Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 63, 1 December 1893 — Americanism. [ARTICLE]

Americanism.

There is no other answer to these questiousthan tho one whieh the Cleveland Administration has given. Fresident Harrison’s coarse in the matter \vas scarcely less discreditable than that of Stovens. The Queen of Hawaii issued a procIamation after the Stevens seizure by forco and fraud, in whieh she said sho had yielded her authority to forco and under protest, /xndhuj an appeal of her case to the United SUttC' 1 . Sho then sent to thi< country a commission to present her case to the President. Without yielding the ver\- ordinary courtesv of awaiting tho arrival of her envoys, the President closed the case without hearing the Queen s side at all, and hurried a message to Congress, with a treaty of uunexation. saying that the “restoration of Queen Liliuokalani to her throue is undesirable, if uot impossible.” Nothing moie disgraceful than this has ever happened in our .nteruatioual dea1i n g s. AN e observe that the annexationists are now denonncing President CleveIand’ssimp!e undoingof Harris >n’ā wrong as a conccssion to l’monarchy,” as ifa monarchy were notentitled to be treated with either decency or courtesy. We have no fear as to the j»opular judgment in tiiis matter. There haa never been any real gentiment in favor of annex<iti<>n, as tbe condemnati>m of Ihe Union League C’lub. uttere«.l shortly afler Harris>m seut in bis treaty, gave cdnclusive evidence. The Ao enea.) ueop.e are t »o senaible to believe tbat grabbing an ia!and by force and fraud is the true way to vindicate our ‘*Americanism.” —.V. Y.