The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-09-23
ROYAL RECEPTION.
His Majesty Receives the Retiring and
the Incoming Minister Resident
Of the United States.
Cordial Expressions Of International
Goodwill.

At noon to-day His Majesty the
King held reception at Iolani
Palace. His Elk. iona. Austin, Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, presented
His Excellency Geo. w. Merrill,
United States Minister Resident, who
addressed the King rs follows
MAY IT PLEASE Your MAJESTY:
AS my official relations as Minis
ter Resident of the United States,
with Your Majesty's Government,
are about to cease, L am charged
with the pleasant duty of conveying
to Your Majesty the assurances of
sincere desire on the part of the
President to strengthen the kindly
feeling, now happily existing between
the kingdom of Hawaii and the Re-
public of the United States.
Permit me TO observe that while
this sentiment has often been stated,
| confidently predict that, in the
future, whatever may be the vicis-
STUDIES of political parties. the
United States Government, guided
by the voice of the people, will never
be false to these sincere expressions
of the past.
feel an abiding conviction that l
but echo the sentiments of the peo-
pie of the United States, as well as
these whom they have chosen to eX-
ecute them will, when L express the
hope that Your Majesty, and the
people of this kingdom of the Paci-
fic, may ever be the recipients of
copious blessings, and that the hand
maiden's peace and prosperity will
forever gladden. Your hearts, and
that patriotic devotion to its interests
shall become so intensified and so
clearly interviewer with every senti-
ment of the people that Hawaii shall
ever be fixed star in the constella-
ton of Independent states.
Although my wish may inspire the
thought yet l trust my prophecy is
not false, as predict the time is
not far distant when the lightnings,
controlled by modern genius, shall
annihilate space and, beneath the
sea, in the flash of an eye, the ma
tons of the world shall extend You
and Your people hearty greetings of
"God bless You and Your native
isles
To these assurances of national
goodwill permit me to add an ex-
preston of my personal regard and
kindly feeling for Hawaii and its
people and to assure Your Majesty
of my high appreciation of Your
many acts of gracious kindness and
the many courtesies of Your Ma
iesty's Ministers and other high
officials of state which have contri-
buted So much to render my sojourn
here chapter in life history, which,
while homeward bound and in after
years will often he reviewed with
most pleasing memories.
Confident in advance that my re-
quest will be cordially granted re-
spectfully ask for my successor the
same kindly feeling which has rem
dered so pleasant my official and So
cial duties near Your Majesty's
Court.
His Majesty replied as follows :
Mr.. MERRILL
1t is with regret that
take leave of a gentleman with
whom l have enjoyed such pleasant
relations.
The honorable and courteou:
manner in which you have represent,
ed the interests of your great coun'
try at My Court has confirmed and
cemented the good understanding
which exists between our respective
states, and has inspired my people
with a more profound appreciation
of the goodwill and friendship sc
long shown by your Government.
My best wishes and those of Hel
Majesty and the Royal Family &c
with you and Mrs. Merrill on your
return to your native country, and
pray that success and happiness
may attend you through life.
His Ex. Mr. Merrill then intro
duced to His Majesty, his success
scr, Hon. John l.. Stevens, who adj
dressed the King as follows:--
SIRE:
In presenting to your Majest,
my letter of credence you viii
allow me to say that it is with al
experience of pleasure that l an
am permitted to be the medium o
communicating to you the gooC
wishes of the President of the Unit
ed States and of the sixty-live mil
lions of people whom he ably an,
faithfully represents. 1t is in tin
spirit of international fraternity
which has greatly increased in fore,
and elevation in recent times, tia
| am sent as the American agent t
your Majesty's Government and t
, reside among the people of thes
, beautiful islands, cluster of gem
in the Pacific Sea. 1t is proper fo
me to say, what your Majesty an
Government well understand, tho
the government and people of th
, United States cherish deep inter
} est in the prosperity and welfare c
the Hawaiian Islands, so smile
upon by nature and so important {
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