The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-01

The announcement OF the Cleveland
pulia, respecting Hawaii Doc. COME IL
d. I't th' American pH,i.N T. is not
the polio, ui The United States q Ivrrn.
ment. on Of the people of this r. uhlir
II ts moi yet. thank Gud' the policy cf
the irm'Drdi, party. II i. neither
lnurr nor less Than The personal deter
uuiattun at turNrcuti,r officer changed
with Temporary power. to use that
power to enforce a personal conclusion.
regardless Of consequences in inlamy or
blood
Stripped of every special plea and
specious pretext surrounding the es-
sential fact, what is the purpose which
Mr. Cleveland now declares. through
the su-called report of his too subser
Went Secretary OF State? 70 crush the
llie ont of u young republic, already re
copnl2ed 10y rs as an independent and
responsible Government to employ the
armed power as well as the moral in
! fuenCe of the United States to thrust
back upon a civilized people. American
in their instincts and habits and aspira-
person of vile and ridiculous person
whom they have driven from the
! throne ; to undo the work of revolu-
| ton which made Hawaii republic. by
means of a counter revolution by coup
Tetdt planned in the White House at
| Washington and secretly but deliber-
ateiy ordered by President of the
United States.
That is the Cleveland policy. The
American policy was settled long ago
1t has never varied 1t was never bet
ter defined than by James Buchanan. a
| Democratic Secretary of State, when he
sped to the newborn republic of 1913 in
| France this assurance of Americas
sympathy for every people struggling
out of the forms and traditions of mon
archy: ut was with one universal burst
of enthusiasm that the American PEG.
pie hailed the late glorious revolution in
| France in favor of liberty and republi-
can government In this feeling the
President strongly sympathizes Warm
| aspirations tor the success of the new
republic are breathed from every heart
Liberty and order will IN Ike France
happy and prosperous. Her destinies.
under Providence. are now in the hands
of the French people. Let them by their
wisdom, tirmness and moderation refute
the ISLANDERS of their enemies, and con-
vince the world that they are capable of
elf-government" That is the Ameri-
can policy.
The date of the revolution over brow
! ing monarchy in France in 1913 was
February 24tlI, and news came slowly
then across the Atlantic. The date of
! Buchanan spirited message to the new
republic was March 3lst. Polk and
| Buchanan did not wait To ascertain
whether the new republic repres nted
a numerical MA jority of all the people
| then inhahiting france. They did not
| inquire whether 4 numerical ma iurity
would have preferred the continuation
of monarchy. They did not ask whether
| American citizens residing in France
had borne part in the revolutionary
movement, or even whether the official
representatives of the United States
Government had manifested sympathy
with the Frenchnen who overthrow
Louis Philippe. President Polk and his
itcretary of State sent out no commits
sinner with authority paramount and
| instructions to investigated Minister Rush's
attitude toward the revolutionists. and
to make a case, if possible, to warrant
American Intervention in behalf of the
| friendly King who had Just been de-
| throned. They sent to the young re
public the Godspeed as above printed.
and knew that behind them i'm that
message of sympathy and joy was every
| true American heart just as every true
American heart would have been be-
hind Grover Cleveland and his Admins
tration if similar message had gone
from Washington to Honolulu in March
of tins year 1893.
Never before has an American execu-
| ii a, GtD IA
anism and to set up monarchy in any
believe, has an American President
issued orders for the assassination
of a free and successful Govern
ment. Never before has any officer
of this Government undertaken. uron |
his sole responsibility aud without con-
sulting Congress or the people, to decide |
the destiny of foreign country in |
diplomatic relations with ourselves. !
Never before has President invited or |
commanded his Cabinet advisers to as. |
sist him in the odious business of set |
ting up again rotten and broken !
throne.
Was there no American spirit in the |
Cabinet when this policy of infamy was |
decreed? Walter q. Gresham would ,
have done well to have torn his COM
ihiEnipi' ih'' pit'fS anu liiiIp VIE pieces |
in the face of his master. rather than TO |
sign his name to the document which
carried to the nation yesterday the an
nouncement of the nations shame.
So cunningly and so secretly has the
way been prepared at Washington for
the restoration of the wretched I.ihu
okalan at Honolulu, if possible. before
public sentiment could assert itself in
the United States, ana so adrotly have
the promoters of the comp dcfH timed
the publication of their instructions i'm
order To cover Minister Willis's move
meTts under his secret Instructions. that
the aStoundcd people of the United
States do not yet know what has hap
pened in Hawaii Have the hopes of
the woman who called herself Queen, of
her interested British friends. of the
Inercenary Spreckels, Of the dull
and prejudiced Blount who went out
to make a lawyers case against he
Hawaiian Government, been crowned
already by the success of the counter.
revolution ordered by the President of
the United States? Has Liliuokalani
been marched back to her throne under
escort of American bayonets, and to the .
music of Hail Columbia? Or are the |
intelligent, respectable and patriotic
| citizens fighting to-day against Ameri- |
can troops and dying in struggle to /
preserve the Government they have
established and the blessings of liberty |
and order which they thought they had |
obtained for themselves and their chill |