The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-04

was connived at by him. and the
household guards under his control
were not allowed to take part in sup
pressing it. The Princess Liliuokalani
was in full sympathy with this move
ment, being party to it, and FUR
nished her suburban residence to the
insurgents for their meetings. The
arrangements were there made and
the insurgents marched thence for
their attack upon the Government.
The affair was Suppressed in few
hours of fighting, with some loss of
life to the insurgents, by the party
which carried through the revolution
of 1887.
The eX-queen's rule was even more
reckless and retrogressive than her
brothers. Less polite than he, and
with less knowledge of affairs, she
had more determination and was
equally unreliable and deficient in
moral principle. She, to all appear
ance, unhesitatingly took the oath of
office to govern according to the Con-
stitution, and evidently regarding it
merely as a formal ceremony, began,
according to her own testimony to
Mr.. Blount, to lay her plans to destroy
the Constitution and replace it with
one of her own creation. With q like
disregard of its sanctions, she made
the most determined efforts to control
all of the appointments to office, both
executive and judicial. The session
of the Legislature of 1892 was
the longest that had ever occurred
lied by a most obstinate struggle for
personal control of the government
and the legislature on the part of the
queen; this was strenuOusly resisted
| by the opposition. During this con-
| test four ministerial cabinets were
appointed and unseated, and the lot
| terry franchise bill, which had been
Withdrawn early in the session for
want of sufficient support, VISA at the
last moment, when the opposition was
weakened by the absence of several OF
! its members, again brought forward
and passed, through the exercise OF
| improper and illegitimate influences
upon the legislators, among which
were personal appeals on the part of
the queen to them. The Cabinet
which represented the opposition and
the majority of the legislature, which
the queen had been compelled to APP
point, was unseated by similar means,
| and, with a new cabinet OF her own
choice, the legislature was prorogued.
This lottery franchise was of a charac-
ter corresponding with similar insti-
buttons which have been driven out of
every State of the American Union
by an indignant public sentiment. Ii
it had been established here it would
in a brief period have obtained full
control of the government patronage,
and corrupted the social and political
life of the people.
Although the situation at the close
of the session was deeply discouraging
to the community, it was accepted
without any intention of meeting it
by other than legal means. The at
tempted coup d'etat of the queen fol-
lowed, and her ministers, threatened
with violence, fled to the citizens for
!. assistance and protection; then it
was that the uprising against the
queen took place, and, gathering force
from day to day, resulted in the pro-
clamation of the Provisional Govern
menC and the abrogation of the mon
archy on the third day thereafter.
No man can correctly say that the
queen owed her downfall to the inter
ference of American forces. The revo-
, luton was carried through by the
, representatives, now largely rein
forced, of the same public sentiment
which forced the monarchy to its
knees in 1887; which suppressed the
, instruction of 1889, and which fol
representative government in this
country. If the American forces hao
been absent, the revelation would
have taken place, for the sufficient
, cause for it had nothing to do with
their presence.
/, therefore, in all friendship for the
Government of the United States
, which you represent, and desiring tx
E cherish the goodwill of the grea
, of my Government to your PROPOSE
. ton, and ask that you will transmit
the same to the President of tn,
United States for his consideration.
Though the Provisional Govern
ment is far from being "a grea
!. power'' and could not long resist tn
= forces of the United States in hostIl
o attack, we deem our position to b.
: impregnable under all legal prece
: dents, under the principles of diplO
!, matte intercourse and in the forum o
conscience. We have done your Gov
q eminent no wrong; no charge of dis
courtesy is or can be brought agains
) us. Our only issue with your peopl
has been that, because we revered 1t
4 institutions of civil liberty, we hav
. desired to have them extended to on
y own distracted country. and becaus
q we honor its flag, and deeming tina
= its beneficent and authoritative pres
;, ence would be for the best interests o
:. all of our people, we have stood read
: to add our country, a new star, to it
:, glory, and to consummate a unio
: which we believed would be as mucl
|, for the benefit of your country as ours
= If this is an offense, we plead guilt.
Q to it.
). am instructed to inform you, MI
. Minister, that the Provisional Gov
= eminent of the Hawaiian Islands
;. respectfully and unhesitatingly de
. clines to entertain the proposition c
: the President of the United State
. that it should surrender it's author1t
/. to the eX-queen.
o This answer is made not only upo
;. the grounds hereinbefore set forth
;, TO the brave men whose commissio