The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-08
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Plttsburg Dispatch
The Information which has been niven
TO the pnbiIc from official. scmi-ofieiai
and private sources in relation to the sltu~
alton 10 Hawaii IS now sufficiently extern
slve to afford the nicana Cor q fairly Intel
lucent Judgment AND reasonably clear
nlnaersianainS o. tne casei end me impres-
/ ~ disinterested, sshoily unprejndicel and
Impartial observer Is to the general effect
truth. and that the course suggested by
him Tor the solution of the diiticqlty IS
cruircnt 10 adopt Indeed any doubts
which might possibly have remained on
this subject up 10 this time have been dis
Minister !. J., Stevens reply 10 the re-
port OF Commissioner Blount. the opening
sentence OF which alone is sufficient 10
and vSrecity OF statement
Mr. Stevens at the start says that "a
deep uense 81 obligation TO my country md
an Amcricun duty TO defend an inaulted
and struggling American colony, planted
as rlghieously and firmly ia the North Pa
siiic Isles as. our Pilgrim Fathers estab
lished themselves on Plymouth Rock move
me 10 make answer TO the astounding mis-
represca tstiorR and nntruths OF Commits
sioner. Blount's report on Hawaiian af-
fairs"
MIR stevens' home is In Maine, and he
ought 20 know enough OF New irngnnd
llntip. 70 olelnRuttnI lnc motives W1lcn
BROUGHT the Pilgrims 70 Plymouth Rock
from the incentives which guided his 800
called American Colony" TO the Sandwich
Islands. Infants In the primary classeS Of
our public schools are taught that the pil-
grim Fathers He'd from their native coun-
try to escape religious persecution. What
fortunes did the American Colony en-
dure for ''opinlons sake" before they left
Tor the isles OF the North Pacific - The
Pilgrlips bought and paid Tor the land on
ernment there, they considered IL neces-
sary 10 establish one Of their ouwn. The
American Colony presumably also paid
for the land on which they settled but
they found q government there when. they
landed; yet after little while they did
what some s.n Other 9l, eolonists Old ana re-
the santsf' and second. That we are the
saints" and. acting upon this resolution,
they attempted TO establish a government
The very name American Colony, be-
slowed by an American minister accredit-
e ea q e p spYyr n par 81 aeus 9
partly unnaturaiized Immigrants nilllsing
their home In that country, ~ IN exceed
ingly Unsolicited term 20 be used by an
Official representative or even an nx-offi-
clal representative. Who ever heard of
colony composed OF foreigners within
ment?
IL is not necessary to read between tho
lines In order to discover the animus which
action; the lines OF his letter OF reply are
sufficiently nlied with Indications Of his
governing temper. rThe Just deeifrpne
ment" of the QUEEN "the lottery gang
,'royaist;~ the shrewd. sharp British dip
lometc ngcnt,n ''asfoundiug fnisrepre>
sentations and other untruths ana many
other, similar expressions confess. do
not impress me a. proper diplomatic terms.
and II would seem That Il veteran In this
sesryica who. calls his stcSessor .'nec-
phlte should be more guarded I'M the Sc
lection Of phrases remembering the niotto
of n famous auhasaador at an imperial
was the coficealink az the thoughts
Evidently Mr.. Stssvcns was mistake
~ that OF the administration which sent
him out And yet the administration c8n
not always avoid lnistekef Why should
an administration which annninted Charley
Foster 20 the head OF the tressury departs
ment he blamed for sending Stevrns ia
Honolulu Nj j. ID