The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-09
TWO STORIES OF INFAMY.
WHAT cIEVELzNDism WAS IN sh-
MoA AND IN ma HhII.

oa-Htouut at Honolulu Prevents = LII
ersi Provision for Liruoksisni-Psrt o
Me-. sewal's Recent Speech st Augusta
FSon the Portland Press.
am here 20 speak for an American forcig
policy, consistent and continuous, which shaI
give TO our Government It's proper and becomin
influence among the nations of the world. an
here 10 speak for the honor and glory Of th
American nag, for the protection of Americal
citizens and American interests wherever the,
are, and for the extension OF the territory Of thi
great republic wherever in this Western hemis
phere natural right and national destiny hay
decreed that IL shall 20.
What has been done in the Pacific, what hai
been attempted there by Mr.. Cleveland, la
been in the name Of the American people. II
your name and in mine, and we are here to re
pudiate that action for ourselves and TO acqui
our consciences before the world.
Gloriously for our State and happily for th,
nation, Maine has led and led often in her couu,
ellis, and II for q time she leads there no longer
sbe can at least refuse to follow In the path that
has led only 70 national humiliation and ma.
tional shame.
We are told nowadays In tho discussion OF
public questions TO a~cquaint ourselves With con.
ditions rather than with theories. What are the
facts regarding our position in the Pacific
On this immense ocean two-hfths of the terri
800 AhaAA3 " NNhANN ~ wi SAANtN
on the Pacific slope give US a frontage there Of
over 1900 miles. not including Puget Sound.
Alaska in its measured extensions east and west
and north and south adds TO that a frontage
twice as great.
To the east lie the richest nations OF Asia, to
the south the future Anglo-Saxon republic OF
Australia, whose people are to-day the aptest
students of our political institutional
My friends, could the fathers have foreseen
the developments Of q century; could they have
foreseen this expansion 10 the Pacific. an ex-
mansion which Inv the connections ~ conmorco
finds Its limit only a; tho shores which form
the Orient of Its name; above all, could they
have foreseen, as we foresee, the bursting of the
Geo.. :, a. ,.o.,S - W. q
oceans OF the world VINO can doubt that the
the MissIssippi. that was onlv STAYED from cuba
1900. q. - ai.s.,~ ~
Jealous and powerful nationwide can doubt,
I say, that tho hand Of jefferson would have
planted our flag and planted It to stay some
where on those fertile island groups that guard
like s~entlnels the highways Of the Pacific, the
seat Oh inc iuture mme OF the woridY
nos,tIor NJ srnroma, na momanou.a a."
rssarJino ,So penIeo AN advantage
Ont of the vast aopreuate NJ ialapd terr,torr
which d.rrens ,bo ch.r, ., tho paoia. 80.
two important island groups unaSsortea VI by
european powers. HAWAII ana samoa In cor
responding ana commanding positions In the
Nortn anu south Faclnc' hawaii Standing.
the jowelled outpost of our Golden Gate" and
A,.,ro,,. - -. Ill. "al. W
Aus'rai,a unu % n indles 70 wh.eh the parting
rive birth.
Regarding these two eroups there has been
schepter disereditSablle and Ss,,, p ne iingfsdw Written r. !
diplomatio history / snv' stiIi heinu aritton
ron Is mMS' SS eIEnS c St easement hW the ma
!eeii policy poisoned by thS pcpsonnl i ninno
Ia beeoms s Ino ws a1 T. k bSs a shls; tha ,h SO raj as IL
~eondemnatipn y our n own na'i So 5s rna sne 4uiGS
cpinion OF other nations so MOI M vn uitu SSCtnne
f Ger n,p ourselves orsn e but we have u serious grievance
n there is anv6odv on eartb from, vho,o ,h.
people, Of this country hays the right g aspect
the Presiden of fhe United states in re9nrd tntba
trusts with which he is charged. Ana II tberee
is any President in ALI our 6istorv whose nrno
ali. IL Is Brcsiden ttnSC leyesI h 70 S smPGcs TINS ms a1 15
rogardine samoa and Havai, be los not d td.
fefriv Nv onr nnnaSancn Wia ne na NOT aeait
T ratas r ey 1Su SSh these have MS bsen messages eacis 10 Con;
pTeiT paf;P, reSss 1ati6 a case made up, not those
the wider discretion OF Conuress "que''iou'
ThAV hnpa haan maaQaDa .f -
the dsnuncintion that yvSnId dest sn, nnntn,ot
none Of the suaeestJons ~ u q SUnthnihg
Womb raarrs anS rnIId u ssa.esman VINO
mesaaoes ~ dacentior - up: tney nave oeeh
yery informstion tbev prossss 30 20 tU eohceal Inc
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SAMOA.
speak first of the question OF Samoa, not be-
cause IL Is the more Important. but because it is
so little understood, Probably there IA nn 1res.
ton in which our Government has become SO
deeply involved 30 little understood as this,
Who knows how Il was that our relations there
. few years ago brought us TO the verge OF war
with Germany, and actually cost us In lives and
treasure the price itself OF war? Who knoSs
the point of honor behind all this, and the ma.
terIal interests at stakeY The letter OF the sec
rotary OF State transmitted by the Presldent
does not enlighten, nor was IL designed 10 do 40
Apparently II Is directed against the present
agreement regarding Samoa, commonly Known
as the Berlin act. Really II is directed against
our whole policy which has brought ms thera
II the conception OF Mr.. cleveland and MIR.
Gresham OF the duties Of their high oficrs he in:
deed TO undo and destroy what has been done
for us In the Pacific by the preceding Adminiss
II, as regards Samoa theS wish n@t
only TO undo this, but. to set aside for naught
nv Secretaries Esh Eyarts ~ vail ~ iv paauT'