The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-04-30

VINO never u himself hdth SAID,
This is my own, my native land.
As home his footsteps he hath turned,
Prom wandering on a foreign strand
For him IA o minstrel rap,ures swell;
High though his titles. proud his name,
B0undiess his wealth AS wish can claim;
T PssP STe, chose eo 5.iss, rS~ ri IA and Pef
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Cnwept, unhonored, and unsung."
Our native land preserved, by an overriding and
benehceDt Providence, from any internal contest or
commotion, rising to the dignity of civil war, since
that memorable day of the as, commemorated by
the poet Campbell, in the piece beginning
Lochiel Lochiel beware of the day,
For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight.
And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight"
her people have been united, and, L am proud to say,
the good Queen Victoria, for whom may ten thousand
c~laymores ever be ready to leap from their scabbards,
governs no more loyal or devoted subjects, in any
part of her dominions, than the descendants of those
same clansmen who fought at Culloden, as they have
abusdantly proven. on many a day of victory, and
many a day of disaster.
Bereft, by the American Revolution, of thirteen
fair colonies on the Western side of the Atlantic; as.
sailed, at times, by coalitions of powerful nations,
banded together for her overthrow, our country
emerged trlumphantly through every trial. Behold
her, In our own day, passing through the fiery ordeal
of the Russian war, and of that Indian catastrophe,
whose fearful annals are engraven on the bleeding
hearts OF so many of her still surviving children.
Beset, more recently, through circumstances over
WHICH sne cOuIu exercise no control, ana which
human wisdom could not avert, with the nearly total
wreck of one of her chief branches of industry, and
the consequent impoverishment of half a million of
her people, and great loss of trade see her now,
through the voluntary exercise of the virtue of be-
nevolence, Joined to her in born energy and enter
prise, passing quietly through that unforeseen emer-
gency,w while her official returns show her trade and
commerce, bursting, like an INSTRUCTED river, over or
around every barrier, rolling into new channels, and
now more prosperous than before. Behold our native
land, with her steam and iron clad navy, and her
two hundred thousand we'll trained volunteers, our
brothers, armed not for aggression, but for the de-
fence Of all that is sacred and most loved at home. Hail to the
Of their native soii,-to o5pose their serried ranks to the adj
vance of the invader, and nobIy to triumph over their country's
their backs to the field and their feet to the foe"
Behold our native country, victorious over the ills that nations
are heirs to, more mighty than ever, as she calmly and majestic
ally rides DER the waves and the surges of Time,-the sole ark
at the helm, and yonder bright ensign, the meteor flag Of Old
braSsd, a thousand Iaasas %ge Il the : battle R5es and m : the bSSe e4e nag ID
1t seems to have been but lately discovered, and the credit of
thiIy presides at the head of this board, that there are residing
OF the three Kingdoms, and their descendants, to justify their
being invited to JON a national celebration and l am de en-
casion. the anniversary OF the metropolitan patron saint, Saint
mind you, Of the birthday Of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, a day to
~ I,memnered by every man who speaks The English .angIa gs
hind? Have we got black-mOuthed Presbyterians from the
leeksl Have We Sandy the canny scotl Have We Donald
from Sam siickl II we have. they are equally welcome round
tHH h7I"t"' u"hlH WIN LC ""N NN No.. ~
Kent, or even the Cockney, who may have been born within
~, ,her se s9ana u ,6 nST geDs shon LSng to m sbSu I9ey w q united L SeapI @i IN
the face Of the world;-yes, as long as the Rose, the Shamrock,
and the Thistle shall continue to grow, or water shall continue
to run.
Gentlemen, while I regret that the agreeable duty Of respond
ing to the toast Of Our native land should not have fallen to
the lot Of some more eloquent tongue than mine, 1 can yield to
the pride and enthusiasm with which 1 hail and receive it; for
although l babe adieu to bOnny Scotland when L was still but a
boy, If i ever forget her may my tongue cleave to the rooi oil
my mouth
Away We gay landscapes, we gardens of roses,
In % let the miniOQS of luxury rove:
Restore me the rocks, where the snow fake Teposes'
Though still they are sacred to freedom and love.
Shades of the dead, have 1 not heard your voices,
Surely the soul of the hero rvjoices,
And rides on the wind DER his own Highland vale.
Round Loeb ma Carr, while the stormy mist gathers,
Clouds there encircle the forms of my fathers,
They dwell in the tempests of dark Loeb ma Carr.
HIS Honor resumed his seat amid loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN. in giving the next toast, 'THE
LAND WE LIVE IN" begged to couple with
it the name of His Exeellency the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Mr.. r. c. WYLLIE. a gentleman
(said the CHAIRMAN) who has done more than
any living man to make this country prosperous
at home and respected abroad. (Cheers.)
Mr.. WYLLIE rose and said
Upon the subject of the motires which may have
induced all of US to leave the happy and glorious
country of our birth, adverted to by Her Majesty's
Representative, in his eloquent speech which we have
just heard, or my own private reasons, L should only
saw, they were at the least, not selfish. But in his
favor to NE. he has been pleased TO over-rate the
value of my public services to "the land we live
in That the grand objects of my very humble but
arduous labors for 19 years of the best part OF my
life, have been the honor Of the Crown, Its recognl-
ton by all nations aud the independence and welfare
of the Hawaiian people, L will not deny nor will L
deny that | may claim some success IN the attain
ment of those objects, from the very fact that such
an accomplished gentleman and ~diDlomatist, as HoW
represents Her Majesty At the Kings Court, and
does us the honor 10 preside over US. on this festive
occasion, has been chosen by Her Majesty, 10 carry
into effect Her gracious and benevolent policy towards
the King and His people. Still less, will | deny
that. whether deserved CT not, L I'm proud of the
testimony TO the value of my long services, thus
publicly given, because an expression Of approval,
all the world over, is appreciated according to the
knowledge, the talent and the Judgment of Him who
emits il. Upon these grounds tie highest OF Us, may
well covet the good opinion of Mr.. Synge; L confess
am proud Of il, and that l look upon 1t as. morally,
the highest reward that | have ever received for my
public services; although in justice to my colleagues,
| must sscribe to them, by tar the greatest share In
the usefulness TO the State of these services.
You all know that the measure OF the respect
which one Sovereign renders 10 another, Is TO be
estimated By the dignity, the ability and the expert
ence of the political agent whom the one Sovereign
sends 10 the Court Of the other. By that rule, how
highly ought we to appreciate the friendly interest of
the potent and glorious Queen CT Great Britain. in
respecting the dignity Of the Sovereign to whom be-
longs the island we live in, in His independence and