The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-23
Cleveland Retreat, Too Late.

Tho administration OF surrender and
shame, oil conspiracy and treachery, Of
subserviency to British interests and
hostility to American rights has again
been driven into humiliating retreat by
an Overwhelming outburst OF patriotic
indignation. The news OF the revolt OF
the royalists in Hawaii and OF the COM
plete triumph OF the Hawaiian govern
ment over tho half savage rebels found
the Cleveland administration and the
diminished remnant OF tho cuckoos in
Congress loudly protesting that no
necessity existed for the presence Of an
American warship in Hawaii. Within
twelve hours after tho knowledge that
the royalist plot, for the fur%thcrance oil
which the American ships had been
Withdrawn from Hawaiian waters, was
q tota! failure, the President had given
orders for the immediate dispatch
OF the cruiser Philadelphia to Homo
lulu. 1t must not DC supposed that Mr..
Cleveland was actuated by patriotism
in thus suddenly reversing his course.
There is excellent authority for the
statement that he refused to make this
radical change OF policy until he was
assured that it was an absolute necessity
in order to avert the practically unani-
nous condemnation OF tho administra-
ton in both the senate and tho house.
But tho surrender was made; and the
CuckoOs, even while they were shouting
that tho idea OF sending 4 warship to
Hawai-! WAS nonsense, were c~ontounIed
By the fact that the administration had
yielded 10 the demand Of Congress- aud
the American people. and had confessed
that in leaving American intcrcats I'M
guarded in Hawaii IL had been guilty OF
n grave ot!onse against the honor and
dignity OF tho United States.
This is by no means tho first tlme that
Mr.. Cleveland, after making n great
show OF buster aud bravado. has boon
forced to run by tho public wrath
which he has aroused. His procipitate
action is in itself n signal condcmna-
ton Of his previous Conrse, mud ini!icts
what would DO m intolcrablc burden Of
modification upon the Cuckoos, II these
repudiatod individuals were capable OF
feeling tho emotion OF shame. But this
last retreat of tho President, like his
previous retrogradc movements, come
after tho mischief has been done. Tho
gallant Charles i. Carter has boon
slaughtered rs n sacrifice to the Cleve.
land Hawaiian policy, several other
lives have boon lost, and tho Hawaiian
commonwealth hns been convrlsod by Il
dangerous instruction which in all
probability would never have taken
place il tho Philadelphia had boon at
anchor in tho harbor at Honolulu.
The solo object in aonding this vessel
to Hawaii now IL tho hopo that tho NIB.
jcct retreat OF tho administration will
lesson tho force of tho storm OF con.
domination which will DO directed against
Cleveland and Gresham in both houses
Of Congress within tho next forty.eight
| hours. But tho course OF tho President
| on Saturday will not save him nor his
renegade tool, Gresham. from tho
| 4cn,hing donunciation which thoir IN
| famous conduct deserves. Tho people
| of this country and tho mon who roprc.
pcnt American aontimont in Congress
thoroughly comprehend tho motive, OF
tho administration in its trepchoroui
and cowurdly policy toward Hawaii, md
Tint policy will DO characterized in IT.
ling terms on tho floor of both branchoS
| of tho national legislature.