The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-05-24
ON HIS ARRIVAL HOME.
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capped our responsibilities even had
we desired to do so. Fortunately
the commander of the Boston and
those under his command had no
desire to shirk their duty. They ap-
preciated the obligations of Ameri-
can patriotism and the honor of the
American navy. The allurements of
a semi barbaric court and palace had
not blinded their eyes to the condi-
ton of things in Honolulu. On
shore in perfect order they stepped
not an inch from the line of duty.
They never lifted finger in aid of
the fallen monarchy or the rising
provisional government. The form
err sought its aid but neither party
had the least assistance of force by
Captain Wiltse and those under his
command. All assertions to the
contrary by whomsoever uttered are
audacious falsehoods without sem
blance of truth. The conduct of
the United States officers and men
in their seventy-five days on shore
in Honolulu is to the credit of their
intelligence, their patriotism and
their self-control, an honor to the
American navy. Without the loss
of single life this remarkable revo-
luton in the Hawaiian Islands was
accomplished. They have to-day
the best government these islands
ever had. That government is now
much stronger than on the days
when it sprang into life. 1t is sup
ported by all the best citizens and
by seven-eighths of the property of
the country. Both the provisional
government and those supporting it
strongly desire Hawaii to become
part of the Great Republic. Their
American sympathies are loyal to
the core. Those who fought at
Bunker Hill and wrote their names
in large letters in Independence
Hall were not more thoroughly
American than those who have sent
their Commissioners to Washington
to negotiate the terms of annexa-
ton. Men of our blood, familiar
with our history, united to us by
a common interest, hopeful Of
Americas great future, they ask that
the American flag, the American
CouSVlouVloh duu Vuo AuloilCdH laws
may shelter and protect them.
Without the expenditure of single
American life or dollar of Ameri-
can gold, they offer the rich prize,
this splendid possession of the Paci-
tic, to the American government, in
trust for the American people.
Never was such prize before offered
as a gift to a great nation. Some
annexed many distant countries by
force of arms, often at an enormous
cost of blood and treasure, both of
the conquered and conquerors.
Alexander added to his dominions
by vast campaigns Of slaughter and
ruin, Great Britain for century has
been constantly augmenting her
territory in India, in Egypt and in
other quarters of the globe, by the
strength of her arms, often at the
great cost of blood. Her diplomacy
and her treasure have placed her in
the possession of Hongkong, of
Malta and Of Cyprus without ever
taking the vote or any form of con-
sent of the people of those valuable
islands, and the domain she has
forcibly gained in the Pacific is vast
in extent. But these beautiful ISL
ands of the North Pacific for seventy
years have been carefully watched
by American statesmen and nursed
by American patriotism. American
benevolence and love of Christian
civilization have poured into them a
million and half of dollars as their
religious and humane offering.
American merchants and American
government bounty have fostered
their prosperity by the expenditure
of many millions. By contiguity OF
interests, of water and the necessary
laws of Accommodation they be-
long to the American system OF
states. For strategical and CONNER
cial purposes they are more valuable
to the United States than are
Cyprus, Malta and Bermuda to
Great Britain. So Adams and Web
ster, Clayton and Marcy, saw many
years ago. So Seward and Blaine
more clearly perceived at more re,
cent dates. So Bayard and Cleve-
land must have understood when
they issued their instructions July
II, 1887, to Minister Merrill and the
naval commander, holding them re.
; sponsible for public order, American
life and property, and American pre-,
dominance at Honolulu. Clearly
President Harrison and the Foreign
Relations Committee of the United
States Senate saw the great value oil
Hawaii when they gave their sigma,
lures to the treaty of annexation
On those islands is established an
American colony with solid basis
of American civilization, the crea-
ton of the sterling men and women
who many years ago left their homes
under the powerful inspiration OF
Christian faith, whose numbers were
supplemented by men of industry
and commerce. These persons tool
with them American ideas and senti
ments. In none of our American
= States is there more earnest, more
loyal American people. They lool
to the flag which their fathers reared
and consecrated to American
liberty and good government fol
protection. They stretch out /;
pleading hand to this mighty
and partisan plans. No sincere
patriot, no wise statesman, will seel
3 to gain party advantages or persona
ends by its adjustment. There is il
it an issue between civilization anC
good government against corrup
ton, anarchy and barbaric sensual
ism. There is in it an issue which
rises to the Importance of grea
American question, bearing directly
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