The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-10-09
Mr.. CLEVELAND TO MR.. DOLE.

AS the Australian press admits
that the British have lost Necker
Island, through the hardness Of
the promoters of the cable scheme,
we suggest that it furnishes the &C.
casion of a fraternal letter from
President Cleveland to President
Dole, draft of which we respect
fully submit, and hope Mr.. Willis
will secure Mr.. Cleveland's sigma
ture to it:
GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND:
have the honor of expressing to
you my official gratitude, for the
promptness and strategy with which
you have secured and annexed Neck
er Island to the Hawaiian Republic.
Although my official hatred of Mr..
John L. Stevens, late Minister, is I'M
quenchable, would, in the full dis
charge of the moral obligation of
duty, which pervades the universe;
that is to say, would give the devil
his due, by recommending that the
name of the island be changed from
''Necker' to Stevens"
In promptly anticipating the Brit
ish occupation of that island, YOU
have rendered the United States SER
vice, which, in the future, may be of
inestimable value.
You are undoubtedly aware of the
relations which exist between the
E--lseb onl
two great branches of the Anglo
Saxon race; relations which are at
the same time loving and hostile.
While these relations arise from
the same hereditary source, and are
consecrated by a common literature,
and a common religion, there exists,
perhaps unfortunately, an instructive
and perverse desire, on the part of the
American people, to 'get twist on
the tail of the British lion," and, on
the other hand, the same disposition,
exists on the part of the Brit
ish people, to "pull the tail
feathers out of the American
eagle" This tendency affords
healthy mental recreation to happy
millions, on both sides of the Allan
tic, and keeps forever alive the en-
beers of patriotism.
AS you are aware, Great and Good
Friend, in the matter of the alabama
Claims" the American people twisted
the tail of the lion, have mentioned,
to the extent of S15,0O0,OO0. In the
matter of the Newfoundland fisher
ies," the British, on the other hand,
pulled out tail feathers of the eagle
have referred to, to the extent of
S4,000,000. In the matter of the Behr-
ing sea dispute, the British, again,
have pulled out another handful of
the tail feathers of the eagle, and,
therefore, that great Empire il one
ahead of the Americans in the game.
Considering, however, that Hawaii
inevitably gravitates towards politi-
cal union with the United States, that
her citizens dominate there, and that
her acquisition of that island, is sub
States, / have the honor to sincerely
the little Republic, in its
first tiny effort to put its baby fingers
on the tail have referred to, and on
its having given it an infantile squeeze. |
This ''twist," if l may be allowed to
use such a diplomatic expression,
should be credited, on all interna-
tional books of account, to the United |
States, and it, therefore, makes honors
easy, or 1.-TWO and" in the series of |
loving contests between the two great |
branches of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Great and Good Friend. Do we, who |
are called to "high stations by the |
vox populi, find any more comfort in
them, than the uneasy heads that |
wear crowns?
1 have the honor to be, with distin-
guished consideration, etc.