די י The correspondence examined in the preparation of this report indicates the general policy of this Government towards the Hawaiian Islands to have been, from 1820 to 1893, one of close friendship and protection, prompted by a desire for the welfare and autonomy of the islands and a careful preservation of American rights and territory on this continent. The active intervention of foreign powers in the affairs of Hawaii is shown to have been uniformly regarded with distrust, and a determined attitude against it seems to have been frankly assumed whenever occasion called for an expression of purpose upon the subject from the United States. This view of the common interests of the two countries several times contemplated annexation as a necessity under apprehended foreign encroachment at Honolulu, and once, if not more. than once, as the positive policy of this Government-notably in the administration of President Pierce. Respectfully submitted. " ANDREW H. ALLEN, Chief, Bureau of Rolls and Library. [The narrative of events from the 17th of January, 1893, is continued in the report accompanying the President's message of February 15, 1893, sending to the Senate the treaty concluded and signed at Washington, February 14, 1893, by the Secretary of State of the United States and the representatives of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands.] APPENDIX. The time and assistance available in the preparation of the foregoing report and this appendix have not been sufficient to render a full presentation of the correspondence involved practicable here. The purpose of this supplement therefore is to give a general view of the progress of events and to submit copies of all papers of ascertained importance to a clear understanding and reënforcement of the narrative, except those published in the volumes of Foreign Relations of the United States and other volumes, to which reference is noted in a bibliographical paragraph. It has been deemed neither necessary nor advisable to touch upon the subject of private claims of the citizens or subjects of either country against the government of the other, as none of the claims adverted to in the consular or diplomatic correspondence appears to have become at any time matter of special or separate negotiation or to have reached a position of adequate moment to demand any further action than the exercise of good offices by the diplomatic representative of the Government of the claimant. Three unperfected treaties described in the correspondence are deposited in this Bureau, those of 1849, 1855, and 1867, respectively. A considerable volume of correspondence upon Hawaiian relations will be found in the archives of the Navy Department, should it be regarded as desirable to examine letters of naval officers of the United States in support or elaboration of the consular and diplomatic letters given or referred to in the list of papers. The present report and appendix bring the narrative down to the revolution of January 17, 1893, from which point it is continued in the report accompanying the President's message of February 15, 1893, sending to the Senate the treaty concluded and signed at Washington, February 14, 1893, by the Secretary of State of the United States and the representatives of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands. A list of papers, chronologically arranged, follows, and is, in its turn, followed by a brief subject index for more convenient reference. BUREAU OF ROLLS AND LIBRARY, February 14, 1893. A. H. A. 25 LIST OF PAPERS. [The arrangement is chronological.] Treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States and the Sandwich Islands, signed at Honolulu, December 23, 1826. Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from Thomas ap Catesby Jones, December 25, 1826. Extract. Extract of letter to William Bolton Finch, U. S. S. Vincennes, January 20, 1829. Treaty between Great Britain and Hawaii of November 16, 1836, signed at Honolulu. Treaty between France and Hawaii, signed at Honolulu, July 12, 1839. Message of the President of December 31, 1842. (H. R. Ex. Doc. No. 35, Twentyseventh Congress, third session.) Commercial Agent William Hooper's, No. 22, March 7, 1843. Declaration of Great Britain and France relating to independence of islands, London, Mr. Calhoun to Mr. Brown, No. 4, January 20, 1845. Treaty of peace, amity, and commerce between France and Hawaii, signed at Honolulu, March 26, 1846. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Ten Eyck, Angust 28, 1848. Article 6, treaty with France of July 17, 1849. Mr. Ten Eyck to Mr. Buchanan, No. 55, September 3, 1849. Mr. Turrill to Mr. Clayton, No. 30, September 4, 1849. Treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States and Hawaiian Islands, concluded at Washington 20th December, 1849. Messrs. Judd and Jarves to Mr. Clayton, May 30, 1850. Mr. Clayton to Messrs. Judd and Jarves, June 3, 1850. Mr. Clayton to Mr. Rives, No. 15, July 5, 1850. Mr. Rives to Mr. Webster, No. 49, September 12, 1850. Mr. Webster to Mr. Rives, No. 28, June 19, 1851. Joint resolution of the nobles and representatives of June 21, 1851, Mr. Webster to Mr. Severance, No. 4, July 14, 1851. Confidential, Mr. Webster to Mr. Severance, July 14, 1851. Mr. Rives to Mr. Webster, No. 97, July 22, 1851. Mr. Rives to Mr. Seward, No. 109, October 30, 1851. Mr. Marcy to Mr. Mason, No. 3, December 16, 1853. Treaty of reciprocity, unperfected, 1855. ن (Bureau of Rolls and Library, Department of State.) Mr. McBride to Mr. Seward, No. 9, October 9, 1863. Mr. McBride to Mr. Seward, No. 37, September 16, 1864. Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, No. 6, September 3, 1866. Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, private, June 7, 1867. Mr. Seward to Mr. McCook, No. 33, July 13, 1867. Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, No. 31, August 5, 1867. Mr. Seward to Mr. McCook, confidential, September 12, 1867. Mr. Seward to Mr. McCook, No. 36, October 5, 1867. Mr. Seward to Mr. Spalding, No. 42, July 5, 1868. Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, No. 54, August 14, 1868, with inclosure. Message of President Johnson, December 9, 1868. Mr. Z. S. Spalding to Mr. Spalding, April 14, 1869. Mr. McCook and Mr. De Varigny, notes of conversations, September 14, 1869, and Mr. McCook and the King. Mr. Pierce to Mr. Fish, No. 189, February 7, 1873. Gen. Schofield to Gen. Belknap, May 8, 1873. Treaty: Protocol of Conference, September 9, 1876. (Ratification of Commercial Mr. Evarts to Mr. Comly, No. 28, August 6, 1878. (See Foreign Relations of the United Mr. Evarts to Mr. Comly, No. 81, November 13, 1880. Mr. Blaine to Mr. Comly, No. 102, June 30, 1881. (See Foreign Relations of the United Mr. Blaine to Mr. Comly, No. 113, December 1, 1881. (See Foreign Relations of the Confidential, Mr. Blaine to Mr. Comly, December 1, 1881. Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Daggett, No. 42, December6, 1883. (See Foreign Relations Treaty: Hawaiian Islands Supplementary Convention, December 6, 1884. Reciproc- Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard, No. 78, September 2, 1886. Mr. Bayard to Mr. Merrill, No. 52, July 12, 1887. (See Foreign Relations of the Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard, No. 173, February 24, 1888. (See Foreign Relations of the Treaty: Parcels Post Convention between the United States and the Hawaiian King- Mr. Merrill to Mr. Blaine, No. 255, August 1, 1889. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Blaine, No. 46, February 8, 1892. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Blaine, No. 48, March 8, 1892. Admiral Brown to the Secretary of the Navy, September 6, 1892. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Foster, No. 74, November 20, 1892. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Foster, No. 65, September 14, 1892. Capt. Wiltse to the Secretary of the Navy, October 12, 1892. 1892. Capt. Wiltse to the Secretary of the Navy, October 20, Message of the President, February 6, 1893. Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 45, 52d Cong. 2d sess- ADDENDA. Treaty of amity, commerce, and unavigation, unperfected, 1849. (Bureau of Rolls Treaty of reciprocity, unperfected, 1867. (Bureau of Rolls and Library, Depart- SUBJECT INDEX. Annexation to the United States: Mr. Severance to Mr. Webster, No. 6, March 11, 1851. Mr. Webster to Mr. Severance, July 4, 1851 (confidential). Mr. Marcy to Mr. Mason, No. 3, December 16, 1853. Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, No. 6, September 3, 1866. Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward (private), June 7, 1867. Mr. Seward to Mr. McCook, No. 33, July 13, 1867. Mr. Seward to Mr. McCook (confidential), September 12, 1867. Mr. Z. S. Spaulding to Mr. Spaulding, April 14, 1869. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Blaine, No. 46, February 8, 1892. Admiral Brown to Secretary of Navy, September 6, 1892. Annexation to the United States-Continued. Capt. Wiltse to the Secretary of Navy, October 12, 1892. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Foster, No. 74, November 20, 1892. Message of the President, February 6, 1893 (Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 45, Fifty-second See Foreign Relations of the United States, 1881. Cession of territory to the United States: Proclamation of Kamehameha III of March 10, 1851. Mr. Severance to Mr. Webster, No. 6, March 11, 1851. Mr. McBride to Mr. Seward, No. 37, September 16, 1864. Mr. McCook and the King-conversation, September 14, 1869. Coolie trade: Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, No. 54, August 14, 1868, with inclosure. See Foreign Relations of the United States, 1873, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1889. Declaration of Great Britain and France relative to independence of islands, Loudon, November 28, 1843. Hawaiian Islands: Statement of financial, agricultural, social, and political conditions. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Foster, No. 74, November 20, 1892. Independence of islands: Declaration of Great Britain and France, London, November 28, 1843. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Ten Eyck, August 28, 1848. Mr. Webster to Mr. Severance, No. 4, July 14, 1851. Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, No. 32, August 5, 1867. Kalakaua, King-death of, in the United States-(Foreign Relations United States, 1891). "Lackawanna" (incident): Mr. McCook to Mr. Seward, No. 31, August 5, 1867. Mr. Seward to Mr. McCook, No. 36, October 5, 1867. Mr. McCook and Mr. de Varigny-notes of conversations, September 14, 1869. Landing of naval force: Mr. Pierce to Mr. Fish, No. 241, February 11, 1874. Mr. Pierce to Mr. Fish, No. 243, February 17, 1874. Mr. Pierce to Mr. Fish, No. 245, February 20, 1874. Mr. Merrill to Mr. Blaine, No. 255, August 1, 1889. Lilioukalani, Queen, accession of. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1891. Liquor traffic: Article 6, treaty with France of July 17, 1849. Mr. Evarts to Mr. Comly, No. 81, Nov. 13, 1880. (Ralik Islands.) Message of the President of December 31, 1842 : House of Representatives Ex. Doc. No. 35, Twenty-seventh Congress, third session. Message of December 9, 1868, reciprocity. Opposition of Great Britain to American interests: Mr. McBride to Mr. Seward, No. 9, October 9, 1863. Mr. Seward to Mr. McBride, No. 10, January 14, 1864. 11 Mr. Evarts to Mr. Comly, No. 28, August 6, 1878. (See Foreign Relations of the Mr. Blaine to Mr. Comly, No. 102, June 30, 1881. (See Foreign Relations of the Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard, No. 78, September 2, 1886. Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard, No. 85, October 19, 1886. Mr. Hastings to Mr. Bayard, No. 89, October 28, 1886. (See Foreign Relations of the United States, 1887.) Mr. Merrill to Mr. Bayard, No. 173, February 24, 1888. (See Foreign Relations of the United States, 1888.) Mr. Stevens to Mr. Foster, No. 65, September 14, 1892. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Foster, No. 72, October 30, 1892. Mr. Stevens to Mr. Foster, No. 74, November 30, 1892. (See Foreign Relations of the United States, 1878, 1887, 1888.) Pearl River Harbor Mr. Pierce to Mr. Fish, No. 190, February 10, 1873. |