The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-02-25

vocates will, in my judgment, cut a very
unimpcrtant figure i'm the adjustment of our
I%ottical relations with the Sandwich ISL
ands.
There has been a very lively diplomatic
correspondence between our Government
and the Government of England In refer
ence 10 these Islands. The traditions Of our
state Department., since a time before our
civil war, uphold with steady resolution
the determination that no foreign power
shall obtain undue influence over these ISL
ands, or obtain upon them a foOthold that
will, many contingency, permit them 20 be-
come antagonistic TO American interests
Secretary Seward, il will bc remembered,
kept an American ship OF war ia the har-
Dor of Honolulu during our civil war. Secre-
tary Fish is the author of the present treaty.
Secretary EvaTts, after evidencing an In
tentIon of abandoning the tradition 10
which / have referred, was compelled TO
back down. Secretary Blaine brought to
the discharge of his duties Ms Secretary of
State a determination 10 uphold the amer
lean doctrine-the Monroe Doctrine-the
doctrine of national self respect. In his
correspondence in reference TO the isthmus
canal, the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and the
Chile-Peru embroglio, he took an advanced
position, and the only one consistent with
the dignity of a nation that numbers over
fifty millions of people, and which, 10y virtue
of its numbers, its intelligence, its form OF
government, and its geographical location,
is charged with the destinies Of this hemi-
sphere. As Americans, we have always ap-
plauded the English for the assertion OF
their rights among all the nationsi we have
admired them for making their flag re-
spected. 1t is now time for American state
manship to assert itself in a fearless and
resolute maintenance of the Monroe Doc
trine, which, | take ii, means that we will
mind our own business, and that all other
nations, England included, shall be COM
PEELED to mind theirs.
This ipetVina Secondary RlninR hRgnn In
assert with commendable emphasis. IL is
a position which, when understood by the
American people, will be appreciated by
them and upheld by them in spite of the
misrepresentation of English journals, and
those American journals, the Herald,
the Times and the Ereaiag Post, OF New
York, whose editors, writers, and proprie-
tors are English, with English views In
reference To American politics.
When the correspondence of the State
Department becomes public, IL viii be seen
that by far the most spirited chapter Is that
concerning the Sandwich Islands, in which
Secretary Blaine laid down without equivo-
cation or limitations, the declaration that
the United States of America would not
permit any foreign country 10 obtain
domination over the Sandwich Islands; that
ii would not permit them 10 be Asiaticized;
that it would not permit che Introduction
of AngIo-Indian coolies, with IA reserved
right of British jurisdiction over them
through English tribunals; that the Gov
u u lilt ChlAEh FNAthAAH ttDetA fC =
NIT these things to be done, cUcn aOih The
consent Of the HdOdiidH Government. The
Government Of the United States Will do
one of three things: Ii will maintain with
the Islands "A reciprocal treaty, or will give
them IA military protection, or Will annex
them as n part of our Republic. This Is In
accord with the opinion of all political
parties. 1t is in harmony with the desires
and wishes of all intelligent classes, and IL
is the spirit of n diplomatic correspondence
with England that has been had. IL is the
spirit of the diplomatic consultations that
have been held at Washington between the
State Department and the British embassy.
1t is the spirit of the letters of instruction
from our State Department that preceded
King Kalakaua on his trip around the world,
and more than that, il is the spirit of our
present State Department, under the direc-
ton and control of Secretary ~Frelinghuy-
sen.
The price of redwood lumber or Oregon
pine, the cost of sugar in California, the
dollars lost or dollars won from revenue,
will cut no figure in the Legislation that will
ultimately control the commercial po-
litical relations between the United States
of America and the Sandwich Islands.
There is no question of a national character
more important to the Pacific Coast than
this. We shrink from n military protector
ate as something not Mt all in harmony
with our institutions. We do not desire 20
annex these islands, as all sorts OF embar-
RAISING complications would be likely To
arise. Let the Sandwich Islands maintain
their independence, govern themselves
favorable treaties with our country,
and let their people and their business men
nave firm confidence that they are not to be
to English intrlgues, and that
in no possible contingency, this sid of dis
astrous war in which the United States of
America should be defeated in arms, Will
any foreign country be permitted to con-
troll the Sandwich Islands, or float its flag
above them.-1rgOadut.