Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-21
FIFTY FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 81.
SENATE.

Almost Immediately after the Senate
convened the resolution for the annex
alton of Hawaii was laid before it.
Pending it's consideration MIR. Roach,
who had been quoted in Washington
paper as favorable to the annexation OF
Hawaii, rose to a question of personal
privilege. He said he had not made
the statement attributed to him and, 80
a matter Of fact, was opposed, and al.
ways had been, to the annexation OF
Hawaii.
Mr. Mitchell delivered speech 10
opposition to annexation. In the course
OF mis- address he declared that the ma
ton Just now was shorn of its judg-
meni. The effort to establish our gov.
eminent in the far east and the adop-
ton of policy of Imperialism was evil
dence of that. He thought the seizure
of Hawaii would remove all doubt IS
to our land grabbing intentions. He
declared that the annexation project
was clumsy cover for the sugar mag
mates, from around the edges of which
the saccharine juice dripped to the ad-
vantage of all who cared to avail them
selves of it.
at the conclusisn of Mr.. Mitchell's
speech Mr.. White, the leader of the OPP
ponents of annexation, took the floor.
A call for quorum by Mr.. Jones de-
vcloped the presence of 81 Senators.
Mr.. White said some had been car
red away by the excitement of the mo-
ment and had been swept along by ex-
is!ing conditions. But" said he, 'if
this body is impotent carefully to con-
slider this question it has failed of its
purpose, it has responded not to the
idea cf the trainers OF the constitution. "
He declared that while territory had
been acquired by treaty, in no case had
territory been acquired by such a
"monstrous piece Of folly and contra.
dictiop," as was the pending resolution.
The resolution, he said, declared there
bad been cession which Congress was
TO accept, ratify and confirm" He
demanded to know what cession had
been made and what lawyer in the
Senate would state tina; there had been
cession. He maintained there had
been no cession as there could not have
been without the concurrence of both
parties. II would be ashamed OF this
Senate" declared Mr. White, "if it
should pass the pending resolution con-
tanning such contradiction of terms;
l would be ashamed OF the Senate if
it should adopt a declaration of q
cesson that had never existed as fact. :"
He referred to the assertion that the
American flag when once unfurled in o
country could not be taken down and
said whether this was true must depend
upon the circumstances under which
it was raised. 1t must depend upon
whether it is justly or unjustly raised.
If planted as result of uncalled for
invasion and in spirit of con-
quest and of rapine and muir
der it could not be maintained.
in this mad race for power, iu this
mad race for conquest OF territory, let
US consider most carefully the doctrine
of Monroe. 10 enunciating the Monroe
doctrine we declared we desired no
interference of European powers with
affairs in this hemisphere, but by
those who framed that doctrine it was
in contemplation that we ourselves had
no intention to interfere with the ter
ritorial possessions outside of this
hemisphere. The acquisition of the
Hawaiian Islands would be the enter
ing wedge of that imperialistic policy
which is as foreign to the purposes in
view when this government was Or
ganized as are the purposes of the most
despotic government on earth to our
system"