The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-05-02


cal remedies. The s,arest way 10 avoid The employ
meut oi revolutionary and demonstrations remedies
Is to apply iearlessly that which the Constitution
provides.
Here it strikes ms the weak point IN the Presidents
defense. Not being either the law nakiag or The
judicial. but simply the Executive power OF the
Government, it lthe Tenure of Office ActC was law
for him Till the competent authority had declared it
unconstitutional and he WAS bound to obfy II. and
see that it was faithfully executed, or resign his Of
fee He did neither. but 81; up and acted on his
own private Judgment against Congress. Has ne
not then exposed himself 10 Impeachment, whether
The law be constitutional or not ? In the case ofas
indictment in the Courts oflaw for the penal ofense
created by The s%tatite, the plea TO the constitution
ally of The statute would be pertinent but we
cannot s-e what s,,ch a plea can avail him in the
iiig'' Court of Impeachment, nor indeed now II
cauiI be entertained
The War ia Japan.
The Japan Gazette of March 9Th has the following:
Since the departure of the last Quilted States mali
steamer, the Great Republic. on the 18th of yaEuary.
matters have taken u turn in Japan which could
hardly have been expected. The Tycoon has been
defeated in battle, between Osaka and Kioto. by
the allied Daimios. who were i'm rebellion. and had
to leave on board one of his nsen-of war for Iedo.
The Daimios have secured the person of she young
Mikado lhenceforih 10 be styled EMPEROR a child
twelve years ofage. They issue orders in his name.
and that places those who disobey them. even though
it be the Tycoon himself. in the position Of rebels.
AT the end of Jan. the ~troops.of the Tycoon aud
Of the rebel Daimios came into collisions. and ON the
4th of Feb. the news came to Yokohama that the lat
ter had prevailed. A t first. success was with the
Tycoon. bat a Daimio who commanded a large di-
vision of his forces traitorously went over to the
enemy, and placed victory entirely in the hands of
the confederates. The troops entered Osokes and
burned tie castle Of the Tycoon and a nunber of
Government buildings The Tycoon making his es-
cape on board the United States ship Iroyuois and
ultimately to. his own frigate, the Kai-you-mar,,
which %immediately left with him For Yedos The
foreign legations were all forced at once to leave
Osaka and make the. best of their way to Kobe,
where the Governor said he WAS no ioUppr able ia
answer for their protection. and recommended ALI
foreigners to find safety en- their ships. This was
very different from the plans of such men rs had
the directions of our interests. The Gov. Vice Gov
ernor and all the Tycoon's officials left in q charter
ed steamer for Yokohama. and Kobe was placed
under the protection of our own forces, with the
determination to hold il to the last. 0f course bas-
mess was hut little thought about: the whole design
was toretain possession of the footing we had obs
tanned. No great alarm was feit@by foreigners.
because. although upon the departure of the Min
listers from Osaka their residences were burnt or
ransaeked, it was felt that the policy of the ascend
ant party, whichever it might be, Tycoon or Con-
federate, would be to bid high for foreign support.
1t proved so, but not before u collision occurred
which showed the spirit that was in Foreigners A
highretainer of the Prince of Bizen passed Througfthe
settlement with a retinHe of some one hundred and
fifty samcnral. To the great man all the Japanese
bowed with their faces to the earth. but the ~foreign-as
es not doing so, evidently irritated the band. and
ance than their path being crossed by u F~renchman,
they commenced an attack by spearing the French
man and firing down the street. swoundiBg an
American. Quick as thought the American guard
from the Custom-house the English troops and
legation guard, with Sir Harry Parkes at their head,
and Il bevy of private citizens, were after them. and
they retreated TO the hill country. a distance OF some
three or four miles to the rear of the settlement.
On the return OF the pursnefs, a large force Of ma
rines and sailors had been landed from the. ships
and the place placed under martial law. ~Barricades
were thrown up, pickets and outposts established,
and every precautiou taken.1 Even high offcers of
the Princes were refused permission to pass through
the settlement to Osaka, but were politely informed
that they must go by the Hill road, and every armed
japanese who was found in the settlement was dis
armed. Five ships belonging to the Daimios were
taken and placed under the guns of our cwn ships.
Satsuma aud Choshin had thus another opportunity
of studying the active tactics of foreign forces, and
speedily set about smoothing things over. An OIL
Ger arrived from Satsuma, but was told that the,
Ministers would confer with none but the Princes
themselves. After a few days a high functionary.
from the Mikado or Emperor himself, arrived and
requested an interview with the Ministers, which led,
after a discussion of some two hours, to the end of
the state of siege and the acquiescence OF foreigners
in the altered state OF affairs. 1t TRANSFERRED that the
Emperor, although but a child, was still supreme.
and all orders issued in his name must be obeyed
throughout the land. Satsuma, Choshin and Tosa
are the Princes more Immediately having the con-
troll of his Government, and undertook the respon-
sibllity with regard to foreigners that had already
been entered into. The foreign settlement would
be placed under the officers of the Daimios, who
would replace those os the Tycoon. The losses of
foreigners would be paid by Bizen-no-Kami. and
the great man who was the means of the outbreak
should be decapitated. On the departure of the
functionary it was understood that at mo distant day
the Ministers should visit the Emperor at Kioto.
The Tycoon arrived at Yedo, and great efforts
We're at once made to collect troops from all quar-
tiers, and to purchase arms and ammunition. Sever
al foreign steamers, among them the Pacific Mail
Steamship COmpany's storeship Herndnn, were
employed in the conveyance of troops from the
coast to 1edO, and active preparations Of defense
were entered upon. Yokohama was garrisoned by
about $500 troops. of whom 500 are said to be from
the Tycoon's body-gnard, and picked men. Naga-
saki was quietly handed over to the new Govern
ment; but all seems to point to a determined stand
here. The Tycoon, in his Capital, is in IA most ia
vorable position. and if he can only find loyal. SER
wants and good Generals, he may hold this half OF
the Empire without difficulty. A chain OF hills,
known as the Hakoni range. forms an ali but impen-
etrable barrier. and the single pass might be
defended by a few hundred res0late men. If well Of
fcered, against all the enemy could bring. 81.
From a letter dated Hiogo, Feb. 11th, we make
the following extracts:
The Costa Ricd arrived yesterday morning. bring
ing some passengers and freight for this port. The
passengers landed, and during her stay visited Kobe,
Hiogo and the surrounding country, meeting with
no hindranee from the citizens or the men Of Cho-
sin and Satsuma, who are here In goodly numbers
During the afternoon the ambassador ofthe MikadO
paid another visit to the Ministers. This time he
came on horseback, and entered by the main street,
attended by several hundred men armed only with
revoivers. @ t2A1 = =
The result of the conference is not known bat O
portion of it is that for the present foreigners are
itiutSttu % I'd go tndn OHe II from tue seq
Element, as Bizen. the fellow who made the attack
some days since, is some ri from here with several
hundred followers. They are to be removed in q
few days, when the road will be open to Osaka, at
which tine we can again visit that unfortunate port,
which for the time We are requested .s0t TO do.
These requests seem to indicate that il s rot too
easy to proclaim immunity from interference and
maintain IL. = = = ~
The Mikado may yet have some trouble in quiet
ing the minor DalInios and allow the wheels Of Gov->
ernment to roll on smoothly, during which time he
may be subject at any time to little ebulitions ca
their part to our inconvenience.
The prevailing opinion is still that the Ministers
will very soon visit the Mikado at his spiritual res