The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-24

be sent from here, and suggested the name Of
General Marshall, a. tCzS manly on Tie score of
economy. An envoy cannot be sen; from here at
a cost Of less than one thousand dollars per
month for every month he may be away. While
the services Of & person residing in one of the
Atlantic cities may be secured at a nominal fg-
ure. The expense, whatever II may be, must
come out Of The pockets Of tk- far payers: and a.
the probability of the passage Of the treaty Is
very slender indeed, il Is important that due
ec1nomy should be exercised in the matter, as it
las already est Us over tlrelfy-fcs thousand
dollars. Indeed, if a petition were to-day cir
culated praying that no envoy be sent or en-
ployed, unless it could be done without expense
10 this government, it would be signed By sew
cral hundred names.
We should NOT have deemed these explanations
necessary, had not the government organ given a
false coloring to the matter. And when the me
mortal Is sent to Washington as prOofor the late
Enjoys popularity, it should be known that it
sprung from his suggestion, and must carry just
the weight due TO n document procured under
such circumstances, and no more.
While We willingly conceie what the first me
mortal expressed that Mr.. Harris labored while in
Washington, with untiring fidelity " for the
passage of the treaty, we believe that no real good
was accomplished by him there, and that more
good would have resulted had he remained here,
and kept quiet the mischievous pen of the Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, who forwarded dispatches
TO Washington that resulted in defeating the
rstifcation-whic was so keenly expressed in the
terse language of a letter from Washington,
=. Varigny & Co. have killed the treaty"
While we should not cease 10 use every reason
able effort to secure the ratification of the treaty,
we must bear in mind the expense attending it,
and be governed by a judicious economy. Were
the whole facts that transpired in the secret ses-
sion of the Senate disclosed and made known 10
the public here, We believe that few would any
longer entertain hopes of It's ratification; and
we do not believe that the late Envoy has any
strong faith in its passage, or that he cares TO make
any further special efforts in its behalf. But
whether hopelessly % laid on the table > or not,
or whether its friends in the Senate still entertain
any idea of its passage, we should not cease to
make efforts in behalf of a measure calculated
more than any other to further the mercantile
and agricultural prosperity of the group and en-
sure the Independence of this Kingdom. But III
doing this, we should not stultify ourselves before
the world, nor misreyresent the most palpable
facts.
Despite the efforts Of interested parties TO laud
the services of the late Envoy despite the slurs
which the memorial tacitly reflects on the gentle
man named by the government, DR.. j. Mott
Smith has been commissioned as Agent of the
Hawaiian Government. and will proceed to Wash
ingtOn, leaving in the steamer Montana to-day.
We understand that he is authorized to secure the
services of gentlemen in Boston, and that they
Will act in concert. This appointment, however,
clearly indicates that little hope is entertain
el by this government for its ratification and the
appointment may be looked upon as furnishing a
government officer with a pleasure excursion TO
Washington at the public expense, at the same
time that the prayer of tie fret memorial is fully
answered. Whether tho second memorial, having
been addressed to one, ever reached any other des-
%tination than the Gazette Office, may never be
known. Possibly had our name been attached to
it, it might have carried some weight. We would
suggest to those who are so anxious to get up Pc
%titions, to consider hereafter, whether they will
gain anything by their signatures, OF whether the
object they have III view may not be defeated by
their own raslness.
Since writing the foregoing, one of the memo
rialists has handed in the following protest to the
use made by the Gazette OF the memorial, and We
hsar that others object to the language of tho
official organ:
Nh. EDITOR As a signer OF both the memorials
lately published respecting the advisability of sending
back to Washington the Envoy who has for some time
past been representing this government at that place,
beg Go protest against the construction placed upon
the memorial by the Editor of the Gazeffe, when he
that the memorial must convince '' our friends
abroad that this community are willing to intrust to
him (the Envoy it's most important affairs" While
a~scribing TO the Envoy all credit due for
earnest efforts in favor Of the Treaty, 1 beg to suggest
there are some things more important than even
the Treaty, and I doubt much if a majority Of the
memorialists have any such willingness as that RS
TO them by the Gazette. To recommend n
person as an Envoy abroad, is a very different thing
from recommending him for a position, such, for in
stance, as one on the Supreme Bench, TO which the
public would deeply regret to see a person with such
. political record appointed.