The Portland daily press., 1893-11-11

it had been recognized, show the utter
absurdity of the claim that it was estab-
lished by successful revolution of the
people of the island. Those appeals were
confession by the men who made them
of their weakness and timidity. Cour
ageous men, conscious of their strength
and the justice of their cause do not act
thus.
ut is not now claimed that majority
OF the people having the right to vote
under the constitution of 1887 ever
favored the existing authority or annex
alton to this or any other country. They
earnestly. desire that the government of
pendence respected. Mr.. Blount states:that
while at Honolulu, he did not meet a
single annexationist who expressed will
1ngness to submit the question to vote
of the people, nor did he talk with one on
that subject who did not insist that if
the islands were annexed, the suffrage
should be so restricted as to give com
plete control to foreigners or whites.
Representative annexationists have. re-
peatedly made similar statements to- the
undersigned. The government of Hawaii
surrendered its authoriy under threat
OF War, until such time only as the
government of the United States upon
the facts being presented to it, should re-
instate the constitutional sovereign, and
ohO PICt1SlOudl Z ONcIuluCuU was CIcttO6U
to exist until terms of union with the
United States of America had been
negotiated and agreed upon
Careful consideration of the facts
will, 1 think, convince you that the
treaty which was withdrawn from the
Senate for further consideration, should
not be re-su omitted for it's action: there
on. Should not great wrong done to a
feeble, but independent state by abuse of
the authority Of the United States, be
undone by restoring the legitimate gov
ernment? Anythipg:short OF that will notI
l respectfully submit, satisfy the de-
mands OF Justice. Can the United States
consistently insist that, other nations
shall respect the independence of Hawaii
while not respecting it themse Ives. Our
government was the flrst..to recognize the
independence of the islands and should
be the last ito acquire sovereignty over
them by force and fraud
1t is assumed that the instructions
given Minister Willis, who left last
with the views expressed in Secretary
Gresham's s report. 1t is also assumed that
the substitution of Admiral Irwin for
Admiral Skerrett in command at Homo
lulu. which was to take effect on Minister
Willis's arrival there, had in view the
contemplated change of policy on the
part of United States minister Willis
this time carried out his instructions.
Sharp issues of veracity are raised in
Secretary Greshal2n's report as affecting
ex-Minister Stevens and the five commits
sioners sent to the United States by the
provisional government. They cannot be
accompanied by amy counter statement
from any,pne now present in Washington.
Mr. Th1rston is THE only member of the
original Hawaiian commission now re-
naming in this corlntry. He is the rec
ognized enovy extraordinary and minister
pIenipotentiary to the United States of
the government now discredited. He
was in Chicago un til yesterday, but is
now reported on his way post haste to
Washington. Captain Wiltse of the Bos.
ton, who endorsed Minister Stevens's re-
quest for the landing of marines. is
dead
- T. P. Hastings, secretary of legation to
Mr.. Thurston, was of the opinion some
days ago that the provisional govern
ment would not allow itself to be dis
possessed without "a fight. This, how
ever, was before any intimaeiens was
given that the United States men-of-war
and force of United States blue jackets
might superintend the process of
restoring the legitimate government