The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-09-15
NHATMONARCH|STS WANT
REASONS THEY ADVANCE FOR
THEIR REQUEST.
Quote Liliuokalani and President
Cleveland in an Effort to Make Out
a Historical Case.

The serious request of a part of the
native population that the Annexation
Commission recommend a restoration
of the monarchy, seems to many peo-
! pie so novel, so strange and so biz
ARE, that Il natural curiosity to know
| just what they want and the reasons
! they advance for it has been aroused.
! The memorial is therefore here pre-
scented in full.
The undersigned being delegates of
the Hawaiian Patriotic League, an or
fganization which is composed of ma
tive Hawaiian people from all the dis
tricts of the Hawaiian Islands, assem-
bled in a convention held in the city
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaiian
Islands, on the 18th of September, A.
d. 1898, hereby respectfully submit to
your honorable Commission, the fol-
lowing resolutions
Whereas. On the 18th day of Janu-
airy, A. ID. 1893, our beloved Queen,
Liliuokalani, noted protest against
! the acts of the representatives of the
United States of America. in form as
follows:
81, Liliuokalani. by the grace of God
and under the Constitution of the Ha-
waiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby
solemnly protest against any and all
acts done against myself and the Con-
stitutional Government of the Hawaii
an Kingdom by certain persons claim
ing to have established Provisional
Government of and for this Kingdom.
That | yield to the superior force
of the United States of America, whose
Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excel
lency John l.. Stevens, has caused
United States troops to be landed at
Honolulu and declared that he would
\ support the said Provisional Govern
ment.
Now to avoid any collision of arm
ed forces and perhaps the loss of life,
| do, under this protest, and impell-
ed by said force, yield my authority
until such time as the Government of
the United States shall upon the facts
being presented to it undo the ac-
ton of its representatives and rein
state me in the authority which I
claim as the constitutional sovereign
of the Hawaiian Islands, and
Whereas, The receipt of said pro-
test was acknowledged by Sanford b.
Dole. chairman of the Executive
Council of the Provisional Govern
ment, by endorsement thereon, and
Whereas. Grover Cleveland, Presi-
dent of the United States. after a care
full review of the facts, stated i'm a
message to Congress. dated the 18th
day of December, 1893, as follows:
LAS | apprehend the situation, we
are brought face to face with the fol-
lowing conditions: The lawful Gov
eminent of Hawaii was overthrown
without the drawing of "a sword or
the firing of a shot by a process every
step of which, it may safely be assert
ed, is directly traceable to and de-
pendent for its success upon the ag-
ency of the United States acting
through its diplomatic and naval rep
resentatives, and
Whereas, The so-called Republic
of Hawaii by its Executive and Sen
ate formulated treaty to secure the
annexation of Hawaii to the United
States, and said treaty having failed
of ratification by the Senate of the
United States. and by such failure to
ratify having become void and of no
effect as to Hawaii, because of the
terms of Article 30 of the Constitu-
ton of the Republic of Hawaii, which
reads
g The President, with the approval
of the Cabinet, is hereby expressly
authorized and empowered to make a
Treaty of Political or Commercial
Union between the Republic of Hawaii
and the United States of America, sub
iect to the ratification of the Senate,
ard
Whereas, The Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States have passed "A Joint Resolution
for the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands, and such Joint Resolution has
not been passed upon by the people
of Hawaii, nor by their Representa-
tives in Legislature assembled; and
Whereas, by memorial the people
of Hawaii have protested against the
contamination of an invasion of their
political rights, and have fervently APP
pealed to the President, the Congress
and the People of the United States,
to refrain from further participation
in the wrongful annexation of Hawaii,
and
Whereas, The Declaration of Anne
rican Independence expresses that
Governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed.
Therefore, be it Resolved, That as
the representatives of large and in
fluential body of native Hawaiians,
we solemnly pray that the constitu-
tional government of the 10th day of
January, \. d. 1898, be restored, I'M
der the protection of the United
States of America"
CHRONIC DIARRHOEA CURED.
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