Show TYLER AND HAWAII ex senator dubol dubois t erinc ti tho the annexation of 0 ilaw hawaii a il 1 Is reported AS recommending n ding to persona favoring favor lne annexation the x loading 0 of president eylers tylers on tho the subject Buble ct ont on that recommendation wo we havn looked up tho the message it was dated decani bot ber SO 10 avo years ago it was waa only sixty three years after the iho natives wiled and roade made roa de a barbecue ant 0 of capt cook and 0 ady twenty two years after tho the farat I 1 n vent if ell t there it was waa ihen only ally 0 a few white men had penetrated the wilder ress of oregon and when california was still a pare parc of mexico it was waa when it required two years yeara tor for n ship to mail from tiny any civilized port of tho the united states to tho the islands and to return with tho the nuovo as a preliminary no come cole to tho the kersage mefi sogo itself and gly alvo below all its ha s it was u message accompanying some correspondence between the state department and cler fallt of the government of tile iho Ha hawaiian wallan or sand sandwich anda ands and we tako it was of no consequence ex apt pt that a united states consul was wa d sired the president said the inter es pt I 1 in tho the islands was increasing with wit h overy every proof that tho the innab rants aro 0 making progress la in chiv civilization aliza and becoming more awl and more COMPO competent tOnt to maintain a regular and orderly then la Is added adde 1 I this sentence 11 rhey llo lie in tho the raci ile a an much nearer to this continent than the other mid havo become an all Import ajit arit place for tho the renti nent newit ant provisioning of american vessels vessel 0 the next sentence li Is also significant n ant owing to their locality and to tho the course ac of 0 the which prevail all in ill that quarter quat ter 0 of the world the ach islands aro tho the stopping alaor for almost all vessel g horn flown continent to coret continent across tj the e pacific ocean they are especially resorted reported to by tho the great number of vessels of the united states which are enraged engaged in tho the whale fishing in those thoc tho c seas tile tho number of vessels of aji sorts borts anil and the amount of properly Y owned by citi zerus of the th united stat states es wh which I 1 ell are found in those islands in the course of the year are jB probably proba bi Y with sulli clent accuracy in tile the letter ol of the agents ai rents I 1 just juat emerging from a state of barbarism the government of the island celb edg 8 la Is as yet feeble but its dispositions appear to bo be just and pacific and it seems anxious to liap improve ove tho the condition of lla its people by tho the introduction of knowledge of religious and moral ansti tut loru means of education and the th C arts of ch life tho the substance of the remainder of the message Is that it la Is the wish of tile lie united states government and people that those people should be respected and oil cat their rights strictly and regarded carded re that far removed from the dominion of european nur Lur powers its lt crow and prosperity as aa nn an independent t seat 0 rony may yot yet be in n a high dearce aeed to all ahwish trade Is extended to those re irions uh neilla ile its near approach to this continent and an 1 the intercourse which american vessels vessel 0 bavo with it such vessels Is eve avo of ill all which I 1 eze e ze annually vlist ic H could riot not but creato arrato it faction 0 on the part of the united states state tit at any by another nt tempt bo be threatened or feared to tako lako possession of tho the islando colonize them and rid subvert tile iho native Cov government eminent considering si bl therefore that tho the united states po ass so largo a share of tile the interi course with those t lands it la is doomed deemed nol feet to make tile tho declaration that their seeks nevertheless no peculiar po cullar ail vantages advantages no control over the Ifa hawaiian walleen government enni bu but Is s con content tent with its lt independent and for its ibi security i and tind prosper t y its a forbearance in this respect under tho the circumstances of the very verv large intercourse inac of their citizens rith tho the islands would justify tah gov orn ornament ment should events hereafter arise to require it in making 1 A I decided romon etrasco against tho the option of 0 tin on appo alto to pet policy cy by any other power tho the message closes with a becom men emendation dation for a small appropriation to pay the consul residing there we see eee by the above that years offo ago mith tho the islands just emerging fr from own barbarism five blitha of 0 tho the trado trade waa vas with our countrymen that even then tho the president warned all away that then as now the islands were a great rendezvous tor for ships to rest and refit and that the united states government had no designs upon lipon th sovereignty of tho the group croup now those islands have been under a a government for five years which risks for adm Lonion and the members of that government anil and its hackers backers represent the enterprise property and brains of 0 the islands it is every day sald said they are arc low few in numbers anil and those inal cing tile the charge never seem to think that 1 if the few ew have been able to maintain their power for ive five years it Is because c there Is no spirit or ability on the pat bait t of 0 the great majority to overthrow them but maillo those natives now pretend they had no protest one olle I 1 two 0 three or tour four years ago agothar that they do not favor annexation they still eap exp expect act it if given back the power to be protected they leave have no tie property no national lie orce ot character but they i want ant to rule under tile the protection of our govern go eminent anent the first duty of 0 the th government Is to the americans find and their rights there and tile natives cannot legitimately claim any thine but the th protection of 0 their heir personal find and property rights at tile th rame time two strong powers are arc watching ready it 1 our government relies relaxes its iti claims in the tha least lc s to take taka the islands by conquest which chich would be ba an everlasting rong to americans americana there an everi everlasting ast disgrace to our government and a measureless wrong to tho coming generations erat crat ions of our countrymen thee ethcie a ts Is just one ona more statement of sir mr dubols dubets i that needs attention that is in that those on the wands blands favo avorine favoring avor lne tion were sugar planters rs only in this he Is absolutely wrong they aro are tile tho ones who aro are fighting annexation be bc cause they depend upon choup chap contract coolie laborers laborera mile could not come in under un der our law latta we believe they are arc the ones mho aho got up tho the petition against annexation annex atlon and eliat they are arc working for british sovereignty which would nank at the tha malna int ans adopted to obtain laborers |