Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-01-20
More Light on the Hawaiian Infamy.

Every American who believes i'll |
American traditions and principles |
should read this dispatch, and remem
Der that after it had been received the |
President, through Gresham, repeat
I'd his instructions to Minister Willis |
o persist in his efforts to re -enthrone |
he barbarous woman who had delib- |
erately declared her purpose to wreak
vengeance upon the Pro
visional Government 1t might be
that thu President would
have recoiled in disgust from a crea
ture capable Of such an avowal, and
have FASTENED to instract the Ameri-
can Minister to have nothing more to
do with her, especially after the Min
lister had informed the President that
from these and other facts which
have been developed ! feel satisfied
that there will be concerted move
ment in the event of restoration for
the overthrow of the constitution,
which would mean the overthrow of
constitutional and limited govern
ment and the absolute dominion of
the Queen" But Cleveland took diff
ferent view. The prospect of the
erection Of a savage absolutism i'll
Hawaii or the ruins of an enlighten-
ed and a civilized government did not
turn him from the course upon which
he had determined "Be guided by
your previous instruction." was his
message to Willis by the Corwin.
The publication of this dispatch
from Willis fully justifies what The
Press said in regard to the suppressed
dispatches on the very day after the
President sent his first Hawaiian mes
sage to Congress. The Press declared
the statement of Cleveland that he
had withheld certain documents be-
cause their publication would be in
compatible with the public interests
to be manifestly misleading, and as
serted that the dispatches in question
were witheld because their publication
would prove incompatible with any
further effort to restore the monarchy.
The evidence Of the vindictive spirit
of the ex-Queen would have been a
sufficient answer to any argument
that the revolution against her was
not justifiable, and would have 1e-
doubled public Indignation at the at
titude Of the President That evil
dence was therefore withheld, not in
the public interest, but in the Presi-
dents own interest, and in order that
the American Congress and the Amer
lean people might remain in the dark
as to the real character Of the woman
he proposed to make sovereign of
Hawaii.
The answer of President Dole of Ha-
wall to the inpudent and arrogant de-
mand made i'll behalf Of President
Cleveland for the surrender of the
Provisional Government is as temper
ate and dignitied as it is clear and
convincing. The demand, declares
President Dole, might well have been
dismissed in a single word but for the
false statements and erroneous con-
illusions on which it pretended to be
based I'VE do not recognize, he
asserts, 1.-The right of the President of
The United States to interfere in our
domestic affairs. Such right could be
conferred upon him by the act of this
government, and by that alone, or it
could be acquired by conquest. This
l understand to be tie American doc
trine, conspicuously announced from
time to time by the authorities OF
your government. Mr.. Dole then
proceeds to demolish the pretence
that the President had been invited by
any act of the Provisional Govern
ment to interfere in its affairs. He
points ont that the whole business OF
Hawaiian government with the Presi-
dent of the United States is set forth
in the correspondence between the
two governments, and that if the
Provisional Government had submit
ted to the President the question of
its right to exist, then the fact would
appear in that correspond nee. The
answer Of the Hawaiian President pre-
scnts a marked contrast to the public
utterances of the American Presidet
in freedom from cant, subterfuge, and
platitudes 1t is a worthy preseuta-
ton of the case Of free people, largely
OF the American kindred and descent,
whose Liberties have been assaulted in
most trcacherous and infamous
manner
The Hawaiian infamy has not YET
been fully exposed The character
Of the documents still withheld is un.
known. Congress and the nation
have yet 70 learn the verbal instruc-
tions given TO Willis and the orders
given to officers of the American navy
at Honolulu. The British share in
the conspiracy has also to be revealed.
A dispatch from Minist Willis goes
10 verify the presumption that the
English Government was acquainted
with Cleveland's plans before they
were made known to the American
people, and that a British vessel of war
was ordered in consequence to Homo
lulu But, whatever the depth of the iu-
amy as yet unprobed, the nation looks |
10 Congress for the truth and all the
truth There should be no delay in
every important witness !
who can be reached TO appear before
of the Senate and House /
lud tell The story which the Admin /
stration has striven to suppress; a /
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