The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-06

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WA7HiNGroE NO -uJct .- .
The most distinguished leaders OF .
the Democratic party, who were
venerable in the service of that
party when the President was an
obscure Sheriff and when Judge
Gresham was in very different
political companionship, do not for
get that the most brilliant achieve
ments of the Democratic party were
those which were made i'll a period
of conquest
There is one feature of the Ha-
waiian business which has been
called to the attention Of the Pres
ident, which il appears, he and his
advisors did not consider, which
may cause the Administration the
/ greatest embarrassment, il it shall
not even put the President in poll
teal peril Before the special SEES
sion of Congress adjourned the
President informed a Joint commit
tee of both houses that he had no
further communication to make to
them. At that time the President
had defined his Hawaiian policy,
and the new Minister had been
sent to Honolulu, undoubtedly
, with instructions which involved
the use of force to restore the de
posed Kanaka Queen to her aban-
doned throne.
This Minister, Mr.. Albert Viii
b lis, had, moreover, been sent to a
5 Government which had been recog-
nized as the dc fdcto friendly Coy
, ernment, not only by the United
States, but by some of the great
Powers of Europe, and the Minister
p of that Government was i'll Wash.
t ington at the time, and recognized
E BY this Government with ere
dentials as regular as those of the
5 Ambassador of Great Britain.
% In other words, the President o.
= the United States, Congress being
e in session, has instructed a Min
: lister of the United States to use
the military forces Of this Govern
' ment to overthrow friendly power
and to establish monarchy. Sucl
an instruction is, III effect, declara
l. ton of war. By that act the Pres
e ident of the United States has as
It sumcd the power to make war
q which by the Constitution of thu
United States is vested alone II
" Congress. That is the view which
+ some of the ablest men i'll Congress
S are disposed to take i'll this matter
@ IF this view shall be sustained
q when The text of the instruction
to Minister Willis shall be mad,
public. President Cleveland i'll thu
a opinion of those whose views arr
6 most worth knowing, has beef
$ guilty of an impeachable offence
4 The President of the United State
has no authority under the Constl
Il tuition to overthrow a friendl,
g power. or to use the military force
y of the United States for the estab
l. lishment of a monarchy. Their
:; are some very angry comments OF
the part of public men here at tn
. extraordinary assumption of powe
S on the part of the President, an'
5, at the fact that he has entered upol
II policy which may involve wa
10 by the United States without an,
intimation to Congress as to hi
{ purposes, the Congress at the yer,
2. moment being in session.
J. Mr. Cleveland will hear iron
q these things when Congress con
- venes. If Congress had know,
" what the policy of the Administra
Oh ton was before adjournment, as
4, had the right to know, there
4, every reason to believe that join
al resolution would have been passe
! which would have prevented tn
- President from assuming the par
III of dictator, as he has done.