The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-29

RARELY has the American press
been so unanimously and justly
aroused as it now is by the outrage
Gus proposal of the American gov
eminent to restore Liliuokalani to
the abolished throne of Hawaii,
which her own misconduct has de-
stroyed. Not paper has come to
hand sh is~ that does not con-
..;n son,a rasSfs.snce to this shame
full proposition, in many instances
several columns being devoted to
it. The popular feeling against the
administration was hardly ex-
pressed more strongly at the ballot
boxes on the 7th of November than
it has been voiced by the press
since the publication of its purpose
regarding Hawaii. One thing has
been demonstrated-that the Amer
lean people will never consent to
the enslavement of Hawaii under
a monarchical bondage more re-
pugnant to republican ideas than
the worst form of African slavery.
It is hard to conceive how an
enlightened and Christian ruler
can allow his political prejudices
10 overcome the cherished princi-
pies which lie at the foundation
of American Civilizations power
that is permeating and revolution
izing the condition of every nation
with which the great republic
comes in contact, and bringing it
more in harmony with itself.
The following lines, from the
New York Tribune, bear directly
on this point, and show how strong
Iy the American public feel regard
ing it:
In the foreign policy of every Gov
eminent that respects itself and pro-
poses to command the respect of
others, there must he continuity of
purpose. Mr.. Gladstone did not be-
gin his Ministry by Overthrowing the
foreign policies of Lord Salisbury.
Germany's general attitude toward
the powers today does not differ an
less in degree from that which it was
preserving when Bismarck Surren-
dered the CHARACTERISTIC to Caprivi.
France under all Governments is to
the rest of the world the same France.
Brought suddenly to confront the
Hawaiian question, President Harri-
son settled it promptly, and on the
lines from which American diplo-
macy had never yeered in half CEN
tury. But Mr.. Cleveland, though he
found it settled and in no condition
that called for action on his part, sud-
denly reversed his predecessors time
honored policy, and from no apparent
motive of public welfare. Without n
word of explanation he withdrew the
carefully negotiated Treaty of Annex
alton then before the Senate. He
dispatched to Hawaii q commissioner,
whose extraordinary and unconstitu-
tional powers had to be learned by
the American people from publications
in Hawaiian newspapers. Then, after
hauIinp down the American flag and
withdrawing our marines from Ha-
waiian soil, without indicating what
these acts portended; after months OF
DELAY and evasion, after waiting until
congress had adjourned, so that there
could be no official discussion of his
nolicy, or whatever else il may be
called; after waiting until the cleo
tions were over, so that there could be
no popular expression upon 1t, he has
his Secretary of State write him
letter accusing President Harrison OF
stupidity and his Minister at Homo
FL a a ,salo a mi 1ictr.
ton, without giving out one syllable
of the evidence claimed to exist tC
support allegations so grave!
For the. United States now to adopt
the policy which Mr.. Gresham Is per-
mitted to propose, and forcibly to put
down this Government and to set VI
that of the ignorant and vicious crea'
lures whose preposterous behaviour
caused the revolution, would be TO &c
all that Mr.. Gresham charges against
Mr. Stevens-all that and much that
is worse. 1t would be to put down 3
good Government and set up a baC
one; to destroy republican institutions
administered by intelligent and pub
lic-spirited men, and to set up 6
monarchy administered by n woman
to whose character silence is mercy
and by a group of knaves and super
stitious savages. 1t would be to blow
out the lights of progress and Christian
deyeIopement in land now moving
briskly forward. 1t would be to sur
render all the public rights which
ax,ary President since John Quincy