Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-05-29

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be seen In shat SenstOr Daniel OF
Virginia In his speech before the
Senate on .'the conspiracy against
the Hawsiians. says:
This treaty entailed great OBJ
legations upon the people of the
United States The public debt
Of the Hawaiian Islands including
amounts due to depositors in the
Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank
was thereby assumed BY the gov
ernment of the United States,
within the limit If three and a
quarter millions of dollars. the
late Queen of the Hawaiian
Islands. Liliuokslanl was therein
treated as subject Of such tender
interest thai she WAS made a
pensioner of oGr Government In
the round sum of SEQ 600 with an
annuity of $4,000 during her
natural life. conditioned upon
her submission to the authority
Of the United States and the local
government of the islands. The
Princess kaiulani was to receive
a douceur of $50 600 from the
United States upon the Ike CON
ditions.
In return for these and other
considerations the independently
Of the islands WAS renounced and
aud tie entire territory trans
ferred to the United States to
become an integral part thereof.
1t WAS further provided that
within year Congress should
euaet necessary legislation to ex-
tend to the Haw,ilan Islands the
laws Of the United States respect
ing duties upon imports. internal
revenue. commerce and naviga-
ton, and these immense sugar
bonnlies would have become
charge of our treasury.
We shall presently see that
sugar played a large part in this
business. although silence on
that point is severely maintained
by many who undertake to assign
the causes of the so-called revol-
ution.
If Lilinokalani be the unfit and
undeserving person, she is now
described to be. why is it that
she is deemed worthy to be sup
ported in royal fashion by the
Taxpayers of the United States.
and thus grandly welcomed into
the bosom of our national house
hold7 Why should her name be
inscribed upon the pension roll
Of honor high above that of our
generals aud ndnirals and their
widows and orphans? Why should
we. strangers to her, make for her
this prov sion f reyerent mum
fcence, if we have done her no
wrong, why this gorgeous repair
alton to her aud the Crown
Princess? If she be fit to be
retired D3S.gr Qiaan of the
United States, why not fit to he
Queen of her own country, at the
expense of It's taxpayers. ins tead
OF oursl If she has forfeited all
things. why should We pay her
for that which she did not possess
and could not sell!
er then wonld-be benefaetors
are now detractors and none of
them have ventured to answer
these conund.ums as yet
If she be entitled from us to
this magnificent dooceur 1T is only
because she was robbed, and it is
rendered as conscience-money.
But why should we be asked to
join In the conscience ten der, if !
we did not participate In the
deed2 The fact that she prefers
the turmoil of her own throne to |
peace with bounty aud safety is
the best evidence of her sincerity.
Did conscience, abashed at the |
enormity of its otfense. prompt |
the proposed restitution Why
should the Hawaiian commission |
ers be SO eager for the restitution
Of the Queen to fortnne at our
expense and SO indignant if it be
at theirsa
Pause now and re-
member. Senator's. if you please.
the situation that President
had to d al with. A
government, but day old. and
sonfessedly incapable at the time
Il ,,rot.scfino tho life and ,xr.,1a~-