The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-06-25

tiers, are those who in 1858 attempted TO sell the
kingdom, and whose names are on file among the
secret papers of the Department of Foreign Affairs,
mercifuly withheld by order of His Majesty, but
which, should IL become necessary, will be brought
to light By the Minister, and the ~culprits TO justice
by the offended laws. He bids these pretended
Christians-these bypocrites. TO beware, as forbear-
ance has nearly ceased 10 be a virtue; and the moment
IT does cease to be one, offended law and violated
justice Will exterminate the radicals, and the
Kings Ministry will go on in the noble work Of
reforming the morals, improving the health and con-
dItion Of the people"
Our correspondent gives US to expect that Il
full verbatim report of the speech will be sent
down, and if received, we shall publish it in
full. There was a stenographic reporter in Hilo
at the time, and we are in hopes to receive it.
And here we see a Crown Minister, travelling
with the King, and making such speeches as
would be a disgrace to any loyal subject. Al
though the language is strong. yet it so nearly
corresponds with the reports that have come to
us respecting his addresses on Kauai and Maui,
that we are constrained to believe 1t as true.
And who, pray, are these 'culprits'' whom
the Minister of Foreign Affairs threatens to
bring to justice by the offended laws? Did not
Mr.. Robert c. Wyllie, in that famous midnight
Council at the palace in 1853, propose or assent
to ceding the islards to England to escape the
threatened tyranny OF France? And when Gen.
Miller came to the palace at midnight, and told
the King he had no authority to accept the
offer Of a cession of the islands to England. but
had instructions to the contrary, and must de-
cline it, who was it that approved the only
alternative left open-a cession of the islands
to the protection of the American Government?
Who countersigned that famous treaty? Was
not the name of Robert Crichton Wyllie there
alongside of Luther Severance? WHY did not
MIR. Wyllie then stand up and denounce as :" cul-
prits" those who sought to ALLEVIATE the sove-
reignty of the King, and which would have
taken place, had not Gen. Miller gone straight
from the palace to the French Consul, and re-
vealed to him the desperate acts contemplated
by the So culprits," and begged the French Con-
sui to yield, which he did, and thus averted the
calamity.
Who, pray, are the culprits that should now
in the year 1864, be brought to justice by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs? Go, search the
e" secret papers of the Department. % and publish
that treaty of cession, if you dare, with its
glaring on it in black and white.
and see if the name of r. c.. Wyllie is not the
prominent one there. Search the records
VI tHO IfIy SOuicii, 100, ana see III the same
name is not equally conspicuous there. The
culprits," if any there be, shall then all bear
heir share of public odium.
We hardly know what to think of this last
let of the Kings Minister of Foreign Affairs.
travelling over Hawaii, he uses the insignia of
MS Office, to endeavor to deceive the poor natives,
md prejudice them against their best friends and
and without bringing proofs, throws
IN Others blame which he himself must share.
sends to the press a report of his progress
which puts to shame his peers, scandalizes the
>ing, and disgraces the paper it is published in.
Jan a government stand long respected, when
is Prime Minister denounces the Constitution
chich he has sC0rn 10 defend and unhod2 Ia
lie not Il traitor to the country and the Sove-
eign he has sworn to serve? What is treason
Unless it be the effort to subvert the Constitu-
ion and destroy the peace of the land? 1t
eed not necessarily be an act against the person
t the King. 1t will take more than the fao
hat floats over his castle at Rosebank, to remove
he stain of treason against the Constitution,
he King and the people, which the Minister'S
lords have created among his hearers on Kauai,
t Lahaina and Hilo. A justly indignant people
re only biding their time to rise and declare
D their King, that they will no longer submit to
denunciations of their sacred Consti-
1tion and form of government, and they will
o longer be ruled and abused by aliens in heart.
)ul and body.