The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-05-27

until all the wealth piled by the bondman'
two hundred and fifty years of unrequite,
toll, shall be sunk, and until every drop Q
blood drawn with the lash shall be paid b,
another drawn with the sword, as was sal,
three thousand years ago, SO still it must b,
SAID, The judgments of the Lord are tru,
and righteous altogether Noble utter
ances and sublime language, which will liy,
as long as the English language shall be sno
ken. Such truthful sayings will 90 fortl
from the Chief Magistrate Of a great people
10 break asunder the letters Of slavery
throughout the world. His name through
all coming time will be associated with tina
most important of all his State Documents
his Emancipation Proclamation. Ii NAV
well be compared with the Imperial Ukase OF
the Emperor Alexander, giving liberty 10
twenty millions of Russian serfs. From the
time and circumstances under which il was
issued II must ever be viewed as marking
the transition point from slavery to freedom,
IN the history of the Republic of America.
| cannot stop TO dwell upon Mr.. Lincoln,s
efforts and laborS in behalf of the slaves and
the cOlored people of America. 1t was no.
bic and phiIanthropic, and it doubtless af-
torded him unfeigned pleasure, during the
latter months of his eventful life, to learn.
IN so many ways, that they appreciated his
services. This was apparent when he re-
celved a 0 Of the Holy Bible from the
loyal cOlored people of Baltimore, as a token
of respect and gratitude. They hailed him
as the friend Of universal Freedom #
never VIII be known in time how many mil
lions OF earnest prayers went up for - Massa
Linkum from the Uncle Tom cabins scat.
tered all over the Slave States. from the Po-
tomac TO the Rio Grande. Those sincere
but enslaved people took hold of the arm that
the universe. America stands
forth to-day Disseminated and saved, not
merely by the achievements of our noble
soldiers and the mastery craftsmanship of
Dur Cabinet Ministers, Senators and Repre-
but there was a power behind all
these outward manifestations That power
prayer-the prayers, too, of the poor.
Says the son of Sirach, "A PRAYER out of a
poor mans mouth reacheth to the ears of
iod, and His judgment cometh speedily"
He will hear the pr ayer OF the oppressed"
The prayer of the humble pierceth the
LIQUIDS, and till it come nigh he will not
e cOmforted, and will not depart till the
lost High shall behold 10 Judge righteouslv
nd execute judgment" Mr.. Lincoln rec
gnized that power OF prayer, as | have al
eady shown, when he left his home for
ne White House at Washington.
How intensely interesting the fact that
he was thus occupied with the great
nd mcmentous affairs of thirty millions of
eople-of whom four or five millions were
open rebellion, and a million more were
lrded as soldiers, yet even amidst all these
he did not neglect the poor who were his
e~ighbors, as the following incident will show:
A newspaper correspondent from Chicago
lie day dropped IN upon Mr.. Lincoln, and
und him busy counting greenbacks. This,
r" said the President, in his cheerful way,
IS something out of my usual line but a
resident of the United States has a multi
Iclty OF duties not specified in the Consti-
ton or Acts of Congress. This is one of
This money belongs to a poor negro,
no is porter in one of the Departments, {
he Treasury who is at present i'll with the {
He is now in the Hospital. and s
uId not draw his pay because he could not {
IN his name. | have been at considerable |
'uble to overcome the difficulty and get it
HIM, and have at length succeeded in &.
ting red tape. as your newspaper men say. :
I'M now dividing the money and putting 7
a portion labeled, in an envelope, with Y
: own hands, according to his wish" Such !
acts of kindness need no COM j
mt Our Savior said, when upon earth,
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one v
these little ones a cup of cold water only +
the name OF a disciple, verify | say unto
II, he shall In no wise lose his reward" r
oubt not that the good man is now reap f
|, his reward in glory for b~efrfending the y
y colored porter who could not write his a
me-sick with the smallpox in the Hospi- q
1t is an interesting fact that the Amer p
n citizen at home and abroad, however +
nble his LOT, was not forgotten by him. Il
hen 1t was reported at Washington through P
correspondence of our Minister, to Mr.. W
that n sailor had been ill-treated at II
Marquesas Islands, Mr.. Lincoln imme- d,
tely directs that FIVE hundred dollars in Ii
be devoted to the purchase of presents, b,
1e distributed among Hawaiian Missiona- -
and others who had rescued the unfor- m
ate man. e
{ is an interesting fact that the very last es
lie address which Mr.. Lincoln ever made. d,
rch 18th, was in reference to colored SOL ST
s being employed by the rebels. He DE-
larked that he hoped they would try the su
{. In all his efforts in behalf of lu
colored people of America, he has en- w,
vored 10 manage the subject with an en- er
tened regard to the highest Christian b
Y to his country and to God. Having wi
yn that Mr.. Lincoln was actuated as a ba
IN III oy OHIIStIdH pIHuCIPIe, L am L
Y confident that he was truly an expert err
tai Christian, one whose Christianity did II
and end in a mere formal acknowl- Lii
nent of Divine Providence. The follow sal
incident is reported by the Rev. Mr.. AID. fla
p, a Presbyterian minister of Philadelphia. he
on a visit to Washington, and had in
e an appointment 10 call upon the Pres of
t at the White House. at five o'clock in am
morning. Says Mr.. Adams, e" Morning wa