Treaty signed at Washington December 20, 1849
Senate advice and consent to ratification January 14, 1850
Ratified by the President of the United States February 4, 1850
Ratified by the Hawaiian Islands August 19, 1850
Ratifications exchanged at Honolulu August 24, 1850
Entered into force August 24, 1850

The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, equally animated with the desire of maintaining the relations of good understanding which have hitherto so happily subsisted between their respective states, and consolidating the commercial intercourse between them, have agreed to enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, for which purpose they have appointed plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

The President of the United States of America, John M. Clayton, Secretary of State of the United States; and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, James Jackson Jarves, accredited as his Special Commissioner to the Government of the United States; who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have concluded and signed the following articles:

Article I

There shall be perpetual peace and amity between the United States and the King of the Hawaiian Islands, his heirs and his successors.

Note:  The perpetual peace and amity treaty is agreed to by representatives for the U.S. President Zachary Taylor and Jarvis from the Hawaiian Kingdom representing Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III.

AND

The 1849 U.S. Constitution which LOCKS IN THE TREATY AND THE CONSTITUTION:

http://archive.org/details/codevirginiawit00virggoog

http://archive.org/stream/codevirginiawit00virggoog#page/n46/mode/2up

"2.  This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in  every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."

Note:  

"all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land"......and the "Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."

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   The legal definition of Notwithstanding is In spite of, even if, without regard to or impediment by other things.

"3.  The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

Note:  

"The Senators and Representatives" or Congress, and each member/"Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution;"

Only 30 States or the majority of the United States were legally locked in to this perpetual agreement.

Only the following 30 States are LOCKED INTO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION OF THIS PERIOD:

 Reference:  http://maoliworld.com/forum/topics/scrutinizing-the-perpetual-treaty-ies-with-the-u-s-united-state-2

SUMMARY:

U.S. President Lincoln was correct in saying that the U.S. Constitution was a "binding contract" because reviewing the 1849 Treaty of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the U.S./United States/U.S.A./United States of America was and is indeed a legal, lawful, locked in "binding contract".

Therefore, the U.S. Constitution of 1849, as well as the 1849 Treaty of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a Perpetual Treaty with the U.S./United States/U.S.A./United States of America remains a "binding contract", a contract that was approved, agreed to, signed by the 30 States documented above with the President and agreed to by Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III in 1849.

The Newstates Constitution as documented in John Nelson's writings, seehttp://myweb.ecomplanet.com/GORA8037 is the only Constitution that President Obama stripped.

Americans are and remain protected under the U.S. Constitution as documented and validated by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln who was assassinated by the Booth descendant.

The following article also Proves the Illegality of the Illegality  State of Hawaii's Public Land Development Corp. (PLDC) LAND GRAB:

     LOCKING IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION BY THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM'S

                                                                                                   ROYAL FAMILIES

                                                                                                           by Amelia Gora (2012)

The 1849 Treaty of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the U.S.A./United States of America/U.S./United States has legally locked in the 1849 U.S. Constitution due to the contract agreed to by the Sovereign Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III and U.S. President John Tyler, the Secretary of State, 30 of the then States of the Union:  House of Representatives and Senate from Congress.

This is Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III off the website Wikipedia:

Kamehameha III
King of the Hawaiian Islands (more...)
Reign	June 6, 1825 — December 15, 1854 (29 years, 192 days)
Predecessor	Kamehameha II
Successor	Kamehameha IV
Spouse	Queen Kalama
Issue
Keaweaweʻulaokalani I Keaweaweʻulaokalani II Albert Kunuiakea (illegitimate ) Kamehameha IV (hānai) Kaʻiminaʻauao (hānai)
Full name
Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kīwalaʻō i ke kapu Kamehameha
House	Kamehameha
Father	Kamehameha I
Mother	Keōpūolani
Born	August 11, 1813 Keauhou Bay at North Kona,Hawaiʻi island
Died	December 15, 1854 (aged 41) Hoihoikeea, Honolulu, Oʻahu
Burial	January 10, 1855[1] Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum
Signature

Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli) (1813–1854) was the King of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. His full Hawaiian name was Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapaand then lengthened to Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kīwalaʻō i ke kapu Kamehameha when he ascended the throne.

Under his reign Hawaii evolved from an absolute monarchy to a Christian constitutional monarchy with the signing of both the 1840 Constitution and 1852 Constitution. He was thelongest reigning monarch in the history of the Kingdom, ruling for 29 years and 192 days, although in the early part of his reign he was under a regency by Queen Kaʻahumanu and later by Kaʻahumanu II. His goal was the careful balancing of modernization by adopting Western ways, while keeping his nation intact.

Government

In 1838, senior advisor Hoapili convinced former missionary William Richards to resign from the church and become a political advisor. Richards (although he had no legal training himself) gave classes to Kamehameha III and his councilers on the Western ideas of rule of law and economics. Their first act was a declaration of human rights in 1839.^[5]:343

Portrait by Alfred Thomas Agate from the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 under Charles Wilkes.

In 1839, under a French threat of war, Roman Catholicism was legalized in the Edict of Toleration and the first statutory law code was established. He also enacted the Constitution of 1840, Hawaii's first. Over the next few years, he moved the capital from Lahaina to Honolulu. In September 1840 Charles Wilkes arrived on the United States Exploring Expedition. Kamehameha III was happy to support the explorers, and appointed missionary doctor Gerrit P. Judd to serve as translator. Judd treated many of the sailors who suffered from altitude sickness on their ascent of Mauna Loa. Wilkes vastly underestimated the task, and did not leave until March 1841.^[11]

In February 1843, British Captain Lord George Paulet pressured Kamehameha III into surrendering the Hawaiian kingdom to the British crown, but Kamehameha III alerted London of the captain's rogue actions which eventually restored the kingdom's independence. Less than five months later, British Admiral Richard Thomas rejected Paulet's actions and the kingdom was restored on July 31. It was at the end of this period of uncertainty that the king uttered the phrase that eventually becameHawaii’s motto: Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono — "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." July 31 was celebrated thereafter as Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, Sovereignty Restoration Day, an official national holiday of the kingdom.^[12] Later that year, on November 28, Britain and France officially recognized the independence of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and that too became a national holiday, Lā Kūʻokoʻa — Independence Day.^[13]

Through the 1840s a formal legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom and cabinet (government) replaced the informal council of chiefs. The chiefs became the House of Nobles, roughly modeled on the British House of Lords. Seven elected representatives would be the start of democratic government.^[14]:228 The cabinet consisted of a Privy Council and five powerful government ministers. Judd was appointed to the most powerful post of Minister of Finance. Frontier lawyer John Ricord was Attorney General, Robert Crichton Wyllie was Minister of Foreign Affairs, Richards Minister of Public Instruction, and Keoni Ana was Minister of the Interior.

Kamehameha III also presided over formalization of the court system and land titles. Cases such as those of Richard Charlton and Ladd & Co. had prompted the incidents of 1843 and subsequent litigation. Lorrin Andrews became a judge for foreign cases in 1845. William Little Lee (the first to actually graduate from law school) became first Chief Justice.^[15]

A commission to Quiet Land Titles was formed on February 10, 1846.^[16] This led to what is called the Great Mahele of 1848 which redistributed land between the government, king, nobles, and commoners. Foreigners were allowed to own land fee simple in Hawaii for the first time. Many commoners were unaware of the program and lost out on the distribution. The domination of his cabinet by Americans (balanced only by Scot Wyllie and half-Hawaiian Keoni Ana) also discouraged the people. This was not the end of foreign conflicts either. In 1849 admiral Louis Tromelin led a French invasion of Honolulu. The French sacked and looted the city after the king refused his demands. In September 1849 Judd was sent with the heir apparent Prince Alexander Liholiho and Kamehameha V on a diplomatic mission. They returned with a new treaty with the United States, but failed in visits to London and Paris.

The Constitution of 1852 and subsequent legislation continued to liberalize politics. The court system was unified, instead of having separate courts for Hawaiians and foreigners. Local Hawaiian magistrates became Circuit Judges, and a Supreme Court was formed with Lee, Andrews, and John Papa ʻĪʻī as members. Voting rules were formalized and the role of the House of Representatives was stengthened.^[15]

[edit]Later years

The California Gold Rush brought increased trade, but also some unwelcome visitors. Previously the long trips around Cape Horn or from Europe meant infected sailors were either recovered or buried at sea by the time they arrived. The short voyage from California brought several waves of diseases that decimated the native Hawaiians who had no immunity. In the summer of 1853 an epidemic of smallpox caused thousands of deaths, mostly on the island of Oʻahu. Judd, always at odds with Wyllie, lost the backing of others who blamed him for not containing the disease (or had other political reasons to want him out of power). Judd was forced to resign on September 3, and was replaced by Elisha Hunt Allen as Minister of Finance.^[14]:415

Hawaii became a popular winter destination for frustrated prospectors in the 1850s. Some were rumored to be filibusters hoping to profit from a rebellion. One of the first was a group led by Samuel Brannan, who did not find the popular support an uprising they expected. By the end of 1853 the threats, whether real or imagined, caused petitions for the king to consider annexation to the United States. Wyllie and Lee convinced the king to insist that annexation would only be acceptable if Hawaii became a U.S. state.^[17]

On May 16, 1854 King Kamehameha III proclaimed the Hawaiian Kingdom neutral in the Crimean War in Europe.^[18] The present crises had passed, but the king's health declined, often attributed to his renewed drinking. The annexation question also did not go away. The British minister William Miller and French representative Louis Emile Perrin objected to the plan. New U.S. Commissioner David L. Gregg received instructions from Secretary of State William L. Marcy and negotiated a treaty of annexation with Wyllie by August 1854. It was never signed, and might not have been ratified by the Senate.^[17] Although there was some support in the U.S.,^[19] it would take 105 more years before full statehood of Hawaii.

Kamehameha III died on December 15, 1854. Author Herman Melville in his book Typee painted an unsympathetic portrait,^[20] although this is widely seen as reflecting the racist views of the time.^[21]

He was succeeded by his nephew and adopted son Alexander Liholiho, who was styled as KingKamehameha IV.

In 1865 Kamehameha III was reburied in the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii known as Mauna ʻAla.^[22]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz1m1DvVvh4

Whitehouse Website:  About the U.S. President Zachary Taylor who signed the Perpetual Friendship Treaty With the Hawaiian Kingdom Sovereign Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III

Zachary Taylor

Northerners and Southerners disputed sharply whether the territories wrested from Mexico should be opened to slavery, and some Southerners even threatened secession. Standing firm, Zachary Taylor was prepared to hold the Union together by armed force rather than by compromise.

Born in Virginia in 1784, he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army, but his talk was most often of cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he owned a plantation in Mississippi.

But Taylor did not defend slavery or southern sectionalism; 40 years in the Army made him a strong nationalist.

He spent a quarter of a century policing the frontiers against Indians. In the Mexican War he won major victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista.

President Polk, disturbed by General Taylor's informal habits of command and perhaps his Whiggery as well, kept him in northern Mexico and sent an expedition under Gen. Winfield Scott to capture Mexico City. Taylor, incensed, thought that "the battle of Buena Vista opened the road to the city of Mexico and the halls of Montezuma, that others might revel in them."

"Old Rough and Ready's" homespun ways were political assets. His long military record would appeal to northerners; his ownership of 100 slaves would lure southern votes. He had not committed himself on troublesome issues. The Whigs nominated him to run against the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, who favored letting the residents of territories decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery.

In protest against Taylor the slaveholder and Cass the advocate of "squatter sovereignty," northerners who opposed extension of slavery into territories formed a Free Soil Party and nominated Martin Van Buren. In a close election, the Free Soilers pulled enough votes away from Cass to elect Taylor.

Although Taylor had subscribed to Whig principles of legislative leadership, he was not inclined to be a puppet of Whig leaders in Congress. He acted at times as though he were above parties and politics. As disheveled as always, Taylor tried to run his administration in the same rule-of-thumb fashion with which he had fought Indians.

Traditionally, people could decide whether they wanted slavery when they drew up new state constitutions. Therefore, to end the dispute over slavery in new areas, Taylor urged settlers in New Mexico and California to draft constitutions and apply for statehood, bypassing the territorial stage.

Southerners were furious, since neither state constitution was likely to permit slavery; Members of Congress were dismayed, since they felt the President was usurping their policy-making prerogatives. In addition, Taylor's solution ignored several acute side issues: the northern dislike of the slave market operating in the District of Columbia; and the southern demands for a more stringent fugitive slave law.

In February 1850 President Taylor had held a stormy conference with southern leaders who threatened secession. He told them that if necessary to enforce the laws, he personally would lead the Army. Persons "taken in rebellion against the Union, he would hang ... with less reluctance than he had hanged deserters and spies in Mexico." He never wavered.

Then events took an unexpected turn. After participating in ceremonies at the Washington Monument on a blistering July 4, Taylor fell ill; within five days he was dead. After his death, the forces of compromise triumphed, but the war Taylor had been willing to face came 11 years later. In it, his only son Richard served as a general in the Confederate Army.

The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2009 by the White House Historical Association.

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6. Zachary Taylor Biography - Twelfth President of the United States 

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   by Martin Kelly  - More by Martin Kelly Learn more about the 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor. This biography describes his early childhood through his career before the presidency ...   United States in 1849, 1870, 1875, 1883, 1884 Reference:  http://www.hawaiiankingdom.org/treaties.shtml US TREATY WITH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, DEC. 20, 1849 Treaty signed at Washington December 20, 1849 Senate advice and consent to ratification January 14, 1850 Ratified by the President of the United States February 4, 1850 Ratified by the Hawaiian Islands August 19, 1850 Ratifications exchanged at Honolulu August 24, 1850 Entered into force August 24, 1850 The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, equally animated with the desire of maintaining the relations of good understanding which have hitherto so happily subsisted between their respective states, and consolidating the commercial intercourse between them, have agreed to enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, for which purpose they have appointed plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States of America, John M. Clayton, Secretary of State of the United States; and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, James Jackson Jarves, accredited as his Special Commissioner to the Government of the United States; who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have concluded and signed the following articles: Article I There shall be perpetual peace and amity between the United States and the King of the Hawaiian Islands, his heirs and his successors.   Note:  The perpetual peace and amity treaty is agreed to by representatives for the U.S. President Zachary Taylor and Jarvis from the Hawaiian Kingdom representing Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III.     This is the U.S. Constitution in 1849:   http://archive.org/details/codevirginiawit00virggoog   http://archive.org/stream/codevirginiawit00virggoog#page/n46/mode/2up    Discussion   Kauikeouli/Kamehameha II was 12 years old when he became Sovereign, his Stepfather Kalanimoku (1768-1827) and Stepmother Kaahumanu (1768-1832) were his caretakers. Kalanimoku William Pitt Kalanimoku Chief Minister of Kingdom of Hawaii From a painting by Louis Choris Spouse Kiliwehi Kuwahine Likelike Akahi-a-Pauelua Issue William Pitt Leleiohoku I Father Kekuamanoha Mother Kamakahukilani Born c. 1768 Maui Died February 7, 1827 Kamakahonu Signature    Kaahumanu Kaʻahumanu Queen of the Hawaiian Islands Queen Consort of Hawaii Tenure 1795–1819 Predecessor Vacant Last held by Kekuiapoiwa Liliha Successor Queen Kamāmalu Titular Queen Consort of Kauaʻi Tenure 1821–1824 Predecessor Deborah Kapule Successor Abolished Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands Tenure May 20, 1819 – June 5, 1832 (13 years, 16 days) Predecessor New Creation Successor Kaʻahumanu II Spouse Kamehameha I Kaumualiʻi Kealiʻiahonui Issue Kamehameha II (hānai) David Kamehameha (hānai) Keʻelikōlani (hānai) Theresa Owana Kaheiheimālie Rives (hānai) Virginia Kahoa Kaʻahumanu Rives (hānai) Full name Elizabeth Kaʻahumanu House House of Kamehameha House of Kekaulike Father Keʻeaumoku II Pāpaʻiahiahi Mother Namahana-i-Kaleleokalani Born c. 1768 In a cave near Hāna, Maui Died June 5, 1832 Mānoa Valley near Honolulu,Oahu Burial Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla   Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III's Kuhina Nui equivalent to Prime Minister  Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands Kuhina Nui Flag of the Kuhina Nui Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hawaii Style His/Her Highness Nominator Kamehameha I toKamehameha V as King(s) of Hawaii Inaugural holder Kaʻahumanu I Formation 1819 Final holder Mataio Kekūanāoʻa Abolished 1864   List of Kuhina Nui The female Kuhina Nui took the title "Kaʻahumanu" followed by a number, in honor of the first holder of the office in much the same way that all members of the Kamehameha dynasty took the title "Kamehameha". Portrait Name Born - Died Kuhina Nui From Kuhina Nui Until Kaʻahumanu I 1768–1832 1819 June 5, 1832 Kaʻahumanu II 1805–1839 June 5, 1832 April 4, 1839 Kaʻahumanu III 1794–1845 April 5, 1839 June 7, 1845 Keoni Ana 1810–1857 June 10, 1845 January 16, 1855 Kaʻahumanu IV 1838–1866 January 16, 1855 December 21, 1863 Mataio Kekūanāoʻa 1793–1868 December 21, 1863 August 24, 1864 [edit]References ^ "Kuhina Nui 1819-1864". Centennial Exhibit. State of Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services. Retrieved 2009-10-03. ^ Dismembering Lahui: A History of the Hawaiian Nation to 1887 By Jonathan Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio. Page 114-115 [edit]Bibliography Mrantz, Maxine. Hawaiian Monarchy: The Romantic Years. Honolulu: Tongg Publishing Co., Ltd., 1974. Potter, Norris W. The Hawaiian Monarchy. – Honolulu: The Bess Press, Inc., 1983. Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III's Kuhina Nui was Keoni Ana/John Young Jr. when he signed the 1849 Treaty with the U.S./United States/U.S.A./United States of America. Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III was aged 36 when the Perpetual Friendship Treaty was made. Although Kauikeouli/Kamehameha III died in 1854, his heirs of the blood, descendants of his siblings existed, their descendants exists today maintaining the Perpetual Friendship 1849 Treaty which locks in the 1849 U.S. Constitution as well. The Perpetual Friendship Treaty affected himself and his family only.  His Kuhina Nui were all relatives of the blood. Some of them were part of the permanent House of Nobles branch of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The descendants/heirs of Kamehameha III's father Kamehameha existed then and their descendants exists now maintaining the Perpetual Treaty(ies). The descendants/heirs of the permanent House of Nobles branch of the Hawaiian Kingdom existed then and their descendants exists now maintaining the Perpetual Treaty(ies). The U. S. Presidents     U.S. President Zachary Taylor, his Secretary, the 30 States of the U.S. through their House of Representatives, Senate or Congress signed and agreed to the 1849 Treaty with the Hawaiian Kingdom, a Perpetual Treaty with the Sovereign, his heirs, bloodlines who existed then, and whose descendants/heirs exists today.  The 1849 Treaty with the Hawaiian Kingdom aided in securing the 1849 U.S. Constitution permanently. The Presidents since 1849 follows: 12. Zachary Taylor 13. Millard Fillmore 14. Franklin Pierce 15. James Buchanan 16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Andrew Johnson 18. Ulysses S. Grant 19. Rutherford B. Hayes 20. James Garfield 21. Chester A. Arthur 22. Grover Cleveland 23. Benjamin Harrison 24. Grover Cleveland 25. William McKinley 26. Theodore Roosevelt 27. William Howard Taft 28. Woodrow Wilson 29. Warren G. Harding 30. Calvin Coolidge 31. Herbert Hoover 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt 33. Harry S. Truman 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower 35. John F. Kennedy 36. Lyndon B. Johnson 37. Richard M. Nixon 38. Gerald R. Ford 39. James Carter 40. Ronald Reagan 41. George H. W. Bush 42. William J. Clinton 43. George W. Bush 44. Barack Obama On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President. In hisinaugural address, he argued that the Constitution was a more perfect unionthan the earlier Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, that it was a binding contract, and called any secession "legally void".[107]    The 1849 Treaty of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the U.S./United States/U.S.A./United States of America did indeed lock in the U.S. Constitution of 1849. U.S. President Lincoln called it "a binding contract, and called any secession "legally void".   Reference:  Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1861.