The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-08

unanimously opI---i and rr,.rri ~ the Demo
crate. who have uo -~ynta,l. with tie admins
1rltiou.
Il viii De- observed tia; Minister johnson has
been recalled. and =. I.nchra Motley. the hI>ty-
riau and author Of tire e. lIiyory OF the Neither
land.. appointed O, his successor ut the Court Of
-. james. lie will DC an bnor to the Republic 4;
but in the settlement II ti A5aigHa claims he
la- assumed no light task. 4, wall BE- a difficult
question % aiius. t1 gre satisfaction of beth par
ties. y near a. We can Understand the reasons
for rejecting the treaty. irol the mea-rc reports
received Of tie debate. tie -mcrican Government
seeks an ackuywlcd -neut frm England that she
erred IN recognizing the reels a. beliigerentS at
the time size did. and asuist the protest of the
American Government. Whether the British
Government viii ever admi tilis, Remains to De
seen.
In the mean while. the FLOWING. from the Pail
Mall Ga-er,, one Of the Leading English papers,
will be read with interest
We shall not attempt TO DEFY that the rejection Of
the -iisb4ma Convention blythe United States Senate
is a serious matter for Great }rit1in. Ii shows that
the soreness Of the Americana people 1t the part III
voluntarily taken by this country IN the war between
North and South l. far from beng removed. Even
" $500 80 @@N@- - 49, --6@-%
Government to coucele 81 hat Mr.. Seward ever
asked has not ayailel 70 s0otlr the public irritation.
The certainty Of getting S~1memoney. the probability
81 getting a good deal, the chuce Of getting AL they
wanted, has gone for little o~rlOthing With the most
commercial people in the void. IL i a new and
striking example of the fore, Of a sentimental
grievance, since there i s0mercason 70 believe that,
if England would but apologize for her sin in recog-
nizing the South as a beligeent, the United States
Government would be s%uppOIed by a majority OF the
nation in fOrgiving u our wUle liability. After all,
there ! something which deserves respect in the at
titude Of the American peOpe upon this question:
Mistaken ana unreasonable : We believe they have
all along been, il ! better { be over-exacting upon
a supposed slight To the INTEGRITY Of the Union than
the loss Of 50 many pouns, shillings and pence
Still, We repeat, the reiectio. Of the -iiabIEa Con-
yentiOn j. a serious matter fr Great Britain. There
Il no probability that il will ead to h~ostilities between
the two countries, but il my easily lead to the as
sumption by the United Staes Of a position which
would lie a real danger To- Is in the event of our
being involved in a war viii any European Power.
IL would not be necessary or America to take any
active part in such a cOneSt. She would simply
have to sit still and make TIE i'll success OF our efforts
70 detain Confederate cruises an excuse for making
no effort at all TO prevent he own citizens from taking
q similar line. The pasSic assistance which the
United States might thus gle 10 an enemy Of Eng
land must be reckOned rs al appreciable addition to
the difficulties We shall hay. TO face the next time we
are compelled to 20 To- war.