The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1897-07-02
Ni'KINLEY'S MESSAGE.
Annexation the Necessary Sequel
to Previous Events.

to Previous Events.
| WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE follow
| ing is the full text of the message sent to
| the Senate by President Mckinley yes
| terday TO accompany the Hawaiian
4 transmit herewith to the Senate, in
| constitutional function of advice and con-
| sent may be exercised by that body, a
| treaty for the annexation of the Repub-
| lie of Hawaii to the United States, signed
| in this Capitol by the plenipotentiaries of
| better understanding of the subject, L
| transmit, in addition, a report of the Sec
retary of State, briefly reviewing the ne
| gotiations which have led to this i'm
portant result.
| The Incorporation of the Hawaiian ISL
| ands into the body polite of the United
| States is the necessary and fitting sequel
| to the chain of events which from very
early period of our history has controlled
| the intercourse and preserved the asso-
citation of the United States and the Ha-
waiian Islands. The predominance of
| territory was first asserted in 1920 by
sending to the Islands a representative
/ ther expression by the signature of a
treaty of friendship, commerce and navi-
| cation with the King in 1S26-the first in
ternational compact negotiated by Ha-
waii. 1t was Signally announced in 1S43,
when the intervention of the United
States caused the British Government to
disavow the seizure of the Sandwich ISL
ands by British naval commander and
TO recognize them by treaty as an indie
pendent State, renOuncing forever any
purpose of annexing the Islands or exert
ing a protectorate over them In 1851 the
United States was formally offered, and
although not then accepted, this Govern
ment proclaimed it's duty to pres erVe alike
the honor and dignity of the United
States and the safety of the Government
of the Hawaiian Islands.
From this time until the outbreak of
the war in 1861 the policy of the United
States toward Hawaii and of the Ha-
waiian sovereign toward the United
States was eXemplified by continued ne
gohations for annexation or for a re-
tentative was at length accomplished by
the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875, the pro-
visions of which were renewed and ex-
panded by the convention of 1884, embrac-
ing the perpetual cession to the United
States, of the harbor of Pearl River, in
for the joint guarantee of the neutrality
of the Hawaiian Islands by the United
States, Germany and Great Britain was
declined on the announced ground that
the relation of the United States to the
Islands was sufficient for the end in view.
In brief. from 1920 to 1893 the course of
the United States toward the Hawaiian
Islands had consistently favored their au-
tonomous welfare with the exclusion of
all foreign Influences save our own to the
extent of upholding eventual annexation
as the necessary outcome of that policy.
Not only is the union of the Hawaiian
territory to the United States no new
scheme but it is the inevitable conse-
taIned with that mid-Paclfc domain for
three-quarters of a century. Its accom-
plISHIHenl, UeSI)lle successive QPnldIS ana
postponement, has been merely a ques-
ton of time. While it's failure in 1888
may not be a cause of cOngratulatiOn, it
IS certainly a proof of the disinterested-
ness of the United States, the delay of
four years having abundantly sufficed to
establish the right and ability of the Re-
public of Hawaii to enter a sovereign
contractant upon a conventional union
with the United States, thus realizing a
purpose held by the Hawaiian people and
proclaimed by successive Hawaiian Gov
ernments through some 20 years of their
virtual dependence upon the benevolent
protection of the United States. Under
such circumstances annexation is not a
change, it is conSummation.
THE report of the Secretary of State
exhibits the character and course of the
recent negotiations and the features of |
the treaty itself. The organization and |
administrative details of the incorpora- |
ton are necessarily left to the wisdom of |
Congress, and l cannot doubt, when the |
function of the constitutional treaty |
making power shall have been accom-
DliShed the duty of the National Legisla-
ture, in the case will be performed with |
the largest regard for the interest of this
rich insular domain and for the welfare
Of the inhabitants thereof.
civilian NJ KINLEY.
Executive Mansion, Washington, June
1897