculiarly Illustrative e.. the
inject under present discussion
gro LiuiHJ F1rfs-Th-w world rings vlti praises gpou sc
-y-ut sclu.sru-4- 70 Eugh-I Iui American Ispalma.--s. ga
c="ttaua- size ts,aly securing tEr-Ssti-si 'r- navigation laws.
tween tLr tuI ---l. cHsumcIc4i uIIr. Use t-lt -ua- waI 90
nm. sriar.v r5-5. tIt T. - .,5 ttv. -llt -srg.I --...-
lnuut BE- mrtHl 1ut t'ths irr-u --llueu sailing under III
sTecase Ea=s pftIe t=r crnHtT-- taun1t British ministers.
30 AMrralU Eat. -r"u frame a.Er law. Or ur-.taf- cone
sliy. fr ;lr protection 81 tho --slleu 0f ether countries s-1
mlI-al o. ship 90 lusri Ll-.sI ant American v--s'--
o., hpsrsrr- @. deal du --uera.-r-. tr. according 90 tHe nI
Iyuu Trasert. ule tc- b. sC.th Il th.E-ll. arguments, 4lI g
urse- tap GOD, be- TpftE t@c- tE. number
The Irs.-Th- lay, SeT;,-Hvr 6sh. $50 crippled satrrs
ave VISITED our slr-fIH. on rlraui- similar o. THAT which.
ar eighteen Er1trsI year, E-o- brought a certain culpi- %
j. gate of solomon temple, ''vharH 4- e4H-L Bs.--.Il, . ask
us q thru4 thtt entered into the temple No. ;r o. tief
story % these two crippled SONS ~ Nspuu.- One IS, 70 Prtu-
native .fLle Western Islands Ii Wa taken from his
me u ;he Ntl-tr. ali brought into tls Il-src, uH condition
receiving IruCf -- -.yh -ty. 90 beam. aI Am.r--r ahle