Opis: Annexation of Hawaii - White Stephen Mallory

Excerpt from Annexation of Hawaii: Speech of Hon. Stephen M. White, of California, in the Senate of the United States, June 21 and 22, July 5 and 6, 1898

We are building for time to come, as well as for the present. We can not shift responsibility. The advice of the uninformed or criminal will not mitigate our mistakes, even though their views are momentarily indorsed.

Undoubtedly it is pleasant to be with the majority. The acclaim of victory never falls upon an unsympathetic ear when it reaches the person who has joined in bringing it about, but the obligation which attaches to our position requires, it seems to me, something beyond the reward of popularity. The Republic will never be safe if her people depend upon the mere guesses of Senators. The demands of honesty and the candid discharge of the Senator's duty as he sees it are but expressions of the same idea.

Mr. President, what are we asked to do The resolution which has been presented comes from the House of Representatives, and is but a repetition of the resolution prepared by the Committee on Foreign Relations of this body, and is to my mind upon its face, irrespective of the constitutional questions involved, I was about to say absurd in its inaccuracy. Without for the time being debating the desirability of the annexation of the islands, gaze upon this proposed resolution. I appeal to Senators who are opposed to me upon the merits of this subject, and especially to those Senators, eminent at the bar, whose views have always been zealously guarded by their respect for that law which they have sworn to support and that Constitution to which they have here and elsewhere given their unqualified and repeated adhesion.

The joint resolution is entitled "A joint resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States." It is as follows:

Joint resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.

Whereas the Government of the Republic of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its constitution, to cede absolutely and without reserve to the United States of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and also to cede and transfer to the United States the absolute fee and ownership of all public, Government, or Crown lands, public buildings or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining: Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said cession is accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and that the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies be, and they are hereby, annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and are subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and that all and singular the property and rights herein before mentioned are vested in the United States or America.

The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands; but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition: Provided, That all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes.

Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing Government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as

Szczegóły: Annexation of Hawaii - White Stephen Mallory

Nazwa: Annexation of Hawaii Speech of Hon. Stephen M. White, of California, in the Senate of the United States, June 21 and 22, July 5 and 6, 1898 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: White Stephen Mallory
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781331111580
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 98
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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