The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-05-30


with our history. united to rs by a com
mon interest. hopeful OF Americas grea
future. they ask that the American fiag
the American Constitution and the Am
arican laws NAV shelter and protec
them. Without the expenditure Of ;
single American lie. OF q dollar of Am
erican gold. they offer the nch prize
tins splendid possession of the Pacific
TO the American Government. IN trust
for the American people. Never was
such a prize before offered As gift to :
great nation Rome annexed many dis
tant countries by force Of ar1ns-often al
an enormous cost OF blood and treasure
both Of the conquered and the conquer
ors Alexander added to his dominions
by vast campaigns Of slaughter and ruin.
Great Britain. for q century, has been
constantly aRCmentlng her territory IN
India, in Egypt. and IN other quarters of
the globe. by the strength of her arms,
often at great cost OF blood. Her diplo-
macy and her treasury have placed her
IN the possession OF Hongkong, of Malta,
and Of Cyprns without ever taking the
vote or any form of consent of the peO-
pie of those valuable Islands, and the do
main she has forclbly gained IN the Pa
cific Is vast IN extent. But these beauti-
fll islands Of the North Pacific for sew
enty wears have been carefully watched
by American statesmen and nursed by
American patriotism. American benevo-
lence and love OF Christian civilization
have poured into them a million and a half
Of dollars as their religious and humane
offering American merchants aud Am
eucan Government bounty have fostered
their prosperity by the expenditure of
many millions. BY cOnhCuity of inter
ests. OF water and the necessary laws of
inter-eommunication they belong to the
American system of states. For strateg-
zeal and commercial purposes they are
more valuable to the United States than
are Cyprus. Malta and Bermuda to Great
Britain. So Adams and Webster. Clay
ton and Marcy. saw many years ago. So
Seward and Blaine clearly perceived at
more recent dates. So Bayard and
Cleveland must have understood when
they issued their instructions. July 18th.
1881. TO Minister Merrill and the naval
commander. holding them responsible
for public order. American life and prop
erty and American predominance at
Honolulu. Clearly. President Harrison
and the Foreign Relations Committee of
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value Of Hawaii when they gave their sig
natures to the treaty of annexation. On |
those Islands Is established an American |
colony with solid basis of American
civilization. the creation OF the sterling |
men and women who, many years ago.
left their homes under the powerful in /
spiration of Christian faith. whose num-
bers were supplemented by men of in |
.1rr ~ ,F
took with them American ideas and Am |
encan sentiments. In none of our Am
erlcan states Is there a more earnest.
more loyal American people. They look
10 the flag which their fathers reared
and cOnsecrated to American liberty
and good government for protection
They stretch out pleading hand to this
mighty nation of freemen not to aban-
don them In the days of their imperative
need. The American people hear their
cry for sympathy and support Shall
they plead in vains What would the
leading nations of Europe do in like cir
cumstancess Would England. France.
Germany or Spain abandon their people.
their colonies. men of their own blood.
II Ike stress OF need? Those nations
would scOrn any such abandonment of
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pitiless chances of relentless fate. Some
of the brightest pages IN the history of
European nations are those that record |
their heroic defence Of their colonies
abroad Did Greece or Rome. pagan
though they were. desert their country
men IN other lands. The Grecian and
Roman citizen and soldier would have |
looked with ineffable scorn on such a
proposal. Humanity. patriotism and
craftsmanship demand that the Hawaii |
an Islands should be at once and forever
placed under the American flag. Beside |
the vast importance Of the American
commercial and naval interests involved !
IN the Hawaiian problem. Is the question
81 Christian civilization IN danger from |
an analCsm Of Polynesian and Oriental !,
~ensuallSm. Shall European-American |
ideas Of life. Of morals. Of religion. and
of government. planted by American !
hands on those isles OF the ocean. pre-
vail. Or shall they be uproOted and de-
>troyed by opposing forces: Shall the
Plymouth Rock Of the Pacific. which
American Christian men and women for
more than half century have watched
and guarded with 50 much care. be sub
merged by the tide of semi-heathenism
4A4N tlllulNllN MllCn ANN threaten IL VI / I
shall that outpost of Americas ideas.
American law. and American interests
that ocean fortress of Christian civiliza-
,ion fronting the Asiatic world. be aban-
toned to the iniquitous and selfish de- I
signs OF unScrupUlous adventures who
rare nothing for country. for religion. to-
civilization itself This Is one of the IS 7
sues closely involved In Hawaiian an I
nexahon. which the men and women of
America are now called to decide There ,
are those OF narrow. provincial views.
wh0 are like the snail that limits Its do
nam TO its own shell. or Ike Diogenes. !
who wanted TO live only in his little tub !
such as these opposed the annexation Of
Louisiana. OF Texas. of California and
Alaska. saying that our country was and
: large enough 1
Not 80 thought our early statesmen !
when. Tor sixty millions OF francs they
.cq1iied The domain so essential 10 the
uture greatness OF their country. re- /
member. and some Of you remember
veil when these provincial, special :
heading theorists said: Why lumber !
ip the nation by annexing far-of Cali
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