Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-11-11

not the right to vote under the constitution
Of 1887 OF ever favored the existing author
ity or annexation 90 this or any other coun-
try. They earnestly desire that the gov
ernment of their choice shall be restored
and its independence respected.
'Air Blount states that while at Homo
lulu he did not meet a single annexation
ist who expressed willingness TO submit
the question to vote Of the people, nor
did he talk with one on the subject who did
not insist that If the islands were annexed
suffrage should be SO restricted as to give
complete control to foreigners or whites,
and representative anneXationists have re-
peatedly made similar statements to the
undersigned
Surrendered Professionally.
"The government of Hawaii surrendered
its authority under threat of war until
such time only as the government Of the
United States, upon the facts being pre-
sented to it, should reinstate the consti-
tutional sovereign. and the provisional
government was created TO exist until
terms Of union with the United States of
America have been negotiated and agreed
upon.
"A careful consideration of the facts will,
] think, convince you that the treaty which
was withdrawn from the senate for further
consideration should not be resubmitted
for its action thereon. Should not the great
wrong done to a feeble but independent
state by an abuse of the authority of the
United States be undone by restoring the
legitimate governments Anything short
of that will not. respectfully submit, sat
isfy the demands Of justice Can the Unit
ed States consistently insist that other ma
tions shall respect the independence Of
Hawaii while not respecting it themselves?
Our government was the first to recognize
the independence of the islands and should
be the last to acquire sovereignty over them
by force and fraud.
He Predicts Bloodshed.
Professor w. c. Alexander, surveyor gen
eral of the Hawaiian Islands, when asked
what he thought of Secretary Gresham's
views, said
This is a great blow to us. If this policy
is carried out, it means the bankruptcy and
ruin of the islands. If an attempt is made
to restore Queen Liliuokalani, bloodshed
will result. l doubt if the queen herself
would live to sit again upon the throne.
1.-The people who established the provi-
| sional government in the islands were the
same who severed the constitution of 1887,
which was acquiesced in by Kalakaua.
/ There was danger of disorder at that time,
and Secretary Bayard, President Cleve-
lands former secretary Of state, was very
vigorous in his instructions to Mr.. Merrill,
the United States minister to Hawaii, that
the rights and interests of Americans must
be preserved, and that he was at liberty to
call on United States armed forces to Sc.
cure this.
1T was this constitution of 1887 which
| Iiliuokalani sought to overthrow, and "a
establish one which would make only ma
tives eligible to the upper house Of the leg
islature, and which would deny the right
to white men TO vote. The revolution oI
last January was the result
THE United States recognized the new
government, has received its minister ha.
accredited a minister to il and has grant Cd
exequaturs to its consuls. How can it in
terfere with that government, seek to de
pose il and set up another in its place;
I'VE come asking the United States gov
ernment to annex the islands. They reply
it is not in accord with the principles o
the government to interfere in the affair
of another country, and then they seek t.
overthrow one government which the peo
ple of the islands have established and Sc
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