The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-25

r,vod by our government from the an
nexation OF the Hawaiian Islands 1t Is
imvortant that the Views Of our military
ana naval officers should receive proper
confederation. The Army and Naval
JoSfnal Of the 18th comments as follows
on The proposed treaty:
..The movement for instrumentation OF
The Hawaiian Republic to tho United
states which was begun by President
Harrison and interrupted by President
cleveland, for the benefit OF the dusky
sovereign, LIliuokaiAnI, has been re-
T,imed under the present admlnistra-
ton. This week u treaty of annexation
has been signed and II only requires the
annrnyal OF the senate TO make tne
Ssndv-ieh IRlRndB one OF the territories
offbe United states. The annexation OF
ans Gtate is in continuation OF the pol
lev OF adding TO our domain When w
c6lild BY peaceful means, which mas Oee -
ptirsued by the United Stntes since y
became an independent country by
our territory grow nom SZS,S4l sluete
4nIleS IN 1900 TO 3,bs5,6Oo square nnIi 49, IN
1851. In the single instance OF the te5Il,
tory acquired from Mexico we eHtelluS -,
our bounds by conquest, anu even W. ~ l,'
Shat case we paid Mexico Ib,OOV'VOV'
Il, is6S We Rnined over 100000 square
miles by the Louisiana purchase: In
issi We added Florida: In 1916 Texas
and In isls and 1858 we gained from
Nexico ISIS square miles. includinE
me horlyor OF San Francisco and the rich
possessions Of the gold and silver states,
Finally. Alaska, with 6tO,OVO square
miles. came 10 US in 1867.
In every instance these acquisitions OF
territory have met with bitter opposltion'
Henry Clay did all In his power TO de-
feat me treaty by which We obtained
Fiorida: resolutions against Il were In
froduced into the legislature OF Ken
fueky and Louisiana, and the western
y,eWSn1perr were filled with denuncla-
lions az IL. To the Louisiana purchase
Inhn Quincy Adams objected. on the
Cround that il was IN substance disco
Intion and decomposition OF the whole
linton. II made a Union totally diner
Snt from that for which the constitu-
fioIn had been formed. 1t gave despotie
power over the territories purchased
II paturallzed foreign natives IN 4 mass.
II made French and Spanish laws part
Of the laws OF the Union. 1t introduced
whole systems OF legislation abhorrent
10 the spirit and character OF our instl-
trtionA Daniel Webster with others,
opposed the annexation Oh Texas. anu
~ Mexican war. which added so much
40 our domain and wealth. was strongly
opposed. and with good reason. The rid
ieiile cast upon the purchase OF frozen
Alaska is still fresh in mems recol!ec-
lions.
who is there who viii rise up to-day
and declare that these acquisitions OF
territory were miBtakes7 In tho end
there will be an equally unanimous &C
uuiesceuce IN the acquisition Of Hawaii
The arguments against are without rea-
son. II we were able In the days OF our
feebIeness to absorb great territories; TO
asslniIate alien populations and to rec
oncile with our political and judicial sys-
tens strange laws and unfamiliar Gus
toms: II we have succeeded In transform
tnR four million slaves into voting citl-
gems. why should we fear now that wo
have 10000. 900 lest we take contagion
from 1000 or $1,000 Sandwich Islanders?
Why concern ourselves lest our free sys-
TEN Of government be disrupted because
we add to these United States q terri
tory less in extent than the state OF New
Jersey and having a population smaller
than that OF the single city Of Paterson,
MI
The complaint that we are going be-
You'd the sea TO gather In territory that
10 not contiguous TO what we already
possess, loses its force in these days OF
steamboats, and telegrAphs. For all
practical purposes. It is more contlgu-
Gus than were the states OF the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts thlrty-five years ago.
Il 10 as contiguous as Alaska. from
which we are divided not by a neutral
sea, but by the possessions OF Great
Britain, the power least disposed Of oil
10 favor our territorial expansion. Even
now our amiabie British cousins are
frettlng Themselves because they fear
that we have not ships and sailors
enough TO defend our prospective island
possessions. They need no defense. The
nag which viii float above the govern
ment house in Honolulu will make any
nation wary Of interference with Hawa-
iian rights. AZ II Is now, England, or
even Japan, Il at liberty 10 possess itself
of the helpless island, and we have no
means OF preventing It short Of n war.
which might not commend itself to the
impartial judgment OF mankind. With
Hawaii annexed, the conditions would
change from one OF aggression to one OF
defense.
The population Of Hawaii consists OF
13.S05 Europeans, i0.6ls natives and half
castles, 1850 Japanese, and Chlne1e. T.
495 foreigners born in Hawaii. and 9li
other foreigners. There are i,92G
Americans and 1895 Engiishmen. but
the American Influence IL controlling,
and Il will become more so with annex
alton. There are moro Chinese than
Japanese. 1891 Of one and 1880 Of the
other. This Is the census OF 1890. We
need not dwell upon the advantages Of
the proposed annexation; we might
rather say It's necessity. That is a sub
feet for another article As Captain
MahAn has shown, the utmost stress
should be laid upon the immense dlsad-
vantnGeS TO US OF any maritime enemy
having a coallng station well within
$500 mileB OF our coast line. from Pug
ct Sound TO Mexico. Shut out, he says
from the Sandwich Islands as coal
base, an enemy IL thrown back for
supplies OF fuel to distances OF 3.jO0-or
twice that distance going and coming
an tmpedlment to sustained maritime
operations well nigh prohIbItlve."
Thus II Is seen that such eminent ma
val authority as Captain Mahau recoR-
nlzeB the Overwhelming importance OF
anneXAtlon--or At least declares II es-
sentlai to our future national welfare
that no other government on the face Of
the earth shall acquire these Islands ell
thsr by force OF arms or by peaceful ne
COLLATION..
They are necessary to our republic as
a sklrmlsh line Is to n line OF battle, or
File pits TO a field Of fertilization. and
when the Intelligent people OF this coun-
try have heard all the arguments In IA
Vor OF ratIfYinE the treaty they VIII be
practically unanimous In sustaining the
policy Of the administration. The pro-
test Of japan based on objection to the
GbroRotlon Of existing treaties with tho