The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-19
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
U-NE 10

SATURDAY. JUNE u.
ana history % our Reciprocity Treaty. from ~
iucep;i5n - the recent attempt u secure it 4
favorable recognition by the United SEtcs> senate.
has been q record e hlunicrs. wLicL. We fear has
doomed It . years Of Tep1-e IN the pi.eon-hOle
f=~FeecteI 5Ee,Jj@. Tie washington eJT-cIoai-
eat pf the Norwich C,ursr, waD, being oa the
SPOT, w1- evidently familiar with che fact PER
tanning % what be write, says Of T., 'hres days
after the close lf tle session.
It's. +. a. 49, have et-1 SAIL. treaty ~ tls la.li O.: RE
sugar pant-rs. ! ts-- .-er-,. O. nlbr tsu @. h.E= their
su-lr O. u rs=ar east dsy re TIE ar-ainsat tsiti'
i-auf-. Nhrh I'll al o. 90 ..rlda- olatrIafi I- Pacific. ant
flst aE.r- the eltz.1s q i11.e .lll- - t--.r rsi4ei- fH-s
wiz tay 1 -vrh1i 2. ard uat tIu- WerhsI make ulr- than
ueE= But Esu cluserlat u.th Ill ttE~ 81 trli- and H.
f-fng ~. .fra- srsia.t % tr,lt,. y vat- 80 r.arsei ~
-
r~irhTi ~ --nId have srufo1 e. fgiA-i- t.-t"Fi- u
~. g j. s.rs Singular ttlt theg c.uid nT- - the vet ni q ma
rather Isu-rfs. % the Ireaiy. anI t- crrtI-uues aalcl1-
tLst zrsa1 ralli only have been rg7rt.la-
We are not prepared 10 blame the gentlemen
wh, have personally urged IT. merits upon indi-
yidual members Of tic Senate. OF for 4 favorable
consideration By the a~ll-poweTlul lobby they
were bubble honest in their efforts, being per-
soual!y interested in IT. passage. Ii Is useless at
this time t, attempt ., point out the weak points
in the policy pursued. The friends ii the treaty
feel confident that II tie measure could have been
pressed 70 an issue when first presented 10 the
Senate, we should now be reaping the benefits
which It was intended TO secure.
Tho unfortunate attitude assumed by His Maj
esty's Minister Of Foreign Affairs Indirectly to-
wards the treaty. and more directly towards the
Captain cf the United States ship LaekairaHHa,
furnished the oPIoscrs Of the treaty sufficient
rv~-nr..f ,,r.- ,-I--Ef %. F.r,vE . Yfau.ffT. .,-.rr-
ment AZ to why the treaty should bc rejected. liz
the old story Of 4 house divided against It
self; tie only OPPORTUNITY WAS allowed to slip.
and We have come u grief.
The opponents Of the treaty were. at first. an
insignificant minority. but they were = unit in
which was 10 prove that this Kingdom was
upon the United States for n market
or IT. principal exports that His Mljezty's Min
.stry had established 4 policy which was inimical
10 progress. and particularly unlricndly to Amer
can interests that instead Of paving the way II
annexation, a. was urged by the friends Of the
reaty here and in Washington. it would most
place this Government in n position 70
annexaticnists. Unfortunately FOR the friends
# the measure. the policy Of the Foreign Office
furnished all the material necessary to prove the
OuIfdness OF the position taken. and the Hawaiian
atiOn must suffer in consequence.
The history Of the Canadian provinces and Of
ancOuver's Island is being repeated here. lErcry
oy PT0res hOIr depeHdeHf tre are uyOH The United
yates. particularly California. Oregon and the
rcat West. In times past the American whaling
furnished this Kingdom with it, principal
ieans Of support. As 1t diminished, the sugar
ltcrest grew. and TO all appearances we were to
C the arbitcrs Of our own fortunes but H.. when 4.
ur sugars were manufactured We lad to seek 4
and again We are dependent upon the
nited States. This fact. 50 patent To- all, should
ave furnished the keynote to which our home
nj foreign policy should have been attuncd. in
cad Of which the history Of the past few years
cords n persistent and logged opposition 10 the
policy. institutions and citizens Of the
nited States. As evidence Of our entire depcnd-
ice upon the United States. we have but to note
&c depression created by the recent intelligence
the collapse in the San francisco sugar market.
quarrel between the sugar rcincries causes us Z
tremble. IL i in the power Of tire sugar kings I
San Francisco 10 : bear" or q corner our .
lrket, and we are compelled to remain passive j
~ectatOrs Of the operation. In fact, tine policy I
His Majesty's Ministry has reduced us to n t
where San Francisco alone can dictate :
to us which We NAV accept and progress, '
decline and decay. =