Speeches of Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts
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Excerpt from Speeches of Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts: In the Senate of the United States, December 6 and 11, 1893 If the Presidents message means anything, so far as I can understand it, it means that the Executive of the United States is meditating and considering the question whether he shall, by his own executive authority, commit an act of war against a friendly power. There can be no question that the Government which was in power in Hawaii at the last advices is a friendly Government. It established itself without violence, after an attempt on the part of the Queen to commit an act of revolution and usurpation, which is admitted and conceded by all parties. The Queen undertook of her own authority and in violation of a written existing constitution to exclude from the right of suffrage in that nation a large and important portion of its citizens, important in regard to numbers, in regard to character, in regard to intelligence, and in regard to property. I suppose nobody will be so hardy as to deny that that was a gross attempt at usurpation and revolution. Now, the people, or some of them, resisted that act and set up a new government, and that government has been recognized by all the civilized powers of the world, so far as we are aware, who have international relations with Hawaii. It has been recognized by the Government of the United States. It is represented at the capital of the United States by a duly accredited representative, and is recognized by the present Executive, with whom he is in diplomatic intercourse; and therefore to undertake on any pretense whatever, or for any reason whatever, to enter that kingdom or republic, or however it may be defined and described, and overthrow the existing government is an act of war; and it is none the less an act of war that it is an act meditated, or proposed, or committed against a feeble and small government. Now, Mr. President, the suggestion that the United States may have acted with undue haste in the recognition of this government or that it may have violated international law by taking part in the revolution that established it, will not in my judgment bear examination for a moment. If at some time in the past this country, even in violation of right, had aided in putting in power a government which has since that time been recognized by us and by other countries as a lawful government and is lawfully and peacefully exercising its functions, is it possible that because that might have happened there is any duty or any right under the law of nations, after the fact in the past has become established, to make war on that government and overthrow it and put in power another? If that be true, it was clearly the duty of France, whenever after our Revolutionary war she should see fit, to have joined Great Britain in overthrowing the United States and putting the Colonies under the English power once more. I suppose there can be no question that our treaty of alliance with France, which contributed so much to the establishment of our independence, was a violation of international obligation as between France and England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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