Nuhou, Volume II, Number 3, 22 Iulai 1873 — IHE OFFICIAL DECLARATION. [ARTICLE]

IHE OFFICIAL DECLARATION.

We to havo ii i.ll our iirst )iuinl>er, but o\ving to press of matk r, was (leferreil. We now hißert it, and to our readers abroad—this declaration is tlie iirst ;iitteranee, tlie first aiinouneenienl of poliey, tlie first publie aet of a Minister of VoYe\gn Allhirs sinee he iook offiee, about months ago, It will not be wonclered at i hat 1 his first importaiit oMeial aet shouldbe a proposition to e£de, sell ? or pawn a part of his Sovereigifs (Tdniinions when it is eonsideredf tliat during the t many years of his siny iii tliese islejs lie has been entirely oenipied in trading- 011 his fellōw meii'» needs aml in exaeling ruinons mie>s for relief u*ftbrded. ,t ; o embarrassed estates„ Ile now 'ivanN relieve" tliN country <v 'by sellingit. + IVKPAVT:mKXT oi 1 <>KKION Afkaihs 3 \ - Honolulu, July Tth, IBT3. j 111 order thattlte puMie may know |he yiews and poltey of His Majesty*s Govr upon the important queßtlon of a ReeipK>eity lreaty with the United *States uow agitatlng tlie muids of many, I liave to ie<|uest you Lo in the līawaliūn (iazei(t aiul aīso in (lie Kuokoa, tlie fbllowolllelal dee!arjitiom ond oblige, Your Obedient unl, ClIAi5. R. lhsiiōr, H, M, Whixm-:V, ■ Es<J. M We are sātis!led from various petitions i4 and from other of information, u that the busines,s of the Islaiub is not in a " prosperouß eonditioii; and we regard it as u thea«ty"of ihe Gōvemmeiit to proihote the inaleiial welfare of ilie commuiiity by <£ all reasonab!e and just meu£ure£. c< Puring the h*st two reigns, there were

** M oflort> iiuule lbr a Trt-:t(y of Heoi-j u l>rocit> wilh tlie l'uited »Stute* f but with"ont suect..ss. Ilegardiiig the value of sueh! u atreaty, there is, we believe, very Ilttle! u difterence of opinion, and it is thōught u that an additional indueeiiieiit may be u wise]y made by a eession of the lagoon u known as Pearl Kiver to the United States u for a naval station. At present it is of u iitUe valueto us, and we are of theO]>inion ihat a treaty, niaking Uie eessi<>n a< one! u of its stipulations, niay be so guarded in u its as to proteet the right. , s of all parutieB, and give ~trengtli and prosi>erity to 4 thc Kingdom. The Unitecl States have always l»een friendly to Hawaii, and we no df>ubt that they will 'eoiilinue to ci be so. u Wheii sueli a treaty shall iiave been u negotiated by the Minis(er of Foreigir " Aftairs, and approved by the King, it will " then be submitted to ilie Legislative A--u sembly for Uieii' approv:tl. We believe u tliat Hueli a treaty would imi)art new life u to business of all deseriptions; tliat land> 44 woukl be in demand for new agrieultural u enterpi f and instead of wortliy and inu dūsti'ious men leaving tlie Kingdom, more u of that elass would be attraeted liere. u To advanee the prosperity of this Kingeiom is thepurpose, andpoliey of His Maju esty's Government, aixl this measure, if u suect i ssful, will strongly tend to promofe u that objeet; and we eonfidently believe u that when fairly eonsidered, and well unu der.stood, it will commend ilseinavorably ?o the puhlie judgment.''