. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. 228 HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. But other matters, touching morality rather than re-ligion, came to the front to vex the king and his coun-selors. The first license law was promulgated March20, 1838. Under its provisions two licenses only weregiven in Honolulu. The importation of intoxicatingliquors was prohibited January 1, 1839. The duty on. CATHOLIC CHURCH, HONOLULU. wines was fixed at fifty cents a gallon. These measuresprovoked much opposition, as we shall see, from for-eigners on shore and from the captains of vessels. The first hostile v
. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. 228 HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. But other matters, touching morality rather than re-ligion, came to the front to vex the king and his coun-selors. The first license law was promulgated March20, 1838. Under its provisions two licenses only weregiven in Honolulu. The importation of intoxicatingliquors was prohibited January 1, 1839. The duty on. CATHOLIC CHURCH, HONOLULU. wines was fixed at fifty cents a gallon. These measuresprovoked much opposition, as we shall see, from for-eigners on shore and from the captains of vessels. The first hostile visit after the Edict was of a Frenchsixty-gun frigate, the Artemise, Captain Laplace, whicharrived twenty-two days after the Edict was promul- I WHO KAMEHAMEHA III. WAS AND WHAT HE DID. 229 gated. This captain, without examining the situation,at once proclaimed a manifesto, in which he declaredthat he had come by command of his Majesty, King ofthe French, to put an end by force or persuasion to theill treatment of the French on the Sandwich Islands. Among other matters he included, as an insult toFrance, the persecution of Catholics; he demandedtwenty thousand dollars as a guarantee of the kingsfuture good behavior toward France, to be given backunder certain conditions,^ and a salute of twenty-oneguns to the French flag. The harbor was declared in astate of blockade until all matters
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