Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands Speech of Hon Daniel W Mills of Illinois
Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands Speech of Hon Daniel W Mills of Illinois
Daniel W Mills
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I care nothing for finespun arguments on the theory of political economy. I find that every writer on the law of nations or the law of political economy agrees that with nations, as with indi- viduals, self-preservation is the first law of nature. I find that the law of self-preservation rises superior to all other laws. We are told by every man who knows that this supreme law abso- lutely declares that we take possession of these islands. So greatly convinced of this are our military and naval... boards of strategy, tho President, who is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and the General in charge of the Army that they are reported to have agreed that in case this legislation is not en- acted, it will be absolutely necessary to take military charge of the Hawaiian Islands in order to protect our Pacific coast. In oppo- sition to the statement that the law of self-preservation requires the possession of these islands we have only the theories of mem- bers of the House who have made no special study of naval and military affairs.
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