Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-19

force, viii rejoice 1t the deliberate insult
offered by Grover Cleveiand to the ADeri-
can Dag at Hawaii. Nothing vas omitted
| on the part ef the administration to make
the insult complete. All possible publicity
vas given 70 the act. Soeice had been CIV
en- OF the hour at which IL was 70 be per-
formed ia order to secure = nsHlfitude OF
Witnesses Of the formal hamiiizsion Of the
| symbol Of the Republic The gallant ma
riaes Of the Boston we're drawn up TO ace
the diszrscsfai lowering Of the flag thai no
foenian has ever been able To conquer or TO
9shonoY. The one man selected from
great azfion by the President to order the
hauling dom Of the Stars and Stripes at
Honolulu wss . Bourbon ex-confedersts,
Who bad fought % tear down the American
Gag and sssmpis il under foot, and whose
hostility TO American ideas and interests
has apparently nst zbated since he bo:e
arms against the nation
I Il Is 40 Wonder that the latest advices
from Hay All are filled with the Indications
Of coming conflict. IL Is no wonder that
the asiheYen.s Of the Gepraved ard barbar-
DDS "rogalty" that has piundered and OPP
pressed the Hsw siizn people 40 long are be-
ginning TO plot Instruction and massacre
| in the fall belief that the government OF the
United States Is on the side OF despoti-ni
And corruption. Ne amount Of shallow And
half hearted excuses on the part Of admin
istrxtion organs can make the hauling dow II
Of the American flag appear otherwise than
gross snd deliberate BETRAYAL of Amer
can interests and a eowafdly afront to
the American name. That flag stood for
American institutions in all that the term
implies. II stood for freedom. IL stood
for progress. Il stood for education ami
civilization. 1t stool for material develop
msns and enduring prosperity. 1t repre-
scented the forces OF coDsefy atisIn and in
,elii2ence, as against the forces of tyranny
and bsathenism. IL s0atsd Ger territory
American in everything but name ter
ritory that had been brought from savag |
cry to enlightenment by American energy, |
genius and enterprise a territory which is |
inseparably identified by geographical, |
commercial and strategic considerations |
with the American Republic
The Stars and Stripes had been raised in |
Hawaii at the urgent request Of the sub /
stantial and progressive element Of the |
Hawaiian people. This element was chiefly |
Of Anne rican lineage, speaking the tongue
Of the kepabbc, imbued with ITS traditions,
desirous to become united with it in gov
eminent as we'll az sentiment. hese mtN,
the descendants Of the missionaries and the |
companions Of the missionaries 10 whom
Hawaii owes all Of civilization that it pos
sesses had right to expect that the protec-
ton Of the American flag would not be
Withdrawn from their families and their |
homes They had right TO expect that
they should not be abandoned by the nation |
which was bound by every consideration of |
morals and Of honor to defend their lives
and their property from the forces of anar-
chy and barbarism.
President Cleveland AMI his advisers have |
outraged the patriotic sentiment Of the /
Ioe nation by their shameful afrunt to |
tae nations flag. They have placed Ameri- |
can interests 10 the Pacific IN imminent
danger they have invited riot and blood |
shed and the armed interference of Euro
pean powers in the Hawaiian Islands, they |
have lowered the dignity and degraded the |
prestige of the American Republic in the |
eyes Of the civilized world For the results |
Of their policy of cowardice and treachery |
the nation will hold them tn stern account |