The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-10-11
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alton although it seems that the
name OF the Senator has become at.
tached to at least one official brooch
ure which teemed with thoughts
upon Hawaii and the annexation to
the United States of America. The
logical way to debate this question,
Mr.. Senator Morgao, would be, first,
to prove that the United States has
right to annex these islands, for il
the coveted territory were a gold
mine Of inestimable value, il annex
alton be an unjust act, the United
States should positively refuse to
add the Hawaiian Islands to her
territory, and Senator Morgan, an
honorable representative OF that
great Government, anxious to do
his duty conscientiously, with the
seeming love for God in his heart
and the desire for the appreciation
OF being "a good and faithful ser.
want" on his lips, should be last man
to aid, ever so little, in the consum-
nation Of a wrong. Then let us
reason together, Mr.. Senator, on the
justice of the question, 1t cannot
be foreign to your knowledge, sir,
thsts in dispatch numbered "a Of
exAmerican Minister Stevens, that
gentleman previous to the so-called
revolution of January 16, 1898, pub
lished the fact that he was engaged
with certain American citizens to
overthrow the Hawaiian Govern
ment. In this dispatch sent to
Washington some fifty days before
the revolution, the then American
Minister asks for "wise and bold &C.
ton" to overthrow the monarchy
and rescue the property owners.
Can the United States in consist
ency with past principles annex
these islands until she has made her
self right before the world by un.
doing everything that this Minister
has done7 Can the United States
afford to have annexation Of the
Hawaiian Islands go down into his
tory as having been previously work.
ed up by the United States Minister
and American citizens2 And let us
see fully the hand that the Ameri-
can Minister had in the overthrow
of friendly sovereign After the
Queen had withdrawn the proposed
Constitution after an official pro-
clamation had been issued congratu-
latory on the peace and order which
had prevailed, when the usual rout-
inc of business and pleasure was
again at work, and the Hawaiians
had settled down again to their
usual quiet life, when no riot had
occurred nor no life been lost, Mr..
Stevens, the American Minister,
writes to Captain Wiltze, command
ing the U. S. S. Boston, then in Ho-
nolulu Harbor:
"SIR.-In view of the existing criti-
cal circumstances in Honolulu, in
Guiding an inadequate legal force
request you to land marines and
sailors from the ship under your
command for the protection of the
United States Legation and the
United States Consulate, and to Sc
cure the safety OF American life and
property"
Now, Mr.. Senator Morgan, where,
think you, were the "critical circum-
stances" Not in the Government,
nor among the Hawaiians. No.
The "critical circumstance" we're
little knot Of foreigners (Americans)
trying to overthrow the Constitu-
tional Government so that they
could offer the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States for annexation,
and at the time they did not have
single soldier in arms. 1t was "cri-
tical circumstances" indeed. The
Queen with her one thousand or
more determined men could have
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