New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-16

II sresty, cnsrgeo wltn DUTY or not. IN
y duty is sheer loss to us and . sheer gal
a to tho twenty-five owners of tho. suga
# Plantations, whether they reside in Hawai
r Of elsewhere. It is an immense subsidy &
!. these wholly private interests, and IA
Il more obnoxious than any subsidy which ha
q heretofore found CONGRESSIONAL advocates
{, However hSneetl4 intended by the paftie
i to tho Aegotiatio6.1 feel constrained to de
:. nounce it ~ I job, the chief result of which
Q will be to put money into the purses Of /
!, few Hawaiian sugar plAAters, who hav,
i captured good enough king to march d
the head Of thelr triumphant procession
through thA country ct our expense, anl
who, BY the0y, 10 to iseue bis royal procls
| matioQ Fatfyhg tie treaty. When the re
jected Hawaiian, tReqty of 1869 was before
I us, it vas claimed - 0srie that Ill Of the
foreigners, ard almost wholly, Amerieeae,
Thsr6is no doubt they arp 90 now"
Nqlhof Gays: l5f r
bThee tofroom On thS 6ifferent isishds
.fog about seeynty-Ax q eighty more plan
tta0oos On To scale now cohi{hon, ana
thereSaro thiak still excellent opt0rtuni-
! ties for 1king pls6t1tions. A pla1per in
hid presenco de6eribe4' the situation by
issyhg, If - hs4 plenty n labor and =
teo tmeEket ~ obs sugar ~ ehould be
thoroughly ssttsfisd.,"
Mr.. Nordo@l peaks Of some # these plan
tstiG1 IL & he h:'A . cyst sl9co qps hioh
Deprecated In va1ue on account Of che inn.
providence and extravaganza OF the plan.
dit is ,iiASossible 70 ssy from tfs datI be-
fore rs what may be the Increased produc,
ton Of sugar i1ssAs islands under the
stim9|qe qf bonus 90 grset.. -
Tho .lentleman from New York cha in
4 ~
| tant DAY. Is skcpld have two OF more raul
roads coPpletedt 70 the Pacifo sea. Now,it
can not IS brought IS the Mississippi ysIlev
Or to tho Eastern markets BY the Central
American route, yet it Is hot impossible
that refined sugars from these island1
OF the Pacific refineries may undersell
sss o 5aE. 81 sf TouP r1 ssS sot, in
sugara on the. Psciia coast, it would be an
injus@ce to tax the people of the whole
country for their benefit. Our tariff should
be regulated, No by sectional lines OF geo.
graphical Rosilions. but upon the principle
OF uniformity and equality Of burdens:
discover the first single consideration grow.
ing out of our trade or commerce to induce |
us tQ vote this bsuus, to make this d0na-
ton, exacted from the industry of our tax |
burdened people to this alien interest in
these distant Islands, owned by few enter
prising Americans who do not share with
us the difficulties Of our situation
tSolled BY mere questions Of trade, that we
d?nteRplate tho. purposes and objects of
this convention from the pedestal Of lofty
statesmanship, that weshsll secure by this
Visit political advshtsges, VI
Now, sir, challenge the 4enfIeman to
point out one single right or privilege of q
political character SECURED to our country! +
kaad +; the article convention. s,ticle
my n e ~n,ee gus pee'l0u' boon is care
1T i agreed o. the mart Of his Hawaiian
Majesty that g. lng1 THE treaty shall
,emain, in force he6il4lpt lease or other.
wise dispose Of OF create any lien, "a n0rAI |
my port. harbory or other territory "a hislI
!Ipninions, q grant any special privilege or,
1gnts ofauseF therein, to any other power,
y within any .otheg nation ihail obtain t6elI
me pritilegeS, relatiyd to The SdmissiSn
! ~ a;tds II ii2e duty hereby secured
Now, q, unlese the LANGUAGE Of this Sr. q
cie vas intended not to express but to
onceal its meaning, I affirm that there ie {
OF one word in it that secures to our coun-
erbor Or on the territory in the dominions 9
Ethe King Of thu &sYaiian Islands. It t
erely guarantees that he will not mak..I a
~ such grants in favor of any othertI .
ower. 1t does declare that no other ma. o
on shall Obtain the same privileges rela- ?
We to the admission Of any articles free Of O.
1tS hereby g. cured to the United States, A
ut We have already. demonstrated that o.
!; 90 that, when you come TO examine this Il
suse critically, there is not the first. po- %
'ical right or privilege absolutely secured "
rs. There il nothing of the kind in it. N
the treaty of 1850 the King of e
8 Hawaiian Islands could mot grant fe
y privileges to foreign powers which fe
would be entitled to upon tho same 90
rms and condnions. Hence it is clear ~ ~
at this conventidf substantially does NO 81
ore for us in q POLITICAL point Of viewlI
an the tresty of 1850. SAnd in all other de
5bects It is -QUt 20 satisfactory. It doesI
tIecure fof our Merchant Vessels, for our pa
Ealing 4lAps,. tor our war and mail steam th
J for our cit2T ens resident in he islands, \ 1
3 same lb@ Sdyentages u does the vi
ATTY OF 1880. And Yet the advocates Of 90
e convention have discoyelhd ip:; these ~!
%s!, fl3ii ~ : sdperstructure 10 am- e
Rnd s@ea have delighted u. With the pa
'ctaclepf 3 proud d9Pendepcy far out in .ms
Pacific SeaSa halfway house for our ca
evans laden With the rich TREASURES of de.
East; our flag flying over Honolulu; opr
passing in reviews befofe some ~
lerM officer incommand of thS islands; by
heavie1t guns cIpwning their ramparts, ag'
our invincifRe MONITORS quietly sleep apl
az the hafb0rs Of Pearl river, but ready ma
he first tocsin Il war with Great Britain Ho
HAke the echoes Of thoSD Gilent seas with I not
ir l0udeet th8nders and to drive the = \
tish Meet from the track Of our com thi
.ce. triI
ut gentlemen are mistaken. All this dis
rhetoric, these bright visions, these nei
ans OF extended empire, vanish at the owe
the responsibilities Of government, inte
appeal from those fancy sketches to wa
prosaic terms OF the convention itself. Eul
when they shall afialy1e them, they but
atconCe perceive that there are NO 4 0p
sta@s. mo ramparts, not even Pearl I Bro
harhorsv6at were to have been offered mel
2 acc4rdinE- n Mr.. NQfdhoff, y en-, peo
y. ~, Of empire put only sugar, provided obs
(icn T. bSy trade; e; mater Of fe mers ben!
- ana csntl;a vuig,F subsi1J in favor n
lev men and N recfprQcity. Where, miss
Is your lofty statsspanskipi II
! suppose - w3fe to accs1e tho espr- iSsS
4 e. gent6meks Let Us take j Tor tesy
"a t9o me eRnysA tiep violent . Ae tear
1Mptsea :may 1et dbl lecure to or MINI
try tho great political a&VautI&e1 TIT the Z
Y saca glsSx1a t1a1eaSe: e it Cd 92t6S
S :s s. ID; e sss:e : =. e:
~ 31Aske6a 81 on - eof do fsfS i NJ
these islands 1000 miles d4GS6oR ok(B
Tho honorable gentleman from New Cdang