The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-03-21
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Letters from Hilo, received last Sunday. state
that ON the arrival of the United States Ship
LacxswANSA At that port, Captain REYNOLDS re-
ceiyed an official notice from Lieut.. Governor
LYMAN, fOrbidding the petty officers and scamcn
of the ship TO have liberty ON shore. II is
also stated that orders went up requesting
the officers of His Majesty's Government To cx-
tend no courtesies to the ship or her officers
while in port. We give the report rs it comes
in tire letters received, though We are 10th to be-
lieyc that il will be fully sustained by the facts.
That there is some ground for believing it to be
true, il afforded by the circumstance that neither
Captain Reynolds. his officers, nor men had been
on shore during an entire week, excepting that the
commander made a hasty call ON the American
Consul of the port, ON his arrival
This act Is evidently in violation of the treaty
with the Unitel States, which declares that the
privilege Of frequenting the ports OF lilo, keala-
kekua and Hanalei, in addition 10 those of Lahai-
M and Honolulu, is not only guaranteed to all
merchant and whaling vessels but is ''also guar
antecd to all the public armed vessels of the Uni
ted States" See Art. VII
Tie French Treaty is even more explicit:
Arr. I5.-The vessels Of war. steam vessels be-
longing To the state, the PACKER DOits enShSel III the
postal service, and the French whaling vessels, shall
have free access to the Hawaiian ports Of Hanalei,
Honolulu, Lahaina, kawaihae, kealakekua, and
kOloa {; they shall have liberty TO stay there TO make
repairs, aud 10 Tefrssh their cTsus (, they may also
proceed from port To another Of said ports Of the Ha-
waiian Islands, with the view of there procuring fresh
provisions"
ANY obstruction to the full freedom or liberty
of the LaokaurannG ut Hilo, If issued, has been
in direct violation of treaty stipulations. 1t is
understood that the order was issued from the
Department of the Interior; but it is hardly pos
sibIe it could have been done without the joint
Concurrence of the Ministry.
No little Indignation was felt here or the re-
ceipt of the news from Hilo, and few could credit
its truth. Had it been n French vessel of war
which received such treatment, We should proba-
bly, have smelt powder ere this. But the policy
Of the American Government mas ever been 10
treat oars a. an infant nation, and To bear its fol-
lies rs attributable IL Ignorance rather than NAL
ice. IL. however, DIR. Hutchison is aiming TO see
how far he can proceed in insulting the = damn
Yankees" a he calls them, he will find there il n
point beyond which il is imprudent to ~, and
where fOrbearance CEASES 20 be virtue. liz GER
tainly looks As If the affairs Of the Interior De-
partment might be placed in hands that would
conduct them with more prudence. and more to
the credit Of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Probably Gen. McCook and Captain Reynolds
are fully capable "f preserving thu hOnur Of their
country from such insults n this would oypedr To
b.. and Americans can safely -ntrIst its settle
meut a. their hands. however indignant they nat
uraliy must feel.