Many Republican leaders were advocating the acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands, not for the reasons I have just stated, but on the avowed ground that it was necessary we should own them as a point of vantage for acquiring dominion in the East.
Hoar critiques the motivations behind the push for acquiring the Hawaiian Islands, emphasizing strategic interests.
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One of the virtues of General Sheridan was that he knew when to act without orders.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
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