The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-05
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vindication of our sovereignty wher |
ever our flag has been planted, and
then, and not until then, not while a
hostile gun is pointed against our
brave soldiers in the field, the estab-
lishment of a beneficent government
over the deluded people We set out to
free,
This is our message, then, 20 or
cOuntrymen across the se2-ole OF
gratitude, of pride, and OF unbOu1Eed
and undying faltn in American man
hood. and in the ability of the Amer
lean nation TO surmount every obstacle
in the path of its manifest destiny
And one more thing we have 70 say,
and when we say this we speak for an
American community, the only Amer
lean community the flag has found IN
all our nations newly acquired pos
sessions, an American community over
half a century bred to the principle q
American laws and to reverence for
| the American Constitution. The thing
we have to say is this-great and vel
| come as is the prosperity that has
come upon us, and awakened these ISL
ands to a new life which is only
| harbinger of what is TO come-wei-
none Of il at the cost of the extension
| here of those laws and of tina, CoHsu-
| tuition. For these are your p!rtnrlSnt
| into which you want TO enter, and 10
| enter now. Welcome as Is THIS 2:GS-
| nerity. we want none of it II u = 70
! he secured only by our evasion O. me
! RESPONSIBILITIES of American C-tllsh-
shin. or by the sacrifice of the SuaTan-
ties of the American Constitution,
even though those guarantees AFFECT
| ONLY the humblest toilers of the land.
But we hail the day hail II with Il
low beyond expression, beyond all cth-
| err lows we have ever known, |ben
that Constitution in its every line and
letter shall be proclaimed here the SUI
| nreme law of the land, proclalmeu 81
| clearly that he who runs may reiu'
| and when under it there shall Te cit
| acted American laws, for TIE Jaw
abiding, self-respecting, seu-gcVe4 hAhs
| Americans, Of an American t7--lVoiy J
RESOLUTIONS.
p c. Jones received a hearty vel
come from the audience. he read.
| Whereas. Under and by virtue CT the
Ioint Resolution of Annexation me d's-
waiian Islands have been annexed as
mart of the territory of the Unlteu
States and are now subject TO me Sow
lereign dominion thereof, and
| Whereas. The said resolution tIrtb.r
lnroyides that the municipal legislation
of the Hawaiian Islands not incohsls-
tent Herewith nor contrary 10 the Con
lstitution of the United States snalI re-
main in force until the Congress o. the
! United States shall other"lsS o'
termine; and,
| Whereas. BY the failure OF the last
lCongress of the United States to enact
necessary legislation at its late SESSION
much uncertainty exists as 10 tbe
present status of the Hawaiian lslahus
in their relation to the Government |,
Constitution and laws of the oniteu
States, and
Whereas. This is deemed. fitting cc-
casion for a public expression o. cplh-
ion on the matter; therefore,
Resolved. That this assemblaSe earn
estlv and respectfully asks OF President
MCKINLEY and his advisers and the
Congress of the United States 20 takf
. such action as will cause the speedy
eytensiOn of American territorial avs
to Hawaii.
Resolved. That copy of these -eso-
buttons be forwarded to the Presioen'
of the United States, the President 81
the Senate and the Speaker O. IN
House of Representatives
Mr.. Jones said:
| Mr.. President, Fellow Citizens. !adiei
and gentlemen-In presenting THIS IS
olution it seems to be the most appfc
pirate occasion and opportnne tlnte
for we have a much larger ana "stte'
representation than we could expect =
gather at IA mass meeting called %
that especial purpose. IL Is indeed
matter of great Importance, IL |nici
|, every resident of these ISLANDS $ III
S terested and it is hoped that tEs 1esc
, luton will have the unanimous En-
dorsement of those who are T-esen
here today for we have every reason e
believe that President Mckinley, ~
H.. advisers and Congress will have -
- spect for our petition and act DTcEnYti,
U upon it.
= Then for five minutes Mr.. Jones hsi'
= the closest attention by making 2 stir
Z ring appeal for the display OF the fla
II throughout the land and effort 70 Inn
press its significance upon the nanV
Hawaiians. This thought met wit
the most cordial response.
ENDORSEMENT.
, Henry E. Cooper, Attorney Genera
Of the Republic of Hawaii. arose II III
D. place on the floor of the house an
TO said:
A little more than a year aEo I'll
community assumed the reSpCnSl pil