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duly empowered representative or
the republic OF Hawaii. whereby The
Islands constituting the said republic
81 Hawaii and all their dependencies
are fully ceded To the United States
forever. Negotiation which has cul-
minated In the treaty now submitted
has not been mere resumption OF the
negotiation OF 1885. but was Initiated
and has been conducted upon inde-
pendent lines. Then an abrupt revolu-
tionary movement had brought about
the dethronement Of the late queen and
set up a provisional government for the
control ard management OF public af-
fairs and the protection OF the public
peace such government to exist only
until the terms ~ a union with the
United States shall have been nego-
tiated and agreed upon. Thus self
constituted. It's promoters claimed for
IL only a de facto existence until the
purpose ~ annexation in which Il took
rise should be accomplished. As time
passed and the plan OF a union with
the United States became an uncertain
contingency. organization of the Ha-
walian commonwealth underwent
necessary changes. temporary in char
acter. It's first government gave place
~ "A permanent scheme under a con-
stitutiou framed by representative
electors Of the island administration
by an executive council. not chosen by
suffrage but self appointed. was sue
,esded by an elective and parliament
airy regime. ard the ability OF the new
government to hold. as the republic OF
Hawaii. an independent place in the
family of sovereign states, preserving
order at home and fulfilling interna-
tional obligations abroad, has been put
to the proof.
"Recognized by the powers Of the
earth. sending and receiving ENJOYS.
enforcing respect for the law and main
tanning peace within its island borders.
Hawaii sends to- the United States an
accredited plenipotentiary OF a consti-
tuted and firmly established sovereign
state. However sufficient may have
b,en the authority of the commission
crs with whom the United States gov
crnmcut treated in 1896. and however
satisfied the president may then have
been OF their power To offer the domain
of the Hawaiian islands To the United
States the fact remains that what they
then rendered was a territory rather
than an established government. n
country whose administration had
been east down by a bIoodless but COM
plete revolution and community In .
state OF political transition. Now,
however. the republic OF Hawaii ap-
proaches the United States as equal
and points for Its authority to that
provision Of article 3s Of the constitu-
tion promulgated July "A. 1894.
The present negotiation is. there
fore. not a mere renewal OF the tender
Of Hawaiian territory made In 1881. but
has responded to the purpose declared
In the Hawaiian constitution and con-
ferences of the plenipotentiaries have
been directed to weighing the advan-
,ages of the -political and commercial
union the alternative proposed here
relatively considering the scope and
extent thereof.
We have had with Hawaii since 1s,5
n treaty OF commercial union. which
practically assimilates the two terrific
ries with regard to many Of their mo.t
important productions and excludes
other nations from the enjoyment ~ N.
privileges: yet, although that treaty
has outlIved other less favored reci-
procity schemes. its permanency has Al
times been grayely imperjlled Hinder
such circumstances. 10 enter upon the
| radical experiment Of a complete com
merclal union between Hawaii ana the
| United States as an indepeudsntIv sov-
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permanepcy and with perpetusI snbtrr- !
\ tion tn the vicissitudes az public nrS,ti-
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