The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28
Story Of th6 Crime
lonal government as the de facto gov
ernmen Of the Hawaiian Islands.
d" JOHN l.. STEVENS

Ional government as the de facto gov
eminent of the Hawaiian Islands.
JOHN l.. STEVENS.
'Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
lIcnlpotentiary of the United States
The falsehoods Of this document are as
relnarkable a the precipitancy with
which It was accorded TO its beneficiarie<.
1 he Dole conspirators were not lin full
possession Of the government buildings
put OF only one of them. which was ac-
cupled only by clerks and porters mt the
time Of their raid. And il was still too
early to apply the word recent" to the
government Of the Queen. for the rebels
dld not wait on the Queen with their
reasonable proclamation until after Min
lister Stevens had recognized their GOV
eminent.
The Queen yielded. of course. She could
90 nothing else against n rebellion that
was 50 manifestly backed up by the
superior armed forces and by he Minis
ter OF the United States. She signed. I'M
DER protest. Il paper r%enOuncing her
rights. The new government fired with
JOYFUL zeal by the ready cooperation Of
the American Minister. then asked him
Tor the support of the United States
that the commander Of the United
States forces take command of our mil
ltary forces" This was Il little too fast
even for Stevens. but by the end of Jan
uary the provisional governments. Off
cIally confessing that it was unable to
satisfactorily protect life an6 property
ana IN order Ito prevent civil disorders
III Honolulu and throughout the Ha-
Wallan Islands," prayed our Minister to
raise the flag of the United States of
America for the protection of the IIa-
Wallan Islands for the time being" He
who raised us up will sustain us. thought
the rebels. And he did. The flag was
raised over the government building,
United States troops We're quartered
within it, the provisional governments
troops marching out. The new govern
ment bad been created under the encour~
agemcnt and protection of Minister Ste
venS and the United States armed forces
from the Boston. Its most important
Junction, the protection of life and prop
erty. was afterward performed by Ste
vens and the United States troops.
This is the story of the establishment
of the present Hawaiian government, the
story of the crime of which we were the
perpetrators. and, contrary to the well
known maxim of law, are about to be
come the beneficiary. The evidence is
unmistakable that Minister Stevens was
III lHt CbtillcllS OIL tie IpDelS 1oDS DcIbEe
the outbreak; that he was their main re
lance: that without his help and that OF
the troops the attempt would not have
been made, and that without his aid the
new government could not have sus-
tanned itself. 1t is this crime. denounced
by Mr.. Cleveland as the first of its KIND
in our history. this guilty and fragrant
participation of Il United States Minister
in a reasonable plot to overthrow q
friendly government, that makes the
Hawaiian annexation job so revolving t.
Americans who apply moral standards
to public affairs. 1t is this knowledge
addcd to the conviction that down deer
in the dirty mess. at the foundation
Of all, there lies Il Sordid and corrupt
money speculation that makes it i'm
possible to still the voice of protest wheI
the job is pressed to its consummatio1
under the hypocritical and h~ascless pre-
tense that it is Il war measure.