The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-26

the extension of the doctrine that gov
eminent derives its just power from
the consent of the governed. lays the
foundation of the central authority in
that government broader and deeper.
and thus adds strength to the whole
structure
The petition of the people of Ken
lucky professed devotion to the prin-
ciple OF government and TO the
union of the States. The minority OPP
posed to the admission of this first
State, urged the obvious fact that
enough territory existed out of which
the first States were formed to event
ually overbalance the power of the or
| isinal thirteen States. and thus the
scepter Of sovereignty would pass from
them. The fundamental error of the
minority resided in the mistaken idea
that the central authority of a fedora
ton OF sovereign States was weakened
by the multiplicity of such States.
In the retrospect. this argument APP
pears u us as wholly untenable and
absurd. The argument urged against
the admission of Kentucky was based
upon the same mistaken ideas which
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lana Territory from France and the
Territory of Florida from Spain. 1t
opposed the annexation of Texas. and,
subsequently. the requirement of the
Pacific territory coded to the United
States by the treaty of Guadalupe
Hldalgo in 1916. Opposition in all
these instances was from the stand
point of existing conditions.
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least century in its horizons Nations
are constructed, not for today, but for
all future time. The club would not
understand the true merits of the issue
involved in the discussion unless it
occupied the view point of the high
table-lands, where the topography of
human history and human destiny
might be better comprehended
The United States possessed an en-
pire of territory west of the Rocky
Mountains. Since it's acquisition, it
had awaited the coming of an empire
of wealth and population. It's true
greatness would begin when the pro-
vincial relation it occupies to the At
lantic States ceases. It's true growth
would date from the time when the
sea became a paramount and control
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dustrial development. The sea would
confer upon the Pacific States and
Territories independent commercial
relations and original industrial pros
perity. The provincial condition in
which the intimacy of communication
with the Atlantic seaboard held the
Pacific States and Territories, would
pass away only by the requirement
| nf cononorcio1 ond ind,,cfrio1 indo.
pendence, and these could be conferred
only with the sea as the paramount
and controlling factor in commercial
and industrial growth. TT annexa-
ton of the Hawaiian Islands would
greatly promote this result. The COM
merce between these Islands and do
mestice ports must be carried in Amer
lean bottoms, and the establishment
of this commerce would necessarily ex-
tend to all the South Sea Islands and
to the Orient.
The products of the Islands and of
the United States were naturally sup
Elemental. 1t was an instance where
the commercial relation was purely
reciprocal and not competitive.
Annexation began with the landing
of American missionaries in 1920.
The geographical relation of the
country showed that Yokohama is the
next nearest great commercial empOr-
ium. New conditions enforced new
policies In the early history of the
country the policy of acquisition relat-
ed only to contiguous territory, but
every portion of the world now sus-
tains more intimate relation to every
other portion than in former times.
Commercially we are nearer to the
Sandwich Islands than the CONNER
cial distance between New York and
New Orleans at the time of the acqui-
sition of New Orleans and the L0uisi-
ana Territory.
The Reciprocity Treaty of 1887 con-
firmed the declaration of President
Tyler and accomplished commercial
annexation. The rise of Republic
upon the Islands was historically an
accomplished fact The speaker anti
cipated the argument of the negative
by declaring that the objection would
be raised that the Republic was not
founded in right. He quoted the Rev
DR.. Stebbins as saying that "Individ-
ual wrongs become historic rights.
He referred to the fact that the or
iginal thirteen Colonies overthrow the
rightful authority of the King of Eng.
land; that all the Spanish American
Republic achieved their independence
by successful rebellion against the
rightful sovereignty of. Spain. The
territory of the United States acquired
from Mexico had belonged to the lat
ter by right of conquest against the
/ Spanish crown. Texas, by successful
V revolution, overthrow the power o
Mexico and wrested the territory o
Texas from Mexican rule. More thar
o half of the Pacific territory Of thu
d United States was acquired from Mex
y leo as the spoil of war. The inhabi
d tants of the territory acquired by tn
l. United States were not consulted as t.
h whether the territory they occupied
n should be purchased or annexed. Thei
If individual wrongs had long since beel
lie lost in the higher consideration of tn
Is historic rights of mankind.
n Tt would be said that a prOtes
n against annexation had been made b.
is the native inhabitants of the Hawaiia
lie Islands Ignorance always proteste
j. against the encroachment of knowl
m edge; paganism against enlighten