The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-21

Language.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Dec. 2O.-Ex-Minister
Stevens tonight made the following re-
ply to President Clovoland's Hawaiian
message and his criticisms Of MIR.
Stevens official conduct:
Only once in our political history has
a majority of the Congress OF the United
States solcmnly resolved in favor of i'm
peaching the occupant Of the executive
chair. Probably it was well that the
effort to remove Andrew johnson from
his Office was arrested just on the brink
Of success. The great reluctance OF the
conservative men OF the country to re-
move the chief executive for abuse OF
power seems to have encouraged Prosi-
dent Cleveland to resort to the extraor-
binary measure of oyerturning the pro.
yisional government OF Hawaii, while
as much as possible concealing his
arbitrary design from the American
Congress and the American people.
Look at the historical facts dispas-
sionatcIy and no one will deny that the
lines oil usurpation and injustice on
which President Cleveland and the
secretary Of state have acted since the
seventh OF March last, coupled with the
ex-parte star chamber course Of Com
missioner Blount relative to the ac-
cepted testimony of Liliuokalanis
fallen and corrupt ministers, are more
sweeping and more hostile to Anglo
Saxon liberty than the acts of George
III and the Lord North ministry which
drove the American colonies to success
full revolt. There Is nothing in Ameri-
eau history more shameful in its scope
OF injustice and tyranny than the at
tempt OF President Cleveland and Sec
retary Gresham to crush out liberty
and American interests in Hawaii by
the threat 20 restore the extinct ia
vaiian monarchy by force of arms or
BY diplomatic chicanery and pressure,
more infamous, ii possible, than the use
ot ball or bayonet.
THE PRESIDENTS INJUSTICE.
President Cleveland's recent special
message, in which he SO severely criti.
cises the course Of tho recent American
minister at Honolulu, is but feeble
repetition of the statement OF Secretary
Gresham, previously published. In my
answer to Blount's report, extensively
published in the United States, l
showed conclusively, as Minister Thurs.
ton and other thoroughly responsible
witnesses have shown, that the allegn.
lions in that report against tho official
conduct of Captain Wiltse and myself
arc grossly untrue, and are in manifest
antagonism to all the reasonable proba-
bilties and logic of the situation in
Honolulu in January last. President
CoVeland's grossly untrue and shame
fully unjust allegation against myself
and the naval commander rests entire
ly on the statement Of the four notori-
ously corrupt ministers OF the fallen
queen, OF Wilson, tho queens favorite,
and other thoroughly discredlted testi-
mony.
l repeat here what has been amply
verified again and again, that neither
by force, or by threat OF force, or BY
any action OF mine was the fall Of the
monarchy precipitated. From the hour
on which l entered on my duties to the
termination OF my official responsibility
! maintained the determination to call
on the naval commander for aid only in
the event that American life and prop
erty were in danger. Cautiously, but
firmly, perhaps sometimes too silently,
made this my fixed rule OF action, not
only to the representatives of the
queen, but 10 tho leaders OF the parties
who saw no safe alternative for the well
fare in the islands but for the total over
throw oi the monarchy.
GRAVE CHARGE.
II President Cleveland secs ct to mako
APPOINT against my official conduct that,
months before last January 1 had ad-
vocated annexation, he deliberately and
purposely conee0ls that what l said in
my dispatch in November, 1889, was O
confidential statement to the department
Of state Of the true condition of affairs
IN Hawaii, a report Of facts which by
Tue. established rules aud practice OF
diplomacy was in duty bound to make
Known TO my government.
At that date my opinions we're so pri;
yaie.y held that, both in Honolulu and
California, it was believed that the
American minister was averse to an
nexation. For months prior to the
date OF this dispatch there had been n
continual struggle between the legisla-
inte and the queen as to their respec-
i've rights regarding the constitution,
The responsibility OF cabinet ministry,
Alter the ministry had been appointed
In defiance OF tho votes OF the legisla-
iluro and Of responsible public opinion
the queen, her immoral iavorite Will
son, and the lottery ring openly defed
tas LEGISLATURE aud the proporty hold
en OF the islands. Only the re-
markaolo cell possession OF the
respectable and responsible men
Of the islands prevented au outbreak
aud tho overthrow oi the monarchy at
an earlier day. The selt-posso-sion and
ioroearance OF the men thus dolled by
Tue monarchy and its parasites we're re-
ma5Snhle considering that they were