The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-05-20

TO make on all those pages devoted 70 the life OF
abraham Lincoln. AS his best legacy 10 his be-
reaved country, he leaves a clean record and an
Unsullied name.
Nor Ices nav we derive omfort from the
thought that this awful, this aggravated crime,
sweeps away the last yestige Of an apology from
those misguided sympathizers with treason, at
home and abroad, who had done 80 much 10 weak
en- our faith in human nature, and 70 make US
almost ashamed of the race 10 which We belong.
The true spirit Of the rebellion Is by this act
written &c in letters Of fire across the very hear-
ems, that all may see II declaring that II theory
and In fact IL is nothing less than organized
GsSdssInGtIOn. He who IN his very heart con-
dennis the crime and detests the perpetrators, the
instigators and the sympathiZers with IL as the
base5t Of villains, may claim 10 be your friend
and mine. But he who, in his heart rejoices. or
by word or look justifes it, is our worst enemy.
He IS himself, at heart, q murderer, as well as a
traitor, and we cannot fellowship him without
ourselves partaking of his guilt.
This event, in itself so evil. will bring forth its
Legitimate fruits Of good if it shall serve. as it
surely Will, to show u all men how vile the in
tent. how malignant the spirit, and how fendish
the hate Of those who planned and Instigated that
wholesale assassination which has slain so many
victims, bereaved 80 many households, and, with
out q cause, spread desolation and woe over one
OF the most favored lands that yODder sun in the
heavens ever shone upon.
Nor less is il a comfort 70 think that this event,
in its immediate effect, is another illustration Of
the fact, of late so often impressed upon US, that
God maketh the wrath of man 20 praise Him,
and turneth the cOunsels Of the wicked headlOng.
What those assassins sought to do was TO p~ardiyze
the Nation. But they have only been the unwit-
ting instruments of rousing 1t To netc life, and OF
calling forth all ITS latent energies. They thought
u help the already doomed, h~opeieSsiy doomed,
rebellion, but they only wrote its death warrant
in the best blood of the nation, and robbed the
South of its most kind and conciliatory friend.
That mock-tragical shout Of the fleeing assassin,
SIC Semper Iyrannis, was the death cry of de-
SPAR, destined to be applied to the real tyrGnts
over the reyolted States, the leaders Of the rebel
lion. 1t was, in behalf Of those leaders, a decree
against themselves, saying-since in their mad
ness and folly they have rejected the terms Of
peace so often extended to them. and consum-
mated their guilt by instigating the murder of the
most lenient of rulers, the kindest hearted of men
SO let them perish : FindicdtiUe, but not UindiC-
tire, our rulers had been disposed TO deal too ten
derby with traitOrs-erring, if at all, on the side
of mercy. But those plotters of treason have by
this act demanded strict justice instead. Hence
forth there can be no compromise ,cith traitors
no sacrifice Of principle-RO permission TO talk and
to think treason, much less TO act ii. To this
standard of patriotism and this test of national
iy has this last act of infamy brought the great
bulk of the Nation throughout the length and
breadth of that land treason can no longer be
tolerated in thought, speech or behavior. Hence
forth the only basis of settlement is unconditional
surrender, and uncompromiSing loyalty. And
more shall l say, but that this act, if it does
not seal the lips. brands with lasting shame the
brow of every apologist for that institrtion,
hated Of man and accursed of God, which has
so far de6Guched the conscience, and perverted The
and maddened tie heart of those who. be-
cause of their devotion 10 slavery, have willed
that the Nation should die, and that Liberty
should perish. Go read the record of our heroes
slain, who have freely poured out their blood,
and willingly yielded up their lives TO maintain
the integrity of the Nation ask who slew all
these and from the tomb comes back but one re-
.,ponse-SdUery! Go look at that casket, all I'M
tChich held a diamond of rdrest tcOrfh-
IN honest PATRIOTS SOuE-ask who dealt that
Heath wound, and listen to the verdict of q mourn
ing Nation-H tcas Slavery! Go stand by the
bedside Of that great Statesman who, with such
ability, has conducted the foreign cor
OF the Government for more than
Our years, maintaining the honor of the Nation
abroad, saving us from ever threatening compli-
%.ations, and extorting honor and victory from
apparent concessions and apologies-go ask who
that helpless sick man with the knife of q
,owardly assassin, and there comes back but one
esponse-SdUery!
As Hamilcar, the father of the greatest of the
Csrthagenian Generals, led his son Hannibal to
he altar In the temple, at the age of nine years,
md there, laying the hand of that son upon the
bleeding victim, bid him swear eternal hatred 10
Rome so let every American father bring hisson
ntO the temple of liberty, and there, laying his
and all reverently upon the bleeding victim
xhort him 10 swear ETERNAL FEALTY TO FREEDOM,
eternal HATRED To SLAVERY