Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-30

ha' been equally maintained un Ter the
Wings by Daniel Webster and John NJ
| Clayton as Secretaries of State; under the
Democrats by President Pierce and VIM.
L. Marcy. and by President
Cleveland and Secretary Thomas +. Bay
ar'l, and under the Republican administra-
tins by William II. Seward, Hamilton Fish
and James G. Blaine.
| Assuming the responsibilities of the Min
ist.r of the United States at Honolulu, in
the light of these facts my duty was plsin.
| The records of the Legation for more than
half century indicated what my country
hal the right to expect of me, and that if
| permitted American interests to suffer by
my neglect or want of courage, would be
held responsible. In no way interfering
vi the internal political affairs of the
| Islands. cultivating the best possible rela-
tons with the then existing authorities, !
carefully set myself to thorough inyesti-
CATION of the moral. political, and CONNER
cinl state of affairs. This required many
months. for it was proper for me to OBJ
| tain thorough information in quiet,
| obtrusive way. The result of
my observation was duly and con-
secutiyely communicated only to the
Washington department of state. Every
| thing bearing upon, or liable to effect,
| thu interests of his own county taking place
| in the country to which he is accredited, the
| minister is bound to communicate to his
government, even some things which may
be unsavory or seem pueril The records
of the Legation and my investigation, during
| mere than the first two years of my resi-
dence on the islands, clearly indicated that
a great change had been going on in the
| M. hffaan To thia nhauna had
Lar ely contributed. among other causes the
ex inction of the Obi Kamehameha race of
kings, the election Of the kalukaua family
to the throne in 1874 and the prosperity and
great profits of sugar raising under the
reciprocity treaty with the United States.
| II e large increase of government revenues,
| the low and irresponsible character of the
t~n last sovereigns, resulted in astounding
palace abuses, and the appointment to Off
| cai places of foreign adventures
an unworthy natives, to a degree greatly
adverse to public interests and to public
AMI private morals. In the nature of things
it was impossible that the Hawaiian mon
ar,hv could continue. II was allowed to
exist by tolerance, years after its founda-
| tie vas gone, for it formerly rested on a
| ki,i of frudal basis of chiefs, that no long
er xi.ted, time and death having removed
them forever. The monarchy died by It's
ow a revolutionary hsnd-a suicide of blind
ness, Incompetence and corrnp ion. The
manner in which the Hawaiian monarchy
carne to its end. the circumstances which
cam.ed the Ian, ing of the United States ma
val force at II ,nolulu, January lG, | have
already stated in my address at San Fran
cisco, which need not now repeat, will
not occupy your time in repeating the alb
suri charge of the fallen Queens unscru-
pulous lawyer and the other individuals of
the lottery and opium gang. who corruptly
shared her association, the charge that the
| United States Minister AMI the commander
of TIE Boston overturned the monarchy.
Asa matter of curiosity bearing on this
| point. witch may interest you some what,
will real a copy of the communication ad-
dressed to me by the Queen signed by her
self and by the four ministers no had been
closely identified with her in her revolution
ar, proceedings
| THE assurance conveyed by a royal
proclamation by myself and ministers yes
tsr'ay having been received by my native
su jects and by them ratified at mass
meeting, was received in a different spirit
By the meeting representing the foreign
population and interests in my kingdom.
1t is now my desire to give to Your
| Excellency as the diplo-
matte representative of the United
States of America at my court, the solemn
assurance that the present constitution will
be upheli and maintained by me and my
ministers and no changes will be made ex-
cept by the method therein provided. de-
sire to express to Your Excelency this as
surance in the spirit of that friendship
which HI, ever existed between my king
dom and that of the Government of the Uni
ted States of America. and which l trust
will lang continue.
LIIIrokALANI, Il.
/ S.Mrrr. PARKER, Minister of Foreign AZ
! fairs,
wN. H. CORNELL, Minister of Finance.
JoBS F. CoLBuRx, Minister of Interior.
7 A. p. PETERSON, Attorney General.
IoLASf PALACE,
HoxoLrLu, January Il, 1898.
| Ttis 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
I landed This plainly enough implies that
4 the fallen Queen and her confdants then
| knew .ss they could not have failed to know,
that we had not taken part in her overthrow,
v hieh had already been accomplished An
hour later the fallen minister came to the
j Legation and urged on me the inquiry, If l
could not use the United States force 70
sustain the Queen. My answer was what
YOU can readily suppose it must have been.
! that the United States soldiers we're on
shore for specific purpose. to protect
| American life and property, and could not
/ take sides In aid Of the fallen monarch