The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-01-18

Sends, His. .Hiwaiian Message to
. e.:.ssSli Congress. 500 I. =
Queen Liloukalaili Wanted to Bshead
,......'.ts.s. all the People ss;',
Who Had AIDED to Overehrpw Her Throne
The Law, the, 0aeen. ssaid, Stood =.
In the Way Of a General Pro- )
.ii c,anlation OF Amnesty.

WAsIfNGT6E, Jan. IS. The long ey-
I pected message. transmitting the ad-
! ditional correspondence on the Lava
F., ian M tiers, was ,sent.to the house Of re-
present9 tives Immediately on its as
sembiy Saturday morning.
TIE presidents message of transmit
/, tai was as follows: -. 2-'t'-... 80
| EXECUTIVE, MANSION, jan. Ito
| the congress: I transmit herewith
! copies Of al dispatches from orr minis
ter at Hawaii, rela ting in any way to
! political affairs in that country, except
such rs have been heretofore laid be-
fore congress. ~ =.
II also transri;t aco3y Of The last 'in-
structions SCAT to our minister dated
/ January y, .lSD;4. being the only in
structions to hila not already sent TO
the congress.
In transmitting certain correspond
encc witt, ny ,rlcssase'datea December
Is. 1898, l withheld dispatch from
ouc present minister numbered 8 and
dated Nov. t.. 1873; also q dispat ch
from our former minister 70 and dated
october 5, 1872. 80.
Inasmuch as the contents Of the dis
patch OF November 1G, 1895, are re-
ferrcd to in The dispatches Of a more
recent date now sent TO congress, and
inasmuch as there seems no longer to
DC sufficient reason for withholding
said dispatches. copy Of the same is
herewith submitted.
The dispatch mum bcred 10 and dated
October S, 1892, acove referred TO, is
still withheld for the reason that such
Il course st:ll appears to be jlstlhable
and proper GROVER CLEVELAND.
The correspondence follows:
10. 3-Nir. Willis to Mr.. Gresham:
Legation of The Unitel States, HoNo-
LULU, Nov. IS 1853 Sir--In the fore
noon Of Monday. the l3.h inst, by pre-
arrangement. the queen, accompanied
by the royal chamberlain, Mr.. Robert
son, called at the legation.
No one was present at the half-hour
Interview which followed, her cham
bcrlain having been taken to another
room, and Consul General Mills, who
had invited her to come, icinaining in
the front Of the house, to prevent in
terrupt;on
After a formal greeting, the queen
was Informed that the president of the
United States had important communi-
cations to make to her, and she was
asked whether she was willing to re-
ceive them alone and in confidence, as
surfing her that this was for her own in
tercst and safety. She answered in the
affirmative.
then made known TO her the presi-
dents sincere regret that, through the
unauthorized intervention of the
United Sts.tes, she had been obliged to
surrender her sovereignty, and his
hope that, with her consent and CO.
operation, the wrong done to her and
her people might be redressed. 10 this
she bowed her acknowledgements.
then said 10 her: The president
expects and believes that when rein
stated you viii show forgiveness and
magnari!aity. that you viii wish to be
the queen of TIE people both native
and foreign-Eci-a: that you Will make
haste to secure their love and loyalty
and to establish peace, friendship and
good government"
TO this She made no reply. After
waiting n moment. | continued
'srhe president not only tenders you
his sympathy. but wishes to help you.
Before fully making known to you his
purposes, desire to know whether You
ere willing TO answer certain questions,
which it is my duty to ask. She an
swered Il am wiling
then asked EeI: should yc''l Ee re-
stored to tho thlore would you grant
full amnesty as to life and property to
all those persons who fave been or
who arc now in the provisional govern
ment, on who have been instrumental
in tie overthrow of your governmental
She hcsitatcd moment and then
slowly and calmly answered: There
are certain laws OF my government by
which | shall abide. My decisions
would be rs tie law directs, that such
persons shonld he bcllcaded and their
property confscatel to the govern
ment."
then said, repeating very distinctly,
her words ut is your ieclin:, that
these people should be behcaded and
their property coni:scated"' She re-
Piled 1T is
then SAID to her: DO yon fully IN
derstand the meaning OF every word
which have said TO you and of every
word which yon have said to re? and,
If so, do you still! hold the same opin-
ion?"
The ansv... was: 81 have understood
and mean all have said, but | might
leave the decision CT this to my minis
tcrs''
TO this I replied: suppose it was
necessary TO make decision before
you appointed any ministers. and that
YOU were asked 70 issue a royal proc!a-
NATION OF general amnesty, would you
do it?' SHE answered.; II have. 40
legal right to do that and l wonld not
do it"
Pausing a moment, she continued:
s'rhese people were the cause of the
revolution and constitution of 1887.
There will never be any peace While
they are here. They must DE sent out
of the country or puaislreasan'i their
property coniscated
then said: = have no further com:
municat;on to make to you now and
will have none until hear from my
government. which will probably be
threo or four weeks ;"
Nothing was said for several minutes,
when / asked her whether she was
/ ,y;lJinc. 10 rive ne the names OF four OF