The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-30

and Immediately took steps to restore the soye-
reignty of this group to its rightful head. and
the result was the 3lst Of July was designated
as the day for the restoration. At 10 O'Clock
a. NJ, His Majesty, accompanied by his Chiefs,
and Admiral Thomas with his officers and ma
rines, proceeded to the plain East of the town
where the sovereignty was formally restored,
and the Royal Standard uniurled there and on
the Fort and Punchbowl, accompanied by 4 ma
tional salute. In the afternoon, religious ser
vices were held in the Stone Church at Kawaia-
hao, the same place where the Grafton will be
delivered tomorrow. We may add here that
Gov. Kekuanaoa, Hon. John Ii, and DR.. Judd,
are among the few that are left now of the
prominent participants in the scenes of 1913.
The following is the declaration of Admiral
Thomas, restoring the islands to Ka~lnehameha
III.
Her Britannia Majesty's Ship Dublin, I
of Honolulu, Doth July, 1913.
I Ia2gD!e y, with an, His Ma JsE p King Man, kameh on I III. III, To-, n! 3
Provisional Cession OF His Doninions. I have 10 reonest thar ~
you will be pleased to intimate my wishes to His Majesty in
view may be held.
1 have the honor to be, Sir.
Your most obedient humble servant.
KlgnaaP TG9H4s, Rear Aapiral, ad
Vessels in the Pacific.
To KEKUAYAoA. Governor of Oahu.
DxcLARArroy of Rear Admiral Thomas, Commander in Chief
OF Her Britannia MaieSty's Ships and Vessels in the Pacific,
in relation to the events which transpirel at the Sandwich
M 5ii1na;: n sSip G Sarss553f in np Feb the Is. visit Of Her Hri''nt''
To King KAMEHAMEHA III, and the Principal Chiefs of the
Sandwich Islands.
Immediately that the Commander in Chief was made &C
quainted at Valparaiso in June. 1919. of the Provisional Cession
of the Hawaiian Islands unto the Right Honorable Lord George
Paulet. As the then AID there Representative of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, he fastened to the spot to make himself fully
tiyes which led 70 such an unlocked for event.
His first duty on arrival was to seek a personal Interview
these difficulties in which lac found himself involved, and the
biIty Of complying with certain requisiuons which s%' had rS been
made, were so utterly insurmountahIe as to call upon linn to
renounce the Sovereignty of those Islands for the time being,
likewise whether the Cession was a free, unbiased and unsoici-
The Rear Admiral having ascertained that the difficulties to
which aiiusion is made in the deed o: Cession might be sur
p ~ ,iahI v go , - IMP CnTncns u u H. U.s. y aMa goo, ,h ram n mn"1s
Great Britain, in all their deliberations, particularly respecting
their relations with Foreign Powers and that whenever it be-
comes necessary to vindicate the rights of British Subjects or
redress their wrongs, the Government scrupuiousIy respects
those rights which are vested in all nations in an equal degree,
whether they be powerful or weak, making it therefore a Rule
not to resort TO Force until every expedient for a amicable adj
entertained the hope that his conduct vas capable of justifca-
ton, and that such justification he thought would restoret To him
having moreover assured His Majesty that whilst it is the earn
= = Good unGerstanii1s with yar InIrn" a
Nation, and to prevent any of its Subjects from injuring those
be located and that, when it can be avoided, rather than
compliance with Demands which are likely to enbarrass a
feeble Government, its object is to foster and even assist by
advice or good Offices such as may be disposed to seek its
HW"Ns mel oStRh IN'iuhmS OS AZ iS'uih t4udi PRIV Ae
Snt ieyH r tLs M 49,, y Na, i"s IaS De lis U.s. l1IIe 10 IN u
ing given his assent to new Proposals submitted to him for the
adjustment Of the pending differences which led to the
temporary cession of his Authority, The Commander in Chief
Of Her Britannia Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Pacific, for
the reasons hereir stated, and a the highest local Representa-
tive of Her Majesty Queen NIcToRIA' Queen Of the United
Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ireland, hereby declares and
sion Of the Hawaiian Islands, mad on the 18th day of Fetru-
he legitimate King of those Islands and he assures His Majes,
y that the sentiments of hs sovereign towards him are those of
lesires King Kamefameha to be treated as an independent
lands, the faithful discharge Of which will promote his haPpi-
aud the prosperity OF his Dominions.
Although it is the duty OF every sovereign ana ms MiHisscrs
ISL 1tU IL ~" III III ~ M n anp owl q y \ i,ior rrsi dH3 ~ a,n om"
hem nay more, that he ought not to permit Foreigners to set
lie ia his Territory unless he engages TO protect them as his
himself; yet Great Britain will not consider the public
haracter Of the legitimate Sovereign of a state hut recently
merged from BartariSrn, under the fostering care of Civilized
'ations' as at all implicated by ihe aggression OF some OF MS
sanction any acts Of parnaHty or injustice either by con
living at whilst they are planning or being executed or by
ar deniaI If Jnstce N the mart of the Government TO-
British Subjects, the course to be pursued is clear, and it
then he the duty of the Commander in Chief in such case
hch bad faith and injustice have denied.
The Commander in Chief confidently hopes that this Act Of
to the free exercise OF his Sovereign Authority, VIII
: received by the King of the Sandwich Islands ~ a most
under to render immediate reparation for real wrongs com
upon British Subjects or ~ their properly n nut Ia a'9 9- d. 5he
nd reciprocaly advantageous relations which have for $ many
at neither His Majesty nor his successors, will ever forget that
the iluscriouS Circumravigator Captain Cook, as the first
scoverer, the inhabitants of the sandwich Islands owe thtir !
mission into the great. family of Civilized Man. and from the
p Of Vancouver, (anOther EnGishman) kamrhamrha l.,
mention for the first time of the true God which uu-
led to the abrosation of a false worship. idolatry and
imam sacrifices. and by the well directed energies, the cease
perseverance Of the American Missionaries 10 the estab-
hment of a Religion pure and undehled, accompanied by the
lvlntages Of Instruction and Civilization, the which combined
ID duly cultivated, bring in their train, security Of life and
opeIty, social order, mental and moral improvement, Internal
rosperity, and the respect as well as good willo other Nations
ore advanced in the knowledge of the true faith, and The
ience of good government
Blessings and advantages of this nature the Government: of
eat Britain is DESTROYS Of increasing and promoting among
G inhabitants OF the Sandwich Islands by every honorable and
aiseworthy means in its powers and thus TO enlist the SYM
thies OF the Sovereign and his Ministers on the SIDE Of Jus
e which is the basis of all Society and the surest bond ut all
ven on board Her Britannia Majesty's ship Dublin, at Homo
Island OF Oahu, this thirty first day of July, in tic year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fCrty-three-
(Signed) RICHARD THOMAS.
Had We space, we might fill a column, narra-
ng the iniquities of the five months rule of the
ritish Commission, when, to use the language 4
an eyewitness " the law was PROSTATE, the .
M of Justice paralyzed, and the officers of
stice permitted to witness iniquity, but for
dden to arrest the guilty offenders" That, =
,wever, remains for the impartial compiler of
e ye~t-to-be-written history of these islands. =
IT to-day let us pass by the short comings of
at memorable epoch, and with hearts faled :
tn gratitude rejoice as true patriots that we :
e under the mild and peaceful sway of Kane
meha ", and may each reader join in the
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LoNG LIVE THE KING -