The Globe-republican., 1893-11-24
BRANDED As A CRIME.
ex. Minister stevens Opinion OF Gresham"
Hawaiian Policy.

6HANO6O AS ~ So'"6'
n. M,ni.ter stevens Opinion Of Gresham's
Hawaiian Policy.
In reply to the report of Secretary of
State Gresham regarding the intentions
Of the president to permit the reinstate-
ment of Queen Liliuokalani at Honolulu
administer J. L. Stevens, of the Harrl-
son administration, in al article in the
Kennebec (Me.) Journal severely scores
Secretary Gresham and strongly con-
demns the action of the president. In
the course of his article Mr.. Stevens
says:
According to authentic reports from WASH
ington, q public crime OF startling import y
about to be committed under the authority OF
the American government A public crime OF
less proportions, but in its moral type similar
to the sitting Of national life and the reform
aspirations of Poland and Hungary, few years
ago. by The imperial despots, and to the crush
ing out of the newly-formed republic OF Rome
by the usurped powers OF Louis Napoleon AL
that American piety, American benevOlence.
American schools and American patriotism
have accomplished in Hawaii in the past sew
Ci.ty years are now centralized IN the provi-
siOnal government and stand in its support 1t
is government honestly and ably admin
istered and the best government that Hawaii
ever had 7 know not the influences
which induced Secretary Gresham to become
an active agent in attempting such great Of
fense ayaint American civilization, Justice and
law. His intense hostility to ex-President Har-
rison and to the illustriouS ex-secretafyNbf
state. who passed TO his grave in January last
il well known 1t was that which caused him
TO betray and desert the great political party
whose honors he had shared and brought him
TO his present attitude toward his former asso-
ciates and their work. So far his recent
manifesto Oh Hawaiian Affairs casts reflection
on my ..ffcial action l care little except TO the
degree that the cruel and untruthful words
strike at the band OF noble men and women
who nave for months stood SO devotedly and
unitedly in defense of American civilization
The remarks made by me before the chamber
of commerce in San Francisco June and be-
fore the citizens of Augusta June H. repuo-
liched in the Xennebec Journal Of to-day, are
answers to most of the shamefully unjust impu-
tations On my Official action, under clrcum-
stances requiring my deepest anxiety to faith
fully serve my country and the cause OF human
ity.
Secretary Gresham assumes that the friends
OF annexation made the revolution provisional
and that the private government when ac-
kpoyledgeG by the United States minister ex.
isied only on paper. Queen Liliuokalani IN
augurated the revolution by attempting to de-
stroy the LEGISLATION by revolutionary means.
From Saturday afternoon, January IA. to Janu-
ary 1G there was no government in Honolulu
except in the united and self possessed atti-
tude of citizens who assembled in a great mass
meeting on January 10 and consummated :heir
Efforts for law and order bv the establishment
OF the provisional government on the 18th,
which was promptly acknowledged by all
the foreign representatives VINO were TAMIL
lar with Liliuokalani, and her favorites
hod har w n
outbreak when the men Of the Boston landed In
the exciting hours preceding and following her
fall her representatives, as well as those who
formed the provisional government, ha6 eQuai
access to the legation To all proper inquiries
my answer was that the United States marines
could not take sides, but whatever de facto
government might exist would have to be
recognized When 1 did recognize it, late liz
the afternoon of the 18th, the provisional SOW
ernment was complete master of the situation,
had full control Of the city and of the govern
ment archives, the police station being surren-
dered ana 1T the mercy OF the provisional gov
ernment 1t was a small building in which the
iisorganized and powerless followers OF the
fallen queens paramour, Marshall, took refuge
and they must have surrendered III Few hours
by the mere force of hunger.
The provisional government knew its power
to possess the station at once, but wished not
10 take life of its occupants 1t deemed it
wiser to await their surrender. Had the
queens supporters dared to resis: the organi-
cation of the new government, then the only
possible chance TO do SO was during Sunday
and Monday, the 18th and 10th, while the citi-
zens were attending their mass meeting, Sc
lecting their committee Of public safety and
to organize government as openly
AS public meetings are held in any American
city They did not dare 10 attempt to arrest
or interfere with the aroused white citizens.
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the same men with now increased numbers
that took away the despOtic powers OF King
Kalakaua in 1887 and crushed the Wilcox re-
volt in 1889 They gathered at the armOry with
their rifles in hand, which were IN
creased by other arms openly carried
in carriage from gun store with
only three men in charge. The only govern
ment that existed or could exist under the
clrcums;a was the. provisional government
Whoever .nes this has no other basis for his
denial than periured affidavits, hundreds OF
which are obtainabl in the slumS OF Honolulu
at two dollars each. An effort has been made
10 damage my recognition OF the provisional
government by dispute TO the hour OF the
clolE with which gave recognition. Tha; is
of no essential Importance, for in fact all resist
apce TO the formation of a new government
practically ceased more than two days before,
the committee Of public safety and the pro-
yisional government de factO existing for
twenty -four hours previous TO my recognition,
the monlrchial government having completely
collapsed several days before All unjust
imputa,ions on Capt. WitZe and myself will
vanish into thin air and the crime Of attempt
ing to crush out the supporters of the Hawaiian
provisional government will stand out in bold
relief to American shame"
In addition to Mr.. Stevens rebuke
comes a vigorous protest from H. U.
Castle, q former journalist and resident
of Honolulu who took an active part in
the revolution. Mr.. Castle feels keenly
what he declares is the injustice of Sec
retary Gresham to the Hawaiians in
his report upon the matter to Mr..
Cleveland. In speaking of the matter
he said: 2rETyEgf Sy q.
I'VE were completely thunderstruck when
we learned that Secretary Gresham had been
holding o brief for . decayed monarchy. All
the pretended fndings of fact ere so partisan
SO monstrously unjust Il Is dinicult to see how
Q sane man, let alone Judge. could ever have
come to any such conclusion. The article con-
,ains few facts. hut only enough to give 1t the
appearances Of plausibility. = II IS not true that
the queen Was deposed by the American minis
ter or the American forceA The American
s,.coa uere massive spectators Of the conflict