Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-12-21

states thaI - 1t lo Mace where large number
of the Queens troops were nf he oueen's
the same had been dcmaiioeu - WV
officers in charge.
ouEEN LILls TROUBLES.
Nevertheless this wrongful recognl l pg oG i
minister placed the government OF w ~ nu the
posh1.,ol1 o shn had possession of the palace
Of the barracks and OF the ponce ,e s"s
tom and had at he teveraI pieces of artil-
| lery: indeed, the whole mlltaIy ~. ~ disnoraI
| kingdom was on her side ana az ~, slnnrch
while the committee of safety by nctlti se''i t Gm
| had discovered that there were but very lew
arms in Honolulu that were not in the service , .,
the fort # in this this state de,, OF WITH the
i IuTrn alone her course. would
have been plain and the result unmistakabe:
but the United States had allied itself WIN llrl
enemies had recognized them as the uhe god-
eminent of Hawaii. and had put her IN the posn-
| ton of opposition against lawful au.hori.s;;
She knew that she she cp 1nitea no: states but
she believed that she might safely trust TO us
Justice. Accordingly some hours alter INC leo
a py 'h the ' barracfs ' and the police Sta
ton, with all the military ,I resources Wmoa@
| upon the representation made to her that her
| cause would thereafter be reviewed at WASH
ngton; and while p processing forcn " Of the
| United States whose minister ordered unted
| States troops to be landed at Honolulu ana
declared that he WOulu support tIC pioNi'i
government and that she yielded her authorlty
to prevent collision of armed forces ana loss OF
| life, and only until such time as the oni'ea
states upon the fact being presented TO II;
should undo the action of it's representative ana
reinstate her in the authority she claimed as the
constitutional sovereign OF the aWallaii lslanis
| This protest delivered to the ch1el
o. the provisional government, - VINO
protest st. were received without dissent by those
| assuming to constitute the provisional govern
| ment, who were certainly charged Win the
knowledge that the Queen, instead Of fina NY
! abandoning her power had appealed to the
| Justice of the United States for re-
nstatement in auhority h ana yes rng
| protest in its hand fastened to negotiate WIN
the United States for the permanent Punishment
Of the Queen from power ana 1or SAFE da0 Oh
ger of occupying the position Of having
actually set up temporary government ,,Iio on
t through '' that agency territory which
we We. had wrongfully put in our
| possession without the consent of both sides OF
the bargain required in such matter, ana
which is called by familiar and unpleasant
name when found in a private transaction.
PRESIDENT JACKsONs COURSE.
We are not without Il precedent showing how
f former days "" ter the people Of TEX
had o declared the on the
| mcnt of their independence by the United States
they void sgek 9dmf:4 e. ITO rs unled state ev
which Texas independence was practically as
sured aud established, President Jackson de.
"lincd to recognize it, alleging as one OF
his rea..us that under the circum-
stances il be came us to beware OF
too early movement, as it might subject us, how
ever unjustly, to the ilnputation OF seeking to
establish the claim of our neighbOrS to Il terri
tory with view to its subSeq acquisition by
ourselves This is in marked contrast with the
conccdedly set up for the purpose of rendering to
us territorial anncXaton. | believe that
candid and thorough examination Of the facts
will force the conviction that the provisional
government owes its existence to an armed in
yasioli by the United States. Fair minded
people With he evidence before them will
hardly claim that the Hawaiian government was
overthrow by the peo,>lc of the islands or that
the provisional goNerln.cnt has ever existed
with their c.--.scnt. dcOot undcls'and that any
pic would uphold it b. their stifflages if they
were allowed to vote on the question.
POLICY TOWARD REVoLuTIoNIsrs.
fort to establish il republican 70 ~ of govern
ment it is the settled policy Of the United States
to concede to people Of foreign countries the
same freedom and independence in the manage
mcnt of their domestic affairs that we have al
ways claimed for ourselves. and it has
be- been orr practice to recognize :. rev
came apparent that they We're supported
by the people. For an illustration Of the rule
! need only refer to the revolution III Prazil III
1889 when our minister was instructed to sad5g-
nl%e the republic so soon as Il majority of the
people of Brazil should have signied their as.
sent to rs fSaGshment and to
%n ctepd 81 the peo S ee ana S o the
peyGinon IN Venezyela IN 1877 when our rec
new government was fully established and in
possession of the power ofthe nation and accept
ed by the people.
SUMMING tp THE SITUATION.
70 AS 4 apprehSRd the situation we are brought
Lawful government Of Hawaii was overthrown
without the drawing of a sword the firing
OF q shot, by process every step of which, it
may safely be asserted, is directly tsaceahle
to ana N Id dg2SHdsnl for Its snccess upes '-
diplomatic aud naval representatives. But for
the notorious predictions of the United States
IN ,o sbad he e at t coee OF safe
neNation, would never have existed; but for the
landing of the United States forces upon the false
prctext respecting the danger to life and proper
ty, the committee would never have exposed
themselves to the pains and penalties of treason
by undertaking the subversion of the Queens
vicinity and u position to AFFORD ali ln nceded
protection and support, the committee would
pent from the steps of the government
building; and finally, but for the law1css
occupation of Honolulu under false pretexts by
the United States forces, and but for Minister
stevens recognition of the provisional govern
ment when the United States forces were
It's sole support and constituted its
only military strength the Onnen
and her government would never have yielded to
the provisional government even for q time and
for the sole purpose of submitting her case to
the enlightened Justice of the United States be-
lieving therefore that the United States could
not under the circumstances disclosed annex
these islands without justly mourning the i'm
putation of acquiring them by uniustitiabe
methods
ANNEXATION PLAN ABANDONED,
shall not again submit the treaty of annex
alton to the Senate for its consideration and in
the instructions to Minister Willis q copy of
which accompanies this message, / have di.
rected him to so inform the provisional govern
ment. But in the present instance our duty
goes not in my opinion end with re-
fuslng to conshmn{ate this Question
boast Of our anyornn,o,t t, mas been lhe