Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-22
The Bissat Report

10 il probably the sting Of popular disap-
provsl which has forced the administration
20 zive out portions Of the Blsunt report on
Has allan Affairs, on which Secretary Gr%s-
ham based his extraordinary recommends
lions. The mos; striking thing sbout the
report, 80 far a. the publi-bei extracts 20,
IL that il ignores zltegs tier the revolution
initiaf~t. BY the Queen ia the attempt To
establish an sb-oiute desp Jtism. That WAS
the starting point Of the whole bu.iaess, but
Mr. Cievelsnd's paramount commissioner
DOS rot recognize it. From all that
appears in hs report, the men who estsb-
Ii-bsd ths provisional government NIGH
have been on q level, A. that eager organ
Of the admi nistrstion, the Boston Herald.
has represented them. with General Walker.
fIibasterers acting frem 4 greed for empire
or for plumber.
But the fact is, az any orderly history OF
the occurrences which preceded and at
tsnd.d the formal IN Of the provisional gov
eminent will show, that before the commit
tee on publie safety met, or any measures
we're taken to get the degraded Queen, to
shom Mr.. Biount gives his anu ing testi-
mooial OF good character, of the throne STE
had und. r;sksn To posses. herself Of sb'o-
IL ~a- then that the public safety WIS
Threatened IL was ths that the men Of
II IL diligence and Of means on the island.
were a~sr- that if they submitted TO the
seckls schemes Of the Qaren and her cpr-
rup, advisers reitber th-ir property nor
their hives would b. safe, and in self
defence they organized their committee Of
public safety. out Of which grew the
.i1ner Rount went out to ascertain
the truth, and not to find a pretext for a
preeonceiysd policy for the administration,
why does he not state these facts a. they
are2 Why does he undertake TO make the
American people believe that movement
which had its origin in the attempt OF a
wicked and di.solute Queen to usurp all
c Constitutional authority was the result OF n
conspiracy between the United States min
l.ter. American missionaries and children
of missionaries, and American merchants:
There 10 q good deal of tattie and IRE.
spon-ible gossip in the voluminous mass of
maternal which Minister Blount collected =
b 4 there il not a word 10 it which disproves
the statemen of ex-Minister Stevens that
the troop. from the Boston were Ian ted
solely to secure the safety of American ME
and property There IS not a line to show
that they were used for any other pnrpo-e.
Requests for their aid which we're IN 'de TO
Minister Stevens by both parties were re-
fused to both. Within the last seven Years
there have been Ave or SIX revolutions in
iI4v AM and more than once before Amsri-
can marines have lie landed to preserve
order IL is more than probable that their pr
=. nee on this occasion averted scenes OF
bloodshed and pillsge which would have
followed the attempt of the Queen
violently to overflow constitutional
government. But there is not'.-
ing in that circumstance which ca7 give
the administration warrant fc. such mon
strous proceeding as the replacement on her
throne of the Queen whose rspacty and
corruption caused all the trouble. IL such
rub. is TO be permanently maintained,
| either the forces of good order and risil'za-
ton on the islands mus, first be extermin-
| sted, or our government must malntaif
| troops for the Queen to lean upon