Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-28
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ThereUpon, within an hour @.
the making OF this procIs atiou
the American minister recoguiz-
ed the provisional government as
the de fscto government of Che
Hawaiian Islands The Queen
was now pressed to abdicate, II
being represented TO her that the
American minister. having recog
med the provisional government.
and that government being snp-
ported by the troops Of the
United States, resistance would
lie useless, and that she would
have the right Of appeal to the
government of the United States
to undo the acts OF the provision
al government and Of the Amer
lean minister.
Yielding to these considera-
tons the Queen on the same day
signed a declar ton by which
she yielded to the superior
forces of the United States of
America until such time as the
government of the United States
shall, upon the facts being pre-
sented to it, undo the action of
its representative and reinstate
me in the authority which /
claim"
Two days later commissioners
of the provisional government
started for Washington. where
they arrived on the 3rd of Febru-
airy, and on the 18th of tue same
month the treaty of annexation
WAS transmitted to Congress by
President Harrison, only thirty
two days having passed between
the incipiency of the movement
for the overthrow of the monarchy
AID the presentation to Congress
of the treaty of annexation. and
of these few days fifteen were
occupied by the passage of the
commissioners from Honolulu to
Washington.
1t would not be correct to say
that all the facts here stated are
undisputed. Some of them rest
upon authentic public documents
and events which are ind sput
able; but some of them rest upon
the evidence gathered and pre-
scented TO the President and
Congress by special Commissioner
Blount. OF Mr.. Blount it is just
to say that no citizen of our
country had higher claims to
confidence for such a mission.
His report and conclusions bear
every mark of skill, industry and
impartiality. and the evidence
submitted by him thoroughly
establishes the truth of every
statement here made which is not
established otherwise by indis-
putable evidence.
1t clearly appears. then, that
the Hawaiian revolution was be-
gun and carried forward by
band of men majority of whom
We're not Hawaiian subjects, but
foreign subjects. not one of whom
was of native Hawaiian parent
age; that before the revolution
had gained any assured standing,
and while the Queen was undis-
turbed in her authority, the
American minister came to its
rescue and landed United States
forces to give it physical support;
that the American minister re-
cognized the provisional govern
ment which he had thus aided
as the de facto government before
the Queen had to any extent
yielded her authority. and before
the provisional government was
in formal or even technical pos
session of the government build
ings.
Much additional evidence tends
strongly to show the American
minister as the active fomenter
and Jealous advocate of revolu
ton and annexation before and
during the progress of events
here narrated, but it is not
necessary to take account of this.
If the facts now summarized
a case where two par
ties or factions of Hawaiian
subjects had by their voluntary.
independent acts precipitated a
revolution. the only deity or
responsibility of the United |
States would have consisted in
standing absolutely neutral as
between the two parties, and. il |
need be, protecting the lives and |
property of the American citizens
not parties to the struggle. and |
when the supremacy of one or |
The other party was assured. and |
t was III actual possession of the |
government, to recngsize the
governmental representatives of |
;nch successful party as the de
iacto government. Our govern. !
nent would have had no lawful /
with the merits of the
but only with its physi- |
al result If, for example. Mr..
Chief Justice Judd of the Hawai-
an Islands, (my friend and
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