A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . her pov.erto step in and take the prize. PRESIDENT Clevelands chan(u: OF POLICY. Such was the status when Presi-dent Cleveland came into office onthe 4th of March, 1893. His viewswere the very opposite of his prede-cessors, and he took steps to enforcethem. He maintained there wouldhave been no revolution in Hawaiihad not the force of marines landedfrom the Boston. He withdrewthe proposed treaty from th

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A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . her pov.erto step in and take the prize. PRESIDENT Clevelands chan(u: OF POLICY. Such was the status when Presi-dent Cleveland came into office onthe 4th of March, 1893. His viewswere the very opposite of his prede-cessors, and he took steps to enforcethem. He maintained there wouldhave been no revolution in Hawaiihad not the force of marines landedfrom the Boston. He withdrewthe proposed treaty from the Senate, and sent James H. Blount, of Georgia, toHawaii as special commissioner to make an investigation of all that had occurred, and to act in harmony with the views of the President. On the 1st of April, Blount caused the American flag to be hauled down, and formally dissolved theprotectorate. Minister Stevens was recalled and succeeded by ^Mr. Blount asminister plenipotentiary. Steps were taken to restore Liliuokalani, and her ownbrutal stubbornness was all that prevented. She was determined to have the livesof the leaders who had deposed her, and to banish their families. This could. JAMES G. BLAINE. (l!viU-1893.)Secretary of State under Harrisons administration. 500 ADMINIISTRATIOX OB CLEVELAND. not be permitted, and the Dole government refused the request to yiehl itsauthority to the queen. The situation brought Pi-esident CleveUuid to a standstill, for he had firstto obtain the authority of Congress in order to use force, and that body was soopposed to his course that it would never consent to aid him. The jHovisiona!government grew stronger, and speedily suppressed a rebellion that was set onfoot by the queen. It won the respect of its enemies by showing clemency tothe plotters, when it would have been legally justified in putting the leaders todeath. The queen was arrested, whereu])on she solemnly i-enounced for herselfand heirs all claim to the throne, urged her subje