Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-30
FIRST PUBLIC SPEECHES.
Continued from Second Page.

to it, as in this case where the Ha
wsiiaus sent delegates to the Uni
led States to protest against an
nexation They were sent by the
natives from Hawaii t. Niihau. Is
it consistent with the United
States that they should taxi
foreign territory by force, by
supreme power ? You dis'ingu
ished gentlemen have come h.re
from that g'eat country. We
have heard your words and the
object of your mission, before you
came here and after you came
here, but have not heard whether
you believe this people want an
nexation. In regard to the United
States Government - that great
Government which we all know
that liberty loving country which
sent people to this country to en-
tighten it can that nation take
this country and annex it against
the will of the people of this
country ? Was it because Hawaii
and the Hawaiian people were not
able to take care of themselves,
that it became necessary for the
United States to come and take
hold of these islands ? Now we
come to the ques ion which has
been suggested to us. This an
nexntion, is it to be a lasting, an
abiding union, or is it to be only
temporary during the convenience
of the United States ? 1 am
Hawaiian. l do feel patriotism.
L do have love for the monarchy
and the ,vrre'gn Of this country.
l love that flag. l have during
my lifetime tried to live life of
rec'itude, and if 10 the providence
of God this annexa ion shall re
suit to the good of my country, l
bow to the will of God.
Mr.. Cullom rep led thus: | de.
sire to say, lad es and gentlemen,
that L stand before you with he
same rega,d that have stood be
fore other audiences in the United
States of Anne lea. If 1 know
my own heart l know that 1 have
no thought that is not iu
-ympathy with the people of these
Islands. l recognize you people
as fellow citizens of the United
States of America, and rest as.
sured-snd say it with all can
dor, feeling what l say aud what |
kuow-that so long as the Ameri-
Can Union shall endure, today a
nation of seventy five million pao
pie, just 30 long shall the Hawaii
an Islands be a part OF the United
States of America. L desire the
welfare of the people of these isl
auds, aud regret to find the
slightest feeling on the part of
anybody, or the sciptilla of a be-
lief on the part of anybody, that
the annexation of these islands il
a war measure and in any respect
temporary, ard l hope the people
of these islands will rally to the
American flag just as the people
do in any other part of the United
States. Now, fellow citizens, a
word or two more and l will take
my seat. 1 sincerely hope, in the
inter est of the people of these isl :
ands whom / have learned to ad
mire, as with the beauty of which
islands I am delighted, l sincere
ly hope that there will be no en-
couragement to the notion that
the addition of these islands to
the United States is only tenn
porary, because by harboring
such notion you will be doing
yourselves serious damage. My
distinguished friend who has
been making inquiries L acknowl
edge and recognize rs an honest
and sincere mau. l hope he will
study the question and the history
OF the question aud come to the
conclusion that this is no temper
airy affair. My friend inquiries
whether we know what the public
sentiment of the people of these
islands is, and whether We have
made inquiry, by taking vote of
the people, before resolution OF
annexation was taken up by Con
gress. Also whether it has been
the practise of the United Sta es
to take other countries. l desire
to answer him frankly that we do
not know what the seAlimeat of
the people of every part of the
Islands is. The Government OF
the IInifad Stufas like aunru