Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-12-23
AN APPEAL FROM HAWAII.

The citizens OF Honolulu have ad-
dressed the following appeal to The
liberty loving citizens of the United
States:
We, like you, believe in good govern
ment, and having, in cooperation with
others, freed ourselves from the reign of
corrupt rule and established govern
ment of the best classes of society, pro-
test most emphatically against the re-
ported assumption Of President Cleve-
land, that the Provisional government
Of the Hawaiian Islands should cease to
exist because the proposition for union
with the United States of America had
failed to meet his approval. We insist
that the present government Of Hawaii
has the same right TO exist that the
United States had after the successful
revolution of 1916. In fact the corrup-
ton and misgoyernment that brought
about the revolution of January last
were so fragrant as to be unbearable,
and the late queen had planned to not
only continue her corruption. but set
aside the constitution of the kingdom
and attempted to illegally promulgate
| new one, DISTINGUISHING many Of the
prominent citizens, and by her high
Of improvement over the corrupt and
illegal aggression Of the executive pow
er, 80 that no alternative was LETT but to
depose her and establish an honest and
| capable government We are ready to
acknowledge that We, loving liberty and
good government honestly administered.
approved of the deposition of the late
queen and the organization of the Pro-
visional government, and give to the
said Provisional government our hearty
support, because We knew that il repre-.
sented the best and most advanced reli-
gious moral social aud business inter-
ests OF the islands, and We assert that
these several interests are so united as
to form government strong enough TO |
attend and maintain itself against all
internal uprising or instructions, and |
that the well known character of those |
at the head Of affairs gives positive as
surance that the government will be !
honestly administered, and that the |
rights of the people will be strictly |
maintained Ii has been asserted by |
the adherents Of the late queen that the !
president Of the United States would |
forcibly, il necessary, re-enthrone the |
late queen and re-establish her authori- |
ty. We cannot believe that President |
Cleveland has been 40 ill-advised, but |
should he so decide, we appeal to con-
gress and the people Of the United States
TO prevent 50 great q crime against |
liberty and good government. The right |
Of revolution has been well established |
method Of deciding great wrongs and |
checking the encroachment of kings and |
despots generally. and by no people has |
the right been more generally acknowl- !
edged than by the American people, |
and in appealing to her people, especi- |
ally as We have right, truth and Justice |
on our side. we feel that we shall have |
a candid consideration of our claims of |
recognition. So confident are we in the |
justice Of our cause that We are certain |
our cause will receive the approval Of |
the American people regardless of party,
and we insist that If Hawaii is not |
wanted in the great sisterhood Of states. |
that We be allowed TO continue the gov
ernment administered honestly, and we |
fas5 bTo,est tsf against fe reisss,a Yi8eEQps'y
corrupt monarchy on these islands.