The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-30
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Lydecker's Tribute TO Minister of Foreign A.
fairs--CIeopatra's Barge and
Chilean Pirate.

bold contrast to those of some of his
which he sways one iota from the dig
nified statesman and high-minded gen.
tleman, a remark I am sorry to say
will not apply to some of his oppo-
nents
! The services he rendered the coun-
/ try of his adoption are too little known
by the present generation, and when
| in the future, the State of Hawaii, low
TITLED to place her two statues in the
Hall of Fame at Washington, in my
humble opinion. beside that of Kameha-
meha 1. the Napoleon of the Pacific,
Wyllie, the statesman whose guiding
hand on the helm of the newly-launch-
ed Ship of State pointed her on a
course leading to our present pros
perity."
Mr.. Lydecker said that the Oldest
document thus far discovered bears
date of March %, 1890, and is a letter
from Captain Simon Metcalf of the
''Eleanora,' at anchor off ''Awhye"
(HawaiD addressed to S. I. Thomas, J.
Piedler. JOS. Ntackey and John Young.
The Captain complains of his boatswain
being detained ON shore and states that
il he is not returned to the ship, Il
am possessed of sufficient power 10 take
ample revenge. which it is your duty
to make the Head Chief acquainted
with
Next in point of age is a copy of a
letter left with the Chiefs of .'Owhyee''
by George Vancouver, dated March 9,
1888 Thorgh this is a copy. Mr.. Ly-
decker says it is undoubtedly written
at the same time as the original (Which
he understands is in the possession of a
lady of this city) for it is on similar
paper. and in the same handwriting,
probably that of his secretary, as an
autograph-letter Of VancOuver's signed
March ,, 1894. AS these letters arc of
general recommendation of the differ
ent chiefs he has come in contact with,
and Acknowledgements of the hospitable
t. eatnent he has received, copies were
doubtless made to enable the chiefs to
show TO captains of visiting vessels a
the different ports. In his last letter
he d so says: ''On the 25th of Febru-
airy. in a Grand Council of the princi- |
pal chiefs o. this Island. assembled on |
board His Britannia Majesty's vessel |
under nv command. Tamaah Maah |
made the most solemn cession possible |
IF the Island of Owhyee to his Britannia |
The Archivarian says that 1--WE have
the retained copy of Kamehameha's |
letter to George III. announcing his /
sovereignty of the Sandwich Islands. |
While the letter conveys the implied /
cession of the entire group, the So
called 'Cession' at the time of Van
2ouver's last visit being that of the 4
island of Hawaii only, it is more in the /
Dhraseology than in the intent. A |
1erusal Of the letter clearly shows that |
he Kings amanuensis was not a person
u education"
: letter from the E,arl Of Liverpool |
lated April 80, 1872 Acknowledges re-
eeipt of one from the King dated March
J. 1910. together with q feather cloak
with this letter came two chests con
aiming rreser one w:th a Cold /
ace9 Cooked Hat and Feathers, and a
new red coat and uniform and the |
1ther containing an assortment Of
va-ious-ef7ed nes1s. sor0e h~ads. six
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