Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-12-21
President CIeveland's hawaiian Mes
sage.

1
sage.
The President laid all the papers
pertaining to the Hawaiian affair be-
4 fore Congress, Monday, together with
a message on that subject. lie says:
II Instructed Minister Willis to adj
wise che queen and her supporters Of
my desire TO aid in the restoration OF
the status existing before the lawless
landing OF the United States forces, if
such restoration could be effected up
ON terms providing for clemency as
well rs justice to all parties concerned
The conditions suggested, as instruc-
tions show, contemplate general am
nesty to tl.ose concerned in setting up
the Provisional Government, and rec
ognition Of all its bona fide acts and
obligations. In short. they require
that the past should be buried and
that the restored government should
resume its authority as il its continui-
" had not been interrupted. These
conditions have not proved acceptable
to the queen and, though she has been
informed chat they will be insisted up
on and that, unless aeccdcd TO, the eff
forts Of the President to aid in the res
toration of her government will cease,
have not thus far learned that she is
willing to yield her acquiescence.
The plain English OF this is that the
queen knows that the revolution would
have occurred whether the United
States did or did not, directly or indi-
rectly, aid it; that il she is restored to
her throne, either peacefully or by
force, she must be sustained there by
Federal bayonets. In other words, she
plainly intimates that the people of
Hawaii are very strongly opposed to
her and will not permit her to reign
over them.
This gives the lie direct to Commis-
sioner Blount, who said that the peo-
ple--except few foreigners. ETC.
were in favor of the queen and wished
her restored TO power, and il was on
this assumption that President Cleye-
land acted.
Never has president OF this nation
been more humiliated than was Presi-
dent Cleveland, by the queens refusal
to accept his aid.
1t will be seen that the President
has plainly exceeded the powers con-
ferred on him by the Constitution and
that he is liable to impeachment.
The Constitution expressly declares
that Congress shall have the sole right
to declare war.
The Provisional Government of Ha-
waii has been duly recognized by this
nation and by all the leading nations
of the world, and was, by these acts. a /
nation, no matter how it came into
existence, whether by fraud or other
wise. Being a nation, President Cleve-
land had no more right, under the
Constitution, to issue such instructions
to Minister Willis than he would have
had TO direct the minister to France
to inform the Bonapartes that he was
willing to aid them to regain the
throne of France, from which he be-
icved they had been wrongfully de-
posed and that a former President aud
senate had been misled in recognizing
he republic of France.
This would have been recognized at
once by France as a declaration of war.
md it is Just as much one if IL is aimed
# weak and almost defenseless ma
ion. and il was all done without the
and consent of Congress.
There are l20 persons in the House
II Correction NJ Rutland. Il
William Conroy. charged with the
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