The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-08-21

FRoh LATE BRITISH State papers, relating to
Turkey, we make the following extracts which,
had wiser counsels not prevailed, might even
have been applicable to our own country. In a
dispatch from Sir A. ii. Layard to Her Majesty g
principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
we quote as follows
"In conclusion, the most enlightened and patriotic
Turkish statesmen and functionaries, and the most in
tSressen the Empire, and. and are ~ prepared for @Att the ADOPTION
Of decisive and radical measures to avert them. The
the capital into honorable exile as Governors-Genera
or TO I'LL other posts, because they are known to advocate
Haireddin Psshss being the only men of note left in
o oSns1 messI9es tina. te csn save y : r gsReya from SSns speeS3 eoiis ree
are the immediate dismissal of the present incompetent
to the Sultan Of those men who now exercise an evil in
huence over him."
Under these circumstances it appears to me that the
demand that haxe the = f National a t Assembly, 1hiSk should he IL ff be caife ID to- %
gether. If Her Msjesty's Government were disposed to
they would. I believe. be supported by the most intelli-
gent; sniigGtensd; and Liberal he public publ o, opinion ,i in the ne
placed in the arbitrary power of the Sultan, the few ex-
IN Turkey might be called to His Msjesty's co1nsels. and
those reforms which can alone save the country from a
rapid and speedy downfall, might be put into execution
under European supervision"
The following are the instructions of Lord
Granville to the Right Hon. G.. j. Goschen
There are not wanting men of upright character who
government but the Sultan has thought fit to reject
their cOunseis, and to allow himself to be guided by an
ignorant and fsnatical party, who are opposed to all real
reforms and who viii complete the ruin Of the Empire
fortunate influence"
The above extracts should give food for refec-
ton to those who affect to underrate the opinions
and interests of foreigners, and the Representa-
tives of Foreign Governments.
The appointment Of " men of upright charac-
far annpnrfa6 hu tho moot ipfolIi0apt apli1bfon-
ed and liberal public opinion - of a nation to
govern its affairs, is one of the highest duties
which a Sovereign owes, not only to his subjects,
but to the sovereigns and nations with which he
holds relations. This is one of those necessary
laws, of which De Vattel says
That law is common to sill nations. and if anyone of
them does not respect it in her actions she violates the
common rights Of the others"
And he further says
States conduct themselves in a different manner from
individuals. It is not usually the caprice or blind i'm
petuosity Of . single person that forms the resolutions
red on with more deliberstion an circumspection."
Abiding to the maxim of Cicero that-"with-
out q strict attention to the most rigid justice
public affairs cannot be advantageously admins
same writer says:
Providence occasionally bestows on the world Kings
and Ministers who are impressed with this great truth.
condu q 3 of nstions viii viii ONE day be eG wnitiplied.% WIS
Now rigid justice demands that wise and
capable men be appointed to govern the nation.
We shall close with one more quotation:
1.-THE law of Nations is the law of Sovereigns. 1t is
principally for them and their Ministers that it ought to
be written"
It will be seen that in the exercise of the high
prerogative of appointing Ministers of State,
attention should be paid to the obligations i'm
posed by the laws of nations, which Hawaii
comes under as one admitted to the rights of
nations, and which cannot be evaded without
r~elapsing into barbarism, and FORGETTING those
rights.