The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-07-08

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pertinent. Intelligent minds saw with growing
anxiety. the strange anomaly OF Slavery. which 1t
was hoped would have decreased under the doc
trine OF equality. on .ae contrary increasing. Other
sources of danger were seen, but one and another
were swallowed up by this portentons serpent, till
the great danger 10 the Republic was concentrated
in it alone and as yet. all fled before ii. The ma
ton was still waiting Tor the one commissioned Of
God 10 seize ii by the tail, and transmute it into a
harmless and even budding ~rod-wallng for the
Moses of American History-for Abraham Lincoln.
Growing even more rapidly than the growth of
the nation, this intestinal reptile assumed that the
whole fabric was created tor itself, and that no
duty was So incumbent on the state, as TO protect
and foster il. With the audacity Of every soulless
abomination, it appropriated every thing to itself,
till at last il was pronounced treason TO oppose 1t.
And finally it threatened TO secede and sooth to
say. Secession. in its reptilian dialect. meant the
assumption of the very life of the Republic Its
capital. its forts and munitions of war, with all its
prestige and power. By cajoery and force it sub
dued the masses Of the South, whose manhood had
been starved and tortured into Ignorant subseryi-
ency, as the monster atterward starved the federal
soldiery.
With what anxiety did every true American in
ouire whether there was still vitality enough in the
nation to rise and throttle the monster. How did
We. on these distant shores, four years ago. tremble
as we bent our ear to catch the faintest whlsperlngs
of the zephyr from the Eastern main.
Finally. the Dragon thrust its fiery tongue into
Fort Sumter. Spasmodic patriotism flashed through
all the loyal North. There was more life remain
ing than some feared. Major Anderson's sublime
bravery and well directed prayers, with the re-
snonsive amen of millions OF steadfast hearts, for a
little astonished and confused the serpent. But the
Father of all lies and wickedness, could not thus
give up his incarnation. The stake was too magnl-
fcent, the prospect of success still too great He
rallied every power, and recoiled himself for
another attempt. His fendish eyes had still a ter
rible fascination. Their CLEANS of treacherous
light so spell-bound and perverted many IN the
North. that the base copper of treason was more to
them than golden loyalty itself. and thousands were
shriveled into copperheadS. Glarlng with serpen-
tine witchery from behind his bales of cotton, he
even charmed the British Lion into so-called neu-
/ tralitv more truly. into tame subserviency. Kat
Ting its tail lust sufficiently over the ancient halls
of the Montezumas. it adroitly reused the enthusi-
asm of the Latins-under the lead of that igniS
fdtmiS. the Napoleonic Idea-to possess those Next
can treasures which far outshone the wealth OF
Ormus or of Ind
Poor Columbia unframed hosts shut their eyes,
and rushed in scattered battalions upon their enc
NV: but rushed more speedily back over Bull
Runs CORY field. with an English Russell at their
head, in unseemly haste reporting the Republic
lost.
Dark days of gloom succeed. Is Liberty's sun
thus to set? Is all the heroism of the past wasted !
Are all anticipations of American glory TO fail!
Is young Columbia. just budding into the most
beautiful womanhOod the world ever saw, 10 be
laid in the grave. betrayed by that Son OF Perdl-
ton. Slavery? In the words Of Webster, "lf this
great Western sun be struck out of the armament,
Mt what other fountain shall the lamp of Liberty
hereafter be lighted? What other orb shall emit a
raw to glimmer even on the darkness of the world :?
Millions of patriot hearts cried - Heaven forbid"
linDuipOS OF llOOSduuS " I-lhloB4 = NA7ihf W. IL
agonizing whispers. called God TO deliver. Eng
lands furnishing swarms, unable to do much for
Freedom. divided the crumbs of charity among
their wretched little ones, and calmly stood face TO
face with death. rather thai raise a clamorous voice
or violent hand which might assist in quenchlng
that Western light. Europe's laboring masses
looked w%istfully on, agitated more deeply than
they dared tell their lordly rulers. Prayers as
cended for America from African shores and In
dian wilds, and wherever Americas sons and
daughters had carried the Bible. And many an
humble Hawaiian's prayers mingled with othel
lands in petitions for America.
God heard. Life returned and, though the
first year Of the war seemed one long nightmare
in August. the next month after the disaster o
BnI Run. Butler took possession of Hatteras Inlet
Port Royal was taken by the fleet under Dupont IL
November. and Mason and Slidell found themselve
the same month, most Unexpectedly, In the hand
of Commodore Wilkes. In February Roanoke
Island was taken, and the terrible contest for For
Donelson ended successfully under one then on Blu
the first step to military fame, General Ulysses 5
Grant. The battles and victory of Pea Ridge tool
place in March, while in April the country trem
bIed over the bloody but successful contest a
Pittsburgh Landing. under Grant, and was exult
ant over the bloodless conquest oil New orleans o.
Butler and Farragut. In May. June and July
1862, during the second year OF the war, came tn
awful peninsular campaign, under Mcclellan, TO
lowed by the disasters under Gen. Pope, and 1
September by the unproductive victories of Sout
Mountain and neutrality-suspicious.. save tha
they were the same month followed by tresldeI
Lincoln's preliminary Proclamation OF tmanclpi
ton. and finally, in November, by Gen. McCle
lan's being relieved of his In Octobe
occurred the three days fighting and final trump
of the Union forces near COrinth, Miss; and /
!, December the victory of MurfreesbOro, which 81
: cured Kentucky and West Tennessee. In Januar
, the President of the United States issued that gil
rious Proclamation whereby the slaves In Arkal
= sas. Texas. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama. Geo
gia. Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina an
Virginia, excepting only West Virginia and sue
portions of these States as were occupied by tn
: Union armies, were declared forever free
4 Day fully dawned with the third year OF the wa
f when the enlistment of colored troops commence
On the 2Sth of MAY. the Fifty-fourth Massachuset
Regiment embarked from Boston, the hrst negl
: regiment dispatched from the Northern State
And who does not remember that memorial
= month OF July. 1868. when the rebel hordes wei
/ sent precipitantlv back to the Potomac from befO
Gettysburg, and when Vicksburg surrendered
Grant, and Port Hudson to Banks. and the Mlssl
. sippi was forever recovered for Freedom.
Sentember, October and November, the contest +
East Tennessee was settled by the awful fighting
t Chicamauga and Chattanooga, under Rosecran
and meantime Farragut reduces the defences
l. Mobile.
The fourth wear Of the shareholders rebelliC
4 has lust closed 1t is the last. Who needs to
reminded Of Lincoln's triumphant reelection al
Sherman's and Grants unparalleled campaigI
V Atlanta. Savannah, Columbia, Charleston and r
Ieipb fall in swift succession. And then we rea
the awful month of April, 1865. Richmond
k taken on the Sd on the 9th Lee surrenders
n Grant: the next day Lincoln visits the rebel Cal
r tai on the 18th the identical flag removed TO
IS wears before from Fort Sumter by Major AndersC
g was by him restored with appropriate ceremony.
q With this. Abraham Lincoln,s work was dor
Slavery was dead, the country was saved, and "
# called the good man to his rest. But did not the
q sassin succeed in deranging the wheels of a Cover
O ment by many supposed TO have such q stro
# tendency to anarchy? Not for one nome
Is Noiselessly as the roll Of the spheres. and as c
/ tainlv. did each sovereign freeman fall into raj
70 taking command or Obeying Ommands with me
t. than military precision aud promptitude. There