The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-24
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.
Strong Defense Of cleveiaud's Policy
In HAWAII and Elsewhere.

April contains dD hTtNle HUN WV
pen OF Senator Geo. Gray, OF Dele
ware, entitled 1.-TWO Years OF Am
ericau Diplomacy" reply TO an
article from Senator Davis, entitled
"Two Years OF Democratic Diplom-
scy," both articles as matter OF
course bearing upon the Hawaiian
question. At the request OF several
OF our subscribers We reprint :"
much OF Senator Gray's arli !s as
may he o. interest to our readers:
It is said that 1.-The proceedings Of
the present Naturalization respect
ing Hawaii form composite OF
bluud-rs, cruelty aud usurpation."
A. in the case of the DISCRIMINATING
sugar duty, the facts are stronger
than epith.fs aud refute this charge.
More than iifrv years ago the gov.
ernmeut oi the United States, acting
upon what was then uuderstood 10
b. an American doctrine, recognizes :
the native government OF Hawai-
"ds u gopsrpm' at suiicd 10 III con-
diion Of The p'ople, and resting on
Meir oUp choice" Not only were we
the first to take that step, but we in.
sisted that other Powers should 70
spect the Independence which we
had acknowledged. Such was our
traditional aud honorable policy.
This policy 10 Janusry aud Febru-
cry, 1898, ~ss suddenly reversed. In
tho closing ~-eGsoi Presideut Harri-
sons administration, the country
was startled by the news that the rs.
tablished government OF the Hawai-
ian Islands had been overthrow by
revolution in the city OF Honolulu.
The steamer that brought this news
brought also To the county CON
missioDers from q so.callsd Pro-
vision3l Government, rendering .
treaty Of annexation to the United
States While people we're inquir-
ing with wonder how this revolution
could have been accomplishe with
out prcmoni,iou, aud without the
firing OF a shot, President Har rison
sent to the Senate for ratification =
treaty concluded by him With these
Commissioners, providing for the in
corporation Of the islands into, aud
a. part OF, the United States.
By tho documents which accom-.
panied the Presidents message il
for tbs first time appeared, after
they had been printed and consider.
Cd, that United States Minister
Stevens and the forces landed from
the ship ot-war Boston had been to
sorae extent. but TO how large an
eXteut could not then DO known, &C.
live M iepoSing the Queen. i: mp
pearsd that the deposition occurred
January IL, 1893; that the Commits.
sioners to tho United States we're
appointed Jsnusry Is, and sailed for
San Frsucieso January ID, aud that
they communicated their arrival in
Washington by letter to Secretary
Foster, dated February 3. The
treaty OF annexation was concluded
February ii, aud sent to the Senate
February Is. This indecent haste
did not meet vita the response that
was demanded OF the Senate. The
country knew nothing, and could
kaow nothing OF the circumstance
surrounding the transaction, aud the
Senate committee on foreign rela-
tions, given pause by the significant
and suspicious intimations gat hered
from the official documents referred
TO, declined to act on the treaty be-
fore ths close of the session on the
ensuing 4th OF March, though urged
by the then Secretary OF State to
immediate action. This caution on
the part OF the committee was
amply indicated by subsequent in
formation.
President Cleveland, Immediately
after his Inauguration, was confront
cd with this situation. There was
more than enough in the facts, as
disclosed by the papers, to put him
upon inquiry a. to how far the honor
and good name OF the United States
might be involved in this unusual
and precipitats proceeding. He ac-
oordingly withdrew the treaty, with.
out prejudice, for further investiga,
ton. To properly inform himself
of the situation, before aud after the
overthrow OF the established gov,
eminent in those distant islands, II
was absolutely necessary that he
should send there q trusted agent
TO see with his eyes and hear with
his ears what the President could
not see aud hear with his own. Hi,
choice fell upon the Hon. James II
Bleunt, Of Georgia. No better selec
ton could have been made. Mr.
Blount had just retired from public