The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-01-30

death has commenced between freedom ant
slavery, and on the event of the struggI'
depends our national existence. Let US fal
ter, let us compromise, let us yield, and thu
work OF our fathers and the inheritance o
our children, our own honor and The hopes o
the oppressed nationalities OF the world, viii
be buried In a common grave! Let US be
demoralized by defeat in the field or what is
infinitely worse, by submission to rebellion
and IN foreign lands a man will blush and
hang his head to declare himself an Ameri-
can citizen. A whipped hound should be
the emblem of the Northern man who within.
Pers for a peace that can only be gained by
dIshonor.
But let us remember our fathers who,
e~Ighty-hve years ago, this day made univer-
sal freedom and equal right the cornerstone
Of this Republic; let US exhibit, as we have
begun &c do, their stern resolve and high
devotion in behalf Of constitutional freedom,
and we shall secure for our children and our
chiIdren's children a gigantic and glorious
nationality, based upon principles Of Christian
civilization, such as the world has never seen
before.
There is nothing impossible, nothing i'm
probable IN our speedy realization of a gIori-
Gus future.
The seeds OF this rebellion have long lurk-
ed in our system for years it has been CON-
ing TO a head, and simply from want of pro-
per treatment, 1t has now burst with angry
violence; but the pulse of the nation beats
cooliy and calmly, the partial local infamma-
ton but serves TO exhibit the lusty health of
the body polite, and when this rebellion is
extInguIshed. and It's cause removed, we NAV
hope that we are safe from an organized re-
bellion for at least a century to come.
With what speed this rebellion shall be
crushed, depends solely upon yourselves.
Let public feeling lag throughout the land,
and the War Department will lag in Wash
ington. Let US become careless and indif.
ierent about the matter, and contractors will
cheat our soldiers, incompetent officers will
expose them to defeat, official Indifference
will produce general decentralization.
But let us keep ever in mind the lesson
we have so dearly learned-that eternal Wig
lance is the price of liberty. Let the adj
minlstratIon and the army feel that their
every act is canvassed by an intelligent peo-
pie, and when approved, greeted by a hearty
appreciation; that every branch Of Industry
awaits the ending of the war, and that from
every part of the land comes the cry of =. for
ward" and the arm of the Union at WASH
lngton will obey the heart of the nation,
a prayer rises in its behalf, or its
flag kisses the breeze of heaven.
Let us with this s~leepless vigilance on our
part, repose a generous confidence i'm our
President, who has won the generous ap-
plause OF his Democratic opponents, nor scan
too impatienily the warlike policy of Scott.
Like all true-hearted and brave veterans.
ne wishes to spare as far as possible the
blood alike of loyal soldiers and deluded
rebels, and to carry with the flag of our Union
not SIMPLY the power to make it respected
but the more glorious attributes that cause il
o be loved. Not" to adopt the words of
iov. Andrew of Massachusetts,, 90 to inaugu-
ate a war OF sections, not to avenge former
wrongs, not to perpetuate ancient griefs of
OF conflict" will that flag move
UPWARDS until 1T floats again in its pride and
over Richmond and Sumpter, and
and New Orleans but to indi-
the majesty of the people, to retain and
the institutions of our fathers.
o rescue from the despotism of traitors the
oval citizens of the South, and place all,
oval or rebel, under the protection of a Union
hat Is essential to the welfare of the whole. .
The eyes of the whole world are this day
lxed upon you. To Europeans themselves, {
europeans questions sink TO il significance /
ompared with the American question now
be decided. Rise, my countrymen, as !
Id our fathers on the day we celebrate, to
ne majestic grandeur of this question in its 5
To-fold aspect, as regards America and as /
the world. Remember that with the {
allure of the American Republic will fall I
ne wisest system of republican government !
hitch the wisdom of man has yet invented, 1
nd the hopes of popular freedom cherished e,
lroughout the globe. y
Let US, standing by our fathers graves, !
wear anew and teach the oath to our chill n
rem, that with Gods help the American Re- {
ublic, clasping this continent in it's embrace. y
nall stand unmoved, though all the powers $
slavery, piracy, and European jealousy, y
lould combine to overthrow it; that we =
lall have in the future, as we have had in a
lie Past-one country, one Constitution, and c.
he destiny; and that when we shall have b
from earth, and the acts of TODAY &
lall be matter of history, and the dark o.
'wer now seeking our overthrow shall have !.
ZEN itself overthrown, our sons NAV gather =
rength from our example in every contest
18th despotism that time may have in store 6
try their virtue, and that they NAV rally
lder the stars and stripes to battle for free
I'm and the rights of man, with our olden
Liberty and Union, now and for
er, one and inseparable." @