{"1": {"fulltext": "W 7C^ /9. /f^.-\\nC\\nE 713\\nCopy 1\\nP^^\\nANNEXATION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.\\nSPEECH\\nHON. HORACE B. PAOKEE,\\nOK PKXX^VI.V.VXI.V,\\nnousp: OF repkesextatlves,\\nJ u isrii; 1 a 1 8 o 8\\nW VSM I JSTG TO N\\n1808.", "height": "3640", "width": "2159", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "SPEEOU\\nc/ II li. B. TACKER\\n4\\nTlio HoHso ImviiiR unilf-r considoration the joint resolution (H. Res. S5 J) to\\nprovide for auiiexing the Huwuiiuu Isliiuds to the United States\\nS* Mr. PACKER of Pennsylvania said:\\nMr. 8rr..vKi;K: The iiroposition now under consideration is one\\nof the utmost importance to the country, .Since the question was\\npresented to us in such an attractive form, and the Crovernment\\nand people of the Hawaiian Islands soui^dit admission into the\\nUnion under the Administration of General Harrison, I have taken\\na lively interest in it and have been an ardent friend of the cause\\nof annexation. As 1 have carefully noted the progress of the war\\nand observed each day the developments in the Orient, my interest\\nin the subject has intensified and the reasons for annexation of\\nthis group of islands have increased, or at least become more ap-\\nparent to nie. While our attention has been particularly drawn\\nto this (luestion di;ring the ])ast five or six years, it is by no means\\na novel one to our jicople, the inhabitants of Hawaii, or the citi-\\nzens of other p^reat jtowcrs.\\nDnriuK the past century tlie people of these islands have had a\\nstormy time. They have been seized twice by France and by\\nGreat Britain. These re. pective governments have released them\\nonly tipon diplomatic pressure from other powers. In is )4 nego-\\ntiations were Ijad between the United States and the King i)ro-\\nviding for a troaty of annexation, but before they were consum-\\nmated the King died. We are all familiar with the progress of\\nthe troaty in \\\\S X). While the treaty was pending in the Senate a\\nhange of Administration took jdace and President Cleveland with-\\ndrew it. The conduct of foreign alTairs under his Admiinstration,\\nBO farasthesam rehited to the Hawaiian Islands, was nidstunsat-\\nisfact Ty to the American jjcojile. A treaty of annexation similar\\nto the joint rts ilution now pending w.is agretd to by the Ua-\\nwaiiati (toveriuufnt and ratifu d by the Senate.\\nThe |)o-ition a-suujed by a majority of our Presidents and many\\nof our leading statesmen since ISJJ in reference to these islands is\\nwell known. In .Tune, IH. il, Daniel Webster, then Secretary of\\nState, ndtln-sseil the American minister at Paris instructing him\\nto advi\u00c2\u00bbe the Frf-nch Joveinmiiit that the enforcement of the\\nFrench dtjf liiisl Hawaii\\nwniil l Im. ta! ih KulijuKation of tlie iHtamlH to the dominion of\\nFr;ui -i A \u00e2\u0080\u00a2nilil imt full to Jk? viowod liy the Government and\\n|nv,iil of tli Willi II liisHntisfiu-lion whii-li wonld tend si-riously\\nto chi^turli i-\\\\. ..-iHlly ri liili ini with thi Fr\u00c2\u00ab iich tJuvi-rnnient.\\nIn a corn witli Unit4Ml States Minister Severance at\\nIlnndlulu a lew weeks l.nter the same distinguiKhcd premier said:\\nTl..- II..A.i;: I t. II tin..--. i.....r.r I- tin- fnit. d Stnton than to\\ni\\\\- ininii rii.il intiTcourM\\nI \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tlKT with others of\\nli tho liovornnu nt of\\nIh liiit 1 ,^:(it. lii liUP uv 111 r :;(r l t Hi iii\\nAt thi.t time tlie French were \u00c2\u00bbc) threatening and persistent in", "height": "3470", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "their doinaiuls. and the situation l)oin.LC roi ro.sciitc(l in iioi.sun y\\nonr consul to .Socrotiuy Wolisti-r, he repliotl:\\nI ti-nst tlio Froiicli will not takf\u00c2\u00bb i os.sos.sii ii; but if t)i* iId, tlwy will a\\n(ii.s!( (lL;ciJ, 11 my udvico is tiikou, if tho whole power of the Uovcrninciit is ro-\\nliuireu to do it.\\nIt is interestinj; to note tho attitude of Sorrotary Seward in ref-\\nerence to the (jucstions of reciprocity and annexation aiultlio\\npolicy this great diplomat considered the most advaiita^eoiH. In\\na dispatch to United States Minister McCook, at Honolulu, of\\nSeptember 10. Ib07, he says, inter aha:\\nYon will 1)0 govcrneil in all your iirocecilinj^s by a nroper respect nml\\ncoiu tesy to the Oov( ruuicnt miil people of tlio Saiulwicli Inlaiuls; but it is\\nl)roper that yoti should know, for your own intoriuation, tliat a lawful and\\npeaceful uuiu xatiou of the islands to the United States, with the (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0onsi ul of\\nthe pi oj)l. of tho Sandwicli Islands, is deemed desirable by this (lovernmi-nt:\\nand that if the policy of annexation should really conllict with tho policy of\\nreciprocity, annexation is iu every c;uso to be preferred.\\nThe American people are indebted to tho sagacity and wisdom\\nof Mr. Seward tor our extensive and valuable possessions in tho\\nNorthern Pacific and arctic regions, which have in many ways been\\n.such a source of revenue, and will without doubt continue to bo\\nfor a long period of time. His marvelous conception of our future\\nas connected with tho Pacific Ocean is now realized and appre-\\nciated as at no time heretofore. Secretary Fish, in corresponilence\\nwith tho American minister at Honolulu, in March, lb~ 3, said:\\nThere are also those of influence and wise foresight who see a future that\\nmust extend the jurisdictions and limits of this nation, and that will i-equira\\na restintr spot iu midocean between the Pacific coast and the vast domains o(\\nAsia, whicli are now opening to commorco and Christian civilization.\\nMr. Blaine in 1881 considered the Hawaiian Islands as the key\\nSto the dominion of the American Pacific. He regarded the\\nislands as an oiitlying district of the State of California, and\\nwas a friend of annexation. He said:\\nThe Governmont of the United States has always avowed and\\n7io\\\\v repeats that under no circumstances will it permit tho transfer of tho\\nterritory or .sovereignty of thosoislands toauy of the great Euroi)ean powers.\\nAt that time the Government of Japan had not become one of\\nthe great powers nor an important factor to be considered in the\\nNorthern Pacific.\\ni have, for obvious reasons, presented at some length the views\\nof several of our foremost statesmen upon this absorbing ques-\\ntion. It has been undeniably the policy of our Government to\\nprevent the absorption of these islands by any other power and\\ntiieir ultimate annexation. The time seems to be opportune for\\ntheir admission to the Union. Will the proposed annexation be\\nadvantageous to us? The Government and pooi)le of Hawaii are\\nnow anxious for such admis.sion, and are patiently awaiting the\\nresponse of the American Congress to tlieir appeal.\\nPersons familiar with the history of tlieso people, their location,\\nbusiness, and omincrrial relations, language, education, religion,\\nand characteri.stics, can readily see whj- they desire to relin([ui.sh\\ntheir lu esent governmental relations for membership in a stronger\\ngovernment, affording a more perfect union and greater security\\nof person and \\\\)roperty. If we refuse to annex these islands, wo\\ncan not well occupy tlie illogical pa.sition of jirotestingas hereto-\\nfore to their being annexed to another power, if it is the desire of\\nthe people of the islands to be so annoxed. We can not with\\njustice say: We will not take you. nor will we permit another\\npower to annex or dominate you. The advantages of annexation\\nare in myjudgment reciprocal.\\nI will briefly consider some of the adv.intagrs likely to acme", "height": "3470", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "to the rnited States by reason of the establishment of this new\\nrehinonship. An indejiendeut. weak jioveinnient is in constant\\ndntiKfi from stronger ones. The history ol the Hawaiian Iskmds\\nlUirinu the hist cii^hty years is proof of this assertion. The popu-\\nlation is mixtd. and comprises about 109, UUO i)eoplc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 2 1.407 Japan-\\nese and ,M .((K) Chinese, Loss than one-half the entire population\\nare Asiatic. This element would bo considerably reduced alter\\nannexation. As a result of the chanj?ed conditions, many citizens\\nof all classes would go from the United States to the newly\\nac(iuu-id territory.\\nAmerican business men and laborers would resort to the islands\\nwith the same enthusiasm as has marked their progress and suc-\\ncess in other fields of activity. The resolutions forbid further\\nChinese immigration, and, as 1 understand them, they forbid those\\nnow in liawan from going to other parts of the United States.\\nThe Hawaiian laws exclude them from homestead rights, and the\\nexi erience there as here is, as soon as they get a lew hundred\\ndollars, their longing for home takes them back.\\nThe Portuguese constitute 15,191, and of these 7,000 are natives\\nand speak the English language. The British population com-\\nlu-ises 2.2.j0, the Germans 1,432, and other Europeans about 1,000.\\nThere are ;i;3,000 of the native Hawaiian race. There are less men\\nof the native race than of the Japanese. The Japanese Govern-\\nment is demanding that her people shall have the same rights and\\nprivilecres that all others have there, which includes votmg and\\nholding office. If annexation to the United States is rejected, the\\nprobabilitv is this demand \\\\nl\\\\ be pressed with renewed energy\\nby the Government, witli prospect of success. With the right of\\nKiifirage secured, many thousand more Japanese would invade the\\nislands, claim the right to vote and hold office, and thus gain tho\\nBupremacv.\\nThe Anierican colony exceeds 3,000 souls, and they own three-\\nfourths of the property and control the business of the islands.\\nTiiev liave encouraged and built up the commercial trade in\\nthe interests of the United States. The American trade ^^^th\\nthese islands last year amounted to over $18,000,000. We have\\nthe greater part of the shipping business. Two hundred and forty-\\nseven of our ships were emi\u00c2\u00bbloyed in the Hawaiian trade in 1S9G.\\nMuch of this trade has been promoted by the reciprocity treaty\\nbftween the two countries. If this treaty were abrogated by a\\npartv in power adverse to American interests, the business would\\nlargely decreas and disappear. The territory once a part of us,\\nall danger from this source will bo forever removeil. In this\\nf vent the whole trade would come to our country and be greatly\\nenhanci d from year to year, and all foreign complications that have\\nunhappily harassed the people and hampered the development of\\nthe islands would be overcome. The value and importance of this\\ntrade to our people, and especially to that portion of them that\\nreside on tin; Pacific coast, is incaUtilablo.\\nThe Hawaiians are tho best customers thoy have\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the largest\\nconsumers of their various products of any one country in the\\nPacilic. Reference to a table of the commerce of San Francisco\\nwdl surprisingly illustrate this statement. Under our present\\nrccijjrocity laws we give a fr.e nnirket for practically only rice,\\nKiigar, and bananas. With tlie excejjtion of these t lree products\\neiiiiniL-rateil, the groat resources of these fertile islands are unde-\\nvelopi d. Tin- moment these islands are merged in tho Republic,\\na free market for all jtroducts will ensue. In lM9tl she had a for-\\neign trade of over ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i{)i per capita for every lulult and child of tho", "height": "3470", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "country\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a trade iinsiirpnsse*!. ThousamlH of acres of this pro-\\nductivt) land, foi nierlj a harn-n wast**, have boi-n reieutly broui^lit\\nunder cultivation by artilirial irrij, at!o i. Tlx se islands can easily\\n1)6 madf to support a population ten tinn-s j;reater than tln-y now\\nLave. With an increase of population proportionate to tiio Wist\\nIndies, the connncn^e of the icnmtry would speedily become d the\\nlirst importance. It is diflicult \\\\o estimate tlio enormous trado\\nrelations that will result under the l)eni.L:n and stimulaiin;^ influ-\\nences of Rood government, rich soil, tropical yet moderate cli-\\nmate, and free markets.\\nSerious objections have been lU gcd a.nainst annexation on ac-\\ncouTit of the ethnic character of the 1)PO]i1p. I have indicated tho\\nnumbers of the various races inhabitin:^ the country. The native\\nIlawaiians are I olyncsians, not Africans. They enjoj- tho same\\npolitical, social, and religious liberty and eijuality as the white\\npeople. They readily assimilate with and take on American ways\\nand manners. Many of them are suiiporlers of tho Republic and\\nadvocates of annexation. A majority of the ])resent Honse of\\nRepresentatives consists of full blood native Ilawaiians. The\\nspeaker of the House is a native.\\nTheChinese and Japanese are industrious and peaceable citizens,\\nand as they are not permitted to enter into political matters or con-\\ntrol, no danger can come to this country from so small a number.\\nAs heretofore stated, the matter of future immigration is guarded\\nagainst. They are now aliens in Hawaii and not eligible to become\\ncitizens. Annexation will not enlarge then- civil rights. The\\nPortuguese are a large contingent of the population. About one-\\nhalf of them are native and educated in the public schools, where\\nthe English language is taught. They are an industrious and\\nquiet people, and are said to constitiate the better laboring element\\nthere. The Americans, English, and Germans are a strong, vig-\\norous, and potential element. They have impressed themselves,\\ntheir forms of government, lav/s, customs, and manners, upon the\\nlarger population. They have acquired ownershi]) over most of\\nthe property and control the bulk of the business transacted iu\\nthe islands. If they have accomplished so much under the un-\\nfavorable monarchical government, it is not unreasonable to expect\\ngreater things under a republican form of goveriunent.\\nIn contemplating the history of annexation of territory in the\\nUnited States, from the Louisiana imrchaso to the resent, we\\nhave never had a larger contingent of Anglo-Saxons thaii live in\\nHawaii. When Florida was annexed she had a population of a\\nfew Spaniards and Indians. Texas at one time had a population\\nsolely of Mexicans, Spaniards, and Indians. In ten years from\\nthe date of annexation, I venture tho prediction that the foreign\\nelement in Hawaii will not be any more noticeable nor objection-\\nable than the same element in many of the States of the Union is\\nat this time.\\nIt is a pleasing subject, and one in which our friends upon the\\nother side of the Chamber often indulj^e. The danger con.se-\\nquent upon a mixture of the races and blending of foreign cus-\\ntoms and habits is more fancied than real. The stronger races\\nalways have and always will dominate the weaker. This doctrine\\nhas never been more forcibly illu-trated than in the recent his-\\ntory of the people of these islands. A handful of heroic Ameri-\\ncans have overthrown the monarchy, grown hoary with age, and\\nestablished upon its ruins a Republic fashioned after our own,\\nwith a constitution that gives the subjects tlio utmost freedom\\nconsistent with adequate protection.\\n343a", "height": "3470", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "Thcv tnjov legislative, executive, ami .imlit-ial deiiarlmoits of\\nKovermnent along the lines KUiirautcod bj the AuKrifaii Consti-\\ntution. Many of tbeir statutes aiv copies of thoso enacted in the\\nUnited States, and legal documents are niodok-d after our own.\\nMost of the lawyers and judges are either from the United States\\nor educated there. The public-school system is largely a tran-\\nscript from that of the States of the Union. There are is? schools,\\ntaught bv rjfi teachers, and containing I ^.COO pupils, all taught in\\ntht Englfsh language. A majority of the teachers are Americans.\\nThe English language is the one that obtains in the schools, courts,\\nand business circles.\\nThe money of the United States is the current money there, and\\nall bonds, notes, and mortgages are made payable in United States\\nmoney. There are no paupers or tramps in the islands, and no\\npoorlioa\u00c2\u00abes are required. The American holidays are enthusias-\\ntically observed as here. Have any of our people residing in terri-\\ntories heretofore annexed had such a training and preparation for\\nAmerican citizenship as have the people of Hawaii She is not\\nwanted as a State, to swell the membership in the upper House of\\nCongress. She does not ask it. nor do we concede it. The treaty\\npro^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ides that she shall come in as a Territory, and her govern-\\nment will be left entirely in the hands of Congre.\u00c2\u00abs.\\nIt has been erroneously urged by opponents of annexation that\\nannexation will be ruinous to the beet-sugar culture of the United\\nStates. Let us examine into this favorite argument and ascertain\\nthe true situation. If the Hawaiian product can be produced in\\n.such large (luantities so as to displace the American beet product,\\nor by re\u00c2\u00abluc-ing the price and lowering it to the producers, and\\nthus make the cultivation of it unprofitable, then there maybe\\ngome force in their argument.\\nThe sugar territory of these islands has been increased until\\nthere are no lands remaining except a limited amount of barren\\nlands that can onlv be utilized by expensive artificial irrigation.\\nHawaii can never produce sugar enough to supplant the beet-\\nsngar culture or any other sugar culture in the United States.\\nDuring the year ls!l she produced a little over 200,000 tons, or\\nabout one-tenth of the consumption of the United States. This is\\nthe largest output after years of successful production.\\nSugar is a world s product, and the price is determined by tho\\n^V(.rld\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s i.rice. which is fixed in London and New York. A con-\\nsiderable iiortion of this product is sent to New York. If the sugar\\nproduct of Hawaii were doubled, the world s sunily would be so\\nimptTccptibly increased that the price would not be ail ected. A\\ntotal failiuv of the crop would not change the price fixed as above\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2stated. The difi t-rence in expense of growing cane sugar in Hawaii\\nand beet sugar in the United States is decidedly in favor of the\\nlatter. Tho time reiinired for growing a crop of tho former is\\nmore than twice as long as that of tho latter.\\nThere can be.howcver.no rca.son why tlie interests of the can(t\\njjrower and lieet grower should clash. There is an an;pie market\\nat go id i.rices for all. It ha been urge;! that annexation will\\nincrea.se our foreign complications. No foreign ])ower except\\n.lapan lias protested against it. and her r)bjectioii3 have been sub-\\nstantially overcome. Most of our leading statesmen for the past\\nfifty years. as shown by liberal (inotatmns made from their utter-\\nances upon tills subject havecmpliasi/.ed the importance of juMjuir-\\ning thex ihlunds. and they agree that at some time we must nnno.\\\\\\ntlleni. 11\\nWhen willalim-ciime when wei;m nccoinplisli the long-desired\\nJIT)", "height": "3470", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "result with so little cxpoiiso nml friction? Tlio interests of Japan\\nand tho other areiit iiowers in tlio I acilic willfontiiuio to incn-ase,\\nanil their hostility to annexation may l)o aroused at any time.\\nThere is danj^er in delay. Ihit if iniinediato action is taken little\\napprehension is to ho teltfn.iu forei.; n complications. A weak,\\nisolated country is a continuim, temptation to powerful nations.\\nOnce an into, ral part of the United States, tho temptation is re-\\nmoved and the danger gone.\\n1 proceed now to a discussion of what is regarded as tho most\\nimportant (luestion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the necessity of annexation from a stratej^ic\\nstandpoint. The proximity to the Pacific coast is such that our\\nGovernment has at all timts protested aj, ainst occupation by\\nother powers. Honolulu, the capit^il of the.se islands, is located\\nin a southwesterly tlirection from San Francisco, a distance of\\nabout ^,100 miles. It is the principal town and port in this group\\nof eight islands. The annexation of the islands is in accord with\\ntho Monroe doctrine, which excludes European powers from in-\\nterfering in the American continent a?id outlying islands, but\\ndoes not limit or abridge the United States.\\nThe possession of Hawaii is necessary to the protection of the\\nPacific States. No nation, European or Asiatic, excepting Great\\nBritain, possesses a coaling station near enough to tho Pacific coast\\nto Le advantageous as a base of hostile naval operations against\\nthe coast or its commerce. The President and Congress would be\\ngrossly derelict in duty if they permitted a foreign power to seize\\nthese islands or establish a protectorate over them. Such occu-\\npancy would be, from a commercial standpoint, most injurious to\\nour intei-ests and result in the loss of trade established after so\\nmany j oars of patient labor and foresight.\\nThe testimony given by General SchoMeld and Admiral Walker\\nbefore the Committee on Foreign Affairs last May clearly and\\nconclusively demonstrates the great importance of Pearl Harbor\\nand Honolulu as bases of naval and military operations. Speak-\\ning of Pearl Harbor, General Schotield says:\\nIts natural adaptability to naval purposes is perhaps not snriiassod by any\\nharbor in the world in rcfrard to its secure anchoraj^ e for lar^ o Heets, its dis-\\ntance from the sea, beyond tho reach of puns of war shii)s, and the great ease\\nwith which tho entrance to tho harbor could be defended by batteries so as\\nto make it a jierfectly safe refuge for merchant sliippiufr or naval crnisei-s,\\nor even a fleet that niight find it necessary to take refuge there: for coaling\\ngrounds, for navy yard repair shops, storehouses, and everything of that\\nkind.\\nHe further says:\\nThe most important feature of nil is that it economizes tho naval force\\nrather than increases it. It is capable of absolute defense by shore batteries.\\nso that a naval tleot, after going there and rei)lenishing its supplies and\\nmaking wliat repairs are needed, can go away and leave the harlx\u00c2\u00bbr i crfectly\\nsafe under the protection of the Army.\\nUnder the treaty with Hawaii the United States enjoys certain\\nrights and privileges in this harbor\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the right to hold and use,\\nfortify and improve but thus far has not to any extent exercised\\nthe rights conceded. The land for miles about the harbor should\\nbe owned by the Government before any largo expenditure of\\nmoney would be justified in dredging the channels and fortifying\\nthe approaches. The right to annul this reciprocity treaty is re-\\nserved by either party thereto giving the other one year s notice\\nof intention so to do. So it is eviiient under provision of thi.s\\ntreaty the Government of the United States has not deemed it\\nwise to open and improve the harbor.\\nThe control of these islands and this superb natural harlrir will\\n3133", "height": "3470", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "LlbKMK f Uh t-UNIjKttiti\\n013 717 908 8\\ninsure the lev to the Nurtli Pacific Ocoan. These ishnids aio on\\nIho route iioin tlio prouiiiuut ]iorts of the Paciiic States to the\\nijui)ortaut cities of Asia, many of the islands of the Pacific, and\\nAustralasia. The connnerce of the Pacific is in its iufancy. It is\\nthe {,Teat theater for future commercial expansion and develop-\\nment of trade relations between the Old and New worlds. In\\n18.jl Admiral Dupout made report to the Navy Department upon\\nthe condition and requirements of the coast defenses of the United\\nStates. He said:\\nIt is impossible to estimate too liiBbly the value and importance of tho\\nSamlwiih Islands, wLotlier in iv oomniercial or military point of view.\\nShould oiriuuistancos over place them in our hands they would provo the\\nmost ir.i])t rtant acquisition we fould make in tho whole Paritic. Ocean\u00e2\u0080\u0094 an\\n.-\u00e2\u0099\u00a6cciuisition intimately connected with our commercial and naval supremacy\\nin tiiesc seas.\\nThis distin\u00c2\u00a3?uished officer of our Navy is prophetic in the Ian-\\nf;uat, e used concerning: these islands, our trade relations with\\nthem, and our naval supremacy in the waters of the Orient. It\\nwould seem that nature established this archipelago by some\\n^reat upheaval, and that they have been reserved as an outpost\\nin the Pacific to guide and sustain our naval ships of v.av and\\ntransports on the mission of help and succor to our gallant men\\nthat BO heroicallv upheld our naval supremacy in these seas,\\nand as a result of their valor subdued and acquired the Philippine\\nIslands, and present them as a ransom for the life and treasure\\nexpended in proseciating the wai\\\\\\nA strange coincidence secures to the great Republic these twin\\npearls of tho Paciiic. The one the happening and culmination\\nof events covering a period of fifty years. The other the result of\\na glorious victory of our Navy, consuming but n few hours, in a\\nv.-ar prosecuted for humanity s sake, with no thought of conquest\\nor extension of territory. It is proverbial that the accidents of\\nwar are manifold. Our recent experience in the waters of the\\nOrient is a striking illustration of this adage. The disability or\\nde.struction of the enemy s navy in the remote harbor of Manila\\nwas deemed an cssentialincident in the progress of tho \\\\var.\\nThe task assigned our gallant commander was so brilliantly\\nconceived and i)romptly executed that one morning, a few weeks\\nHince, the American people awakened to a realization of tho fact\\nthat our incomparable Navy bad fought the most signal naval\\nbattle in the history of the world. As the unexpected resiilt of\\nthis gr.at victory, a group of the richest islands in the Pacific, and\\nwithout doubt the most productive in all the seas, has fallen\\ninto the possession of the United States, like ripened Irnit from\\nan overburdened tree. Now that our heroic men have braved the\\nterrors of mines, shot and shell, and accomplished such a victory.\\nare wo who remain at home in easo and comfort to be indifferent\\nto their sacrifice s and great results?\\nTiiu fulfillment of the destiny of this great Republic comi.re-\\nliends a policy of territorial and commercial expansion. An un-\\nexampled ojiportunity is presented for advancement along these\\nlines, recognized and i)ursued by the great nations of the earth.\\nIf wo are to \\\\mSt bv tlieir experience, wo will not hesitate to pa.^s\\nthese re\u00c2\u00abf)lutions. if the Philipi.ines are to be r. tained as com-\\njKiisatory damages for loss of lile and treasiu-e in tho juesent war,\\nthen Hawaii as a jiort of call is indispensabl to tho Oovernmcnt\\ntiiat is to own ami control the formi r. [.Applause.]", "height": "3470", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "annexationofhawa00pack_0008.jp2"}}