The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-09-30
THE SUNS CLEAR LIGHT
1T is THROWN ON HAWAIIAN
MATTERS.
Strong Articles for Annexation in the
Ablest Newspaper of the
United States.

tiers about Hawaii and its concerns
HAWAII AND THE UNITED STATES.
When Claus Spreckels returned from
his recent visit to the Hawaiian Islands,
where he busted himself as an anti.
Annexationist, he was reported in a
San Francisco interview as saying that
he would show Mr.. Cleveland how to
fix up this thing.
This was very kind of Mr.. Spreckels,
and, no doubt, this voluntary offer Of
rank Republican and monopolist will
be highly appreciated by our Demo
cratic President, especially now that
Spreckels mas become solicitous as to
the welfare of the sugar planters IN
Louisiana. The great monopolist, on
his arrival at Chicago on his way to ad-
wise the President declared that "in
the Sandwich Islands we must rely on
the coolie labor. The laws Of the
United States forbid the importation
of contract labor, and annexation
simply means the ruin of the sugar
interests of the Sandwich Islands. F."
He evidently fancies that cheap labor
will be a popular cry in the United
States. Mr.. Spreckels is one planter
of the Hawaiian Islands, and there
are, let US say, fifty other planters there
who advocate annexation and have not
raised one word of objection to it on
the ground that it will interfere with
the supply of coolie labor
Setting aside all this rot about the
cheapness of coole labor, which has
nothing whatever to do with the Amer
lean people or American interests, the
fact still remains that the annexation of
the Hawaiian Islands is of as great
national Importance to the United
States now as it ever was. 1t is true
that we have lost nothing since the
monarchy was put down there, owing
to the friendIiness and good feeling for
the United States that has been exhib-
tied by the Provisional Government.
The Islands are so situated that they
must belong to the United States, and
woe be to the American statesman who
rejects them.
1t will doubtless be admitted on all
hands that the request of the Provisional
Government of the Hawaiian Islands
for incorporation with the United
States ought 20 be answered in accord
ance with the traditions and practice Of
our Federal Government. What that
practice has been is set forth in an ex'
haustive and impressive way by the
Hon. Simeon d. Baldwin in the last
number of the Yale Revie1O. This in
teresting study of the history of the
subject establishes the fact that from
the first tentative union Of the Ameri-
can colonies down to the present time,
the annexation of countries useful on
geographical, commercial or strategic
grounds has been warmly advocated
and steadily pursued.
The expediency of independence
itself was scarcely recognized more
promptly than the importance of ex'
tending the area of the nascent com.
monweath by annexation. No sooner
had the delegates of eleven colonies
met in Congress at Philadelphia in
October, I774, than the hope was ex-
pressed of finding coadjutors in all the
other British provinces on our CONT
nent. A stirring appeal to that effect
was forthwith addressed to the inhabit'
ants of Quebec, and an active cores
pondence with Canadian patriots was
begun by the Massachusetts Commit
tee of Safety. In May, IT'S, another
appeal to the inhabitants of Canada
from the pen of John Jay was adopted
by Congress Not long atterward, an
address from the inhabitants of several
parishes in Bermuda was received. In
November of the same year the inhablt
ants OF district of Nova Scotia APP
piled for admission into the Association
of the United Colonies. In the course
of the same twelve months commits
sioners were sent to induce Canadian
to accede to a union, and to rais'
troops for the Continental army. Th'
result was such q number of enlistment
that Canadian regiment was organized
and a second one projected.
The plan brought forward by DIR
Franklin for Articles Of Confederation
provided for the accession of all thu
other colonies on the continent, that is
Quebec, St. Johns, Nova Scotia, Eas
aud West Florida and also the Bermuda
Islands. 1t is true that when this plan
was reported year later, the provision
= for bringing in the other English col
onies was stricken out, except so far al
related to Canada, which was to have
the right to admission on request. Th'
opinion was expressed at this time b!
Samuel Adams that, had the DECLARE
ton of Independence been made ii
I775, Canada would have become one
of the United Colonies. Perhaps
Adams moderated the repellent efec
produced by the denunciation of the
Quebec Act by the Continental Con
gress, an expression of intolerance witt
respect to the Catholic faith which /
afterward tried to soften by instructinl
its commissioners to guarantee to thu
French Catholics the free enjoyment o
their religion, 1t is plain, indeed, from
the declarations and proceedings OF th'
coloniae that SeCtarian prelude,