SPEECH IN THE SENATE, ON A JOINT RESOLUTION RELEASING THE PACIFIC MAIL
STEAMSHIPS FROM STOPPING AT THE SANDWICH ISLANDS ON THEIR ROUTE TO
JAPAN AND CHINA, JULY 17, 1866.
The Senate having under consideration a joint resolution
releasing the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from the portion
of their contract requiring them to stop at the Sandwich
Islands on their route to Japan and China, Mr. Wilson, of
Massachusetts, moved to require, as a condition of release,
the establishment of a monthly mail steamship line between San
Francisco and the Sandwich Islands.