The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-01

Christianity was introduced neOtn0
Islands. We are not anxious to recruit
soldiers from the $4,000 or 10000 pe0-
pie here. We are not anxious to secure
your land. We are anxious only for ono
thing-to secure you from aggression
from foreign powers. IA
Other countries besides Hawaii hA1e,
endeavored to secure annexation to the
United States, but with the exception
of Texas all have been refused. In
these instances. the countries would
have been grand possessions, but We
declined their offers, because we con-
sidered them able to work oat their
own destinies. In the case OF Texas
there were more Mexicaps In the coun-
try. than white people, The people Of
the United States were quite eWilling
to accept the additional taxation In
order to allow this young Republic to
come into the Union and for the same
reason the people Of the United 6tAtee
are willing to assume your debt as
they divided the burden Of Texas
among themselves, taking them by the
hand and assisting them to higher
position. What information we had Of
these Islands was derived from vis>tooB
who came here, -
Senator Morgan then sreah the repcrt.
from Professor Alexander's Wkpe
the signing by KamehamAhazt Gf66x
of an act OF cessfon to Grea& BtitAin,
through Vancouver.
Almost every island III 20 Souta -
cific is now In the fande or either &c.
many, France or Great Britain AM mya
own opinion Is that the only saltat56n
foipthe Hawaiian Islands 1s IN annSx7
alton to the United States. The 7kOOO,-
600 people>sn the United States are NOT
going to permit foreign Aggression i1 .
these Islands. There has besA~ SQof
offers of this country to, the United
States, but until Hawaii became &sEset
pUblic we could. not. consider ohk tf
theni.. "A Republic like the j United
States cannot have. a kingdom or "a
empire as a. colony; ) the entire. Gov.
ernment from end to end must be Re-
public, it cafhot be royal or ANYWAYS
royal. We canPot Recognize anytAihS
The speaker then read from Alexaars
der's history and. the protest OF, Daniel :
Webster to the annexation sOf Hawaii
by Great Britain. He continued Your
can see from these the AmericXne'
value OF liberty. We would never
leave our shor0s tp approach Hapoitip
this manner. We would come here and !
lrect.ard advisstEox because YOU Are
u Republic, but We wouldx4aYer<NPge.
to conquer you. 1t was the presence 0fS =
the Boston in Honolulu in 1843 that
saved the country from conquest by
Great Britain. American officers pro-
tested against such course. This,
protest completes the second chapter
of the people of Hawaii
The third chapter opens with an
6her offer of annexation, made on ac-,
count of French irritation OF the peo-
pie here. The King was SO discOur-
aged by these acts Of Great Britain
and France that he had deed Of ces-
sion drawn out. signed and sealed. He
took it to the American Minister, read
it to him and handed 1t over with the
remark: "When you see the American
flag shoisted 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. Marsay was Secretary OF :.
State in the United States, the King
and his Cabinet agreed with our Min
lister 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 face Of this evidence of friends
ship of the people of Hawaii, can any
man of reason say the United Stateex
has any purpose Of aggression or of
growing rich by the possession of these
Islands. When King Kalakaua visited
the United States ship of war was
placed at his service to convey him to
that country, where he was treated in
a most royal manner, and upon his
leaving our shores a vessel of war car
ried him again to these Islands. And
now when Queen Liliuokalani came to
the throne we recognized her authority
and agreed with her upon the celebrat-
ed Treaty of Reciprocity, which act has
cost us nearly $3S 600, 900 and has made
you rich people.
In the face of all this, can our con-
duct be called anything but upright and
honest in every detail. When King Ka-
lakaua was taken very i'll in the Unit
ed States and died in San Francisco,