Under Hawaiian skies, a narrative of the romance, adventure and history of the Hawaiian Islands, a complete historical account, by Albert Pierce Taylor.

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caused the Clementiue two years previous, were referred to the
Conmodore as referee, and settled, on October 25, by the payment of $3,000 to each of them. The Commodore was also
petitioned to appoint a court of inquiry to ascertain whether the
American missionaries had "lost their citizenship," or had been
tile cause of persecutions. HIe declined to do so because of want
of time, but promised them protection by the United States.
Sixteen of the officers of the squadron signed a testimonial in
favor of the missionaries, and ordered one thousand copies of
a pamphlet containing an account of the affair of the Artemise
and a vindication of the American missionaries to be printed.
The copies were sent broadcast to the United States.
At this time the Declaration of Rights was drawn up at Lahaina-practically the first draft of a Constitution for the Islands
-which was signed on June 7, 1839. The feeling of security
which it afforded appears to have been the first official authority
for creating the old( Hawaiian nation into a sovereign state that
would have privileges of equal contact with the governments of
the world. And, above all, with the opening of the 'forties all
people were permitted to worship as they chose.