Benjamin Harrison actually said...

If it meets the approval of the Senate, peace and good order will be secured in the islands under existing laws until such time as Congress can provide by legislation a permanent from of government for the islands.

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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Treaty to Annex the Hawaiian Islands

02/14/1893

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