The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-04

qutst VI hliHiStoT Wills tnut tne lHtLei
should step down and out was pub
lished in Honolulu this morning. We
present the more important chapters OF
it below in full:
EXECUTIVE BUILDING, [
HONOLULU, Dec. esd, 1893
Sra: Your Excellency's communica.
ton of December 10th, announcing
the conclusion which the President OF
the United States of America has fin
ally arrived at respecting the applica-
ton of this Government for a treaty
of political union with that country,
and referring also to the domestic
affairs of these Islands, has had the
consideration of the Government.
While it is with deep disappoint-
ment that we learn that the important
proposition which we have submitted
to the Government of the United
States, and which was at first favorably
considered by it, has al length
been rejected, we have experienced a
sense of relief that we are now favored
with the first official information upon
the subject that has been re-
ceived through a period of over nine
months.
While we accept the decision of the
President of the United States declin-
ing further to consider the annexation
proposition as the final conclusion of
the present Administration we do not
feel inclined to regard it as the last
word OF the American Government
upon this subject; for the history of
the mutual relations of the two coun.
tries, of American effort and influence
in building up the Christian civiliza-
ton which has so conspicuously aided
IN giving this country an honorable
place among independent nations, the
geographical position OF these Islands
and the important and, to both coun-
tries, profitable reciprocal commercial
interests which have long existed, to-
gether with our weakness as a sover-
eign nation, all point with convincing
force to political union between the
two countries as the necessary logical
result from the circumstances men.
toned. This conviction is empha-
sized by the favorable expression of
American statesmen over a long period
in favor of annexation, conspicuous
among whom are the names of w. l..
Marcy, William II. Seward, Hamilton
Fish and James G. Blaine, an former
Secretaries of State, and especially so
by the action of your last Administra-
ton in negotiating treaty of annex
alton with this Government and send
ing it to the Senate with view to its
ratification.
We shall therefore continue the pro-
Ject of political union with the United
States as conspicuous feature Of our
foreign policy, confidently hoping that
sooner or later it will be Gro owned with
success to the lasting benefit of both
countries.
President Dole then enters upon an
able discussion of the claim that the
United States has a right to interfere in
our domestic concerns, quoting Ameri.
can political authorities and precedents
to sustain the adverse view. From this
he proceeds to various phases of the
Blount report and says:
Without entering into a discussion
of the facts, i beg to state in reply
that l am unable to judge of the cor
rectness of Mr.. Blount'ss report, from
which the Presidents conclusions were
drawn, as l have had no opportunity
of examining such report. But de-
sire to specifically and emphatically
deny the correctness of each and every
one of the allegations of fact contained
in the above.quoted statement; yet, as
the President has arrived at a positive
opinion in his own mind in the matter,
l will refer to it from his own stand
point.
My position is briefly this: If the
American forces illegally assisted the
revolutionists in the establishment of
the Provisional Government, that Gov
eminent is not responsible for their
wrong doing. It was purely private
matter for discipline between the United
States Government and its own officers
There is, l submit, no precedent in in
ternational law for the theory that
such action of the American troops has
conferred upon the United States au-
thority over the internal affairs of this
Government. Should it be true, as you
have suggested, that the American Gov.
eminent made itself responsible to the
Queen, who, it is alleged, lost her throne
through such action, that is not a mat
ter for me to discuss, except to submit
that, if such be the case, it il a matter
for the American Government and her
TO settle between them. This Govern
ment, a recognized sovereign power,
equal in authority with the United
States Government and enjoying perfect
diplomatic relations with it, cannot be
destroyed by it for the sake of discharg-
ing its obligations to the Queen
Upon these grounds, Mr. Minister, in
behalf of my Government, respectfully
protest against the usurpation of its au-
thority as suggested by the language of
your communication.
1t is difficult for stranger like your
self, and much more for the President
of the United States, with his pressing
responsibilities, his crowding cares and
his want of familiarity with the condi-
ton and history of this country and the
inner life of its people, to obtain clear
insight into the real state of aft. irs and
to understand the social currents, the
race feelings and the customs and ira
ditions, which all contribute to the po-
litical outlook. We, who have grown
up here or who have adopted this coun-
try as our home, are conscious OF the
difficulty of maintaining stable govern
ment here. A community which is
made up of five races, of which the
larger part but dimly appreciates the
4, significance and value of representative
institutions. offers political problems
which may well tax the wisdom Of the
most experienced statesman.
For long years a large and infiuen-
tial part of this community, includ-
ing many foreigners and native Ha-
waiians, have observed with deep re-
greet the retrogressive tendencies of
the Hawaiian monarchy, ard have
honorably striven against them, and
have sought through legislative work,
the newspapers and by personal APP
peal and individual influence to sup
port and emphasize the representative
features of the monarchy, and to ere
ate public sentiment favorable there
to, and thereby to avert the catastro'
phe that seemed inevitable if such
tendencies were not restrained. These
efforts have been met by the last two
sovereigns in spirit of aggressive
hostility. The struggle became al
length a well defined issue between
royal prerogative and the right Of rep
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