Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-08-08
RESOLUTIONS.

WHEREAS: On the l7th day OF
January, A. ID. 1893, our beloved
Queen Liliuokalani noted a pro-
test against the acts of the repre-
sentative of the United States of
America, in form as follows:
"I LILlUoKALANI, by the grace
of God and under the Constitution
of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen,
do hereby solemnly protest against
any and all acts done against my
self and the Constitutional Gov
ernment of the Hawaiian King
dom by certain persons claim ing
to have established a provisional
government of and for this King
dom.
That 1 yield to the superior
force of the United States of Am.
erica, whose minister plenipoten-
tiary, His Excellency John l..
Stevens, has caused United States
troops to be landed at Honolulu
and declared that he would sup
port the said provisional govern.
ment.
Now to avoid any collision of
armed forces and perhaps the loss
of life, l do, under this protest,
and impelled 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 action of
its representatives and reinstste
me in the authority which L claim
as the constitutional sovereign of
the Hawaiian Kingdom;" and
WHEREAS: Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States,
after a careful review of the facts,
stated in a message to Congress,
dated the 18th day of December,
1893, as follows: "As 1 appre-
hend the situation, we are brought
face to face with the following
conditions: The lawful Govern
ment 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 asserted, is directly
traceable to and dependent for its
success upon the agency of the
United States acting through its
diplomatic and naval representa-
tives;" and
WHEREAS: The so-called Re-
public of Hawaii by its Executive
and Senate 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 hav-
ing become void and of no effect
as to Hawaii, because of the terms
of Article 32 of the Constitution
of the Republic of Hawaii, which
reads: "The President, with the
approval of the Cabinet, is hereby
expressly authorized and empow.
cred to make Treaty of Political
or Commercial Union between the
Republic of Hawaii and the United
States of America, subject to the
ratification of the Senate;" and
WHEREAS: The Senate and
House of Representative 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 Ha-
waii nor by their Representatives
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 appealed to the
President, the Congress and the
People of the United States to re-
frain from further participating in
the wrongful annexation of Ha-
waii; and
Whereas: The Declaration of
American Independence expresses
that Governments derive their
Just powers from the consent of
the governed; therefore, be it
Resolved: That as the repre-
sentatives of large and infuen-
tial body of native Hawaiians,
we solemnly protest against an
nexation in the manner proposed
and without reference to or OBJ
tanning the consent of the people
of the Hawaiian Islands: