The Republican party. the great party of liberty. as they term themselves. the men who first discovered "the man and brother" as an equal. stand here today contradicting all their theories and professions up to this time. and say that the colored races in Hawaii have no rights that they are bound to respect. they say that they will take Hawaii under the protection of the Stars and Stripes and maintain a stable government there. notwithstanding the fact that 50.000 ablebodied men of the 109.000 people of the islands are today in a condition of slavery. Do you take them in to emancipate them? Then you will have to vote for the amendment of the Senator from South Dakota . by which all of these contract laborers will be free from the conditions under which they were imported. Why do you not put that in the terms of annexation? Mr.
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