New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-21
spectacle than will be offered by snug little
politi, al party consisting entirely of men whom
the Mugwrmps and Anti'Snappers are not
ashamed to associate with.
oppDSy1yOy TO THE TREATY..

for delay in bringing the ia'!hcatioh OF '"c
| Hawaiian Treaty TO a vote in the senate IS ho'
what il purpOlts TO be, movement Tor dei'y
| only and merely in the interest OF far coll
! s;deration and full discussion but conspiracy
10 defeat the treaty and to prevent the an
ncyation of the islands. 1t is another mani
festation of that I'M American spirit which APP
pcars in the Democratic party whenever any
thing is proposcd tending to build up the in
Thence of this country abroad, and to promote
| its commercial supremacy. SO far as the op-
position to the treaty has ctystalllzed II docs
| not now seem formidable, but the noticcaDie
| thing about it is the character oil It's opposi-
ton 1t does not represent the Democratic
marty. The ablest Democratic members OF the
Senate have declared themselves IN favor Ol
annexation. But among the opposition are
three or lonr Senators, including Mr.. Gray,
Mr.. Villas, Mr. Vest and Mr.. Brcc, who are
| supposed to sustain intimate relations with the
incoming Executive. 1t is not believed that
| they would oppose the treaty unless they had
some reason to believe that in doing so they
were performing a service agreeable to Mr..
| Cleveland.
Nithing can be more certain than that the
sentiment of the country is practically unanl-
nous in favor OF prompt ratification OF the
treaty The views of the American people
have grown with their growing empire The
policy which forbade an ultra marine influence
had its origin in our former isolation. So long
as we were a small country, lying along a
single seacoast and sparsey settled, there was
every reason why we should keep to ourselves
In doing so we kept others from u.s. and that
was prime condition OF success in our early
struggles for existence. But when we became
sovereign in trans Mississppian territory, when
the Gulf of Mexico became our southern Dor
der, and, still later, when our dominion ex-
tended to the Pacific sea and vast cities arose
on every coast and in all parts of the interior,
the situation changed To-day we produce OF
manufactures moIe than any two nations OF
Europe; Of agriculture more than any three,
and Of minerals moie than all together. The
necessity for new markets is now upon us. and
with it the necessity Of cIltivating close com
meirial and political relations with the rapidly
growing nations Of South America and Aus
tr;llia and with the newly awakened empires
Of China and Japan. As prime condition
Of this extending influence the duty OF con
trolling the Isihmian routes is clear 10 every
intelligent mind. To let them go out of our
exclusive possession would be an abandonment
of material advantages as needless a. it would
hc unfortunate.
Few OF our statesmen at Washington appear
Ia understand how seriously our control of
these routes is now threatened or what prcp1
rations have been made within the last twenty
years around our coasts for warikc dcmOn,tia
tiCnS against us. Within that period Of time
Cheat Britain has erected system of fortress
and naval dcpots at Halifax, at Bermuda. at
Jamaica and at It. Lucia. completely cncrcing
our Atlantic coast and directly monacng the
lsthman iransits. The dignity of Halifax has
been advanced 10 that of an imperial military
and naval station and it is the boast of the
British Foreign and Colonial officers that the
fortrcsses there and AT Bermuda which only
two years ago were connected by submarine
cable, are mprcgnabe to marine attack. AT
Bermuda there * a dry-dOck capable OF lift
Ing highlands heaviest Scagoing battle shipS
4 shipbuilding plant capable Of constructing
modern cruiser. and "a supply of naval stores
always maintained in completeness and in great
quantities. bermuda is within 800 miles Of
Bost n. Newly ork Philadelphia, Washington.
Baltimore and Charleston. Jamaica. standing
directly over against the eastern gate of any
possible lsthmian canal, has recently been
placed in spcndidly offensive condition. and
at tho present moment military operations are
going on AT 81. Lucia intended to convert the
harbor Of Castrics into an imperial station Of
tho first order. All this is done, and is being
done, as every sensible person knows. in pur-
suancc of England deliberate purpose to pre-
vent American control on the Isthmus.
To render that control sufficient the sovcr-
eighty of Caribbean territory and Of Hawaii
is absolutely necessary. II there were no rca-
sons growing out of tho natural dependency
If Hawaii upon Us, or out of its actual value
As productive country. for our acceptance of
tho offer so plOvidcntay made at this time,
the political reasons VIC have suggested should |
be sufficient The dangers of delay are numer-
Gus and serious. Some of them relate to the
condition of affairs in the islands. The Pro-
visional Government should not be kept on
tcnterhooks. II should not be left TO think |
that its friendly and generous confidence is not
appreciated. Tho utterances of influential
newspapers at London and Berlin indicate |
clearly that the conscntng disposition abroad |
which Secretary Foster says has been com
municatcd to him regarding our acceptance Of |
the Hawaiian proposals may not long be con
tinued if We, by our delays, or by the growth |
here of division of sentiment. encourage
foreign nations to intervene with objections
IF. too. we are to have in Mr.. Cleveland |
Chief Magistrate who so little appreciates the |
opportunity presented to us in this treaty as |
to be willing to sec it fail, the duty of the |
Senators who have trucr conception Of what |
-, J,o IN, ;ptn md a..
the more pressing. Delay in ratfying the |
treaty should be resisted as tho first move of |
conspiracy to reject it altogether.
To the lay and disintcpstcd mind the contro- |