The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-10-02
StnnIey's Achievements from nm
English point of View.
LFrun N, London po.,. July q


Prom the London Post; July 81 3D..
In this uuromantic age the old apothegm holds
good that extremes meet, and accordingly we
find in an age OF facts and figures stories and
surroundings of as true chivalry as ever adorned
the pages of Froissart. Livingstone is a real
knight Grant though his lady love be fair Science,
and Mr.. Stanley is as bold and venturesOme a
chevalier as ever. rode to the rescue in a hard
fought combat. 1t is impossible to read Living
stones letter to Mr.. James Condor Bennett
without feelings OF admiration for the enterprise
which could prompt the owner of great New
York paper to send off q correspondent in quest
of an Engiishman lost in Central Africa. The
expedition was very serious. 1t involved huge
expenditure, with the certainty Of no correspond
ing profit; for the sale of the Herald will only
be augmented on the days Of the publica-
ton of Evingstone's letters by few dollars,
not worth reckoning. 1t involved q terrible
risk of life, for It is wonder that Mr.. Stan
ley has survived his twenty-one attacks of fever
and the thousand other perils OF his journey, to
return-a man so changed that his friends cannot
recognize him-to tell the story of his expedition.
The whole tale is SO marvellous that there were
not wanting critics who, on its first announce
ment, accused the American explorer of drawing
upon bis imagination for his facts. His veracity,
which should never have been put in question, is
now amply confirmed by Livingstone's own dis
patches, one of which, published in the New
York Herald of yesterday, We are enabled, by
the courtesy Of the representative of that journal
in London, to reproduce. No one can peruse it
without experiencing the "thrill" which Living
stone so admirably describes. Here was an ad-
venturer lost. His existence was as probemat-
ical as that of the true Nile source ITSELF He
had suffered years of illness and cruel disappont-
msnt and found himself destitute of resources in
the centre of Central Africa ruckle of bones,
and every bone full Of pain-the prospect Of beg
gary staring him in the face. Still his great
heart did not despair, and he wondered almost
hopelessly, whether Priest, Levite, or Samaritan
would ever pass his way. One day rumor of
succor reached him, and one OF his people at last
rushed gasping, An Englishmani l see him
coming !"-and the EngIishman arrived. Living
stone saw him approach, his caravan bearing the
American flag. He was an American, but blood
is thicker than water and among the black saw
ages the two men who met were truly of one
nce-of the same aspect, speaking the same lan-
guage and moved by the same lofty and noble
aspirations. The first time the American flag
ever appeared In those unknown regions it was
on a mission Of humanity which deserved the
welcome it met with Let the richest blessings
descend from the Highest on you and yours"
Mr.. Stanley brought life and health to our coun-
tryman, and his grand exploit will be recorded
for the example and admiration of generations
who will have long forgotten the pettifOgging
stories of the Geneva Arbitration.
OF Liviugstoneis discoveries, of which we have
as yet the merest outlines, we shall hear more
when all the documents brought home are given
to the world. We can wait for the details of the
-four fountains which arise from an earthen
mound" and for the full confirmation of Herodo-
tus. The event of the day is personal F; and if
we desire 10 do honor to Livingstone, to advance
the cause Of humanity and to give expression to
the high feelings aroused by his wonderful career
and his noble rescue, We cannot do better than to
listen to his words and to carry out his wishes
e If" says he, my disclosures regarding the ter
rible UjTlan slavery should lead to the suppress.
sion of the East Coast slave trade, shall regard
that as greater matter by far than the discovery
of all the Nile sources together !; and his appeal
to the great nation which has rescued him, and to
the nation which sent him out, is to use their
vast and conjoint influence for the benefit of suf-
fering mankind.
Mr. Stanley conveyed to the Great Traveller
. kind and encouraging dispatches from Lord
Clarendon, whose loss he deplored, and who
would have been among the first to- listen to his /
feryent appeal. He brought him also the assur-
luce of aid and relief of every description but
for the time Livingstone describes himself as de-
pendent upon the money resources placed at his |
disposal by Mr. Bennett and Mr.. Stanley. There
will be no lack of disposition in his country 10 /
acknowledge the debt, which it is indeed
pleasure to owe-a debt which can only be re-
paid in kind by as sincere good feeling and as
warm and brOtherly disposition as that which
prompted the chrvalrous enterprise which has
been crowned with success and honor.