The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-07-05

these had been uuWelcOme VISITORS Ia The cities OF
Holland for three long years they had PARTED with
their King and now having failed in their petitions
royalty but still with loyal hearts they submitted
themselves the mercies Of the raekless ocean, to
seek in the New World, that freedom Of conscience
which was denied to them in the Old. A long and
stormy voyage hrngs the little Mayaower to the coast
Of New England in the inhOsptable November, that
precedes her rigorous winter, and few weeks later.
these pilgrims from tyranny landed on Plymouth
Rpck.
Before landing, these people who had left home
without the permission Of their King and unprOvi-
deI with any useful charter, perfected ogauiza-
ton of government in which, while ackuOw Lodging
the Sovereignty Of their lawful hing in becoming
terms, they also maintained the principle Of Equal
laws for the common good, ia which see the germ
of that Flower of Liberty which bossomed after the
lapse Of au hundred and fifty years.
AYE Call it holy ground,
The soil where first they stood
They've left uustained what there they found,
Freedom to worship God"
The suerings of these settlers in the midst of this,
aud many other winters their and indus
try in developing the material properties of the
colony: their honesty and religious ZEAL Swallowed
too often by bgotTy born Of conscientious cUnvic-
tons their various wars with the French and Indi-
ans: these need only be eptOmised for it Is story
with which we are all familiar. The colony 6ourshed
and rose a high position Of colonial influence its
advancement and prosperity being but the natural
outgrowhs Of the work of those stern Puritans who
had been through the discipline Of misfortune
and oppression.
No such grave principle involved in the settle
ment Of the other colonies in which the desire for
wealth was, in most cases, the moving impulse to
voluntary exile. They had their trials and troubles
their Indian wars, their periods Of abundance and al
most starvation, their quarres at home and their
troyerses with the King their great leaders and
petty statesman bat through it all there was an ad-
vance in wealth and cultivation, aud the Soveregns
Of England were proud of the Colonial Empire which
their sons were heWng out OF the American forests
Cities grew highly cultivated lands spread them
selves every side, commerce hourshed, colleges
we're established both North and South, and the art
Of the printer not only gave to the people the Of
the day but perpetuated the work of brilliant writers
aud handed down to us the burning words of pure
patriotism and unsefsh craftsmanship while above
oil shines the name of Franklin the printer essayist
and man of science, be who suatched the lightning
from the sky, and the scepter from tyrans," who
commanding the admiration Of two worlds. Such is
the picture Of prosperity ard happiness that preeedes
the dawn of the Revolution. Then comes the period
England's oppression of her cOlonists protests
without answer the humiliation Of her emissaries !;
the refusal Of all representation in her Legislative
body the enactment of arbitrary and oppressive laws
until, at last with patience worn out, the colonial
child reluctantly gave up its mother country, and
commenced an independent existence. As we look
back the early period Of colonization, when Europe
began to supply the Western World with new blood,
and new force standing out in bold relief the
two colonies Of Virginia and Massachusetts repre-
senting that hatre of tyranny, that love of liberty
and that capability Of selfgovernment, which made
their citizens the leading spirits in that grand strug
gle for independence which is known in history the
American Revolution. Scattered along the Atlantic
shore were other representations Of the Old Worlds
Observation-Disclosures leading by virtue of her
wealth and pOpuatiun,-whO. infected by the spirit
strong and earnest, Of these two great colonies
aroused n concentrated assertion Of their rights,
and their just demands being refused, submitted tbs
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Of war. And what was this question? 1t was simply
whether great and growing series Of colonies, as
loyal an English people invoked Gods bless
ing their King, who had left their homes for the
purpose of deveo ing the wealth of His Majestys
lOnial possessions, and worship God according to
the dictates Of conscience, should be taxed without
representation should submit themselves the fuies
Of scandaous ministry under the control Of an i'm
beetle King. 1t was but the old story of
b" Truth forever on the sCaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne"
Let step back into the past for a moment and
be again with ancestors, storied by patriot ora
tors both North and South, to Of their great
wrongs. 1t is the month of May, 1865 We look in
upon the Assembly Of the Old Dominion, and find the
youthful Patrick Henry closing his great speech with
those memorable words" Caesar lad his Brutus
Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the
Third" Treason - cries the Speaker Of the
Assembly and Treason" is echoed from many a
chair; but pausing for moment, and looking sternly
around he completes his sentence with land George
the Third may profit by their example. If this be
treason, make the most of it ~ His resolutions
against the imposition Of taxes by other than the
General Assembly adopted and in this way Vir-
gnia gave the signal of Colonial resistance to which
Massachusetts, was the first to respond
Abroad, too, we find eloquent friends speaking in
behalf. Let listen at the doors Of the British
Parliament. The Stamp Act is being discussed. We
hear, ." will these Americans children planted by our
care and nourished by Indulgence till they are
grown up strength and opuience, and protected by
arms will ey grudge to contribute their mite
relieve from the weight of that heavy burden I'M
der which We lie," aud with feryid eoquence Barre
responds. " They planted by your care? Mol they
were planted by your Oppressionl They nourished
by your indulgence? They grew up by your neglect
They protected by your arms They have noby TAX
en- up arms in your defence They are, believe, as
truly loyal any subjects the King has. but peo-
pie jealous Of their liberties, and who will vndicae
them if they ever should be violated" We see the
of this debate creating the widest excitement
IN America and the enforcement Of the act ress-
ted by Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut and
Rhode Island.
The Stamp Act, "cnForced taxation without repre-.
sentation," and the Boston Post Bill steps by
which the advance was made, through n period of
ten years, towards revolution. and when. with
Lexington and Concord, g the shot was fred, heard
round the wOrld'-the actually begun. All
hesitation was abandoned, and a congress
called together for the purpose Of deciding the future
Of the oppressed American colonies.
On the 4th of July, l776, this body of representa-
tives, after many days of elaboration, assembled in
Independence Hall, in the city of Philadelphia and
solemnly protested against England's aggressions
upon her colonies. procaming the nalienable rights
of all subjects Of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness" The inspired pen of Thomas Jefferson
drew up the indictment Of wrongs, and the represen
tatves of the people, appealing to the Supreme
Being to bear witness to the recttude of ;heir in
tentions, declared that the English colonies Of
America were, from that time forth, free and indie
pendent States. AS the last bold signature was
penued, a youthful messenger ran from the Hall,
crying Ring ring ringW and his grey haired
father swayed the bell hanging in the turret of the
old hall, procaiming to the people without that the
United Colonies had made their Declaration Of In
dependence and, as its tone pierced the Summer
air it vbrated to the remotest corner of the earth
where purity Of motive is appreciated or Freedom
on the mountain tops, and for eight long years
England struggled with her colones-Eho were only
aided by tho sympathy aud assistance Of France-to
enforce unconstitutional laws upon those who bad
BEEN Der loyal children. The distance of these
colonies from home, the ron-popularity of the war,
in which the great body of the English people saw
the element Of injustice, the repeated disasters
ses and land, to disciplined troops and her proud
navy but, above all, the determined attitude of
the United Thirteen whether victorious defeated,
at last produced the inevitable results.
With the surrender Of Lord Corvallis and his
army to the United French and American forces, on
the 18th Of October, l7sl, the was practically
ended; and, two years later with the Treaty Of
Paris the United States Of America took her proud
nositiou among the Nations Of he artb