The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-01-19

The Editor Of the 4drafiSer claims,
above all things, TO be : good and loyal
subject of His Majesty, the King of these
Islands. and in order to prove it, takes
every opportunity that presents itself of
republishing in his paper any paragraph
or article which may appear in papers
abroad. tending TO bring Him and his
Kingdom into contempt and disrepute,
An instance Of this occurs in his last num-
Der. wherein he copies from an American
paper the following paragraph:
General MeCook. nov Governor Of Colorado.
described to NE the life he led IS Minister 10 the
Sandwich Islands, with his young and beautiful
wife
All We did be said was 10 walk every night
I'D a little strip of beach. which led to a spot
where could look toward the United States
And Ee looked. and We wished We were there
MeCOok had been sent by Secretary Seward
to transact big job IN real estste-to buy the
Sandwich Islands outright The King. named,
think KamehaInehs- sid
General MeCook hike the Americans. snd
know that We are poEerlsSs 10 hold these Islands
dsy against any power that in our inOfenSiTs
weakness hes our independence and. really. me
and nv people are fond Of the American flag.
But what Is the use Here ! an King. and /
get $4,000 year. Yoa would not want TO pay
me that in perpetuity. for this Is more than you
pay your President I would have to Be ci;i-
zen in America, and probably not very disiin-
guished citizen. So think l hsd better be a
King of here. Don't yOa
MeCOok sSys be looked ST His Majesty min
ute. sitting there very fat and good humOrei.
smoking his cherOo;. sDd drinking San Fran
cisoo cObbler. and Re said just orally: Your
Majesty, Your heads rouRd.
He tells US that he has = changed it
slightly TO make 1t respectful, for foreign
writers. particularly American, are not
prone to speak respectfully of Sovereigns
in the Pacific We are free to say that
the writers with whom the Editor of the
4drertissy, and his Ring" are in sym
pathy, are open TO the charge which he
brings against them, but We are not aware
that any gentlemen. either European or
American. are in the habit Of 50 doing.
but the contrary. al any rate, in connec-
ton with our Sovereign.
Our attention had been drawn to the
extract in question some time since, and
we had thought to take some notice of it.
but after reflection. determined not to do
50. As II has now been repubished here,
II becomes necessary that we should de
clare that there Is not one particle of
truth in the reported conversation be
tween His Majesty and General MeCoOk
On first reading It, we thought that the
whole thing was pure invention of the
Correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune
Such, however, can hardly be the case.
inasmueh as General McCOok, on his first
return from the United States. did init
mate TO some Of the Ministers, in an indi-
rect way, that be had 3 commission in
his pocket, from Mr.. Seward, for negotiat-
ing the sale Of these Islands. and that 1t !
was his intention 10 mention the subject
to the King. The General was, however,
notified, that should he do so,
the result to himself would, perhaps, not
be desirable, he being distinctly informed
of the course which would be pursued.
In conclusion, we would say that to
have reported such 8 conversation as hay-
ing taken place, Is neither creditsble to
the General, as late Minister Resident Of
the United States here, nor as the Gov
ernor of one of the Territories Of the
United States
WIZ rs nature given u two cans a.d but one