The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-07-26

Tn coNHryICsT1ON Of our correspondent .. "
in to-day's issue, whether he DC an opponent Of
the proposed treaty, Of indifferent. Is couched in
an argumentative style that commando attention,
if it does not convince by the force of the reason
ing adduced. He recites a series Of impediments
that will in his opinion be fatal to the accom-
pIishment Of the treaty, and the statement of
which. s%eriofrn, he evidently deems unanswer-
able. We, on the other hand, are Of opinion
that the obstacles stated are much exaggerated
and on examination viii be greatly modified in
importance, or disappear entirely
There will be no necessity for the consumption
Of ga very considerable length Of time -
Though the expression is quite indeinite)-in
the preparation Of the treaty by the contracting
parties. Both negotiators will thoroughly IN
derstand what Is required, and diplomacy in
these days Is not given to red tape.
The ultimate fate Of such n treaty will be de-
cided, not in q both Houses Of the United States
legislature but in one, and delays and post
ponements in the Senate may or may not be an
t~icipated.
Its ratification in our own Legislature, we beg
to say, is not - generally considered very prob
lematicaI." On the contrary, the experience of
IIt lJ5L lIluuCt5 ne COllINlcnJ DclIcI ludI u
majority of intelligent Hawaiian Representatives,
when the subject has been fairly and truthfully
placed before them, will heartily approve of such
n treaty, carefully framed with reference to the
rights Of the people and the Government.
OK" declares that it will be necessary TO
convene a special session of the Legislature to
pass n special statute to make a title TO the ceded
land. Not so for the same Legislature that ap-
proves Of the treaty, can and undoubtedly will
make every needed provision for its execution.
*" has Iaboriously conjured up a vision of
time wasted in the f~ruitless endeavor to get reci-
procity, { a dreary and protracted period of per-
haps years" This cheerful Jobs comforter"
shows, Ito his own satisfaction) frst-that with
out the speedy relief of a free market, our indus
tries arc ruined and second-that the hope of
getting a reciprocity treaty from the United
States is 4 phantom, an igniS fdtuUS, which may
lead us INTO 4 slough of despond, Unto which,
however, nc shows we are bound, in any EVENT.
Having now got us in a fix, like the traditional
9 Barney's brig with both main tacks on board
and unable to steer in either direction, will
eX." permit MS to sink Just here?
No; he does not, as one might be led to sus-
pect, advise us to end our separate national ex-
istence at the point where he has deprived us Of
all hope, Except that of annexation), but he
suggests that the United States may, some Of
these days, reduce the duty on sugars to a mere
nominal amount, in imitation of the course pur-
sued in England. In case Of the realization of
this forlorn hope, chow many " dreary years "
hence? we shall have given away a part Of our
territory without any equivalent! We have
heard some very sensible people affirm it as their
decided opinion, that were we to cede Pearl Har-
Dor to the United States without any stipulation
of reciprocity. and that Government should pro-
coed to establish Il naval station at that point, a
vast benefit would accrue to this country and ma
ton. The lack of an equivalent would indeed
be on the side of the United States. As to any
prospective change in the United States sugar
duties, whenever that does occur it will in all
probability be a change in favor of the influential
refinery interest, by repeating the duties on re-
fnery grades