Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-09

beginning, absolutely free from prejudice
and resentment. and entirely consistent
with long established friendship and trea ty
ties which have so closely bound together
our respective governments. The President
deemed ii his duty to withdraw from the
Senate the treaty of annexation which had
peen signed by the Secretary OF State and
agents OF your government and TO dis
patch trusted representative to Hawaii
10 inpartially investigate the causes of
your revolution. and to ascertain and report
the true situation in these islands.
This Information was needed the better
TO enable the President to discharge a deli
cate and important duty. Upon the facts
embodied in AIR. Blount's report the Prasi
9ent mas arrived at certain conclusions and
determined upon a certain course or oc-
ton. with which ii becomes INV dutv to &C
quaint you. ~ az
The provisional government was mot as-
taohshed by the Hawaiian people. or with
their consent or acquiescence: nor has 81
since existed with their consent -
Inc queen refused TO surrender har
powers to the provisional government until
convinced that the minister of the I,n;red
states had recognized il AS the do facto
authority and would support and 5sfand IL
win the military force OF the United States
ana that resistance would precipitste a
pioo1y conflict with that force She vas
ADVISED and assured by her ministers and
leaders of the movement for The overtbrar.
OF her government that If she surrenderei
under protest her case would afterward he
larry considered by the President of the
United States.
The queen finally yielded to the ARMED
forces of the United States then CHARTERED
IN Honolulu, relying on the good faith and
honor OF the President when informed of
what had occurred to undo the action of
the minister and reinstate her and the
authority which she claimed as the consti-
tutonal sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands
After patient examination of Mr.
BiountS reports, the President is satisfied
that the movement against the queen If not
lnStgated, was encouraged and supported
by the repreSen tative of this government
at Honolulu; that he promised in advance
to aid her enemies in an effort to over
throw the Hawaiian government and set
up by force a new government in its place
and that he kept this promise by causing a
detachment of troops to be landed from the
Boston on the 10th of January, 1893 and by
recognizing the provisional government the
next day, after it was too feeble to defend
itself and the constitutional government
authority against any threatening force,
other than that Of the United States al
ready landed.
THE President has, therefore, determined
that he will not send back to the Senate
1or it's action the treaty which he with
drew from the body for the further consid-
Grafton on the 9th day of March last. In
view of these conclusions / was instructed
by the President of the United States to
take advantage of an early opportunity to
inform the queen of this determination and
of his views as to the responsibility of our
government.
THE President, however felt that we,
by our original Interference, had incurred
responsibility to the whole Hawaiian COM
munity, and that ii would not be just to
put one party at the mercy of the other
l was therefore instructed at the same time
to inform her that the President expected
that she would pursue a magnanimous
course by granting full amnesty to all who
participated in the movement against her,
including persons who ares or who have
been, officially or otherwise, connected with
the provisional government, depriving them
of no right or privilege which they enjoy
co before the revolution of last January
and that all obliga tons created by the pro-
visional government in the course of ad-
ministration should be assumed.
I'm obedience to the command of the
President, / have secured the queens
agreement to this course, and l now de-
liver a writing signed by her and duly at
tested, a copy of which l will leave with
YOU / will now read that writing. / will
read from the original, leaving with you a
certified copy:
LiliuOkalanfs Pledge.
st, Liliuokalani, in recognition of the
high sense of justice which has actuated
the President Of the United States. and