The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-02-05

flung the teS into Boston harOOT Ol0 hOt
drezm thzt they we've beginning to cast
loose from the mother country. As we
look hack upon the beginning snd pro
gresS OF the struggle which severed this
from the mother country, It Is seen thAt
the steps towA1d that end ws7e IN the rs
ture Of crises. Snd the results compelled,
not chosen. The absence Of any olesriy
defined idea Of the end Is very marked, and
nowhere DO We find traced in the annals
Of th2t time the design Of the problem
since partially worked out Little by little,
ani IN singular accordance with the posi-
bili5y admitted by the more liberal Brit
ish statesmen, the iies Of separation
gained ground In TACT, The quarrel had
gone 100 fSr 70 admit Of any other solution
before the ideA was fully formed in the
minds Of the Revolutionary fs,berS
From ;hS; hour the struggle was tor
life: znd when the end came s nation was
not born Thirteen political communities
on the one hand found themselves ab-
solved from allegiance 70 the parent conn
try. and free 70 sci mp IN the business Of
government on their own 2ccount 10
czlly. the form Of covernmen; had not
materially changed. The colonies were
free and independent. yes there was no
PRONUNCIATION Of S plan according 70 the
Democratic idea For spSce the mzSier
spirits q the time reSse-i from their labors.
When thought awoke II v-SS not to one
uesS Of opinion The fathers were not al
enamorei Of the Democratic iiea 1t was
only after yeArs o. discussion that they
assembled 70 aEuee upoa : form Of gov
eminent 70 consolidate and strengthen
the colonies No people were 50 free TO
choose IS they. I>olstei from the old
world. emancipa,e3 from the thrau Of Gus
ton. which Is Iuightier than statutes. be
yond the threats 2ni oompulSion Of domi-
mating Powers. there waS Eterally nothing
70 annoy OF make zfraid. 1.-THE Republi-
can idea had been dominant during the
Struggle Il would. under such extraoDii-
narv circumstances. have been ST once
and the Constitution Of -
would have been the Constitution Of IS.
But the birth Of the Republic was &C
oo1iing 10 the logic Of circumstances. and
not the cousummation o. 5 long cherished
design The Republic was. in that re-
zpect. 2n afterthought Of the fathers 1t
de,rac;s nothing from their repute for
wisdom to adnit this Theyw were bat IN
struments Of = higher power, who wrought
wiser than they dreamed Their sagacity
was none the les remarkable that It shoae .
in the adaptation Of scanty means 70 ex-
tracriinary ends. They have been repre-
seniei IS men who clearly saw the end
from the beginning. American youths
have been tsught 10 regard them IS men
ideally what We are prae-
.ically. This i not the fact. The sculptor
sees the ideal statue in the crude block Of
marble. and sets about releasing It from 4
the bonds Of the crude snd uushapen with .
,hisel and mallet- It may Be pleasant to .
re-ari the fatbers IS working in the same
manner. but 1t Is not history. Therefore,
in this discussion. let the truth Of history
Be told. leaving the inferenees TO deter
mine 50 much IS they logically may
The fact Of independence made the Re
publican idea possible to be worked ont IN
this land Independence meant something
more than autonomy. Il meant emanci-
patton from the bonds Of custom. and far
removal from disturbing Influences This
: 5 composite people. Men come here
,resh from monarchical rule, and adapt
themselves to the conditions Of freedom
ritbout effort They pass out Of the
shadow Of old world forms and beyond the
influence Of old world traditions. into the
light which accompanies free choice, in :
,ountry which has 10 traditions whatever.
They step upon our shores and straight
way melt into the mass Of emzncipated
oeopleS Thus popular government Be
,omeS possible here as 1t became possible
II Inauguration by the fathers Having
reeiom Of choice, the majority Of new
nen choose to swim With the tide. That
his order may continue for centuries Is
he prayer Of all good men, but II Is dan
gerous to teach that the Republican idea
: immortal as regards any people under
he sun--N07sh -A1zsyIo17.
PAzsrxc AEAr-The three most eminent