The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-09
Ex-oUEEN LILIUoKALANI.

ability and influence with some of the
leading statesmen of your liberal Ameri,
car country you can help place the sitiia-
tiou of affairs of this country in such an
impartial manner to them that the Ha-
wsiian Queen Liliuokalini, her government
and her native population, can receive such
hearing from your government that the
American nation will cause to be restored
the queen to her throne, the government to
her power and the Hawaiian native popu-
lasion to their rights
ION Thursday Jan 10, 1893, the legisla-
tuse, sitting in session, brought in a reso-
luton of lack of confidence against her
msjesty's cabinet, which consisted of g.
r. Wilcox, minister of the interior; r. G.
Jones, minister of finance; w p Robin
BOO, minister of foreign affairs and Cecil
Brown, and was carried by the constitu-
Iional majority of twenty-five members of
the legislature out of house of forty
sight elective members. This cabinet that
was voted ont belonged to Il party called
tks Reform party, and the same party
caused a revolution in the country June
%. 1857 Upon their having been voted
ont they retired and sent their designations
TO her majesty the queen. She accepted
them and on the next day, Friday, Jan. 13,
1883, she summoned and appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen to her cabinet: Samuel
Parker, minister of foreign affairs; VIII
tan H. Cornwall, ministerof finance; John
y. Colburn, minister of the interior; Ar
thur p. Peterson, attorney general Mr..
Parker and myself are the native Ha-
waiians in the cabinet"
The letter then details at length the ap-
pearance of the new cabinet in the legisla-
tive assembly and their enthusiastic recep-
sion by the populace on the day set for the
pSorogation of the legislature. The menu
bers of the Reform party, Re says, did not
have the courtesy to attend the propagation
Mr. Colburn then proceeds to a discus
sion of the queens determination to pro-
nulgate new constitution, of her new
advisers determination to resign if she
persisted, and of her final abandonment of
The proposition. The letter proceeds:
Tho Queen RecsdoB.
1.-THE queen came out and declared
openly to the Hawaiian people that she
could not give them a new constitution,
end told them to endure their grievances.
ahe crowd dispersed, and on the next day
leader of the Refofm party met us aud
made n proposition to u.s. viz: That owing
to the queens revolutionary acti0us in
wanting 10 promulgate new Constitution
W. should depoSe her and declare a pro-
Tisional government.
"Onr answer was that we would give
them an answer later on, In the mean
time we, the cabinet, summoned SIX OF the
AAAsl SlghiiSlbit anu GUilScif dlLNC
paen of the city, and also the diplomatic
earps. They met us, excepting j. L.
Etaphens, envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenpotentiary of the United States,
We discussed the situation and agreed
that the queen WAS at first ill advised, but
rs she had abandoned the project we
should not depose her and declare pro.
xisional government. We notified the
leaders of this defllnct and maleontented
psrtY that we would not agree to the
bropositipn. At the same time we issued
q proclamation and scattered it all oyel
town and delivered it to the diplomatic
corps that the queen had abandoned tbs
idea and asking one and all TO accept tbs
assurances given in the proclamation by
the queen and cabinet.
'Nrhis party was not satisfied with this
but they, with the assistance of the Amer
{ean minister and the troops of the Unitet
Etates steamship Boston, enlisted a mum
Der of men, to the extent of 200, and, aideC
by the American troops, took possession
and declared by proclamation provis
sional government, contrary to the consti
tuition now in force and contrary to tn
rights of hundred thousand people, th
population OF this country. The cabine
notified the American minister of wha
had happened, and asked him to assis
this, the authorized government, to sup
press the revolt or if he did not want a
do that then To remove the United State
On board the Boston, and we, the govern
ment, could do il ourselves.
when we told him we had 700 men un
der arms and We're equal to the situation
his reply was that he acknowledged tn
provisional government, and would sur
port IT. We, the government, came to th
conclusion, we did not wish to com
into conflict with the United States troops
to yield under protest, pending hearing
before the United States.
Our Ministry Denounced.
This action on the part OF the America
minister Is degrading. He has upheld
mob, and dees SO against the wishes of th
aborgines of this country, who are capabl
OF taking care of themselves. The pro
Wig. lal government has put the cuuntr
under martial law. They are dispatchin
q steamer now to carry report to Wast
ington. They are sending ambassadors
Washington. We have asked that th
steamer take our representatives, SO tha
both sides of the case can be heard, an
they refuse. We will send them a lefte
We trust it will not be too late The HI
waiian people are waling for the loss
their country. Cannot America, the Ian
of the free and the home OF The brave
undo this great wrong that she, by h,
troops and ambassador, assisted to dor"
The letter has been forwarded to Pres
deht HafllSon by Mr., IanZ, VINO IN Ii
letter of presentation says:
In the newspaper articles as seen frol
tiipe to time concerning the unhappy an
disturbed condition of the government
the city of Honolulu and the kingdom
the Hawaiian Island but one side of Il
picture has been presented, and that is Il
usurpers' This revolt, this 9atempt at
revolution, emanated with the forei8ne
who have descended from the early mi
sionaries but who, in their desire for gai
for wealth and power, and to live in In
ury which was unknown to their a
eestors, have determined to take the reii
of government into their own hands M
plant their heel upon the gentle, lovin
pnobtrusise natives. How have the n
Hxes ortheir queen iHterfered with the
fights as citizens. that they should no
turn and Iend the hand that held out