Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-18
T. +. BArABp,
Secretary of State. !

4 Secretary of state.
4 In approving the views of tie Provisional
Government In favor of annexation, after
! that government had been recognized as the
de fActo governmen, of Hawaii, SIMPLY
1 stand on lines marked out by former
4 Democratic Administration, With VIM. l..
Marcy. Secretary of State. ] bold il my
hands copy Of she treaty of annexation,
which was nega,i lted 80 years ago.
j III 1894, Secretary Marcy, by the au-
/ thority of President Pierce and Bis Cabinet,
authorized and instructed Commissioner
Grsgg To negotiate with the Hawaiian gov
ernint nj, a treaty of annexation, admitting
Hawaii into the L Uni8u as Territory.
/ M4reey's instructions au,h0riz "a Com
missioner Gregg % agree to pay ons hun
dred thousand dollars in cash. 10 pension
the klag and his chiefs. December l6,
1853. Seer tsry Marcy. in dispatch TO
Uriled States Minister Mason, at Paris,
u,ed the following language;
"i do not thluk the present Hawaiian
government can long remain in the hands
W the presen; rulers Or under the control
OF the native inhabitants of these Islands. '
I "It seems To be inevitable tha. they must
! cnrie under the control of this government y
The annexation treaty failed then, be-
/ cause, in the negotiations at Honolulu, the
( amount had been increased from one hun
fgr.i thousand dollars 10 three hundred
thougani dollars, for pensions to king ani
cbiafs, and because the treaty rs agreed
upun az Honolulu, admitted Hawai-
al State. instead of Territory
: This wGs not in accord with Mar
ce,'s instructions to Gregg, and was just
IN ioadmissihla BY the Government
I az Washington. The Hawaiian Minister Of
! Foreign Affairs was Il capny Scotchman
who loved power. Protesting to be for
annexation. he was sharp enough to insist
4 ip getting into the treaty draft what he
copld hardly have failed to know would
( csrse its rejection at Washington. This
/ supnoscd tactics Of the Sentchman is denied
/ b some, who maintain that he sincerely
/ favored annexation, and that be sssented
/ 10 the treaty provision reqniring the admis-
! .jnn of Hawaii as State, because of the
strong fear Of many Of the American resi-
dents that Territorial admission might re-
! suit ia the introduction Of African slavery
/ In the Islands,
Touching the elsnor and misrepresenta-
tions az to landing United States Naval
! forces in Honolulu. the following is inter-
es.ine reading, having been written to Hon.
10. l.. Gregg. United States Commissioner
to Hawaii
"UNrrKp STATES SHtP PoRrsNourH,
FInSoLrhr, Nov. 13. 1854.
We shall land, in the advent Of any occs-
sion recurring the aid of our forces, ~
least two hundred men, fully armed AMI
supported by tao field pieces. | am sir,
4 Your obedieut servant,
I THomAs A. DoRsIs,
Commander United States Navy"
August FIRST. 1883, Minister Merrill wht
had received Secretary Bayard's ins'ruc
iions, already referred TO. reported to The
Department Of State as follows
"As many with alarm were coming TO tbt
LEGATION. at oucs requested Commander
woodward to seni to the Legation body
of marines, which request he promptly
= compiled with. The appearance Of the
: marines on the streets and at the Legation
: had favorable ffect on the popuiace.
, At that time the United States Legation wa
, near the Hawaiian royal palace Both o.
these call. for the landing Of naval force
, came from Democratic [ aitsd States Minis
, tsrs. Mr.. Gregg having been appointed ,,
, President Pierce, and Mr.. Merrill, B.
. President Cleveland.
: Secretary Marcey's instructions for an
; nexation forty yeats ago, and Bsysrds 10
, ssrnctioas Of Jsly 1887, 10 protect Amer
; can life and property and TO preserve pub
I / lie ofser In Hawaii, must seem 70 you,
= they seem to me, more patriJtic, more nn
! " American. than the present attitude Q
. Cleveland. Gresham, and Biount. toward
! the Hawaii Of this ds,e. | think you VII
, agree with me In preferring To
a ssa;esmsnship Of Thomas Jefferson, Q
. Andrew Jackson VIM. l.. Msrcey. VIM ~
. sewars. Tlysses s. Grant ard james q
> 8Ia.se. who followed the star Of America
! destiay wherever il lighted the way. an
: even Ire A Amssicanism of the Cleveland ap
! Bxrara Of 1881 to the extraordinary cours
r af Cleveland and Gresham Of iss3. ss
4 Hswsiian affairs,
4 There Is one way. AMI only one yAy. .
: vhich President Cleveland and Sscretaf
4 / f;rssDsrn can get Ont Of their dilemma. wit
: he,,er 20 Themselves and 10 the welfare (
; the caan.ry That IL. by BELLY adoptin
i the tactics Of recert Tory stssesrarn OF Ent
!. Iaaa. takp possession Of the ground held
: their 3rran rsss fa this way bs-aeh 20
/. sonss OK Ibis brilliant successes sgsta'
= fflafstsas Eren the m1re stHhsota an
q a.f<-ocrstie Saulsbass was eona 2@ilei soss'
a times 20 gsfa success By cutting cso'
J % th4 lines occupied BY his gre
: sn.aroyIst. II Cleveland viii ado
: tay,s eeur e. no lonssr pashing =
!. oaixose seherne Of restoring the fal's
4 gassn. ard 40 in at ones for ;he only ~osl
! .thte fern OF an American prossctosase =
! Hawaii. tskinz Is into the Union ~ : Ts
7 rifary. he will show the practical 9uatfi
/ IA .ts.esnisa, and ssone for bis error
! tue a8spsion Of wise and righteous Hsa
4 are aass thus grsasls strengthen himself
4 American ynbiic opinion. VIII ne do .
Il We shall see
j II is earnestly to be hoped that fhe d
y il 1os distant. rhsn American PATRIOTS
i, shall be strong eHoazh II Washington .
Il srrons snough in all sections Of our sfs
= couusry. when party politics shall rot
i as,a~ssi 70 interfere with. nor cripple, .
/. foreign policy. when. however nsch
y msv differ in our h0me ard inesfnai aalaal
= ~ ehell npainfain uai1s3 1sonf = - g :!
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