The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-06-07
! our musI UJCUIcnt sfTvHut,
W. L. GREEN.
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lir. MINISTER We have the honor to aeknow-
ice thc receipt 81 your Communication OF thi. .tc
requesting Dpiniuu whether any further legislation
De- required the part uf HE llaWaiian Kingdom to-
lrW The TREATY Of Reciprocity with the United States
o. 70 ir operation.
The Act u the hr.t Of August 1874. printed copy
af q hicH annex. sets forth accurately ia MS pre-
,bir thc Constitutional provision On the sui let OF
ryraiie- involving change ~ The Tariff
Toe Treaty uIle insidcr1ti1n d1c- not involysany
-..aHre iu the present tariff. but T. Convention with
tha Quilted States thHt the Articles mentioned in
schedule attached shalt come in without being sub
cfCl 90 the tarf In view Of similar privileges in
arer Of some Hawaiian products to DC introduced
iatn the United States.
50 that IL is excee nc'y doubtful whether the A.
sent oi the Legislature will be required at alt; bat
whether ibis instruction be u sound ono or not IT
will be that the Constitution requires that .ueh
trcrty should be ferrcl 10 the Legislature fur ap
prevail We % the opinion that TIC requirement.,
ol the Constitution have been implied with in this
rc-rc-i and that further legislation il necessary.
Saeh likewise we believe is the upiuion ur judge Judd
vh. l. now absent Hawaii. holding tho Circuit
C.urt that Island; but his return ii Your Ex-
&c cucy shall think il dcsir die, we d. not doubt
that 40 will expressly concur in this opinion.
I have the honor TO be Mr.. Minister
Your ohediert servants
Signed ELSA IL. ALIEN.
tSigneD Z. c. HARMS.
Mr. Chairman, if this government or if l. have
done anS thing wrong 10 this matter that wrong was
done ever thirteen months ago when [, IN conjuuc-
ton with the late Attorney eneral aud the Cabinet,
advised His Majesty To raty this Sreay, and tnus
bind the country aud have pushUd its conclusion
the part Il The United states the earliest posi-
bic date. And why should not then recommend
The ratioltion Mr.. Chairman, Of this great treaty
We were advised, and believed, and believe now
that the only true the uhly safe course TO pur
sue IL We wanted 10 get IL. Yes, Mr.. Chairman. we
then decided 10 olose this bargain with the Great
United States, and to rely their sense Of honor
nnd prapriety to It concluded by their Congress
The result hiss justified cur action. What should
have hesitsted because somebody had c,me and
told that perhaps the law OF 1874 vas uucousttu-
tional. which, however, nobody then did Somebody
tod usi who's Perhaps. Mr.. Chairman nv re-
spcctcd grandmother might have suggested to me that
The as ct 1874 vas unconstitutional. But the Legs
iat.re. the Cabinet and the Judges of the Supreme
Court all cuncurrei IN the opinion that il was /
sholli have been q simplet1n, Sir. Chairman and
anht FOR the position which hold, 10 have hestated
IA mcnt q that time in coacuding this great bar
gain. But Mr.. Chairman, IT has been urged that
now the Circumstances altered, that the law Of
lSI only Contemplated treaty concluded before the
next session OF me Leg.la That when this As
scmbiy met the law Of lS1i becaue void, dead. Yes
Mr.. Chairman il did. but while it lived aud long be-
Tore this Assembly met, that law produced the re-
suits intended by IL. it had given birth 70 a child
fhe Reeipr city treaty with the United States. Is
.at treaty dad? No, Mr. Chairman it lives. and
th. country 10 honor biunl 20 it. There is moth
nE HateNer. conserving the treaty 70 bring before
THIS Assembly nov. the last relieved US Of this
dIty. The treaty concluded as far as we a.e
concerned, long before, over yoay before hs As.
.snby met There l. still snnthercrude notion which
/ perhaps ought 70 notice which one If or newspa-
pers has advanced, and may say both the Honolulu
newspapers have taken IN my opinion wrong. al
though different views this subject. The idea Is
thus. that inasmueh as the government is sure of
vote n rer Of the treaty they might as well bring it
up before The Assembly, pass it aud make everything
comfortable.
The Honorable Mr.. Rhodes has stated that he did
not entertain this view. But, Mr.. Chairman, will
not ius-., this house by supp3sing possible that
they would web 10 place the treaty before them
Tor consideration, only because knew they would
vote IN tvar and not against it. No, II il came be-
fore the onse at all, il must come for their reeep-
tior or rejection might seem good to them And
thar cannot be, for the country already bound to IT,