The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-07-05
MR., DANAS ARGUMENTS.
Some Good Things From Late Issue.
Of the New York Sun

Of the New York Sun"
Under the heading "The Key to the
Hawaiian Situation" the New York
81" has the following leader;
There may be some friends of Ha-
wallan annexation whose minds are
swayed one way or the other by the
conflicting reports from Washington
and Honolulu as to the intentions of
Mr., Cleveland, and the purposes of
President Dole's Government.
We advise all such to concentrate
their attention upon this controlling,
unalterable, and fundamental principle:
So long as M. Clepeidnd maintains
ms declared purpose to permit no
Foreign fo7oey to interfere in the
domestic Affairs Of Ha7oaii, the DIES.
tiny Of the islands is assured. Sooner
or later the american flag aoW 60 up
again.
History is making fast just now in
Hawaii Mr. Blount may report against
annexation and in favor of a so-caled
protectorate, or he may not SO report.
The Provisional Government may OF
may not reject any proposition from
Washington short of annexation i'm
mediate and outright. 1t may or ma,
not begin negotiations for an alliance
with another great power, on the per.
tectly reasonable plea that if the United
States refuses to take Hawaii, our Gov
eminent cannot consistently prevent
another great power from taking what
we reject. That such is the present in.
tentlon of the Provisional Government,
In the event OF square rejection of its
overtures to the United States, we
have no doubt.
While it is true that no human 10.
telIlgence can see the exact course OIL
events from this time on, until the final
and irrevoCable decision is made and
completed, yet this much is certain Sc
long as Mr.. Cleveland stands by his
declared purpose, as stated above, the
only possible result in sight is the &C
QUESTION of Hawaii by the United
States. People may talk about differ.
ent forms OF protectorate, and the OBJ
Jectlons OF this form and the advantages
OF that form. That is merely a question
Of method and detail. An american
ProtectOrate O0er Hd7odU exists
already.
A PLAIN REDUCTION TO ABSURDITY.
II the annexation of Hawaii is I'M
constitutional, that ends the matter.
Golden as may be the opportunity, it
must be dropped.
Juge Cooley and few other distin-
guished eXpoundtrs Of constitutional
and international law are laboring
to prove that the annexation Of
iawall IS unconstitutional because
thtre Is no exact precedent for
1t IN the history rt previous acquisitions
vt territory by the United States. We
showed yesterday that the cases of
Texas and Alaska, taken together,
afford an almost ideal precedent for all
the conditions in the present question.
What is lacking in the way of precedent
IN the Texas instance, is supplied by
Alaska. What is lacking ia the Alaska
instance, is supplied by Texas.
But even supposlng that Judge
Cooley and his chorus are technically
'isht, that no previous instance of an
1eXatlon affords an exact constitutional
precedent for taking in Hawaii, and
hat the Hawaiian project is therefore
unconstitutional and impossible, what
ollows?
When Alaska was annexed there was
10 constitutional warrant or exact Pre-.
,edent tor that measure of American
extension. The circumstances in the
Alaska case differed from those in the
;ase OF Texas, of Florid'. 0, of the
louisiana purchase. The annexation
1t Alaska was unconstitutional, and
'ur title to the territory and its distant
stands is not good in law.
When TeXJs was annexed there was
no constitutional precedent for that
measure Of American extension. The
'NH'iStailtSS III lne eXaS case Qlt-
cred radically from those distinguish
ng the Florida and Louisiana Dur
2hases. The annexation Of Texas was
unconstitutional, and the right Of that
great and prosperous State to member
snip IN the Union is ciouded by
ilrect violStion Of the organic law.
Going back still further, when the
,ast regions known as the Louisiana
territory were acquired by purchase,
here was absolutely no precedent for
annexation IN any form or by any
method. There was no provision in
he Constitution for sucn measure of
American extension. The Louisiana
purchase was unc Institutional, and so,
If course, was the Florida purchase.
Logic is logic, and if it is sound |
ogIc, Judge Cooley has no monopoly
II 1t for special application to a special
ase.
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