Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-12-21
RARE CONSISTENCY.

What change of heart there must
be among the patrician and blue blooded
gentlemen of the South when the former
slave owners and "nigger" haters are
found advocating the Intervention of
the government to restore to throne a
mulatto ex-queen of the Cannibal
islands That fine Southern gentleman
who was selected as a special commits
sioner to investigate affairs at Honolulu
and all those fine Southern Democrats
in Congre ess swallow the "nigger'' in this
case without even making wry face,
probably because the taint in the blood
has been hallowed by the divine pre-
requisites of royalty, even in a savage
and barbaric kingdom.
The former reigning queen of the
Sandwich islands, Liliuokalani, is not
of full royal Sandwich blood, being the
daughter of an Americanized negro
banjo player and female descendant of
the royal house. Her title to the throne
in the first place was vague, but she was
allowed to reign as sort of sub
majesty during the minority of the
young Princess Kailani. Her malad-
ministration of public affairs and noto-
rious personal conduct led to her over
throw and the establishment of a pro-
visional government. Yet neither her
scandalous conduct nor her negro blood
has any influence upon the Southern
politicians eager to overthrow the Amer
lean policy Of Republican administra-
ton. Thus we have presented the spec
tacle of gentlemen who, at home, draw
the hem of their garments close about
them to prevent the contamination of
"nigger" touch, upholding in the Sand
wich islands the divine right of "nigger"
royalty.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION.
Cleveland Leader.
Section 2 of Article of the Constitu-
tion of the United States defines the
powers of the President as follows:
He shall have power, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, to
make treaties, provided two-thirds of
nominate, and by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint
ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls, judges of the Supreme Court,
and all other officers Of the United States
whose appointments are not herein
otherwise provided for, and which shall
be established by law; but the Congress
may by law vest the appointment of
such inferior officers, as they think
proper, in the President alone, in the
courts of law, or in the heads of depart
ments.
This is the section of the Constitution
which Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
contends the President violated when
he sent James H. Blount, of Georgia, to
Hawaii as the commissioner of the
United States. We think the Senator
makes good case. There was not a
shadow Of warrant for Mr.. Blount's ap-
pointment either in the Constitution or
the Statutes. Mr.. Cleveland created the
Office and filed it without taking the
trouble to ask the advice or consent of
the Senate, as he is required by the Con-
stitution to do. There was no excuse
for his action. The Senate was in session
at the time Mr.. BlOunt was appointed,
but no communication was addressed to
that body by the President. The Senate
is still officially ignorant of the fact that
such a man as Blount went to Hawaii
and made report upon which the Pres
ident might base his foreign policy.
We hope the Senate will insist upon its
prerogatives. Either Mr. Cleveland was
ignorant of the constitutional provisions
regarding the high office he holds, or
else he deliberately violated his oath of
office in order that he might show his