Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-15
APPEAL Of HAWAnANS
For a Candid ConsIdera-
ton Of. their Case.
THEY WISH To Be ANNEXED
II u Gle Sam Thinks Otherwise They
Want to Form R plblic.

HONOLULU, Dec. IA, via Seattle, Wash,
Dec. l5-The American League of Homo
lulu issues the following address to the
people of the United States:
ave, like -ou, believe in good govern
rnent, and having in cooperation with
others freed ourselves from the reign of
corrupt rule and established a govern
ment of the best classes of society, we pro
test most emphatically against the report
Of the assumption of President Cleveland
that the provisional government Of the
Hawaiian Islands should cease to exist
because the proposition for union with the
United States of America had failed to
meet his approval. We insist that the
present government Of Hawaii has the
same right TO exist that the United States
had after the successful revolution OF 1915.
"In fact the corruption and misgov-
ernment that brought about the revolu-
tion of January last were 80 fiagrant as
TO he unbearable, and the late queen had
planned to not only continue her corrupt
practices but set aside the constitution of
the kingdom, and attempted to illegally
promulgate new one, DISTINGUISHING
many of the most intelligent citizens, and
by hsr high-handed outrages destroyed
the last hope of improvement over the
corrupt and illegal aggression of the ex-
ecutive power, so that no alternative was
left but to depose her and establish an
honest and capable government.
Old system Was Rotten.
"This has been successfully DONE not
by the citizens of the United States, but
the movement was carried to successful
issue by people born and raised on the
islands and Others who had resided for
many years here and were citizens of the
country and loyal to its best interests, aud
only organized for the overthrow of the
old system after all hope of redress for the
many wrongs done by the late queen and
her partisans had ceased to exist.
"We are ready to acknowledge that we,
loving the liberty and good government
honestly administered, approved of the
deposition of the late queen and the
organization of the provisional govern
ment and gave to the said provisional
government our hearty support because
we knew that 1t represented the best and
most advanced religious, moral, social and
business interests Of the islands, and we
assert that these several interests are so
united as to form government strong
enough to attend and maintain itself
against all internal uprisings or insurrec-
tions, and that the well-known character
of those at the head of affairs gives posi-
tive assurance that the government will
be honestly administered and that the
rights of the people will be honestly ad-
ministered.
at has been asserted by the adherents
Of the late queen that the President of the
United States would forcibly, IL necessary,
re-enthrone the late queen and re-estab-
lish her authority. We cannot believe
that President Cleveland has been so ill
advised, but, should he so oidecide, we ap-
peal to congress and the people of the
United States to prevent so great a crime
against liberty and good government.
Revolution Was JustIAabIe.
"The right Of revolution has been a
well-established method of deciding great
wrongs and checking the encroachments
OF kings and despots generally, and by no
people has the right been more generally
acknowledged than by the American
people; and in appealing to her people, es-
pecially as we have right, truth and
justice on our side. we feel that we
shall have a candid consideration of our
claims of recognition.
$50 confident are we in the justice of
our cause that we are certain that our
course will receive the approval of the
American people regardless of party, and
we insist that IL Hawaii Is not wanted in
the great sisterhood of states, that we be
allowed to continue the government ad-
ministered honestly, and we feel that we
have right to vigorously protest against
the re-establishment of corrupt monarch
on these islands.
"Having confidence In the great liberty
loving citizenship Of the United States we
invite the fullest and freest investigation,
confident that an unprejudiced investiga-
tion will prove that the revolution of Jan
uary last was not only justifiable, but alb
solutely necessary to maintain our rights
and guard the best interests Of our popu-
lation as well.
MANY OF the most intelligent among us
are active supporters of the provisional
government, and opposed to the re-estab-
lishment OF the monarchy"