The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-07-03
July 18th and the Union.

With tO-mOrrow's dawn another anniversary
of American Independence returns. and, as is
ustomary here, the day will be among the chief
est Of our holidays. Though separated from the
mother country by Il broad ocean, thousands of
hearts here will beat in unison with millions
there, who are watching with increasing interest
the progress Of the mighty struggle between
Freedom and Treason. At no period Of human
civilization, says an exchange, edo we find Il par
aliel to the present struggle for free institutions on
the American continent. The PRINCIPLES at stake
are imInutlblc and immortal. The only struct-
ure of democratic government on earth, and the
last-the most precious charter that ever God
bestowed upon man-will stand or fall rs the
war for the American Union triumphs or falls.
Foreign nations are watching the progress of
this w.r with LroothIeeo intoroo.. lie has "In.ost
wholly superseded every other topic. Their Par
liaments, their writers, their men of science,
their Kings, and their peoples, observe, debate,
and theorize upon it. The English statesmen
and pamphletcers can find no text so fruitful as
the American War. The French Emperor dis
cusses it in private and in public. The Russian
Gar sends over to our Government words of
admiration and cheer. The Italian heroes regard
its issue as more decisive of human freedom than
any event that has ever taken place in the Old
World. In the United States, the war is the
only question which vitality and constantly con-
Germs the people. 1t concerns them in every
puIsation and fibre Of society, business, kindred,
and home. Their nearest relatives and friends
are in the army. There is hardly Il family in
the loyal States that is not represented among
the defenders of the Republic. Thousands are
in mourning for their sons, brothers, fathers, and
friends. The subjects ever present with them are
the war, its duties, its sutfcrings, and its results.
The pulpit rings with patriotic discourses on the
war. The newspapers are crowded with it. In
every quarter, in every neighborhood, in every
social circle, it is the one single absorbing thought
and theme"
1t is under such circumstances as these that
this anniversary recurs, and that Americans
abroad are called upon to remember their brethren
in arms at home. 1t needs not the extension of
the telegraph wires to this port to enable us to
rejoice with them that the old sacred flag of the
Union is still triumphant, and being replaced
on the ramparts from which the hands of tran
tors tore it down. 1t is enough that victory
after victory has rolled over the wires and
thrilled millions Of hearts. Forts Henry and
DoncIson, Corinth, New Orleans. Island No. 10,
Memphis, Yorktown, Norfolk, will suffice to in
spire the heart of every loyal American to sing,
AS never it was sung before
The ssar-sPangl ed banner {% r. E tT.s sba II e. rare
But when to this we add the news. which will
in all probability arrive before the ink on this
sheet Is dry, that Richmond, the capital of the
so-called confederate government, and Charleston,
the hot-bcd of the accursed treason and of the