The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-08
REPUBLICAN, ROT.
Idiotic q. q. y. Drivsl on the Hawaiian
Matter.

Matter.
"A Nations Shame" is the title Of tn
New York Press leader on tn
hawaiian affair; Our National Shame
Is the way the Philadelphia Press pu
1t; and so il goes all along the line o
the thick-and-thin brigade OF tn,
q. & l.. bazooS Every American
who b elieves in the immortal princi
Piles Of the declaration OF lndepend
ence.- bl ows the New York bazooter
..eyery A. nerican who holds that the
tyranny Of. inonarch is treason against
the inaliena bic sovereignty Of the PEG
pie, every An erican by whom the star
nv symbol AZ the republic Is held in
reverence and onor. and TO whom the
dignity and aul iority OF the repu bile
are sacred, will r. gard the outrageous
purpose of the On 'veland administra-
tion 10 restore the Il awaiian monarchy
with intense indignst ion and profound
shame. Grover Clcvcl. md and the re-
publican renegade VIII ,m he has re-
warded for party treacnc y with "a seat
in his cabinet have gone about their
infamous task"--and So on nd 10 on to
the extent of a column of ny. 'tcrics, ex-
clamation points and language OF such
"A character that it would have been
more in accordance with common usage
If it had been represented by IS in-
stead of spelled out in the full exposure
of type.
Of course, none Of this sort of fustian
has anything TO do with the case There
is no question of the Americans prefer
ence for repu blicanism to monarchy
Even as bold, bad vilyuns as the press
holds Messrs. Cleveland and Gresham to
be would not be stupid enough to make
such an issue as that before the Ameri-
can people. The simple and only ques-
ton which confronted the administra-
ton in this Hawaiian matter was. not
one as to the form Of government which
the United States would prefer TO see
in the islands, but whether the pro-
vlsional government had been estab-
lished with or without the illcgitimate
action of our own officials and forces.
The evidence which the administra-
ton has taken the pains to gather
and weigh for the last seven or eight
months shows clearly. according to
Secretary Gresham's report. that the
Hawaiian government was oyerthrown
and the provisional government set up
through the completely of the United
States minister at Honolulu and his I'M
justifiablc use of our naval forces at that
station. That being the case. we violated
our national policy and did the Hawai-
ian government wrong which can only
be righted by restoring the status
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The fact that the government which
we pulled down. and which we are.
therefore, in duty bound to set up
again. was monarchy. and very
shabby and disreputa BILE specimen of
one at that. has no bearing whatever
upon the ethics Of the case. We can
not cut our ideas of justice by our own
special fashion-platc of government.
We cannot claim TO keep our flag I'M
sullied by dealing honorably and just
ly, and in practice deal honorably and
justly only with republics We had
nothing 10 do with the original selec-
ton Of Hawaii's form of government,
and, unless we annex Hawaii and be-
come responsible for its government,
we certainly have no right to change
that government. Least Of all have we |
the right to change that government. 4
through an intrigue with few aliens.
in order that we may annex the conn
try irrespectively Of the wishes Of the
great body of its citizens. That is just i
what our former minister did, and that
is what we must undo il we are to con-
tinue to boast Of our national integrity,
and to keep ''the starry symbol of the
republic worthy OF reverence and
honor"
1t has never been our policy to go
about the world overthrowing mon
arches because we think republic Is
the only true form Of government On
the contrary, it has been our announced
and observed purpose TO maintain our
own sovereignty. to interfere with no
body and to preven. foreign interfer-
cnce in the Americas When we pro-
claim our intention to abandon that
policy. which has been the source Of SO
much of our national power and pride.
it will be time enough 70 forsake our
own affairs and enter upon the mill
tant work of republicanizing the ma
tons of the earth. whether they wish
TO be repu blicanizcd or not
''Our national shame would be, not
in rectifying the wrong we have done a
puny power as the administration pro-
poses to rcctify it. but in condoning it,
perssting in il. and even profiting ty
i, as the republican bazootcrs demand
hat we should do.--Louisville Courier.