The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-09

| Mr.. Speaker the topics which have been n 81
| discussed in this DEBATE have tho least interest
for me II tho resolutions reported ty -.
/ Committee ~ Foreign Affairs were conalc.!to
/ the past. or the present Oh ou'I perhaps have
/ been silent with reference TO the most u. tA.
! questions considered. am Mt in to.sess.1n
! Of information enough TO enable nae asa .u-or
/ to render a satisfactory verdict. would have
, preferred to await the investi.at.3 ~ now hs.nf
I conducted in another branch ot Congress n
/ the hope that ample light could h1v teea
l thrown on oil the fscts which are ia such evi.
| dent dispute. / have always regarded 40
| Government as unit 10 not believe at
| one Adm inistrat.on is a court Of nrrea o. 70.
| view for the acts OF preceding Admirt.t,a-
! ton. Applause on the ieru lcan side
! III live so long shal. look with sunrise
/ and regret at a review. five years hency. D,
/ President ClevclAnd's action in sending M
| Dlount 10 the Sandwich Islands. as now .o5s
with surprise and resret at IN a'tctaft 70 re-
view the action Of Presiden. Harrison and h.s
| accredited Minister there Mr.. stevens Ire,i.
/ dent Harrison 10 out Of Office: Mr.. S'eversis
out o. Office. and the Constitution u the Ua.;si
States gives US jurisdiction alone % those Nho
are actually n Office. the civil Office. q the
United states II Sir. Stevcns's coEtus: wa,
] satisfactory TO the President who accr-!'ai
hin. then think We NAV dismiss Mr. StrvcIs
and deal IL we have any authority % t'AL
! with those who were his superiors in autla-.'T
II not let Us remit the whole matter to history
for such Justice rulers fad in history
Tho Government existing to-day IN The
Hawaiian Islands is a recognized and cst..-
lished Government recognized by The ni'si
States Its title is assumed to be iesit nate.
It's authority unquestioued by the intel
States. We have received their Sccr-.. ted
Minister here aud are in constant intercourse
with him. II wolld le n suitable topi' i9t
debating society to 20 back and discuss how
that Government originated. The question 10
res j'iitcTd. We have recognized 'ha, Govern
ment as lawful Government. and have noe
heard any one propose that that recognition
shall be revoked. The Committee on Fore "a
Affairs does not suggest 1t. Nobody in this
discussion has intimated such a thing as ds-
siraIle or probable
Sir a good deal OF sensibility has been shown
about a protcctorate over those islands. as u
this thought were a new suggestion with ref
erence to our Pacific interests. Have GENTLE
men forgotten that as long ago as lSiI Mr..
Buchanan, then Secretary o! S'a:e. nego:ta:ed
a protectorate over tho Isthmus OF Panama
with a view 20 our rising power In the Pacific
Ocean This was in tho Administration of
President Polk.
There was no objection to that treaty. Il
has stood for nearly atty years upon our stat
ute books. II has caused no Inconvenience;
but on the contrary has given us a foothold
and control over that isthmus that is deemed
essential to our interests. In 1857 Mr.. Seward
negotiated a similar treaty. yet stronger in is
terms with Nicaragua providing for the neu-
trality. under our protection. o! route from
the Atlantic to the Pacific through the terri
tories OF that state. That treaty stands to-day
intact Who has questioned its wisdom1 No
body. The Clayton and Dulwer treaty made
an arrangement between ENGLAND and the
United states. an unwIse arrangement in my
judgment. so far as England was permitted to
take part in it, for a Joint protectorate over all
Central America. The Monroe doctrine Is .
protectorste. Shall we renounceit?
II / were disposed to be critical might say
that tina Committee on Foreign Affairs have 10
their resolution contsmplated protectorato
over these islands. for they say:
TT e! n:rv.n,on q ~ 2psf .ra,. Ss
the Government OF tie Ca!tei states
ChanGlu: the polite and d plonatlc language
OF the Committee on Foreign Affairs AMI put
ting il in concise English. that is notice e. all
the Governments OF tha world to let those
islands alone. That is n psosectorate; because
it would be ridiculous for US to give such no
tice TO all the world and not stand really %
make that notice good This is aprotectorate
in plain English The committee themselves
reailirm the traditional policy OF the United
States with reference 10 these Islands. We
have never held any different language for
forty years than that: and al! nations have as
copied that notice and have kept their hands
of DO the Committee on Foreign Affairs pro-
pose to renounce that policy? 1t would seem
80; because they say;
THAT 81 is the sense OF mi. House thAtths AnneNE
assumptions rrossrorst- over them BY our i0vsss
nent Is nc-i!sd for and IueNpsd.snL'
shall not vote for that declaration. APP
plause on the Republiean side
As lonG ago as 1851. I heard Gov Marcy
say and he was a Conservativ We and wise states
man Of thu old Democratic school that the
Sandwich Island> must never belong to any
other power and in the course OF events must
belong to the United States Renewed ap-
plause on the Republican side.i agreed S.ih
Gov. Marcy then. and agree with him n1u
Renewed applause on the Republican sliel
And il it is not good Democratic doctrine 10
follow Marcy and buchanan. and Polk AMI
Fierce. then must 60 back to New York aud
learn my Democracy over again. Laughter
Much has been said about the character and
form OF the Provisional Government Of the lia-
waiian Islands Now, al! you can say about L
Mr. Speaker. is that the movement was reyp-
lutionAry. and revolutionary movements 10
not consult forms and ceremonies. The Ha-
waiian monarchy was dead. morally dead. 10
had outliyed its time. II had become TeTug-
nant 20 the dominant race of those islands.
There have been three dominant races in tho
history OF the wo rld-the Humans the English,
ana the Americans. The Americans OF thoss
islands had developed new phase OF ciVi.!zA-
ton there, They had created it. The old civ
ilization had yielded and given way TO IL IL
was no longer vital ant vigorous
With or without Mr. Stevens. with or without
the Boston and with or without the marines
We all know, every man OF sense knows that
that monachy would have fallen. II was
mere question o. DAYS or months az most II