The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-02-24
THE TREATY.
Full Text OF the Annexation Treaty with
Hawaii Complete Sovereignty Ceded.


WASHINGTON, Feb 1s-The following
is the full text of the Hawaiian annexa,
tion treaty sent to the senate by the
president with special message:
The United States OF America and the pro-
visional government of the Hawaiian Islands,
in view OF the natural dependence of those
islands upon the United States of their geo.
graphical proximity thereto, of the intimate
part taken by citizens OF the United States in
there implanting the seed OF Christian civiliza-
tion of the long continuance OF their exclusive
reciprocal commercial relations whereby their
mutual interests have been developed and of
the preponderant and paramount share thus
acquired by the United States and the islands
in the productions, indus tries and trade of the
islands, and especially in view.of the desire ex-
pressed by the said government OF the Hawaii
an Islands that these islands shall be incor.
porated into the United States as an integral
part thereof, and under their sovereignty in
order 10 provide for and assure the security
and prosperity of the Slid islands, the high con-
tracing parties have determined to accom- plish
by treaty an object Sd important to their mu>
tual and permanent welfare
To this end the high contracting parties have
conferred full power and authority upon their
respectively appointed plenipotentaries to-
wit: The president of the United States of
America, John w. Foster, secretary of state Of
the United States, and the rest of the executive
ment of the Hawaiian Islands, LoFin Thurston,
William r Castle William C. Wilder, Charles
R. Carter and Joseph Marsden
And the said plenipotentiaries after having
communicated to each other their respective
full powers, found in good and due form, have
agreed upon and concluded the following
articles:
Article l. The government of the Hawaiian
Islands hereby cedes, from the date of the ex-
change of the rati1cations of this treaty, abso-
lutely, without reserve, to the United States
forever, all rights of sovereignty of hatsoever
kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their
| dependencies, renouncing in favor of the United
States every sovereign right of which as an in
dependent nation 1t is now possessed, and
henceforth said Hawaiian Islands, and every
| island and key thereunto appertaining, and
each and every portion thereof, shall become
and be an integral part of the territory of the
United States
Art 2 The government of the Hawaiian
| Islands also cedes and transfers to the United
States the absolute fee and ownership of all
public, government or crown lands, public
| buildings and edifces, ports harbors, fortifca-
tions, military naval equipments, and all
other public property of every kind and de-
scription belonging to the government OF the
Hawaiian Islands, together with every right
and appurtenance thereunto appertaining. Tho
existing laws of the United States relative to
public lands shall not apply to such lands
In the Hawaiian Islands. but the congress of
the United States shall enact such laws for
their management and disposition: providing
that all revenue from or proceeds of the same,
except as regards such part thereof may be
used or occupied for the civil, military or naval
purposes Of the United States, or may be as.
signed TO the use of the local government, shall
be held solely for the Inhabitants of the Ha-
waiian Islands for educational and other public
purposes
Art 8. Until congress shall otherwise pro-
vide, the existing government and laws of the
Hawaiian Islands are hereby continued, subject
to the paramount authority of the United
States The president, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, shall appoint COM
missioner to reside in said islands, who shall
have the power to veto any act of said govern
ment, and an act disapproved by him shall
thereupon be void and Of no effect unless ap.
proved by the president Congress shall, with
in one year from the exchange of the ratifca-
tions of this treaty, enact the necessary legisla
| to extend to the Hawaiian Islands the laws Of
the United States respecting the duties upon
imports, the internal revenue, commerce and
navigation but, until congress shall otherwise
provide, the existing commercial relations OF
the Hawaiian Islands, both with the United
States and foreign countries, shall continue as
regards the commerce of said islands with the
rest of the United States and with foreign
ountries; but this shall not be cons trued as
giving to said islands the power to enter into
any new stipulation or agreement whatsoever,
or to have diplomatic intercourse with any for
eign government. The consular representatives
of foreign powers now resident in the Hawaiian
Islands shall be permitted to continue in the
exercise of their consular functions until they
can receive their exeQuaturS from the govern
ment of the United States.
Art 4 The further immigration of Chinese
| laborers into the Hawaiian Islands is hereby
prohibited until congress shall otherwise PRO-
vide Furthermore, Chinese persons Of the
classes now or hereafter excluded by the law
from entering the United States will not be
permitted to come from the Hawaiian Islands
to the other parts of the United States, and if
SO coming shall be subject to the same penal
ties as If entering from foreign country.
Art s. The public debt of the Hawaiian ISL
ands, lawfully existing at the ate of the ex-
| change of the notifications of this treaty, in
Guiding the amounts due to the deposftorS in
the Hawaiian postal savings banks, is hereby
assumed by the government of the United
States, but the liability of the United States in
| this regard shall in no case exceed S3,2jO,0OO.
So long, however as the existing government
and the present commercial relations or the
Hawaiian Islands continued as herein pro-
| vided, said government shall continue to pay
the interest on said debt.
Art G The government of the United States
agrees to pay to the late Queen Llluoka.lna,
within one year from the date Of the exchange
of the Publications of this treaty, the sum OF
$1,000 and annually thereafter a like sum Of
vided she in good faith submits to the author
ity of the government of the United States and
the local government of the islands. And the
government of the United States further agrees
to pay the Princess Rgiulani, within one year
from the date of the exchange of the ratifca-
tions of this treaty, the gross sum of Sl5O,O00
providing she in good faith submits to the local
government of the islands.
Art. z. The present treaty shall be ratified
by the president OF the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the senate on
the one part, and by the provisional govern
ment of the Hawaiian Islands on the other and
the ratihcations shall be exchanged at Homo
lulu as soon as possible. Such exchange shall
be made on the part of the United States by
the commission hereinbefore provided for, and
it shall operate as a complete and final convey
ance to the United States of al the rights of
sovereignty and property herein ceded to them
Within one month after such exchange of ratif-
cation the provisional government shall furnish
such commissioner with full and complete
schedule of all the public property herein ceded
and transferred
In witness whereof the respective plenipo-
tentiaries have signed the above articles, and
have hereunto affixed their seals
Done in duplicate at the city of Washington
| this l4th day of February, 1898
JOHN W. FOSTER
LoRRIN NJ. THURsToE,
WILLIAM B CASTLE,
WILLIAM c. WILDER,
CHARLES L. CARTER,
JOSEPH NARsDES
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