The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-14

IL Is true declined the maiority's
invitation to resign, and suggested
the utter lack of logic in the propo-
stion that |, holding such decided |
views as TO the error of their pro- |
posed course, should, by resigning,
and making room for Il successor of
their own frame of mind, or willing
to be their tool, should facilitate
the contamination of the very wrong
action which they proposed, and
opposed.
The Advertiser writer is again
dishonest in his statement OF his
tory, when lie intimates that the
Cabinet Council of Thursday last,
(the second one referred to by him)
was called for the purpose of again
presenting to the King the matter OF
the Colonel's commission. In fact,
that was only an incident of the
Council which was called for far
different object, and thereby hangs
q tale.
When the famous (some people
would say infamous) treaty draft
was presented to the King for his
approval last summer, it was pre-
sented in share of which l dis
tinctly disapprovcd, and my dis
approval had been stated to two
! other members of the Cabinet with.
in ten minutes before the opening of
the council, together with my re-
quest that they would not formally
adopt il in that shape until could
he further heard, This was agreed
to by them, and The council opened
and proceeded until one Of those
same Ministers, TO my utter conster-
nation, offered an iron-clad rcsolu-
ton of concurrence in the draft as
it stood. Seeing there was a present
necessity for opposition to, or silent
acquiesceuce in what ! thought TO
be an unncrtorioEs and dangerous
scheme, | chose the former course,
and stated some of my most radical
objections 10 the treaty draft, as
submitted. One Of the results was
that the King withheld his approval
of the project, another was, that l
was severely disciplined by my col
leagues, for daring to mar the har-
mony of the council, even where the
matter of debate was the giving away
of kingdom.
From that time to the present, las
| have reason to bclicvc) ] have
been considered unreliable" on
treaty matters, and have further
reason to believe that the determine
ton of the INA j9rily" to illegally
oust my brother from the military
command, was formed with distinct
reference to their ability, (after the
volunteers should be commanded
by men of their own selection), to
overcome, by demonstration OF
physical force, if necessary, any
opposition that l might advise, OF
the King might make, to the con,
summation of their scheme of bastard
annexation TO the United States,
when they should again see fit tC
: bring their alleged ''reciprocity''
f treaty to the council board.
That proposed treaty, which had
supposed to be dead and buried fol
the present, at least (since the
majority" had failed to either
1 caiolc or bully me into an acquies'
+ cence therein, since my return from
America) suddenly came to the front
again at the council of Thursday
the 10th instant. In fact that coun
Gil was called, at very short notice
for the express purpose OF agail
presenting the treaty draft for tn
approval of the King, and to secur
! his commission to our Minister a
4 Washington TO proceed with ii
/, negotiation" Queer phrase +
. apply to 'cut and dried" cOndl
:. ton of affars.) was again ohiige'
to dissent from the advice Offered
Y by my colleagues, that the Kim
# should approve the draft and sig
/. the commission, at least until som
~ amendments of the most obvion
! necessity should he inserted. in t!'
~ way of safeguards TO Hawaiian IL
# tcrests. The majority would nc
!. listen to any terms more favorabl
n, to Hawaii than their scheme alread
40 embraced. | would not advise tn
~ King to such an abandonment {
" sovereign authority rs | deeme
+ the proposal to entail, and the Kin
- again withheld his approval and hi
70 signature.
1t Then the ''maiority' sought t
At constrain the King into fOllowin
&c their advice, by parading and en-
q larging upon the sovereign virtue
9, of an opinion sent them by three {
i the Supreme Court Judges, in whic
d" those gentlemen reached the yer
At logical conclusion that, for the col
o. ducting of affairs of the highest in
o. portance to the State the CabinC
" shall be deemed to consist of three
5. instead of four members. II is tru
H. / advised the King that such ca par
III "opinion" cut no figure in the ma
d. ter OF his action, either upon til
$, treaty or the Co!onelcy, but it
n none the less touching to obserN
the proiundity of reverence wit