The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-12-03
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righteousness alone, which truly and permanently
exalteth "A nation in his universe, and we pray
the Lord TO carry on his work till slavery be ut
terly dead, ard till il cease to be, II 1t ever has
been, a glitsering generality Gas SO well expressed
In the Hawaiian Constitution of 1922 that
q. God hath c Gated all men free and equal, and
endowed them with certain inaiienable rights {;
among which are life, liberty, and the right of
acquiring. possessing and protecting property,
and Of pursuing and obtaining safety and happi-
ness"
We also rejoice to-day over the Heroic Man
hood-the Social Inrigoraiion-which Is being
developed in America BY this war.
As there never before was 50 great a govern
ment resting so directly on the people, with no
I superior will acknowledged but Gods, so there
never was a war so truly an expression of the
( popular intelligence, and so purely waged for
principle. Led on by no trickery or force, be-
/ cause themselves the arbiters. the loyal majority
have, from stage 10 stage, deliberately sacrificed
their property and lives, TO maintain the most
precious of political principles. This is produc-
} Ing untold good. II is b bursting the sordid chains
of the love of gain, and is making men. High
herOism for country and principle becomes the
passion. and subdues many who would otherwise
have fritter-d life away in mere trade or friyOlity.
How contemplate must be that soul who has
seen, or heard, of the glorious enthusiasm burn
ing in the hundreds of thousands Of the yoIun-
teers of the North, without himself being raised
u a higher standard Of manhood.
Steadily Is the war progresses, does the stand
ard of heroism rise, advancing as the heroes null
tiply. No age or nation has more noble names
than America already numbers as developed by
this war, and who will be watchwOrds for future
generations and other lands. And we do not
now refer alone to those few leading ores, Els
worth, Lyon, Sumner, Kearney, Mitchell, Foote,
BufOrd and Sanders, whose official position has
made them already and deservedly famous, but
to those heroes comparatively unknown whose
glorious self-sacriices are yet known to their or
,ha nod Children and m1uruIDo peiUhtprhnn3S
upon whom they have left their mantles Of
patriotism.
A young dying soldier said to his brother rs
lie bent to kiss him, Tell mother, | die for my
country" \ young officer shortly before his
death 1T Balls Bluff. wrote 40 You know, mother,
that il is easy 70 die in such q cause and after
all, death is but one step onward in life. q" Oh"
said another, - it is glorious TO die for ones coun-
try ut such a time as this" Said Il soldier of
the 10th Mass, a. | thank God that [ am permit
ted to die for my country Another said, - Yes,
| have done the last duty for my God and my
country. Life is dear, | have IL dear mother and
sister Ut home whom | love. | would like TO die
with them in the quiet of home; but | cannot,
and l am willing to die here \ soldier, wound
ell and emaciat.d, who was passing through
great sufferings, in reply to a question, said, rs
thousands have said in words, and tens of thou
sands more in acts -'' If | knew | should have
TO suffer the same over again, / should want 10
20 back Ito the army L want to get well
NSN~Nl ~ A~NA-h - NNNT" 49, go w. -Sf
honest patriots to spare 4 single one, and if |
have any pride, it is because | know / am one,
whole souied and true. I haven't many viz
tues, but my fault will never be rreachery to my
native land. I'll die for her, if | can't live TO
defend her."
Not the land alone, but the rolling ocean, has
been the theatre Of deeds, in harmony with it's
own grandeur. When Com. Joseph Smith i'm
Washington, heard by telegraph from the conflict
with that monster the Merrinsac, that the Con-
gress, commanded by his son, Of the same name
with himself, had raised the white flag, knowing
the character Of his son, he said Joe is dead
And the character of multitudes of sailors, dur
ing this war has elevated bis profession, and given
US new reasons for honoring those who do bust
ness on the deep. What unfading glory is the
record that no SailOr in the United States navy
on the breaking out Of the great rebellion proved
a traitor to his country. The starry banner
has grown more brilliant and precious since the
Cumberland sank unsurrendered That last boom
ing gun, fired in stern defiance rs the eagle touch
ell the wave, has found its echo in every American
sailors heart, and will for ages assist him in
pouring the strength Of his inpulsive soul into
the channels of high patriotism.
We rejoice that we here to-day mingle our
Thanksgiving with so many sons of the ocean,
brethren OF those who have manned Uncle Sans
web-foOted pets, and with such wonderful daring
have reduced SO many of the sea port citadels of
treason,--whO have swept the name Of rebel
from the Father of Naters,-and who only ask
the privilege of honOring every rebel craft that
floats rs the hedrSaTgs, the Alabama. We thank
God that there are those among you ranged under
the higher banner of Glory and Love. May
grace be given us all to fight the good fight, and
lay hold on eternal life, with the same violent
determination with which your comrades wrested
victory on the wave. Let the temptation-proof
monitors of Sacred Truth silence the grim for
tre>ses OF evil that beset you on either hand,
while under your Divine Commodore you tri-
umphantly pass every one of Satan's devices, and
at last pipe al hands in Heaven.
But, to return. sacrifices and heroism during
this war, have not been the part alone of the
soldier and sailor.
Not on the tented ield. (
U terTor-fronted var I
Not on the battlefield /
All thy bleeding victims are
An aged mother, in her suffering and spirit
the type of thousands of mothers, received the
corpse Of her brave oficer-son, who was TO have
been her stay and staff. When a friend finally
moved to cover the face for the last time, she
gently checked him, and doing ii herself said,
- Ny son, | have laid yOu 10 rest many a time
before. Now l do it for the last time, and with
the flag of your country" On u bundle con-
tanning bandages for the Sanitary Commission.
written, This is a poor gift. but it is all |
had | have given my husband and my boy,
only wish had more 10 give but | have
Such words and such deeds. will give the
sons of the coming generation a loftiness Of char
acter worthy of their mothers.
Nor is it that courage, partly physical. in
Drawing death and It's consequences, for ourselves
OF in the persons of those We love, that we alone
admire. and from which we take hope. The ma
is certainly raised 70 a higher level OF self
respect and power when it thrills as it sees our