The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-08-01
RESTORATION DAY.

RESTORATION DAY.
st, wears ago today the independence of the Hawaiian Isl
r restored by Admiral Thomas of the Royal Navy, who hauled
lown the British coos which had been hcisted by Lord George
~ who had landed from H. B. NJ y Carysfort some hve
] cfo and seized Islands in the of Queen Victoria
rovdaed by his superior officer Admiral Thomas, who
anne 70 Honolulu to reparaon through complete restoration
IN" o t one newspaper in Honolulu time The Friend
which reported the affair what was considered at length seven
~ wears ago The Friend said:
and foryhe will hereafter be referred to as memorable
in the history of the Sandwich Islands government The
existence of this has often been threatened but
if has been sgnay preserved 1t is easy to trace the
uperntendng Providence of God in every stage of its adj
vancemen Many months since, persons acquainted with
its condition fully aware that most important crisis
was approaching was that if the nation continued
independent favorable influences must be exered on the
other side the world While the most amcabe negotia-
tons were going forward English man-ofwar anchors
the harbor Immediate hostile action was threatened u-
less the government yielded to certain demands Those
having aceedd others exorbitant were forth
coming The King finding himself involved IN difficulties
which were of his making. under a reservation
reluctantly made provisional cession OF his dominion
to the Queen Of England
He signed treaty of cesson while bathed in At
three clock February 25 1913 the national flag was
taken down. while that of England raised Never shall
forget the day To The native population and the majo
rty of the foreign residents of all nations it was day of
sadness They knew not their eyes would ever again
behold the flag of Kamehameha III, waving his rghtfu
dominion Whoever shall write accurate history OF the
period which has since elapsed must draw some dark shades
Admiral Thomas commandernchief of the British Pacific fleet
received the news the Hawaiian Islands Val
paraso and Immediately Honolulu reaching here July
Dc He made an investigation of the facts of the seizure and mme
atey notified of his intention of restoring the rights
of the kingdom which he did by proclamation which contained TIN
paragraph
Although duty every Sovereign and his minis
and councillors do all in their to prevent
their subjects from njurng those of any other nation
residing among them; nay more that he ought not to
init foreigners settle in his territory unless he engages to
protect them his subjects and to afford them perfect
security far regards himself; yet Great Britain will not
consider the public character OF the legitimate sovereign OF
but recently emerged from barbam under the fos
tering of civilized nations at all implicated by ag-
gcsson of of his subjects provided the government
does sanction any of the of Partially injustice
or by allowing the perpetrators to remain unpublished
The commander in chief confidently hopes that this act of
restoration to the free exercise of his sovereign authority
will be received by the King of the Sandwich Islands
most powerful and convincing proof not only of the RESPONSE
bty he under render immediate repaation for real
wrongs committed upon British subjects OF their property
but also of the Importance which attaches to the maintenance
OF those friendly and recprocaly advantageous relations
which have for many years subssted between the two
nations and he further hopes that neither His Majesty
his successors will forget that to the lustrious Cir
cunaVgator Captain Cook, the first dlscoverer the IN
habtans of the Sandwich Islands their admance to
the great family of civilized man. and from the lips of Van
(another Engishman Kamehameha heard mention
for the first time Of the God which ultimately led to
the abogaon of false worship doatry and human sacri
fees by the well directed energies the ceaseess per-
severance of the American missionaries to the establishment
OF Religion pure and mdeled accompanied by the adj
yanages OF instruction and civilization the which
bned and duly cultivated bring in their train security of
me ana property and the respect OF social order mental
and moral Improvement internal prosperity, and the
spect well good will Of other nation advanced
IN the knowledge of the true faith and the science OF good
government
Until years this day celebrated thanksgiving
awa ana the motto of the land which from Kamehameha
lips al the restoration repeated by the orators and the thank
give The flag of Hawaii longer floats the land except
sentimental memory the days that were but it proper
be raised today seventy years ago thankfuness
the Hawaiian Islands, by the of Admiral Thomas three
and ten today Territory of the United States
colonial possession of a European Power,
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