The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-10-11

that wealth very much as any one Of his friends
might have done who had acquired Il BY the prac-
tce Of law or the weaving Of wcol The existence
Of certain number of families, with more or less
of permanenee In the possession Of the soil, and
enjoying more or less OF social Importance was nc-
cordiDg TO his political theories, essential 70 the
welfare Of an ancient kingdom. There was nothing
inconsistent or unworthy that man holding this
theory should desire that among those families his
descendants should be found The popular and pre-
vailing theory is, Of course, Of opposite kind
But for or other, which It is not for me
to explain, when holders o. this theory buy land,
they too build and plant scale altogether feud-
al, and their walls and windows blaze with herndry
just II romantic poetry and old-fashioned Tory
ism has been their profession and their creed On
the whole, believe few OF Us viii be disposed to
regret that he did not 90 to the winning side
in 1S3l-a year OF rapid change and sudden eouver-
sion. He had chosen his party and adhered 70 L
strictly, but there nothing In his tenets nor IN
his attitude that was ignoble, narrow or lneoBgru-
Gus. Tories may well be proud that the most Illus
trious author Of his day was Tory. Not few Rad
icaIs believe there are who viii think kindly Of
Toryism for his sake, Just as am sure that any re-
pugnance to the Radical faith must have bess much
soitened by any one who had enjoyed the benIgnant
converse Of another great man lately taken from
George Grote. (Cheers) Those who are most
disposed to discover evidence Of weakness in this or
that portion Of scott's conduct viii admit that such
weaknesses only brought into nobler prominence
the lndomtable fortitude with which he confronted
the misforunes Of his later years. There Is nothing
tragic in the story Of literature than bis memo
rable strugglefrom the entry in bis diary Of Jsnu
ary "a, 1S26-"I win dig IN the miEe Of my imagin-
alton to find diamonds what may sell for such, TO
make good my engagements'-tO the closing scene,
when six years of such incessant digging had done
their work the noble Intellect and Waeuth rocks
Of PosilipPo and the companion lake beyond could
elicit no other words from the weary pilgrim bat
"Irsup the eraggy mOuniaia
And down the messy glen,
We Gamma gang milking
For Charlie and bis men.s
For myself can never take down volume ofScotfs
writings, published In or after 1896 without think
ing OF the circumstances In which they were COM
posed, and remembering that they. like the water
from the well Of Bethlehem, which David refused to
drink represent the hearts blood Of q brave mans
life. May the day never come In Scotland when We
shall forget that noble and beautiful life, with It's
triumphs and its joys its sorrows and lis lessonsl
(Cheers.) Such are the thoughts, inadequate as
confess them to be, which The career Of Scott las
suggested to my mind. You have met tonight to
do him a and exceptional honour; yet the cen
tury which closes with the Tooth anniversary Of his
birth has been century full ofgreal capacities great
achievements and colossal and unparalleled events
Within the lifetime Of Scott died Give and Hastings,
the founders Of onr Indian Empire; Chatham ex-
pred in the Senate, aud Nelson the quarterdeck
Fox, Burke, the younger Pitt. Canning, and many
more died in the fullness Of Parliamentary fame;
Wellington lived and conquered; and host Of
writer's philosophers, ard inventors inscribed their
names in the book Of fame Uf all these statesmen,
soldiers and their kings two only have been thought
worthy Of our national recognition, both poets, both
scolehmeu-Burns and Scott. lGreat chseTiDg)