The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-19
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ANUIMLh mECOAUE
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Sitss 10 tne sIiperiUs Iuese III the .s,,l..t.
States. whose minister ordered Ttnifpd
States troops to lie landed as Honol,,lu
and declared that he would snpport M
provisional government and that she
yielded her authority to prevent collision
OF armed forces and loss OF life and only
until such time as the United States. unon
the facts being presented to IL, should.
under the direction OF its representative
reinstate her In the authority she claimed
as the constitutional
Sovereign Of the Hawaiian xssaads.
This protest wa delivered to the chief az
the provisional government, who endorsed
thereon his acknowledgment OF its re-
ceipt Til terms of the protest were read
without dissent by those assuming TO con-
stitute the provisional government. who
were certainly charged with the knewL-
edge hat the queen, instead of finally
abandoning her power, had appealed to
the justice of the United States for rein
statement i'm authority. And vet the pro-
v~isional government, with this unanswered
protest in its hands, FASTENED to negotiate
with the United States for the permanent
Punishment of the queen from power and
for q sale OF her kingdom. Our country
was in danger OF occupying the position OF
having actually set up a temporary gov
ernment on foreign soil for the purpose of
acquiring through that agency territory
which we had wrongfully put I'm our pos
session. The control of both sides of a
bargain in such a manner is called by a
Familiar and Unpleasant Name
when found in private transactions. We
are not without a precedent showing how
scrupulously we avoided such accusations
in former days. After the people OF Texas
had declared their independence Of Mexico
they resolved that on the acknowledp-
ment of their independence by the United
States they would seek admission into the
United States. Several months after the
battle Of San J~acinto, in which Texas in
dependence was practically assured and
established, President jackson declined to
recognize 1t, alleging as one Of his reasons
that In the circumstances it became us to
beware OF n too early movement, as it
might subject ia, however unjnstly, to
the imputation of seeking to establish the
claim of our n%eighbors to q territory
with a view to it's subsequent
acquisition ly ourselves. This is
In .farked Contrast
with the hasty recognition of a govern
ment openly and ~concededly set np
for the purpose of rendering to United
States territorial annexation. j believe
that a candid and thorough examination
of the facts will force the conviction that
the provisional government owes its exist
ence to an armed invasion by the United
States.
Fair minded people, with the evidence
before them, will hardly claim that the
Hawaiian government was overthrown by
the people of the islands or that the pro-
v~isianal government has ever existed with
their consent.
l do not understand that any member Of
this government claims that the people
would uphold it by their suffrages ii they
were allowed to vote on the question.
While naturally s~ympathizing with every
effort to establish q Republican form OF
government, it Is the settled policy Of the
United States to concede to people of for
: eign countries the
same Freedom and independence
In the management Of their domestic af-
: fairs that we ave always>claimed for our
selves; and it has been our practice to rec
ognize revolutionary governments rs 1t be
came apparent that they were supported by
the people. For illustration of this rule ]
need only refer to the revolution i'm Brazil
in 1889, when our minister was instructed
to recognize the republic so soon as the
= majority of the people of Brazil should
have signified their assent to its establish
ment and maintenance" to the revolution
> in Chilli in 1891, when our minister was
I was disposed to recognize the new govern.
ment, IF it was accepted by the people, =
l and to the revolution I'm Venezuela in 1897
I when our recognition was accorded ON con.
dition that the new government was fully
' established, in possession of the power oi
the nation and accepted by the people.
As ! apprehend the situation we arr
brought face to face with the following
I conditions:
The Lawful Government
? of Hawaii was overthrown without the
drawing of a sword or the firing of a shot
by q process every step of which, it may
: safely be asserted, is directly traceable t
and dependent for it's success upon Thu
agency of the United States government
through its diplomatic and naval repre-
: sentatives. But for the notorious predilec
tons of the United States minister for an
+, nexation the committee of safety, which
should be called the committee of annexa
ton,
e Would Never Have Existed.
But for the landing of the United State,
forces upon false p~retexts respecting the
? danger to life and property, the committee
{ would never ave exposed themselves Ii
q the pains and penalties of treason by un
~dertaking the subyersion OF the queens
government. Bnt for the presence OF th,
United States forces in the immediat,
; vicinity and in position to afford all needles
. protection and support, the committe,
would not have proclaimed the provis
: ional government from the steps OF tn
government building, and finally
a but for the. lawless occupa
ton of Honolulu under falls
pretexts BY the United States forces, ans
but for Minister Stevens recognition o
the provisional government when tn
l. United States forces were its sole supper
and constituted its only military strength
the queen and her governments wonls
never have yielded to the provisional gov
a ernment, even for q time and. for the sol
purpose Of submitting her case 10 the en-
ightened justice Of the United States.
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