The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-12-05
HONOLULU. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, DECEMBER 5. 1868.

national Government TO give expression to tn,
feeling of national dependence 10y inscribing upor
our coin, 80 In God is our Trust," and also ir
impressing upon the President the Importance
and propriety of issuing Proclamation for a
Day of National Thanksgiving.
Supposed Weakness OF the Government.
Let no one of this audience ina CINE that am
blind To the weak points in the Government of the
I United States, ignorant of the errors of the
I people Perhaps there is, no one more frequently
made the topic of newspaper discussion or one
more frequently held up for eensure among for
eign nations, than the desire among Americans for
extension or territory. There is it is freely ad-
mitted, this strong propensity, and during the ma
tions progress large areas have been added to the
national domain. Ii is common to speak of the
80 manifest destiny of the nation, upon this
point, but allow me to call your attention to a
view of this subject, MS taken by Louis Napoleon,
before he became Emperor. In 1913, or just
twenty years ago, he published work entitled,
a. heeS Ndp0IoOnienneS." In this work he makes
the following prophetic remark:
40 ProrideRce has entrusted 10 the United States
Of America Tie care of popping and acquiring 10
ciriHsatiOH all that Immense territory that stretch
es from the Atlantic TO The Pacific, and from the
North Pole tO the EguGfOr.''
Americans stand rcproved for using the infidel
phrase manifest destiny. where Napoleon employs
the term Proridcnce. This prophetic forecast of
the nephew of the Great Napoleon, clearly ind-
Gates that in his opinion the time may come when
Providence will look favOrably on n much wider
expansion of our territory than at present exists
avn satisfied that when our borders are enlarged,
II will be done by honorable negotiation and fair
purchase, as in the recent purchase of Alaska. If
any Emperor or Ruler is disposed to part with the
whole part of his territorial possessions, there
Is surely nothing dishonorable in the Government.
of the United States becoming the purchaser. lam
far from imagining that weakness and disintegra-
ton will follow from expansion of territory.
Should our Government decide upon sending a
secret agent or public expedition to examine the
value of the land surrounding the North Pole, or
TO ascertain the feasibility of hosting on that
Pole the American flag, [ am inclined to think
no better agent or commander could be found
than some one of the numerous commanders of
whaleships now lying in our port, who has recent
ly returned from summer scruise to that vicinity
with his wife and children
Honorable International Policy Of the Government.
If now America, in her pride and strength,
might and power, had entered upon career for
the subugatOn and conquest of weaker powers,
by either force of arms or "a vigorous armed
if, like the so-called Southern Con-
fcdcracy, she had made negro slavery the corner
stone of governmcnt-for it is true now in
the days of Homer policy, which
''Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away" ~
if such were the animus and policy of the Amer
lean people or Government, then would / rather
nv tongue should cleaye to the roof of my mouth,
than that it should be employed for inviting you,
nv countrymen, to observe this day one for
public National Thanksgiving. The great North
American Republic is not animated by any such
spirit, or any policy similar To that
which controlled and urged forward Rome, or
the empires of an older date-Assyria, Babylon,
Persia, or some of those which have since flour
lshed. L believe it was reserved for America to
achieve glory in promulgating new ideas of Gov
md for hars stotP MI fists
to inaugurate better code of international poll
cy, abandoning those old principles of conquest
that 80 might makes right and - the end just-
fes the means.'' There is n growing public sem !
timent among nations, and the time is coming, if
it has not already arrived, when nation pro-
Tossing to be enlightened and Christian, cannot /
do things which would dshonor private, high |
toned Christian gentleman. The worlds public |
sentiment will not sanction the King of Abyssinia
in maltreating n British Envoy, or Britain in /
sending forth armed Alabamas, or America i'm !
holding human beings chattel slaves, or Russia
in perpetuating the system of serfdom, or France /
in forcing an Emperor upon Mexico, or the Great /
Powers in parttioning off among themselves
China and Japan. L claim for my beloved coun-
try, that she has a distinguished and honored
part to- play among the nations of the earth, and
that her policy will be pacific and mild honora- !
bic and justIfablc, beneficial and onnobng.
w hen she deyiatcs from this line of policy, how
ever mortiiying it may be to our national pride,
shall rejoice to see her arraigned before world
tribunal.
Ills Late Highness VI. Kekuanaoa.
While thus dwelling upon the strength of the /.
United States Of America, and rejoicing that her
1Egis is extended American citi- !
.ens ut home and abroad, L can appreciate the |
patriotic feelings of those who belong to other |
lationalites and am quite willing to concede TO |
hem the enjoyment of privileges equal and per- |
laps superior to our own. AS Americans visit !
much to the liberal policy and protecting care of |
his Government; admitting that religious teach !
RS and capital have come hither from America, |
till to the kings, chiefs and people of Hawaii,
We are under great obligations. In what foreign |
and or port do Americans enjoy greater privi- |
cges or more ample protection than we enjoy .
lcrc? Would American property or shipping have \
)een any more secure even i'll one of our own
,orts? Among the influential personagcs in the
ouncils of this kingdom, perhaps no one individ-
lal has excrted a more wholesome, salutary and
influence, than the venerable patri-
rch of four score, who has just been called
"To wrap the mantle Of his couch around him."
nd to join
- The innumerable caravan that moves
To the pale realms Of shade where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls Of DEATH
For half century he has participated in the
xecutive administration Of this kingdom. lie
ccompanied His Majesty Kamehameha III. to
England in 1873, acting as treasurer of the royal
arty. From that time to the present he has oc-
upied various Offices of trust and responsibility.
physically, socially and morally he was a noble
pccimen of the Hawaiian race. We shall no
lOrc behold his erect form walking our streets;
% more enjoy the recognition of his genial smile
nj no more behold him presiding with much
ignity on Parliamentary or State occasions. He
ras born even before Kamehameha |. was adj
anced to the full sovereignty of these islands he
ad lived 10 see his nation pass from n savage to
civilized condition, and to assume an honored
lnk among the civilized and Christian nations of
he earth. Few men have witnessed greater
hanges, of which they have formed a part.
.ong will his memory be cherished in most CRATE
al remembrance, by both Hawaiians and for
igners. He was the friend of the American
han nd ~ is