The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-06-07

treaTN fNrcH lnciNuing ~ Tue le-islallFt y
-emby. therefore nerrr bring this treaty bt
FIRE thi- Asssmhy. | have closed the btTgtin ana
| | knew my punishment fer not bringing 1t before th
! Assembly {" be taken uut into he plaza an
| shot, would not d. : That j. not the way hay
been the habit Of W king bargains. either ia pri
vate capacity Minister Of the State.
should mention that with regard 10 the amend
to the ~. article of the treaty by the u. )
! Senate. explanation may well be asked. di
! not quite understand the amendment myself when
! hr,t read il. TIE amendneqt Is ~ toll0w,:-
Ii i agreed. the part 81 His Hawaiian Majesty
that. - long this treaty all remain IN fore- b.
will not lease otherwise dispose Of create aEy
lien upon any port. hrh'r. or ether territory in hi
donations. grsnt special pri,i eye rights n
therein. 10 any ether power, state government
Th- d. the clause respecting which the IOporibl,
member for Lab tina n-ke! IN a question in Thu
u ,ise. namely. uhc'h-r the Representatives Of any
foreign government hal made any protest onjec
tion 10 it 1 answered the Honorable member that
Representative Of any foreign government had
an de any prrto-t objection to -.
On that reply. the intr ,dlc-r II The solution now
under disc ,s,nu. the Honorable Mr. Rhodes. took
the ,pprtuuir Of trying Ia cat Doubt few DAYS
Hgr by stating that reply something ferelt
to what the llunurabe gen rnen Vi understood me
20 say 10 Priv Council. will nov state what did
say IN Privy Council in this regard, aud there aru
many here who heard me. Tine question nf inmi-
graun being G.cI-se,i and tbs lropriety Of this
govern nrnt applying to the government Of Great
Britain thr"u the British Representative here tU-
p-rm-si II and assistance in bringing E1st Indians 10
this country from East India. then stated (this
meeting ucCIued some tim: Ag") that copy Of the
Treaty Of Reciprocity had been rent TO she dppms
Representatives in Honolulu namely. Of Great Britain
France and the United States. ard that the repre-
tentative # Gicat Britain ha asked for explaua
tiens res ectng the amendment ." the f,urth article
of the treaty ami that c,rrcpnn fence the subject
was still pending both between mys-f and the Brush
rcpre -entatiye aud lie irvr between the latter and
the British Government. and that uatii sutsfac
tory conclusion had been arrived Vt. considered it
IA unsuitable moment 10 9, 10 the Brush govern
nent to ask them II help 1" get { cir people 60
these islands in order grow sugarfr the American
market under the impulse If an exclusive treaty
abont which they we're at shat instant asking exa.
natuns aud Oh cer'ainiy re Cd very much like
having thtm and all other foreign cluutre- except
the United States - out in the c,d.' l have
grea: pleasure in heng able state to this Assembly
that the British Government has had tn treaty aud
the amendment the Itd article unheF consideration
and that after the explanations which have brea Civ,
en- they have objection protest to make u any
part u: the treaty whatever.
And in fact a little con lo-ati,n shows that al
ihnagh this amendment does read rather -hly. IL
really means very little i would have been great
OBJ etion. doub'. il this amendment gave the
Uri,el States any exclusive privilege in any port,
htrbpr. uthsf terrific Y in thi, c,uhtry. uuJ ca
inycl by ,iher powers, and IT moi unnatural hat
The British & vernucut mi hit fear the Hon iu-
truAuCer Hl iu- fC~tfIillH uli. I'd 40 moro
hap~. suEc secret BrraB ueut, Dr another Pcrl
River Scheme unectol with this treaty whirh did
moi appear the f-c, Of IT, Eat when hey were
assured. ! assure ynu hat there is nothing at an
Of the kind. the British Government we're quite salts
fed. The mt rf ths Whole ratfer i- l-t ihi.
This country does ot-od 10 code amy territory
or sieeai rslt- and privileges in it, parts 10 the
United state, AMI IT has agreed that 10 wlll
u - 90 any "thcr .foWer long tiii- treaty
mains 10 force. We have as'eoi MT {" d.. j at
what we inieuiei not jo q ANY Ntv. And this is
rcay all that the American Go crnuopi want. II /
they u"t 10 have exclusive naval iatIou, they
don I ga.t any other power 20 have uuc. The fact /
Is. this stipulation, wncn properly understood, jlst
suits everybody.
Thi, Assembly WI no doubt notice the very
llerent method Il gazing about thing pur,ued by !
he Brush Representative. and The British |
Ministers. ami the Hon. Eeut'rmlu whp introduces |
his resolution of " int Of epnidoece r the Ministry
They like sensible men, Waca they something in
hi, tretty they d5a't understand. 10 the prupe;
quarter. and IN any Intelligent aud ineligible
uer ask TOR eyrlanatiins after vii CO they w,ud be
position % mako protests or ubeciirns. not
mi ,ht seem good Q" the waist Hon. Pfesidaut
'n the other uard first rashes 10 his olutiou with
1ut giving N 'meuL's notice Of want Of confidence
IN the Ministry fr what they have done. aud what /
hey going 90 do ab 'ut the treaty and then pro
',els to ind ont what is they have done aud
hey gtiDg &, Do.
Tue lion iutrodueer Of this resolution has made
ZONE charges nE,inet nyscf in particular which I
ere in the indictment and which have reference
o my seton with respect to the now celebrated |
memorial; the Government answer to that d"cu-
nent and the reply Of ". Il. Green to the same. 1 !
iope when the proper occasion arrives TO have some
hing to say On hrso points. but at the present
nent they To be outrageously beside the
question ihst shall not waste he tire Of the Assem-
Ny in replying To them.
] must, iwever, admit n certain amount Of con-
lection between the memorial aud this resolution.
Both documents headed by tho Hon. Godfrey
Shodes, Wnlls the resolution before this Assem-
'ly states 10 clear and unmi.tlkRble language what
he memorial conveyed in all kinds pf language, eN-
ept clear and enthusiastically, namely, the Immense
M ortance to this cluntry OF an immediate change
+ Ministry The memorial signaliy failed in that
bject, whilst this resolution Is certain 10 meet
imilir fate. This Is the second tins within few
months that the Hon. Noble has headed document.
he apparent object Of which is to turn out HIS Ma
esiys Ministers. and THIS Is tne second time that
ush document has failed in 50 d ing. This is the
econd time within fey months that the Hon. !
'ob.e has provoked pugi.istc encounter so to
peak, with lis Maje,ty's Minister Of Foreign
fairs and the second time he has succeeded 10 get
ing his bead "into Cdancery." and left the Minis.
ers nothing to do bat 10 pummsl MIN but, Mr.
hartman, 1 refrain.
The Hon Mr.. Castle slil
Mr.. Oh sirmin: Tie resolution before the House
expressing want Of conf lence in tho NJ nstry,
specially for their action in the Reciprocity Treaty
+ their not bringing it before the present Lngsla
ure for ratification, according to the provisions of
he Constitution.
The Minister Of Foreign Relations has most clear
y shown, that in negotiating and perfsc,ing the
rcsty, thirteen months before the assemblin, OF this
legislature, 80 far he binding Of this gov
rnmeut was conceruei) they have acted in strict
Uniformity with the law Of 1874 passed hy that Leg
ilaute iar this express purpose and that both the
w and the ministerial action uader il we're fortified
y the written opinion Of the Supreme Court. | was
OF aware until heard his remirks. that the min
iterial action so clearly sustained by the high
st jadicla authority in the kingdom, though have
egirded it rs in strict obedience to and co formiiy
nth the law Of 1874. So far from censuring the
Iinisry EOS their action ia the matter OF the Re IL
rOcty treaty, it meets my most cordial support and
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