The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-01
SENATOR MORGAN'S TALK
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sitter one of them. \ republic like the
United States cannot have Kingdom
or an empire as a colony; the entire
Government from end to end must be
republic, it cannot he royal or any
ways royal. We cannot recognize
anything monarchical
The speaker then read from AleNan-
der's history and the protest of Dam
iel Webster to the annexation of Ha-
wall by Great Britain. He continued:
you ean see from these the Ameri-
cans value of liberty. We would new
er leave our shores to approach Ha-
waii i'm this manner. We would come
here and direct and advise you, be-
cause you are republic, but we would
never come to conquer you. 1t was
the presence of the Boston in Honolu-
In in 1913 that saved the country from
conquest by Great Britain. American
officers protested against such a pro-
ceeding. This protest completes the
second chapter of the people of Ha-
wall.
The third chapter opens with an
other offer of annexation, made on ac-
count of French irritation of the peo-
pie here. The King was so discourage
ed by these acts of Great Britain and
France that he had deed of cesslon
drawn up. signed and sealed. He took
| it to the American Minister. read it
to him and handed it over with the
remark: When you see the American
! flag hoisted over that of Hawaii un-
derstand that these Islands belong to
the United States
Now, here are two distinct offers
on the part of the King of Hawaii to
hand these Islands over TO the United
States, but in both cases we refused
them. When Mr. Marcy was Secrc-
tary of State in the United States. the
King and his Cabinet agreed with our
Minister here upon the terms OF a
treaty of annexation. and that treaty
was lost simply through the fact that
King Kamehameha III died before he
had an opportunity to sign it.
''In the fact of this evidence of the
friendship of the people of Hawaii,
can any man of reason say that the
United States has any purpose of ag-
gression or of growing rich by the
possession of these islands. When
King Kalakaua visited the United
States a ship Of war was placed at his
service to convey him to that coun-
try, where he was %treated in most
royal manner, and upon his leaving
our shores vessel of war carried him
again to these Islands. And now when
Queen Liliuokalani came to the throne
we recognized her authority and we
agreed with her upon the celebrated
Treaty of Reciprocity. which act has
cost us nearly $3S,000,000, and has
made YOU q rich DeODle
I'm the face of all this can our con-
duct be called anything but upright
and honest in every detail? When
King Kala<aua was taken very i'll In
San Francisco his remains were re-
turned here in royal state upon an
American ship of war. Such was the
respect we had for your dead King
Coui, Hawaiians themselves have
done more?
"Now do Won suppose that 7. as an
american citizen or Senator of the
United States, would have less respect
for you or yours than | would show to
Kalakaua. who was dead and gone? |
reside in Dallas, in Alabama, a Stnte
larger than Hawaii and Oahu put to-
gether, with a population of $4,000
,people, out of which only 10000 are
L
vote just as / do, and are respected
by the people amongst whom they
live according 10 their merits, and no
man has right to ask for respect eN-
cept upon his merits.
I'm the United States we have abouI
$50 different xmas of Indians, rang
ing from the utter savage to the civil
lied man, able and educated. Some
of these Indians live in cities and some
in territories. Some have gradually
sold their lands to the Governments;
others in addition to having 800 ac-
res of land, are worth no less than
100000 per man, woman and child in
property, Every man in the United
States is entitled to his vote and YOU
cannot deprive him of it. In many of
the states women are allowed the
franchise also. In some states people
are not allowed to vote unless they
can read and write. In some states
man cannot vote for the Senate unless
he owns certain amount of property.
in the United States, numbering
now forty-tive, everyone is in an indie
pendent republic united together in
order to protect themselves against all
foreign foes, to circulate mail and for
the rapid movement of troops, etc,
should occasion demand. Every state
is an Independent republic. Now,
whether you come as Il state or as a
territory, you come as separate re-
public; you take no oaths. with this
exception. yon agree to become Ame-
rican citizens.
Chinese cannot vote in any state in
the United States. Why? Because
they cannot become citizens. Hawaii
ans con vote in any state or territory.
Why? Because annexation makes
them American citizens. Do you con-
slider it not worth your while to be-
come an American citizen? My opin-
ion there is no man who has occasion
to feel so proud as citizen of the
United States.
81 have been Senator more than 20
years, and since | have been there |
have sat side by side with the negroes
good men. have not sat side by
side of an Indian, because the states
have not elected them to office. / have
sat side by side of men who have con-
siderable Indian blood in their veins,