The commissioners representing the Hawaiian Government have consented to leave to the future and to the just and benevolent purposes of the United States the adjustment of all such questions.
Ben Harrison: “The commissioners representing the Hawaiian Government have consented to leave to the future and to the just and…”
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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Treaty to Annex the Hawaiian Islands
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