Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-13

ernment and tho.e back of tall The re-
.porsibis and t..e best citizens OF the isiaaas
--ask 70. the annexation of HAvan - .
territory of the Uni:sd States Tnis y oe-
sired because il Is belisset to be oess iof
the native Is veil IS the fofti ign torn peFo-
lssisu Of the lizards. The Hs~asian mon
archy has been especially inla-
ricas 10 tie xslfsre OF shs aause
Hswa:Ars The government snd those
supparsiaS II desire arms xstion because snes
Justly regard present Ha~aIi ia reality an
American eesony closely iisn.insd win
American Interests and governed by Ame'f-
can ideas, American Laws, asi American
in tie.si ruies AMI decisions In reporting
tf.e trv aty of xanexsrion in Jsnusr3 last ne
senate committee of foreign AFFAIRS acted
a. Auserie, n statesmen IN dealing with facts,
events aId Interests as they founi shem.
They came To the same conclusion as dli
the Democrats aansinis'ra'ion Of 1921,
when Secretary Wa. l.. Marcy autharz d
Commissiener Gregg - HsgsiiAts q III Aty OF
annexation, which thai Commissioner c'a
nsse,txte. though be exceeded bis i1strEc-
TORS as TO the provisions of TIE treaty
The treaty af 1854 failed through Divided
counsel. a. Honolulu and tue pfohaaie
daplicity Of tie Hassiaa minister OF Tor
.i1a aft sirs-a wiiv s .otchman who had 20
1--we ff,r American Institutions. VIM L.
Marcy vas a bold and 4nl. nsn. and his
yiex of ihe vslae Of Hawaii 10 The tnittd
States WAS fully shared BY I'm H. seward,
who bsa remarkable foresight Is 70 the vs''
fusnre ct American commerce in The Fsei-
fie, sn.. looked forward to III annexation OF
l.xan as necessary AMI inevitable, and
would haze urged it ,tariHg hi. occupancy
Vt the late department hsd he found the
Honolulu auth ri,i ready for II.
Masey. the able Democratic ieaier OF
hi. time, cool, sag tci3gs statesman, IN
dispatch 10 United States Minister Mason
At par;.. Dec. IL, 1873, speaking of the
Hawaii islands. said
"Bgsh EagIi.h aud France srs srpiised
Of sur determination not TO ail'w them 10
be owned BY or TO fall under the pr'teeiioo
Of either Of these powers or OF ANY other
European nation. Il seemed u lie nevis
BIZ. that they must come undsr the eoat'oI
Of thi, government"
Luther Severance, On ahlP, safe ant ss-
gtcioas man, ~hom the people or Maj
a,anv wears knew 80 we'll. whom Daniel
Webster honored, after four wears re'i
len "a al Honolulu, came TO the same con-
s.us on AS did Secretary Marcy.
None have defenltd this view more shiy
th.n James Bl4ihe, 10 a remsrsaole
,ts,e PAPER iuri1g President Garbelfs ad-
min. .trati1n, ard rome more eioquehiiy
l!,an senator Morgan Of Al4hama. Jas
.elected by his Democratic colleagues, as
the chairman Of the Senate Committee on
ior.iga relations.
Nov thi. rich prize is freely Offer d US
cannot think 1t possible that our people
aud our statesmen will refuse 10 secelt IL
t. spuru and reject thi. important sni
thoroughly Am rlcan coiory. planted b
some of the most devoted OF Americas sons
and daughters, fostersd BY Amercn be-
nevulence and sympathy, allied by million
and half Of dollars of private can'rlbn
-ions, encouraged for more than Cd year
by the Am ric4n c0vernment-to aoardoo
them n9w at this crucih Ierio OF iheir
history ~oull he co ardice aud inbuoiani,t
that believe n .pec'ing Christina
nation - i'll be guilty of, the least OF ali thr
great American nation, whose vast oppOr-
,unies in the North Pa, ific it would be
great want of wI'd0m aDd pa'riJiism +
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