Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 32, 5 August 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

Commibsio*er BL-ot*NT directly ’ repreaenting Mr. Cleveland tbe hanored President of the United j StaUe aa tbe ehoiee of ita people i ordered the L'nited States Hag to be Uken from its plaee over the Hawaiian Government Building, uniil i the finai decision of the Unit©d Stat*e Government—whieh he rep- ( re«ented—was made known. Tbe j Hawaiian Star, special!y sUrted ae the organ of tbe annezation party bere characterizee this act of , C<>mraissiontr Blount’s as follows: , “Make permaneut tbe act of ■ April lst, by whieh tbe SUrs and Slripes were ignominiou«ly bauled down.” Whatever may be, the ultimate aelion of the United Sutcs, whether annexation of this country, or restoration of the eondition of affairs bef<>re U.S. Minister re«ident 8teven« a«sisted to overturn ita auU>nomy, Hawaiiane wili always remember wilh gratitude ihe name of the geutleman, who on behalf and in tbe name of the U.S. rerooved all idea of coercion or f«regone eoneluaion in the rnatter ' and restored the Hawaiian flag— I the emhlem of their indepeudeuce —to ita proj>er plaee pending the eonelueion of the nece8sary negoiialiona d«ciding their uliimale nalional fate.