The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-08

| duty imposed by our obligafions Ia o,,ro
SieiiVes, TO clyllization and humanity, to
| mtttNene with force, 1t shall be without
iault on our part, and only because The
necessity for such action will be SO clear
of bo V CiyiiigadnhI me support and approval
=, HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
my, 10y T. special message dated the 18th OF
signed shgh nat day by the, plenlpotentiaries Of
NE United States and of the republic of
poration Of the Hawaiian Islands as an
integral part of the United States and UNI
p pep,d us dsoyoreigpLy. The senate having
tthhoough inc treaty is stil pending before
referrod H. IT, .SuhJect may be prop ,ly
necessary action OF ,he congress Is re-
! guiIg2 70 determine by legislation many
1 sct nf Oh te eventual union, should the
believe it should he. 0'
wv While e|onsistten,y disavowing from
very early period any aggressive policy
OF absorption in regard ~ the HaWa ian
through thrce.Guarters of a century has
! proclaimed the Vitll ir.erests ~ ks ths
! United states in the Independent life ~
t tfn, islands ana thcir intimate CONNER
the same time it las been repeatedly as
sitv tf ''' ia,5,iia h.; .a,o ssi'. e..
the passage Of the Islands under the
dominatiuh or influence of any power
| thdn the ntt.I SfWies. Under these
| CURED that cnnexa lion heretofore Of
| iered but declined. should in the ripeness
| Of lime come about as the natural result
! OF tho trcnBiueuinS ties that bind us TO
! those Stands ana he realized by the free
| Will Of the Hawaiian state.
That treaty was unanimously ratified
without amendment by the senate and
PresidiCcint Of the republi of Hawaii on
| awaits the favorable action of the Amer
lean senate to effect the complete absorp-
ton of The islands into the domain of the
| United stat ee. What the conditions of
shall oil
ton thereof to the United States, the
character of the local administration, the
chise of the Inhabitants. the extension of
the federal laws to the territory or the
enactment of special laws to fit the Pc
culiar condition thereof, the regulation,
| If need be, of labor system therein, are
all matters which the treaty has wisely
relegated to the congress. If the treaty is
nIty ana hn9nor requires, the wisdom OF
| congress Will see to It that. avoiding alb
rupt, assimi alton of elements perhaps
hardly yet lifted to share in the highest
| franchises of citizenship, and having due
regard to the geographical conditions, the
most Just provisions for self-rule in local
matters with the largest political liber-
win be accorded to the Hawalans So No
less Is due people, which, after nearly
i've years OF demonstrated capacity to
fulhil the obligations of self-governing
statehood. come of their own free will TO
merge destluicS in our body polite
| ! he questions which have arisen be-
t tSe S4Pam ana Hawaii by Ian OF
ign,tinc to III isIpd 5aD +La IN IN
IN CU ~ f o. ISeo, are
nee1it1 M, S'9Sv W t pS
been invited to mediate, and on the
other hand has. sought no intervention
ltndl,est dsn,s igTaner man 70 evnfe us
! SPEEDY and direct adjustment by the two
oo,,ao - ~ llt me resi-, as Siiail
! gratifying to learn that the aDprehensionS
iest II" 10 uis ,,Ppy 90 Oh me pait ot Japan
ig fe ' bro Ge5s@sOn 0i Laval a naoi0na
rIam bsve 20 TiDh Japan honOFGadoiy iaio
tIna nr risSt PthGe 10 CuI,loence IN
in the sincnrftv Of he Nrnos ~ anu anu
Mn %d az poJSipie 'ttJtio1 Huesiohs IN the
oFTsreSo spirit 90 OF + triend illness
eern ~ ait az rhese horrors ana Jan,
Se.s 20 our own peace, thls government
t narer nGwer III any way aorogated Us
sef he OF Use nii 10 rt
o oF rieb acGofoihg TO JUS own hgn sense
Se aor ragnt ana IN c93nsonance with the
dearest interests ana convlctlons or our
own people, should the prolongation of
me NE s,,rns 10 ~ Vne unifieo
M tSa vreee reain Eniy recognition
OF eI., tne Insurgents as Dellgerents; recog-
nluon o. tne lhuepehdence oil CuDa;
neutral intervention 10 end the war by
imposing rational compromise be-
tween the contestants and intervention
IN IaVor OF one or the ouher party.
sbsf cannot 1 OF be fbourbt of LOT
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" ~ , ~ . "a ~ 70 NJ ~ 10 EhS;
| 70 NicareFua SoIvedor and Sosta Pica
/ have concluded that Mr.. William t.
! Murray, confirmed as minister of the Unit
| ed States to the states of Nicaragua Sal
Saaor ana costa Rlca, shali proceed 70
sal ri, Sijh ~ 49, aIiu tmere .ehpo
| United States to those three states
! took this action for what | regarded as
| the paramount interests of this country.
II was developed upon investigation by
.Ie sec f Wy ol STATE tiat the soF sei
70 receive Mr. fImr,raV, IN HE dinionn t, IL
| quality, was unable to do so because of
| the compact concluded July TO- 1895.
whereby that republic and those of Sal
Hador ana Honduras' FORMING What is
Tmeric 40 ma sIrropdnrdd ~ tb rnrs
! sentative diet there their rieht 70 receive
and send diplomatic agents. The diet was
not willing to accept him, because he was
not aggregated to mat BODY. / could not
ieuit nm nm ~ tlat az oouS, dS rlV
npprmit r. Mr. f,lser he nresent min.
! lister at Managua. has been directed to
| present his letters of recall
Mr. w. Godfrey Hunter has likewise
peeh accreulteq 70 me governments OF
~" 'ei nd aiiu az me s"iiiV 90
member Of The Greater Renublic of Cen
trail America but Honduras is Should
| this latter government decline to receive
him, he has been instructed TO report thls
t t 70 ms EQN eri'ihcHt anu ava" IT'S Auf
|