The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-05-19

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works rsasis esssAS, s-sessls ard soyssesseS
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sNsG eoa,isgss; u ssoopS, and 10 take
sasa % the ssUy u the TyoeOa, IL IS
resse7sd BY 1'Aay. that, iss,sAd q Neiss
sSejeesed 10 eo2@0z Constitution. the
zsOSs Ss6seS;isl ans powerful N the Jap
s,sss prisess - S&;zursa, Nsgaso, and
oshscs-szoscsshed 10 separate sreatiss
/ specifying TO sseA the eO0iitiOss Of his
vasSalAss,
I1Gsdia,sly below the great ssasAl Sriis,
'oersey, ard s9iayisg. saaer certain ~
ssTSetiOeS, Qlasi-;uispsaisncs IN the in
,srnsl administration 4 their dousies.
,hs7s exists a lower ehass of ro6SEsy,
eQaally hereditary. aad based upon the
possession Of rial estate, bat who are an
sirsly 6speo5sa, % the tsaaAl chief in
~e0ss TERRITORY they reside, With : rghs
q appeal 10 the <spsrsos Sashcyity q the
Tycoos, a5d sometimes 10 that Of the
Nikado-shs nosI repseted q all. owing
70 hss sacred eAArsessr, The rest q the
Poga'atioz. deprived Os sll liberty. ars
sati-c; ,e the uOst sbSolgts despotism.
The nsrch2a, saG artisan have to yieli to
a vszy rigid discipline. the 6iEsSea, pro
bsss5ons and trades beng uui,si. As in
Chiaa- into Different eOyporasioas. over
Eh5eh the fs1ial master sxszcises an ab-
soluss authority. thus. in the 6rss years
after the sppearanes of EgrOpsaus, the
selling prices were fixed tx them at sa
iuvari4bls standard uoae would have
dared 10 dslirsr them anything below the
CScial tariff. Or to 1se articles imported
fr07 Errope. Ar certain times. al the
sbogs Of YOkohz1z zsrs closed by order.
ard simultaneously, Such an arbitrary
STATE q shiuss wss stin nO7e oppressive
n the tine q Ysyes. who when he had
established his authority over the Dzimios,
vas gladly welcomed By tie people; they
preferred the deSrosisn Of ore 70 the tyr
zzuy Of seueraL The dynasty Of Yeyaz
succeeded II uziutziniug peace and order.
s result much appreciated by he people
at Laryel ard tbe Dziuios seemed to have
become acrus,0ned To the zituztion when.
II ISIS, appeared the European usa-of-
VI
The Tycoo1 hzi previously made ;
treaty With the Uuiiej States. established
n rs usgbborhooi, st San Francisco. on
the opposite share Of the P.eIfc Ocean
Th4s treaty, aIth0Ggh merely touching
certain questions Of aavigsiiou .nd fishing
rights. had rsceived. * It appears. the ap-
prgTzI Of the Dainios- couTOksd ST Yedo
flr that purpose. bat When France and
Ez-zai desired 70 open uesotiatins- the
Tyco0a zogli not eons1ls them any
b11esr- The rev treaties changed tie
sicu1tio1- and czussd disturbance IN the
internal administration Of the D4inios'
d0niai0us- Foreign commerce Eaz Intro
61csi- q vas 70 be Iufrodaced ST some
fltare tine, f5r oaly three ports were
opened 70 EarOpezns, al Of which be-
I0ugsd 70 the Tyc0On- Several D4iuiOs.
hsadei oy Pnses Nsgzt0. refused TO sab-
scri5s 10 these eoaEsotlous. and appealed
70 the L5ag forgotten authority Of the Nj
kzio- A league Vas organized sgzinst
the f1rsizusrs and the Tycoou: hence the
1sszzsiuztious ard vi0lsuces committed
aEzirst The EGrupeens residing at Ysdo
and YokohznA The Tye0on. being very
y01uE. a1d uu-bls TO resist, uss obliged
70 partially divulze his embarrassment
and ths exps,iiiiOo Of Simonosaki. in
Ehieh The troops of NeeAt0 ssre unable
70 stand az1inst 4 fss EzrOpezn sailors.
cleariy skoEsd 70 ths Dainios The folly Of
ta=ir reEoit- They accordingly yielded.
snd id Tot OPsuiy oppose the treaties,
bal tbsy PrsssrTsd hostile 8tuiade to
zar5- tie Tye,0a. their s1zsrzin- Some
q then resolved fr0u that tine, 70 make
tk=n=slEss sulrsly ildeP=ndsnt. and
th8z.Lt that sinez tie fE=iga=rs Hsre 10
b ACCEPTED. Il s4s zo=t advisable to Ob-
tan tkeir pr0ssct5o1- On the ether hand,
Ikz nsz Tye0on. zh0 L an able and sner-
zstic u4a, fslt that his interest and hiz
EsrT sIistsacs na5e Il inpsrz-iEe upon
biu 20 Please the f5reizn poEers and
tbs zs lave tie erplzczti0n q the 50
Eci-15e b kzs eTinezd u relzti0s 70 the
C1iFsEszI EIpOsIriO1. a. delicate nzttsrJ
u E1TVps. and also of the independent
1slf;15s zss1nle5 there b. Prirce Sa;zama-
TIE inssrusrinzzl J1ry 0f the Ezhibi-
si0o- exclusively Interested IN questions II
eo1ns-cs znd industry. has judged Of the
r=pSrtiEe Elsrits Of The articles sxPosed,
Ei-ha1i best0Eiag ih0zght On political
diEcsliiss- PrIoes S4tzzmz had besi6es-
zn0tbe- eziz for beng ssparstsly admitted
u tie ExD0si-i01- In TIrt1s Of another
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