The Portland daily press., 1893-06-30

seem puerils. The records of the Lega-
ton and my investigation, during more
| than the first two years of my residence
on the island, clearly indicated that a
great change had been going on in the
past fifteen years. To this change had
largely contributed, among other causes,
the extinction of the old Kamehameha
| race OF kings, the election of the Kalu-
kaua family to the throne in 1874, and
the prosperity and great profits of shgar
raising under the reciprocity treaty with
the United States. The large increase of
government revenues, the low and irres-
ponsible character of the two last sover-
eigns, resulted in astounding palace
abuses, and the appointment to official
places OF foreign adventurers and un-
worthy natives, to degree greatly ad-
verse to public interests and to public
and private morals. In the nature of
things it was impossible that the Hawai-
ian monarchy could continue. 1t was
allowed to exist by tolerance, years after
its foundation was gone, for it formerly
rested on kind of feudal basis of chiefs,
that no longer existed, time and death
having removed them forever. The
monarchy died by it's own revolutionary
hand-a suicide of blindness, incompe-
tence and corruption. The manner in
which the Hawaiia an monarchy came to
It's end, the circumstances which caused
the landing of the United States naval
force at Honolulu, January 16, have
already stated in my address at San Fran
cisco, which need not now repeat. [
will not accupy your time in repeating
the absurd charge of the fallen Queen 5
unscrupulous lawyer and the other indi-
viduals OF the lottery and opium gang.
who corruptly shared her association,
the charge that the United States Minis
ter and the commander of the Boston
overturned the monarchy, AS matter
OF curiosity bearing on this point, which
may interest you somewhat, will read a
copy OF the communication addressed to
me by the Queen signed by herself and
by the four ministers who had been
closely identified with her in her revolu-
tionary proceedings:
The assurance conveyed by royal procla-
matlon by myself and ministers yesterday hav-
ing 6een received by my native subjects and
by them ratified at a mass meeting representing
the foreign population and interests In my king
dom 1t is now my desire to give to Your Ex-
eeliency as the diplomatic representative of the
United States OF America at my court, the SOL
emn % assurance that the present constitution
VIII De upheld and maintained by me and my
ministers, and no changes will be made ex-
cept by the method therein provided I de-
sire TO express to Your Excellency this assur-
ance in the spirit of that friendship which has
ever existed between my kingdom and that of
the government of the United States Of Ameri-
ca, and which trust will long continue.
SAMUEL PARKER, Minister M Of Foreien % Affairs. Il If
VIM. A. CORNELL, Minister of Finance,
JOHN +. CoLBURN, Minister of Interior,
A.. T. PETERSON, Attorney General,
lolanl Palace,
HONOLULU, January II, 1898.
This earnestly pleading document from
the fallen monarch and the terror
stricken lottery gang came to me more
than twenty hours after the men of the
Boston had landed. This plainly enough
implies that the fallen Queen and her
confidants knew, as they could not have
failed to know, that we had not taken
part in her overthrow, which had al
ready been accomplished. An hour later
the fallen ministers came to the Lega-
ton and urged on me the inquiry, if
could not use the United States force to
sustain the Queen. MY answer was
what you can readily suppose it must
have been-that the United States sol
diers were on shore for a specific pur-
pose, to protect American life and prop
erty, and could not take sides in aid of
the fallen monarch nor with those who
were then masters of the situation and
were creating a new government But
these facts have been already given you
by the public press, and need not dwell
upon them.
The raising of the United States flag
over the government buildings took place
two weeks later, and on that transaction
there is some misrepresentation which it
is proper for me to correct. You may
be assured it was not hastily nor +hought-
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serious sense of responsibility that the
United States Minister and Captain
Wiltse could command. And here I
may pay fitting tribute to Captain
Wiltse and drop tear over his honored
grave. He is no more on earth to speak
for himself, and can justly defend him
against any implications onI his intelli-
gence or his honor. Forty years in the
naval service, a brave officer in the war
when shot and shell did their work of
death among those who stood in defence
of the nations life, he loved the flag of
his country with the devotion which the
Christians of the early centuries had for
the cross. In his breast beat as loyal a
heart as ever throbbed with human life.
At home he belonged to one of the two
great political parties, and myself be-
longed to the other. But abroad we
knew no party but our country-no duty
but that of American representatives.
Captain Wiltse and the American Minis
ter were in complete accord in raising
the flag February 1st. He knew the sit
uation thoroughly. The Provisional
Government made the request that it be
done, and these were its reasons: It
had been created only two weeks before.
There were no trained troops on the
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