Mr. Preston offered the following resolution: "That a select com. mitten he appointed to inquire into anti ascertain upon what terms L. Ascu was sat to China by the government to obtain immigrants and why be is returning from San Fraecisco with Chinese. and upon what teras and conditions these Chinese were taken on board the vessel chartered. and on what terms they ste to be lauded here." &c. So that it appears the negotiation of this treaty is to make the business of importing Chinese into Honolulu a lively affair and that. I suppose. would not be very dieagreeable to my friend. the Seuator from California. who uttered one of the most vehement philippics against the importation of such persons into San Francisco that I remember ever to have heard.
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