Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-04
ing from s255o3a5 in valos 70 .. eos


4H. IN the same period exports from
tue United States to Hawaii rose from
$l,252,s49 to $2,02s.l70. In word. Ha-
wan Is. BY the wise and benefcent pro-
VISIONS OF the treaty, brought within the
circle OF domestic trade of the United
states, and our interest in the friend
neutrality and that felt in the ouaran-
teed independence Of the Panama canal
Tn the other hand the interests of Ha-
waiI must inevitably turn towards the
United States in future as at present
as Its natural and sole ally in consery-
ing the dominion of both, and the P,.
ciic trade, this Government. has on
previous occasions been brought face to
face with the question of a protectorate
over the Hawaiian group. It has as
often as it arose been set aside in the in
terest of such commercial union and
such reciprocity of benefits as would
giye Hawaii the highest advantages and
at the same time strengthen its inde-
pendent existence as a sovereign State.
In tins ] have summed up the whole
disposition of the United States towards
Hawaii. In its proper condition the
policy of this country with regard to
the Pacific is natural compliment to
Its Atlantic policy. The history of our
European relations for fifty years shows
the jealous concern with which the Uni
ted States has guarded its control of the
coast from foreign interference. and
this without extension of territorial
possessions beyond the mainland. 1t
has been always its aim to preserve the
iendiy Eeatrality of adjacent States
and insular possessions. Its attitude
toward Cuba is in point. That rich ISL
and, the key to the Gulf of Mexico, and
the field for our most extended trade in
the Western Hemisphere, is, though in
the hauds Of Spain, a part of the Amer
lean commercial system. Our relations
present and prospective toward Cuba
never have been more ably set forth
than in the remarkable note addressed
by my predecessor, Secretary Eyarts, to
the Ministers of Great Britain and
France in Washington, December LIST,
1852. in rejection of the suggested trip
artite alliance to forever determine the
neutrality Of the Spanish Antilles. In
response to the proposal that the United
States, Great Britain and France should
severally and collectively agree to for
bid the acquisition of control over Cuba
by any or all Of them, Mr.. Evarts
showed that without forcing or even
cove.ting the possession of the Island
its condition was essentially American.
The American question of contingent
interest therein would be far greater
than the like remuneration of Great
Britain or France: that if ever ceasing
to be Spanish. Cuba must necessarily
become American, and not fall under
any other other dominion, and have
made its extension to all parts
of the American system, where the dis
turbance of the existence of the States
might be attempted in the interest of
foreign powersl lrhe present attitude as
this Government toward any European
project for the control of an isthmus
route is but the logical sequence of the
resistance made in the attempted pres
sure of active foreign influence in the
West Indies. Hawaii, although much
farther from the California coast than
is cuba from the Florida peninsula,
holds in the western section much the
same position as Cuba in the Atlantic.