The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-05
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Those islands are productive. The populs-
ton is 100 600 in round numbers. or less. On
Saturday night asked a gentleman who Is
acquainted with the islands how much the
| population could be increased. He said " Be
! yond question. readily ana easily at least to a
| half million" But II is not the great number
OF people that we expect TO get there that in
| terests us; II is the relation OF tho islands to
the commerce Of the world. To-day an Ameti-
can ship is absolutely an American tramp. It
has not place on the ocean where It can go
and be Mt home. or coallng stations there are
practically none. There ia the place for the
| commerce OF the world to stop and coal. There
| IL the place where all the whaling ships that
| go out OF our ports must pass and stop aud re-
| ut and reiurnish. There IL the point where
every pound Of freight that goes to Australia
| and the South Sea must stop.
| live build the ship canal across the Isthmus
that we propose to build. and which undoubt-
| edly will be built in the near future. possibly
not under the arrangement now proposed. but
under some other what benefit will 1t be to US
| II we lose those islands? We are willing to paw
500. 0O0. 900 'or a ship canal Those Hawaiian
Islands are indispensable for a proper use Of
| that ship canal
l did not intend to discuss at length the
question OF annexation. l am in favor Of the
annexation Of the islanis am in favor Of the
annexation Of Cuba. am in favor OF the an
nexation OF the great country lying north o,
US. expect In a few years to zee the Amerl-
can nag r. atlnG from the extreme north to the
line OF our sister republics on the south.
expect 10 see 1t floating over the isles OF the
sea-not only these but in the great Guli and
in the West India sens.
Mr. President. Is hire anything In the or
ganization oirepuJlic that makes itany more
difficult for 1t 20 maintain the integrity OF a
country with noncontiguous territory than
there Is under monarchy? Does not re-
public contain within itself all the powers and
energies that any nation can possess for self
defense. for sef.protectiou, for acquisition
that monarchy does? lit does not. then a
monarchy possesses some advantages over US
that we have never been willing to admit.
Mr.. President. said that l expected to see
the Canadian country come into the United
States. l expect to see. by their consent and
with their approval a union between the Eng
disappearing PEOPLE on the north and tho
people OF the United states. l regard that as
thing OF the utmost importance to US. 1t is
very desirable that those people who are like
unto ourselves should become a part and par
eel with us Of this republic. Canada to-day is
not disturbing cause with US. but when there
are on that border as there ultimately will be.
twenty-five or thirty million OF people Of our
own stock and Of our own race. with all the
progressive character OF the Anglo-Saxons.
there will be difficulty. You cannot maintain
q line Of 1900 miles long with q different rev.
enue system on ono side from that on the
other without more or less friction.
II the Canadians will never choose to come
to us We shall never get them. but II we so
manage affairs that they can SEQ ultimately
that II 10 to their interest to become a part of
the United States. they will certainly gladly
como to us. look for the time not far distant
when. as repeat not only that country. but
other sections OF the country that lie in this
section OF the hemishere will be with us in
governmental affairs do not mean by that
that i want to take an inch OF any territory
whore the people DO not voluntarily come to US.
l do not believe that b. conquest We should
take anything. We took In the Mexican ter
ritory not by request. but by concession. by
purchase. and We took 1t stripped practically
OF people. and those few who were there have
inflated themselves to the condition Of af-
fairs In this country. No man living doubts
now the wisdom Of the acquisition OF Texas
No man doubts tho wisdom OF the acquisition
OF that great gold and silver bearing region |
that has put into our Golfers since its annsxa-
ton moro than two thousand million dollars OF
the precious metals And nobody doubts now
tho wisdom OF the ACQUISITION OF Alaska.
And yet whom We acquired Alaska there was |
no active opposition to It. There was degree |
OF quiet ridlcule about It; and a great many
people felt that We could afford to pay tn, |
Russian Govern ment $1,000. 900 for the Ter |
ritory because OF Its friendly attitude toward |
us heretofore And yet very few people be- |
lieved that it was . valuable purchase. But |
to-day everybody knows that IL was q most |
valuable acquisition. 1t has paid back the |
Government more than il orig nally cost with |
fair interest on its cost.
doubt whether anything would be gained |
by q general discussion. or an attempt to an |
mex the islands at the present time / doubt |
whether they could be annexed simply be- |
cause OF the hostility OF the exec utive depart
ment OF this Govern ent to annexation. / do |
ct know whether the legislative department |
that would perhaps have 10 pass some laws to |
carry out the annexation IL 1t should take |
place. would be friendly to It: but with tho
Executive against it, it is morally certain that
the islands cannot be annexed at this time
But there is one thing morally certain that the
policy and traditions OF this country for fifty
years touching the islands is not now to be
changed. Those islands are to be nnsxed to
become our property. Whether they are to be
county in California. or ultimately to he a
State, or to be treated as We may treat them,
as Territory. do not now know and do not
care to discuss. but it 10 morally certain that
eventually they will come to US and We will |
throw over them the protection OF our laws
and our nag.