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tions, must have become exasperating
to the President and Mr.. Gresham to
the superlative degree. Indeed, that
such is thecase, is evidenced in the fact
thatl Minister Blount,s Report in full
hasldnally been given to the public, and
those who had expected that the public
cation of this official document would
furnish ample and satisfactory proof OF
all that Secretary Gresham had charged
up to Minister Stevens, were greatly
disappointed; for it is true that the
publication of the report in full brings
nonew facts, and discloses no stronger
case than had already been laid before
the public, for the simple reason that
Mr.. Gresham had already, in his pub
lished message to the President, made
use Of everything there was in Blount's
report which in his judgement would
tend to support the action of the
administration in attempting to restore
the Hawaiian monarchy. Indeed, II
the report adduces proof Of conspir-
acy of any sort, it is that Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Gresham themselves are
the conspirators; for Blount himself
uncounsciously proves that his whole
course in Honolulu, the evidence which
he gathered, the means which be used
to gather it, and the sources from
whence be saught it, all are the result
Of the Administrations policy. and not
that the policy is the result of his find
ings. His own correspondence fnrn-
isbes the proof that he had scarcely
gotten settled in his quarters in Homo
lulu as minister paramount, when he
wrote TO Mr.. Cleveland his conclusions
and this before be had examined sim
gle witness representing the side Of the
Provisional Government. Instead of
presenting an open and frank disquisi-
tion aent upon allthe evidence
that was I'd his reach or possession, as
an impartial and fair judge would
surely have done, be presents series
Of special pleas from which he draws
deductions and argumentations pre-
cisely as a paid lawyer would
when urging his side of the case to a
jury.
The indubitable proof is that Mr..
Blonnt, in conducting his examinations,
permitted the few witnesses, whom
he examined on the part Of the Pro-
visional Government to testify not a
word except in direct yes or no to such
questions as he only chose to ask.
There is no incident save this one, In
the history OF our country, when one
administration has so strenously sought
through secret means and tricks Of a
like character, to impugn the motives
Of a former administration, and the
thing about the matter which
impresses an impartial observer the
most that the President and hisSecretary
Of State should deliberately prefer to
assume that Mr.. Bloun. and the repre-
sentatives and companions of de-
PRAYED and dissolute half barbarian
woman, on the one hand, all tell the
"truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth;" and that ON the other
hand Minister Stevens, the whole civil
lized population Of Fl ,lolulu, repre-
senting all that is decent, enterprising
and christian in the island, combined
with all the officers of the United
States Navy stationed there. are all
generation Of unmitigated liars and
conspirators. The people of the country
at large have preferred:to believe the
latter, and have not been at all equiy.-
cal In the expression Of their opinions.
It is highly probably that little further
information can be had from Homo
lulu before the 4th Of December. but on
that date Congress will again assemble
and we may feel sure no time will be
lost in getting at the whole record of
the Hawaiian proceedings under the
present and former administration, and
every shred and syllable Of it WILDE laid
bare, and the country will know where
they may pin their faith. But the
strangest thing about the whole pre-.
ceeding is that the President and Mr..
Gresham seem to think that they con-
stitute the Federal Government. For
after all, the question that lies at the
bottom of the whole thing is not
whether the former administration
either rightly or wrongly exerted any
influence in setting aside the monarchy
Of the Hawaiian Islands; nor is it
that the annexation OF these islands
would be valuable, OF otherwise, to
this government, or that the de-
throned queen is wowan of the
worst character and her government
corrupt and degrading ;nor is it that her
supporters are those who represent the
worst element of the population in the
kingdom and that The supporters Of the
provisional government represent all
that is civilized and decent and power-
fnl But the question that concerns
the people Of this nation 10, are the acts
Of the administration 10 the premises
correct when referred to the funda-
mental principles Of constitutional law?
Article IL Sec. 8 Constitution Of the
United States says the President ssshall
receive ambassadors and other public
!, Thus giving the Presidd
exclusive power to recognized
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