The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-02-15
PICKENS, S. G.. {:
Wednesday, February Is, 1905.
Historical Facts.

Edltor Sentlnel>JOurnai: 1t you
will accept OF our communication
We will from time give some his.
torical facts and figures of value
and considerable information TO
your many readers. Our first
will be tho Hawaiin Islands-tne
paradise Of the Pacific.
Until recently tho Hawaiin Is
lands were scarcely known to lh''
great mass Of the people in any
part Of the world, hoyond a vague
recollection Of having read Of
Capt Cook and tho Sandwich Ia.
lands, in school books.
The steady march IF civilization
under the sturdy hand Of the
Anglo, Saxon has changed this con-
ditien completely, and now the peo.
pie all over tho civilized world
have heard Of and know something
about the Hawaiian Islands; they
now know that this is moat I'M
portant group of eight islands and
several islets in the North Pacific
Ocean.
Over 500 miles of coast added to
the United States.
The war which the United States
waged against Spain, no doubt
hastened the annexation of this
Paradise Of the Pacific to the
American Republic. The exigen-
cies of the war demanded Hawaii |
at once as a military outpost for
the outstretched arms Of Uncle |
Sam.
But annexation was inevitable,
even without war. Wasn't it q
case of Yankee grab on the part Of
the United States to take tho flag
and country OF comparatively
helpless people? asks one.
Such question displays the
grossest ignorance on the part Of
the asker. Would such q one favor
giving Australia back to tho abo-
rigines, Figis to the natives and
cannibalism, North America to the
Indians, and Hawaii to the semi
barlc monorchy?
But it should be remembered
that the annexation Of Hawaii Was
a. matter Of Hawaii wanting the
United States, rather than the
United States wanting Hawaii.
DEATH OF MoNARCHIA1 Goy'r.
When annexation was finally
consumated the old monarchical
government had been dead more
than six years. This was brought
about by its own people IN the
bloodless revolution early in 1898,
which resulted in the overthrow Of
Queen Lilioukalani, and tho eslab.
lshment Of the provisional gov
ernment.
The Provisional Government at
once appealed fer political union
with the United States, receiving
no encouragement, but rather the
opposite. lIawa,i was making on
deriul strides in her commercial
prosperity under tho reciprocity
treaty with tho United States,
which gave her the only available
market for her wonderful produc.
tlons III sugar, rice, coffee aud
fruits. This treaty was Tor ten
years, and it Was extremely doubt
ful whether it would ever be ak.
tended for more than year or 40
at most; but Was more likely to DO
terminated at any time. The white
residents Of Hawaii have always
boen of very superior class, both
morally and intellectually. They
had long ago established schools,
and had been educating the ma
tives. Thus wave after wave of
human progress had modified the
condition Of the native Hawaiians.
The people came to have more
confidence in those at the head Of
the Provisional Government. But
the Provisional Government mot
with great obstacles from President
Cleveland's administration, and
after q precarious existence of a