"John Quincy Adams, who, after serving as President, chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, wrote in a report in 1842:
“By the mild and gentle influence of Christian charity, dispensed by humble missionaries of the Gospel, unarmed with secular power, within the last quarter of a century, the people of this group of islands have been converted from the lowest debasement of idolatry to the blessings of the Christian Gospel, united under one balanced government; rallied to the fold of civilization by a written language and constitution, providing security for the rights of persons, property, and mind, and invested with all the elements of right and power which can entitle them to be acknowledged by their brethren of the human race as a separate and independent community.”
The United States government under President Tyler officially promised to protect the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii."
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First seen: 2026-08-24 ·
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