The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-18

dated monarchy. a view shared by Ar.
CLEVELAND, President DOLE and his coad-
tutors have been guilty Of high treason. and
wore III1UoKAbANt once reestabllshed on
the throne. nothing could arrest the opera
ton OF the law against high treason in their
case. Under the Hawaiian Constitution she
could not fntorpose to save them II sho
tried. and no candid reader Of despatch No.
can believe that she would try. 1t lie true
that Senator GRAY OF Delaware. In his per-
forvid efforts to find excuses for Mr. CLEvE-
LAND. INSERTS that the United States would
have been able to make good the promise
Of amnesty How. pray, would they have
been able? Senator GRAY forgets that Mr..
CLEVELAND. by the instructions dated Dec.
8. ordered Mr.. WILLIS to tell LILIuoKALANI
that the American Executive would have
no power to use force for the purpose OF
sustaining her after her restoration to the
throne. But, II he had no power to
use force for the purpose OF sustaining
her. where would he get power for the pur-
pose Of coercing her into keeping her
promse2 There is but one answer: by his
own tardy and reluctant admission, he
could get 1t from Congress alone. But
many weeks would necessarily elapse be-
tween the news that Mr.. DOLE and his col
leagues had. In pursuance OF the Hawaiian
Constitution. been arrested. and would be
brought to trial for high treason: many
weeks. we say. must needs elapse between
such an announcement and the reception OF
a despatch from Washington to the effect
that Congress had authorized the Execu-
tive to use force to avert a judicial assas-
sinatlon. During the whole OF that interval
Mr. DOLE and his friends would have been
at the mercy Of a savage and bloodthirsty
woman and the gang OF scoundrels by
whom she Is surrounded; and the chances
are hundred to one that they would have
been tried. convicted. sentenced. aud be-
headed within twenty.four hours.
All this must have been as clear to Mr..
CLEVELAND and his Secretary OF state
when. with the suppressed despatch before
them. they prepared the instructions u
Dec. 3, as 1t Is now to every intelligent and
candid reader OF the suppressed document.
Mr.. CLEVELAND knew that, IL that despatch
had accompanied the other papers sub
mitted to the Federal legislature, 1t would
have provoked such whirlwind OF indlgna-
ton that Congress would have been forced
to order him to take his hands of Hawaii.
aud recall every order. written or oral.
which might place in frightful jeopardy the
lives OF upright and high-mlnded men OF
pure American descent like President DOLE
and his supporters. He knew that such
would be the result OF divulging this docu-
ment. and he deliberately withheld it, so
that his agent WILLIS might have some
weeks longer In which to coax sham
promise out OF the ex-Queen. and thus ex-
pose President DOLE and his friends to the
gravest peril. He pretended. indeed.
that despatch No. had been withheld
from consideration Of the public interest;
hut we challenge Mr.. CLEVELAND. or any Of
his official or officious champions. now to
say what public interest was subserved by
the suppression OF that document We
know what private interests we're thereby
exposed to appalling risks: those Of all the
reputable and law-abidns Hawaiian citi-
zens OF American descent. We know. too
what public interests were sacrificed: the
dignity OF the United States. and the duty
Of leaving to Congress tho powers reserved
to 1t by the Constitution. But We repeat,
what public interest was subserved by the
suppression OF LILIUoKALANIsb loodthirsty
intentions until they could be suppressed
no longer? We await a reply from one Of
the cuckoos. whose mouths are gaping for
Federal Judgeship or some other crumb
OF Executive patronage.