The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-06-20
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Patriotic speech oTan Eminent
Merchant.

On the evening Of April 22, the citizens of New
ton, Mass, held a meeting 10 take measures for
raising and equipping volunteers, and to express
their sentiments on the present crisis. Several
speeches were delivered by distinguished citizens,
Of which We took notes. The speech of Mr..
Israel Lombard Is - expressive Of the fervor that
pervades the whole mercantile interest and the
entire community, that We take pleasure in giving
IL as full as our report will allOw--Bos. &. BuL
Ma. CHAIRMAN Never till now have / adj
dressed an audience so far inland. | feel here as
1T / were off sounding-. But, of souHdiHgs OF
on, afoat or on shore, my voice, and strength,
and means shall everywhere be given for the
UNION
Fellow citizens Of Newton, Fellow citizens of
the Old Bay State Fellow citizens Of the
UNITED STATES aye, the Eaited States-fOr
that name Is and forever shall be the name Of Our
Country and the stars and Stripes are and for
ever shall be the Fla. Of Our Country. We
still hare q UNION
The noble Trunk Of our Tree Of Liberty is still
sound to the very core. Some Of Its weakest
Branches have dropped off by the bLack rot: but
Its free and strongest branches all remain, and
they are stronger to-day than they ever were be
fore and that Tree shall grow in strength for
centuries to come, the pride Of the noble and the
free, and the shelter Of the wronged and the OPP
pressed Of all the nations of the Earth
We meet here tonight % speak words of good
cheer and hearty thanks TO the E. Rifle Volunteer
A~E u NNNN0h -HA ~ NT@AN -AN-AA NA@N
the heart of every man,-aye, and what is far
better, the heart Of erery wOHAN,-beats proudly
for him.
\ few days ago some of our Responding friends
felt that the Flag of Our Country had been hum
bled before the traitors of South Carolina. Fort
Sumpter had been taken, and all the Southern
papers came to Us teeming with boasting accounts
of this stupendOus victory of the knights of the
Golden Circle and the ChiUdETy of the South
And, can it be that Knighthood and Chivalry
hnr. Gw-E ~ Aaw- - ~ Ill -ITz - V---n old
Jack Falstaff, with all his bombast, if he were
alive to-day and heard these traitors boast, would
blush tor them with the veriest shame.
Neyer,-never, from my earliest boyhOod,
when | first read the glowing pages of the deeds
of our fathers in the Revolution never, during
the War of 1872, when my bOyish ears again and
again caught the sounds OF Victory as they We're
borne on the breeze across the Bay 70 the shores
Of old Cape Cod, telling how their sons were do
ing their share of the fight under the flag Of
Perry on the Lakes, and on board old Iron
Sides on the Ocean, sweeping ererythiHg before
them never, even then, did my heart swell with
prouder emotion for my country's flag than when
| read MAJOR AndersOn's account of his defense
and EVACUATION of Fort Sumpter.
Here was a Fortress erected, not for defense
from attack by Traitors on the Land, but from
enemies on the Ocean-all its strong points faced
the sea IL had been surrounded by 4 Gordon of
nine Publications, manned by more than 200
troops. Our b~eleagured fortress had a garrison
of only 20 men and a few abOrers-witbin its
walls there was not 100 souls all told-they were
almost entirely without food-they had eaten
their last mOrsel of Bread-and vet. for some 80
hours, this gallant little band stood to their guns.
They tore up their sheet-their blankets--their
Shirts To make cartridges And when at last the
heat of the surrounding flames closed the iron
door of their Magazine, and their supply of pow
der was cut of-and they had only three cart
ridges ieft-they gave up the fight, and marched
out playing Yankee Doodle, carrying in triumph
the flag they fought under, and also the old flag
of Fort MOultrie! ;!
Is this Victory? Ave it as a glorious VICTORY
Victory ON our side-Disgrace on their'S. Yes
when in after years some second Bancroft, or
Prescott, or Motley, shall continue the History of
Our Country-aye, OHr Countrywide United
States of America for that is a name we will
nerer surrender-aDd ages afterwards, when those
pages shall be read by the free, the noble, the
fair, and the brave throughout the Civilized
World, the name of s'Major Anderson and his
gallant men" will stand side by side with that of
. LeOnidas and the noble Spartan Band" that
fought at the Pass o, ThermOpyle. And the
hearts of the School Girls of New England, hun
dreds of years hence, when the School Boys of
New England shall Tecite TO them the deeds of
Major Anderson and his brave soldiers" will
swell with the same patriotic fire that filed the
hearts of the mothers and daughters Of New
England in 1876 and 1861. And those who can
then claim paternity from the huHbIest soldier
NldA lbGZlNA III tAAihgl ~ II Nv ann VI fNA'
viii be more respected by the fair and brave in
every land than ali the descendants from the
boosted chirddry C) of the Traitorous South.
Fellow Citizens of Newton Will detain you
but a few moments more. | say God bless the
Volunteers Of NewtOn-they are men of the right
metfie, and if called upon to do active service,
viii To "a man do their whole duty
y few days ago, in the Hall Of the Merchants
Exchange, where the merchants of Boston had
met TO make arrangements 10 form a Coast Guard
and build u steam gun-bOat, | said that | was not
then ready To Strike would do creryfhIHg for de-
Tense hut. for the sake Of the Union men, and
Union women. and the children at the breasts of
Union mothers in the Slave States, | was not
then willing to carry the war into the enemy's
country. | was opposed in this sentiment by two
of the citizens of Newton, whom | see here to-
night: their blood was u little younger and rose
a little quicker than mine or. perhaps, they saw
q little farther ahead than | did-but, | was
only a few hours behind them. Before the sun
of that day had sank behind the hills Of Old
Berkshire, the Cause of Freedom in the streets of
Baltimore on the 18th day of April, lS6l-as III
the streets of Lexington on the 10Th day of April,
l776-had been baptised in the Blood of the
Sons of Massachusetts, and | then said, and |
HO1D sIy-SIRIKE. Strike where the blows will
fall the hardest The arm that IL not now ready
To strike deserves to be cut off, for 1t belongs
either 70 a traitor or a coward. Strike, then,
with the certainty that
Conquer Ee must for cur cause II IS just,
And ti- be our Not5O-In COP Is our Trust =
Ard the -tzr -uaugIef Banuer in triumph- shall wave.