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Congressman Spalding

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Day
23
Month
June
Year
1897
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Public Domain
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The Washington, d. c. Btaff, of recant díate confcains tto follO'Wilng interesting ifaterview witlh Gen. Geiorge j.akUng. oï thite ciongressilouuU dist'rict, whereita. tlmt gentl-eiutvn gh'es 'his opiSniioiii of ttoe Hawaiian question. It is very sensible aad your tfmio to read : ■■Iïepi'esenltative SpaidSng of Micliigan w'hio Hntroduoed ai resolutibn iin tlhia How.se ila the 54 Coaigress prcxvtldfilug for the annexaitiOíi of Ha■Wafi, iis vOry mucflii iafcerested' la tihe progress of pemdfing events ia Con3e, ïoolsilng to tihat end. General Spaldlünig iis geneirially eredJJbed by his colleagues wJitii beiíag fti close touch wáltÍL tilue admilalfetraiion upon the Ha-waïlam piolicy. Ia canvevsation with a St.air reporter to-dlay Oenei-al. Slaklfing talked intei-estingly upon aiaiexat:io:n. He said : "Ia the Fïfty-tourth Cougress I iintiroidluced a jotofc resoliitioa looking tio the annexatiio-n of Hawaiii. The resototdioa was dnawn almosifc exactly like t!he jot'int resolutioTLÍor tilie amiexati.0'ii of Texas, JaasmuciU aa iib gives tihe Pi'esádeimt suífüsíeat power and scrpe to adopt th.9 bast methode of a.nmexnt:,o'n. I belileve iioav tto&t the. Presid'on't and tlhe ootoero In aufttwwity i)n tto Stia.te Dep'artmeait are trying to thi'.-0'W the protecitJIng arma of tihe great repubtio oí the Uniited States anxHiid O'or littlc BiKtcr repub15c siltting midway ia tihe Pacifc ofean. The islands constsit.utiiig the tfiMt.ory 01 ttoe Haiwatöiingovvrnin nf fannieray tSie Samdwidi. Islanes, are extiiemely iei'tile, bu-fc UueSr Value to tJils go'veranmieat its not iü their fertaliuy but as au o'utpost ku the case of -mar ïor tllie dsfense of tih.ls conrtdtoenltv Their stnategfc. posiltloo is ittvaluable 'to t.hals counlbry. As coalihg stlatiUnla for our navy ia case of w-,ar ttaey are absolutely ji-ecessary, ■henee ow gove.ramOnt lias alwayS lo'oked witfe íavor oa Tíie acqui)re.nnenlt of a harbor by poirchiase to be a place of refu'ge aad a coalAng stat.iioa in oase. of wiar. "Niattrre hes placed tóbese tólaads as O'u'tpost of ttüis coatiincat, and to surreailer thiean to othier nations would seem to be almoisltf an act of treasnj Ou'i' ïorèilgia trade ia assuaning immetnise proportijonei It ie tihe duty of t(hie general goveTiumemt protect ÜOïJt'eir amd cana for great trade. A niavy tlhiovoughly equtippeid was meoesaary tío even poliiee tihe seas, but tilie seas oo'uld nofc bO policed wlitihoat oo'alfing stiatJoiiB, as a raode'iii shdp íiJ oí uo vialue 'wiitthiouifc co-al. "In 1842 Presüdeiafc Tyler sent a message trj tlhie Semate oï the Untiteil States reiiatiiiB to tihie Hawailiaa Ielia-rtda. PiÜlnuore Sla 1850 'eiterau éd tiliij statemeaite made by Tyler iin Bavo1:' of thie aniiexatio-n or -protectiion of tu utída by onr govennnerat. Friulkli.r. l'irce in '54 desired. tihe annexatiijQu oí Hawaiil and autlnorized tlie mega-tiiiatao'n of the treaty of anaexatliO'i! of 1854, traft saild treaty was lu'jí coo'fiii'med by tlio Sánate. Presiidenlt BucUanan iln 1849 as Secre-tary State stated ttoat Eng-liHii ot Vreaxch ooiifci-ol of Hawaiö would be highly injurïo'us to t.hs Uniibed Ktates. Would jlb be any less inju'rtous to hiaT Japan oo'ntnol tlhese i&lands ? The amnexatüota of H-awaüi was favoreid by Presildeiït Giiia,iit. President ArUiur was ■iiiu full symipathy wil t,h. tihe Ameficantellng of Hiawaii, ainl Prosideint Harriao-;! oausod, au auuexaliilun 'ci'eaty to bo nelgio Lilated ilu Hawaii, Wliiclli was deifeated by th.e Seiaate. "Th,ei' soma wiio objeciti to the aidimusiston o{ Hawaii, beligving tihat admïssiioia as a state is neoessary to anmexiatiloai. Thia is ivot tllue case. It coiuld !a adonátbed aad iueld as a terial'.ory or a protectorate. Hawaii ils anxlaus ïo.r aninexaition. Thie goveniiing classes arO ai ow: own kifch atnd kim, tlbo mixed classes that afl'e tihiere ane largely laborers oa öugar plan'tia'itioiiis, etc, aod, they wdll cause litittio or no trouble ii leg slation. The preea.róioiuis coadiltíon of Hie present gOToniiment requlires spedy actiion. I hiave the uïanost eauMe-nce iin ttoe genius of tiho PresM&ijb of the T":i;:kHl .States to foa-esco uhe pectliíaff comditiictois aud tío hiast-en an opilcable nn-amlgeiiiöït by ■wiiiiehi the Hiwaiiau Islaudla wJll be placed taítdFelr under ooinibrol of tho Umifted1 Stia.tcs governnieniti. "Mr. Joibin W. Fostea-, on Marcihi 26 1897, saJld : 'It ie, in my o.pinloii, the pLaLu 'áaty of the Utoi-ted States to aiiiniex Ha"wiailt as a terriftory. And, lía a miattor n-ihJöli ilnviolves tJia inteTests arud; destïlny of a giieat natiiom ofl 70,000,000 people, ao mere teohaiical questolons of proceduire stuauldl be allowedi to eintoarasa out aetjan. We mXilsb Oifcluör annex the telarudls ar loave tborn) inee to inake sucih alhier allïanice as They may öhiaase or as dtestjiiy niiay döterm!lne.' " i

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