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500 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
After assimilating all this territory we ought not ta be afraid of
6,000 square miles more.
To summarize: These islands will not only be valuable to us, but
their possession is a commercial and naval necessity. They are offered
to us by both of the parties who claim to be entitled to their control.
If we do not accept, their incorporation by one of the European powers
is likely, and they will be a menace to our Pacific coast from that time
forward.
As Americans, actuated by the desire to advance our country's interests,
we shall never have a greater opportunity than the present one,
and I sincerely hope we shall take advantage of it.
XV. A L S O THE FOLLOWING- E X T R A C T FROM AN A R T I C L E , PUBL
I S H E D IN HARPER'S MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER, 1883, PREPARED
BY MR. MARSHALL, A SPECIAL ENVOY OF KAMEHAMEHA III -TO
THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND, TO ARRANGE FOR THE REVOCATION
OF THE ACTS OF LORD GEORGE PAULET IN OCCUPYING
HAWAII AS TERRITORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
AN UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY.
u Prom 1838 till 1843 the Hawaiian Islands were a bone of contention.
Intrigues were constantly set on foot by agents and subjects of
Prance and England, having for their object the subversion of the
native Government and the seizure of the islands. In 1839 the French
compelled the King, Kamehameha III, to comply with certain unwarrantable
demands, and as a security for future good behavior to deposit
$20,000. It was thought that the demand was made in expectation
that the King would be unable to comply, and that thus the French
would have an excuse to seize the groups. The American merchants
came forward and raised the sum, and the peril was for a time averted.
"But the plots continued, and in 1842 the British consul, Bichard
Charleton, a coarse and illiterate man, incited by an ambitious adventurer,
one Alexander Simpson, endeavored to involve the native Government
in difficulties that would .result in hoisting the British flag over
the group. In the same year Sir George Simpson, governor of the
Hudson Bay Company's territories, visited the islands. An English
gentleman of liberal views, he would not lend himself to the intrigues
of his countrymen, albeit one of them was his nephew, and by his advice
the King, harassed on all sides, decided to send commissioners to the
United States, England, and Prance to try to obtain, if possible, a definite
acknowledgment of his Kingdom and sovereignty.
" To this important embassy were appointed Eev. William Bichards,
formerly one of the American missionaries, but who had been for some
time acting as adviser to the King, and Haalileo, a native chief. They
quietly embarked in a small schooner for Mazatlan, and crossed Mexico
to Vera Cruz. As soon as it was known that they had left the
islands on this mission the British consul, Charleton, also secretly
embarked for London, via Mexico, to lay his complaints before the
British Government, leaving Simpson as deputy to carry out their joint
designs, whom, however, the Hawaiian Government declined to
recognize.
"On the Mexican coast Charleton fell in with Lord George Paulet,
commanding Her British Majesty's frigate, the Carysfort, and made his
lordship, as his course afterward showed, a convert to his schemes,
and, by his formal and plausable complaints against the King, induced-
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 501
Rear-Admiral Thomas, commanding the British squadron on that station,
to order the Carysfort to Honolulu for the purpose of investigating
the alleged grievances.
"On his arrival Lord Paulet, a hot-headed young nobleman, readily
lent himself to the designs of Simpson, without inquiring into the
merits of the case, dazzled by the idea of so early in his career making
a brilliant stroke for his country, and extending her drumbeat round
the world by one more station. Making outrageous demands upon the
King, at the cannon's mouth, compliance with which he knew would be
impossible, he required, as an alternative, the immediate cession of the
Kingdom to England, or he would open fire upon the city and declare
war in the name of Great Britain.
" In this terrible crisis the proclamation issued by this native King
to his people is so touching and so king-like that I will quote it here:
" 'Where are you, chiefs, people, and commons from my ancestors,
and people from foreign lands?
" ' Hear ye! I make known to you that I am in perplexity by reason
of difficulties into which I have been brought without cause, therefore
I have given away the life of our land. Hear ye! but my rule over
you, my people, and your privileges will continue, for I have hope
that the life of the land will be restored when my conduct is justified.
" ' Done at Honolulu, Oahu, this 25th day of February, 1843.
" < KAMEHAMEHA III.
" ' KEKAULUOHL'
" Lord Paulet took formal possession of the islands, installing himself
as governor of Her Majesty's new dominion, destroyed every Hawaiian
flag he could get hold of, and placed an embargo on every native vessel,
so that no one could go out and carry the news.
" An American man-of-war, the Boston, Capt. Long, had come in a
few days before the cession. Capt. Quackenbush, late of Norfolk, Va.,
was then a midshipman on board of her. The Americans were very
indignant. They had their guns double-shotted in hopes of an opportunity
to interfere, but, being on a cruise, could not go out of their way
to carry the news, and could only remain neutral.
"Lord Paulet would thus have cruelly prevented the King from
communicating with his ambassadors, who were abroad successfully
working for the acknowledgment of his independence, hoping to commit
the home Government to an acceptance of this ' voluntary' cession
at the cannon's mouth before the other side of the story could be presented
to it. His young lordship and Simpson chuckled over the success
of the stroke by which they had, as they supposed, closed every
avenue of egress for Hawaiian vessels, and secured the arrival of their
own dispatches in England in advance of every other version of the
story. Vankee shrewdness was, however, too much for his lordship's
plans.
" It happened that the King had chartered his own yacht, Hoikailca
(Swift Eunner), previously to the cession, to an American house for a
voyage to Mazatlan and back. Lord Paulet, anxious to get possession
of the only creditable craft at the islands, in order to send Simpson
as his bearer of dispatches to England by the speediest way, and
being prevented, by its charter, from seizing the vessel without the consent
of the American house, offered, in case they would relinquish
their charter, to allow them to send an agent on the ship to attend to
their business on the coast, and to bring down any freight on the
return trip, thereby saving them the whole expense of the charter.

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 As Americans, actuated by the desire to advance our country's interests, we shall never have a greater opportunity than the present one, and I sincerely hope we shall take advantage of it.
-XV. ALSO THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE, PUBLISHED IN HARPER'S MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER, 1883, PREPARED BY MR. MARSHALL, A SPECIAL ENVOY OF KAMEHAMEHA III TO THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND, TO ARRANGE FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE ACTS OF LORD GEORGE PAULET IN OCCUPYING HAWAII AS TERRITORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
+==XV. {{sc|Also the following extract from an article, published in harper's magazine for september, 1883, prepared by mr. marshall, a special envoy of kamehameha iii to the united states and england, to arrange for the revocation of the acts of lord george paulet in occupying hawaii as territory of great britain.}}==
-AN UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY.
+===AN UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY.===
 "From 1838 till 1843 the Hawaiian Islands were a bone of contention. Intrigues were constantly set on foot by agents and subjects of France and England, having for their object the subversion of the native Government and the seizure of the islands. In 1839 the French compelled the King, Kamehameha III, to comply with certain unwarrantable demands, and as a security for future good behavior to deposit $20,000. It was thought that the demand was made in expectation that the King would be unable to comply, and that thus the French would have an excuse to seize the groups. The American merchants came forward and raised the sum, and the peril was for a time averted.
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 " ' Done at Honolulu, Oahu, this 25th day of February, 1843.
-" 'KAMEHAMEHA III.
+" '{{sc|Kamehameha III.}}
-" 'KEKAULUOHI'
+" '{{sc|Kekauluohi.}}'
 "Lord Paulet took formal possession of the islands, installing himself as governor of Her Majesty's new dominion, destroyed every Hawaiian flag he could get hold of, and placed an embargo on every native vessel, so that no one could go out and carry the news.

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-HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
+{{p|500}}
-After assimilating all this territory we ought not ta be afraid of
-,000 square miles more.
+After assimilating all this territory we ought not to be afraid of 6,000 square miles more.
 To summarize: These islands will not only be valuable to us, but
-their possession is a commercial and naval necessity. They are offered
+To summarize: These islands will not only be valuable to us, but their possession is a commercial and naval necessity. They are offered to us by both of the parties who claim to be entitled to their control. If we do not accept, their incorporation by one of the European powers is likely, and they will be a menace to our Pacific coast from that time forward.
 to us by both of the parties who claim to be entitled to their control.
-If we do not accept, their incorporation by one of the European powers
+As Americans, actuated by the desire to advance our country's interests, we shall never have a greater opportunity than the present one, and I sincerely hope we shall take advantage of it.
 is likely, and they will be a menace to our Pacific coast from that time
-forward.
+XV. ALSO THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE, PUBLISHED IN HARPER'S MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER, 1883, PREPARED BY MR. MARSHALL, A SPECIAL ENVOY OF KAMEHAMEHA III TO THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND, TO ARRANGE FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE ACTS OF LORD GEORGE PAULET IN OCCUPYING HAWAII AS TERRITORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
 As Americans, actuated by the desire to advance our country's interests,
 AN UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY.
-u Prom 1838 till 1843 the Hawaiian Islands were a bone of contention.
-Intrigues were constantly set on foot by agents and subjects of
+"From 1838 till 1843 the Hawaiian Islands were a bone of contention. Intrigues were constantly set on foot by agents and subjects of France and England, having for their object the subversion of the native Government and the seizure of the islands. In 1839 the French compelled the King, Kamehameha III, to comply with certain unwarrantable demands, and as a security for future good behavior to deposit $20,000. It was thought that the demand was made in expectation that the King would be unable to comply, and that thus the French would have an excuse to seize the groups. The American merchants came forward and raised the sum, and the peril was for a time averted.
-Prance and England, having for their object the subversion of the
-native Government and the seizure of the islands. In 1839 the French
+"But the plots continued, and in 1842 the British consul, Richard Charleton, a coarse and illiterate man, incited by an ambitious adventurer, one Alexander Simpson, endeavored to involve the native Government in difficulties that would result in hoisting the British flag over the group. In the same year Sir George Simpson, governor of the Hudson Bay Company's territories, visited the islands. An English gentleman of liberal views, he would not lend himself to the intrigues of his countrymen, albeit one of them was his nephew, and by his advice the King, harassed on all sides, decided to send commissioners to the United States, England, and France to try to obtain, if possible, a definite acknowledgment of his Kingdom and sovereignty.
 compelled the King, Kamehameha III, to comply with certain unwarrantable
-demands, and as a security for future good behavior to deposit
+"To this important embassy were appointed Rev. William Richards, formerly one of the American missionaries, but who had been for some time acting as adviser to the King, and Haalileo, a native chief. They quietly embarked in a small schooner for Mazatlan, and crossed Mexico to Vera Cruz. As soon as it was known that they had left the islands on this mission the British consul, Charleton, also secretly embarked for London, via Mexico, to lay his complaints before the British Government, leaving Simpson as deputy to carry out their joint designs, whom, however, the Hawaiian Government declined to recognize.
 $20,000. It was thought that the demand was made in expectation
-that the King would be unable to comply, and that thus the French
+"On the Mexican coast Charleton fell in with Lord George Paulet, commanding Her British Majesty's frigate, the ''Carysfort'', and made his lordship, as his course afterward showed, a convert to his schemes, and, by his formal and plausable complaints against the King, induced
 would have an excuse to seize the groups. The American merchants
-came forward and raised the sum, and the peril was for a time averted.
+{{p|501}}
-"But the plots continued, and in 1842 the British consul, Bichard
-Charleton, a coarse and illiterate man, incited by an ambitious adventurer,
+Rear-Admiral Thomas, commanding the British squadron on that station, to order the ''Carysfort'' to Honolulu for the purpose of investigating the alleged grievances.
 one Alexander Simpson, endeavored to involve the native Government
-in difficulties that would .result in hoisting the British flag over
+"On his arrival Lord Paulet, a hot-headed young nobleman, readily lent himself to the designs of Simpson, without inquiring into the merits of the case, dazzled by the idea of so early in his career making a brilliant stroke for his country, and extending her drumbeat round the world by one more station. Making outrageous demands upon the King, at the cannon's mouth, compliance with which he knew would be impossible, he required, as an alternative, the immediate cession of the Kingdom to England, or he would open fire upon the city and declare war in the name of Great Britain.
 the group. In the same year Sir George Simpson, governor of the
-Hudson Bay Company's territories, visited the islands. An English
+"In this terrible crisis the proclamation issued by this native King to his people is so touching and so king-like that I will quote it here:
 gentleman of liberal views, he would not lend himself to the intrigues
-of his countrymen, albeit one of them was his nephew, and by his advice
+" 'Where are you, chiefs, people, and commons from my ancestors, and people from foreign lands?
 the King, harassed on all sides, decided to send commissioners to the
-United States, England, and Prance to try to obtain, if possible, a definite
+" ' Hear ye! I make known to you that I am in perplexity by reason of difficulties into which I have been brought without cause, therefore I have given away the life of our land. Hear ye! but my rule over you, my people, and your privileges will continue, for I have hope that the life of the land will be restored when my conduct is justified.
 acknowledgment of his Kingdom and sovereignty.
 " ' Done at Honolulu, Oahu, this 25th day of February, 1843.
-" < KAMEHAMEHA III.
-" ' KEKAULUOHL'
+" 'KAMEHAMEHA III.
 " Lord Paulet took formal possession of the islands, installing himself
-as governor of Her Majesty's new dominion, destroyed every Hawaiian
+" 'KEKAULUOHI'
 flag he could get hold of, and placed an embargo on every native vessel,
-so that no one could go out and carry the news.
+"Lord Paulet took formal possession of the islands, installing himself as governor of Her Majesty's new dominion, destroyed every Hawaiian flag he could get hold of, and placed an embargo on every native vessel, so that no one could go out and carry the news.
 " An American man-of-war, the Boston, Capt. Long, had come in a
-few days before the cession. Capt. Quackenbush, late of Norfolk, Va.,
+"An American man-of-war, the ''Boston'', Capt. Long, had come in a few days before the cession. Capt. Quackenbush, late of Norfolk, Va., was then a midshipman on board of her. The Americans were very indignant. They had their guns double-shotted in hopes of an opportunity to interfere, but, being on a cruise, could not go out of their way to carry the news, and could only remain neutral.
 was then a midshipman on board of her. The Americans were very
-indignant. They had their guns double-shotted in hopes of an opportunity
+"Lord Paulet would thus have cruelly prevented the King from communicating with his ambassadors, who were abroad successfully working for the acknowledgment of his independence, hoping to commit the home Government to an acceptance of this 'voluntary' cession at the cannon's mouth before the other side of the story could be presented to it. His young lordship and Simpson chuckled over the success of the stroke by which they had, as they supposed, closed every avenue of egress for Hawaiian vessels, and secured the arrival of their own dispatches in England in advance of every other version of the story. Yankee shrewdness was, however, too much for his lordship's plans.
 to interfere, but, being on a cruise, could not go out of their way
-to carry the news, and could only remain neutral.
+"It happened that the King had chartered his own yacht, ''Hoikaika'' (Swift Runner), previously to the cession, to an American house for a voyage to Mazatlan and back. Lord Paulet, anxious to get possession of the only creditable craft at the islands, in order to send Simpson as his bearer of dispatches to England by the speediest way, and being prevented, by its charter, from seizing the vessel without the consent of the American house, offered, in case they would relinquish their charter, to allow them to send an agent on the ship to attend to their business on the coast, and to bring down any freight on the return trip, thereby saving them the whole expense of the charter.