The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-11-12

| amer uusA backing and aniag, p,ge''ssiee au'
diplemaey, the RH Islands. caaaleaia. cAhaeaa
sua all. have hesn annezsd to tSs British Empire aad
% .us,Asr ring has been addsd 70 'bs herns q
JeAa Run. TIE usgotiaiiens haze been quiss sssdJ
% these having any curiosity 70 note tie PregFe's q
this AaAir between the tive hiea seusfas'ing parties
There never sead Be aay doubt 70 The mind' % 'ho'
who were posted IN the posS Of drsa, Rrsaie' - %
the aeSalsiOa q fsregn tsrrissvy. The se"sfA''es
fron the menss, the proposition vas made uA'" -
s,saplsslOa. wai farsxeas ooaslusiou. Bet area'
Rrlsan Ike the cat, touua pleasure IN teyius iiil'
before she 70, rssdy to swallow this FUha Ucase
Her appetite having been .uaeisutiy sharpened. ard
the prOprosss Observed she accsp,ed shat had bees
previously offered u, snd rvjvoipd Or declined.
We and no fsuit. We are Glad the thing has been
done. Ifour Goverumeat declines the gin 81 whole
nations fal Of nasicaal wealth we'll as Psspe. bet
persists in bayinx dssOla,s regions like Aiaska b.
cause il has = surplus population of SEALS and iAsn
gives the exclusive privilege q killing TO 'o@s Aver
he company. Why. u nay Be useless to regrs, the
shsIss. II nay prove the wiser course In The ed
%, to eva any outlying aad, any Islands oftss "a
But Il 80 f this Is % We policy. What right have
w to ohjess to other uHtIoas accepting Whist ~ re-
jcc,l We have talked much abOu, The seqai'sioa q
caAa, ST. Thomas. the Navigator Islands. Saa Do
mingo and the Sandwich T,lasdsi sud s0ns q our
psope have laid violent hands on Lower Calfefuis,
and Sonora. and Nicarsgua. we'll. not to mention
Canada and New Brunswtok. watch latter vas at
tempted to BE- taken BY squad. Of whom n0us Ser'
less title than Colonel.
III well that all this has changed - 20 ihs nan
psr Of acquisition hhSsHo 'Ous,ins' attempted. II
IL we'll that our people have ceased attempting 70 as-
euirv fsreiga territory BY force. But saaaes Ia
dur.e the course Ofour GOvsrumsut 10 absolutely ~
fa.ins or aesleetins to acquire vsluabls-vs might
saw misunderstanding. when OF red u without
purchase and without price. This has been The course
q the Government. The French have Tahiti and
New CaIelon,s, the British have New Zsalaai aud
the Continent Of Australia besides small islands 10
the South Pseiae Germany Ia anxious to obtain a
foothold there. and has once twice attempted H.
We have not one islsn nd. port spot. wherein We
may honestly raise the Stars and Stripes. II We
need ship repaired II she Be any vhsrs 10 The Pao
&c, she must Be seat to Australia, or round Cape
Hon. or to San Pranesco however great the dItHuos
for the PurPose.
Away from this port. We have no spo, thrOughou,
this vast Pacific Ocean to which msn-OEwar or
merchant ships may repair for rsrtng Provisioning
or for any other purpose 10 ease Of need. Add yet
there are the Samoan Group. consisting Of several
islands. whose Inhabitants. through some hundreds
Of their Chiefs aud chief men, have asked the United
States Government TO accept them and make the
rvuP part Of the United States territory. This Pc
ttun We have seen in its original form. II s in
Washington and has been there for year or two In
the possession ola Senator aud the gin. gin free
aud eoess has never received the eOurtesy even Of
refusal. nor Of consideration. We need these 10
lands for the accommodation Of our Increasing trade
and for our eOnvsnisnee' and perhaps for
our future safety. win not the Government awake
to the importance Of this question, and ErAoioasJ al
low thuse ns ripe pears to drop into the lap u cur
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