New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-30
RIkER'S,
9Th Ave., Cor. 22d ST.

TO destroy the constitution by revolutionary
means. From Saturday afternoon, January H.
to January 16, there was no government Ill
Honolulu except in the united and self-possessed
attitude OF the citizens who assembled IN a
great ma ss-meeting on January 10, ana con
summated their efforts for law and order by the
esta blishment of the Provisional Government
on the nth. which was promptly acknowieuseo
by all the foreign representatives VINO Wele
familiar with the circumstances OF its creatioi:
IL was nearly fifty hours after lInuokaiahi
and her favorites had destroyed her throne by
revolutionary outbreak when the men OF ,, ,ne
Boston landed. In the exciting hours preceding
and following her fall her Representatives, as
we'll as those who formed the Provisional COY
ernment had equal access to the Legation. 10
all proper inquiries my answer was, tnat .:
United states ma rines could not take sides put
whatever de factO government might exist
would have to be recognized
"When I did recognize IL. late IN the utter
noon Of the 17th the Provisional Government,
was complete master Of the situation. had luiI
control Of the city and OF the Governniseni,
archives the police station being SURROUNDED
and at the mercy Of the Provisional Governfnt e
II was n small building In which the disor-
ganized and powerless followers OF the Iaiel
Queens paramour Marshal took refuge. ana
they must have surrendered la q few hours by
mere force Of hunger The Provisional Govern.
once but wished not TO take single life or It's
occupants II deemed II wiser to await their
surrender Had the Queens supporters dareo
to resist the organization Of the new Govern
rnent their only possible chance to do so was
during Sunday and Monday Of the 18th ana
Ie,h while the citizens were attending their
mass-meeting selecting their committee OF pup
lie safety and preparing To organize n govern
,rcnt as openly as public meetings are held IN
any American city. They did not dare to AT,
tempt to arrest or interfere with the arouseu
white citizens IT was united ana hresisu-
be movement Of the same men, with now IN
creased numbers. that took away the despouc
nnvers Of King Kalakaua in 1887. and crushed
The Wilcox revolt OF 1889 They gathered AZ
The armory with their rifles I'm hand when
we're increa sed by other arms openly carried III
a carriage from a gun store. with only three
mon I'm charge The only government that ex-
is,c5 or could exist under those circumstances
was The Provisional Government
II am fully aware that ] have made inns
naner too lengthy. | regret To tax the pubic
uailence with words Of mine. Against all )ust
cxpcctationg I have been forced To expose tne
anomalous the un-Amcrican and most UNFAIR
courea of Bount and associates against my
official conduct my honor. and all that a PUBIC
man holds dear This extraordinary assault on
ne American colony in Hawaii. antagonzing
the American Christian civilization there. es-
Ia blisbod at the cost Of the lives and iabors
~ noble American men and women; TINS strange
turning back on an American policy OF more
than half q century; this wanton disregard Oh
tho opportunity To assume jurisdiction ana
ownership OF n territorial and maritime prize
with n clean title and without the cost OF
single NE IL Justly causing profound indigna-
ton among the American people. These strange
and inpatrio;ic proceedings In the presence or
page 81 Am crlcan history. which our future. II
not our present statesmen ard generation VIII
rcpudIate and blot out By wise and effective
measures"