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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0452.005 2008-2010 - , ~ :-ATONALARC HIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION to t~rsr ,~x~~~rtts 04 rnum (~rrletixc : .ue of the authority vested in me by the Archivist of the Uni ta al ofthe ted States, I certify on his behalf, National Archives ofthe United States, that the attac _ c zf documents in his custody, hedreproduedon(s) is a true and S'GNATURE f - " v- a Vernon R. Smith DATES TIrLE 1-12-2006 µ Chief, Research Support Branch r 4-5 NAME AND ADDRESS OF DEPOSITORY National Archives at College Park 8601 Adeiphi Road College Park, `D 20740-600I ~a ~-1-'- NA FORM 14007 - (10-86) - rt fF1 /~ft, r e" COMM No, 2 S Ref. To, A Ref. Wha -Wtj-B- 4~ - ~ -1 tiz.t C~.Q.~t-~ \_/t~~ll~-~C.~~ C~.•L~'L C~.~`~ y r,L 1 ~l. (g'~-"' ~ F O~ 'a1 ~ ~ ~ a _ ~ . E ~ - ! _ - - J. _ _ _ ~ - . _ ~ _ . _ _ R~ T y _ _ - _ - i : -fir r ~ _ Y - 'a S- _ _ _ . ~ - ~ _ _ - ~ - i__ t F, i ~ . I; LTLIFJp~~LANI..o f HA 'All ' , . by8' ill ofoc3,named% beir aPPsirent:.on , the tenth clay 'of-, A' HaaYian Islands 4nh 17th. day of j~r* ieb y -fro teat a airist ,the ra ~ fic tzvn of; a_ oertain _ Aat`y 'trh ~h eo I am f `iorffiedl - has been sign~ad rat ,~ea~tin~ton',by :~esere~ ~a- eh;, re on and Kinney* F0 ~cirting to `c+edthn~~ Iglato th® tsritor y-a~r i d f~i~ t -ibe unned , States '.I dealmre soak trusty to be 'an . aet at gong to.uarde.,the 'nati ' And .psrt-native .people_ of 'Hawaft eX zvasi.on of the - i to of "th®`tuliag ohzet$ , in vialation:ot interristional..rghts ''bofh toxarda . people and towards _1riendly nation8 ,xith "whom .they' -have ffiade treaties .,tbe -perpet$ - a10 n o e rand. whereby the oonatitutional- goveraient :was overthrown' -_and tinaily°;an. aot of gross in=;jtiai~ea nie ` = - - Bscaosz,. The .offioiel:protean made by me on th® he., day of .a nary,:Iq, to the 80-oallod Pravisiona], Government was aigned j ,ee and r oeiveti b k said g© ern ent pith the asauranoe that the:ease_was referied: tl~e ~3nf ed Statae for arbitration . BICcAUSH,_ That protest and my communic$ationt to the United Itatee govern- ment immediately thereafter expressly deolaxae that I - yielded my authority; - to the forces of `the United States, ,in :order to avoid bloodebsd .,and be- _ _ oaus® I _reoagni a t_ the futi 7:t ©f-a -ean-f}i-et xi-th eo form-i- able a power. - BBCAOS~.. The. President o< the United_Staea_,the Saeretarq of 'State, an _envoy oegmissioned by: them reporte-&- n offioial dooumeDts that my govern merit was unlawfully' noeraed by the. tor"oos, dplowato and navallof the D- nt cad _ taus hat I _ a 4t=thdate ` f the r inveati tutorial ruler Q._my people -ga#na--the:von+oti $e:aAffffa,- such deeiaion of 'the recognized aagzatratae;. of therited States Was V fieiall y <communi.aated to me and .to san-foal B. -Do le..,and said _Dol rem gnation requested,.-.by,-,Albert S. lFill a nne -rleognized agent, and min- istar of .the government of--.the zii tad a Meat ~BOisasg,- Wither the tbovI nabed doijige era nar the '.g©vernment wh ah send T- =at has -ever reoeived any shah authority frQj, the egl tared voterei of ~ waif but derives -its a.esa"Pso - powers. fxo the s~®---aled- Ca-maitte..a#.-.Fanlio Safety oxganiz®d.on or about said .17th, -da arp,188 aid. a ©mazttoe' being oo ppeed largely of persons :o e~:aing American 0 :t zenghiptand.:nat gene simgle Hawaxian.Was a member thereof or in _any way parnxoi ated in tie Areu6nstr.ation leading tn, ezfatenoe - p . ahuni 7 people,a-bout•f©rty-thousand-in number have in no way been lied-?~; iQes tbre -thousand n ~,nI-b6r , who .t laa,.n: the :right to de strop the ia44peidenet of Rawaia, 'pee_ple a©nastitt~t's_four-fifthr bf th• legallp__quaf ed vatbY+r ~f Hastsaii, and egolnin t~s~r itaport4d for: the d®anazda od2abar about the same .proprrtfa.p_--4f tbe litibitaata r $seusg S4id ereatp;igncges riot onl th® oi.via xight, of ay peopla t further the beriditarq ~'prc-party of their - isfs ®be. tat~ri11f®n acres composing the tsrritmrv said -treaty a fears a annex ,oat-Mill i©n or 915 (300 :cares has in no way b n_ hor to-fora reoo-gn $ed-aa-other -tl'ian- the pri4ate property of the constitutional mdnarah ,subject:' a control in no way differing frog other `I em ,of ;-a par Pate estate'* BECAIDes,- Ii ia..proposed by said-treaty to eonfiseate a id`.preperty,techi nically called the"Crown 'Lands sthoee legally entitled thereto; ;aithsr now, or in succession receiving: no oonsi. eration whatever- for estates their taitle to which hasy always teen- unAiapM~d and--a~b a ~i - - - 71 -are at-this date. Ba eAIIS~,- Said treaty 'zgnores not only ,all professions of .perpetual. am- ` " ity and `good faith made by the -~lnarted States--in former tre es with. sovereigns representing the IIa iaiitt people but *11. Treaties -made 'by t ioa®.sov6r ' ns with 'other and ;fr end y l 40-vacs and: it is Ihereb . yin vi oiation -of nternational 10 BaokosB -'by treating with the --panties olai~>~ia~g_.at 1~~e ttme.._tb to--<aede- 4--ttrr M QPY7 of-=-H~t i the - ova rent f rtli~ iii T a :e ate~s . receives such territory.- frown the hands of thasa vbom its -asp auagfsatx 0,10 legally. elected by the pdopleof the United Stang and in of fi ce 1 g~ in pronounced. fraud len ly n po e r an'd ulsoons Z u oriel ru rig awa1f_ TRRRtFORR..,, --,.zfiblUOx z r of XATI do _aaraby 'call upon the :President of- that nation to whom alone I.yielded-ay property and zy sutborft.y to with- draw said ..treaty (!ceding, sa d Islanas) from -f usher -eons dor-ation I ask t" honorable Senate. of the MAUI I States to -decline to - y said treaty, and I implVe the people : of this great and -good nation from whom my An- cestors learned the.'Ohriatiah -religion to sustain their representhtivea in- such acts of : justies and ~~equity as gay be in accord with the principles of their fathers , and to the -AImi.gh.t'y Ruler. of the Gniverae, tv Bim who _ judgeth righteo sly I -c~oamit my cause. Dct -8 44--.4a:a-htM-gt-On-- 'DIN"trt.- o f Co It~r b f d Sri. ted S to tea of kmert oa tht a Seven tsiFxi:th Dab 'of 'Juste ttt the yedr -.Et gh teexi Bundred and rtne ty-aeuen' r ;6 -77-7 -c 7To Hon john SA*)-Man: , - Seere tary. 0 f s t'a t8 flat ted _S4 tea of AxBrt-Ea, Qn behalf of the Eawaiia6.Fatrlcti League an behalf of tie. ui Kalaiaina,ar an zatians of tbe.na'td4e -and, part native _'e~le_of the Hawaii Fslands.'for the. restoration of 'Constit;utional vsr aent..,snd~fie: perpetu- ation of the Independence under tbeir, o.WD-1--rulere, of the _.Ialand8 and by Commiss4.Aa duly exeout y. such :organizations .conferring u'po ri -one authbri- ty as yell As my on right as .a representative of the people of Bnxaii I h with hand: to you the du y executed prcrtsat ai -He r $ty, `Liliuaka --I_s-lansi~o~e - Tani i-by -the. ~grace of Cad the re_iniuaQVeren o-f_bse seventeenth day of Y. January., A# D. -1892 at xbicb-date sbe yke_lded her prop erty.and authority as our Queen to the forces ;diplomatic ghd naval of. the Uited`States of America;, In the, naie of said assooiations -of the people and in the ;name -of The majority of the :voters registered- at tbe,date of such -ad-bmieraion of our - cause to the government of the United States , I do -hereby support and con, it Ill eaeb: and every ;representation of tb _ our-said een • - - I -liuokaleni , da-ad-d-tbereto the protest-uf tb-e-Feexple-I-cepr~ee-nt against` - the consideration ratificatiob or enforcement of a certain treaty as there- = - - - ..in '.stated which purports to see ahe~rritory of the Bawaiian Islands, to •`tb,e United ~afld- ffrr--the-rea$ons stated to you in suob ---protest made,-on.our--=behalf by our aforesaid Queen I,i'liuokala Tone at W88hin-gton , this 17tb. - day of June; . 18970 - - • - • O T 21 1 1