The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-11-30
HAWAII.

past has gone forth to nations struggling |
in the cause OF liberty. The whole con.
duct of the affair seems to indicate de- |
sire to undo all that was done by the
last administration, and the Secretary of
State to all appearances has permitted
his well known luminosity to the Pres
ident, under whom the Hawaiian treaty
was effected, to lead him to unwarrant.
ed and biased conclusions. The New
York Sun, the most able advocate of
Democracy, anticipating the result of
Minister Blount's embassy after the
hauling down of the stars and stripes,
says:
If he undertakes, under instructions
of the President, to overthrow the Re-
publican government, which the Ha-
waiian revolutionists have enacted in
place of the ridiculous, and in some re-
spects, scandalous rule of Queen Liliou.
kslani, he will be enlisting the United
States in an enterprise which we'll may
make the cheeks of patriots tingle.
And now that the order has been is
sued and perhaps executed, the same
patriotic authority condemns the policy
in words that bring flush Of pride TO
the the cheeks of those same patriots:
The announcement of the Cleveland
policy respecting Hawaii has come. 1t
is not the American policy. 1t is not
the policy of the United States Govern.
ment or of the people of this Republic.
1t is not yet, thank God the policy OF
the Democratic party. Never before
now has an American Executive under
taken to stamp out Republicanism and
to set up monarchy in any part Of the
world. Never before has any officer of
this government undertaken, upon his
own responsibility and without consult.
ing Congress or the people, to decide
the destiny of foreign country in d.
plomatic relations with ourselves. Was
there no American spirit in the Cabinet
when this policy of infamy was decreed?
Walter @. Gresham would have done
well to tear his commission into pieces
and fling the pieces in the face OF his
master rather than to sign his name to
the document which carried to the ma
ton yes erday the announcement of
the nations shame.
Intelligence regarding the recent hap
penings in those far off islands are
awaited with anxiety. 1t is to be hoped
that the ad sises will assure us of the
continuation of the independence Of
the government; that what has been &C.
complished in the last seventy years by
Christianity, American schools, Ameri.
can wealth and enterprise, shall not be
abandoned; that these people shall not
be thrown upon their own resources,
and the corrupt influences that have
heretofore Influenced them. 1t is to be
hoped that all this has been accom-
| plished and that without conflict, with
out the sacrifice Of human life or the
loss Of material wealth. This accom-.
plished, the independence of Hawaii,
or it's annexation to the United States
assured and prosperous future is be.
fore it. The return to the corrupt and
shameful usages OF heather despotism
will be blot upon the annals of mod.
ern civilization. 1t is to be hoped that
the orders of President Cleveland do
not carry with them instructions for the
restoration of the Queen by force of
arms, in that case the Provisional gov
ernment will have to surrender control,
but if it can only stand it's ground until
the voice OF the American people can
be heard, reversal of the policy which
proposes the restoration of the Queen
will insure it's perpetuation, or the ac-
ceptance of their proffers of annexa.
tion.