The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-07-05

was drunk StrandIng.
Major Wodehouse then offered the following
remarks and toast:
YOUR ExcEILHScY AND GENTLEMEN IL ask for per
mission preface by remarks the with which
have been entrusted this occasion. And firstly de
OF the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia may be
pardoned for abiding To the cordially and zeal with
which Her Majesys Government lent themselves to pro
mOre by every within their power the success Of
that undertaking 1t pleasure to be able 20 add
Kind feelings than that whose severance from
her tantic colonies 1t Is the object f the Centen
nal to commemorate. And Sir, 80 should Il be. we
have buried the enmes Of former generations, We can
it for the benefit Of both Empires that
One word more. The United states are now entering
upon the second century Of their national life Sir wish
celebrated American novelist the track is not free from
briars - the track of what nation or individual is But
as | believe that the heart Of the American people IS
honest and true confident thar they will be able
TO the distractions which impede their free pro-
reserved And now, Gentlemen, call upon you 10 Join
with in drinking the health of the President Of the
| United states Of America"
His Elk. the American Minister acknowl-
edged the toast in an appropriate manner, and
offered the health of % Her Most Excel
lent Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. }"
Mons. Balieu then spoke and offered the
following toast:
permit celebration OF the Centennial Of the lndepend-
of the United States to by, without proposing
toast which trst will be cordially received by all To-
day large of your countrymen. residing in
France, unite in placing commemorative inscription upon
the tomb OF Lafayette This impressive Incident proves
burial OF feuds, they snll more efficient
protect cherish and to consolidate friendship from
whence originate the benefits Of peace Mr. Minister the
toast which have the honor propose in the name OF
wachworI wherever two officials countries
to-day aud place this toast und'r the patronage O
Lafayette and the memory Of Washington that INDUSTRIOUS
patriot who surpassed the most glorious examples Of
antiquity and Whose example cannot be surpassed IN the
1 drink the perpetual cOndOn of friendship
and fraternity between the two sister Republics Of the
| United States and Of France.
This American Minister replied:
GESTIEuEs Ny esteemed friend aud colleague. who
wortiy represents France in THIS enny has Just now ny
his speech aud toast touched upon themes viii stands con-
spcuous Revolutionary annals m the United states,
and prominent to-day in the grateful rcollecon OF
than forty millions Of my countrymen.
France the first and only ally Of America and in our
days Of weakness contributed generous assistance and lent
to our cause those ilustOus frenchHeh' Lafayette no
chanDeau De Estang De Grasse and many others who CO.
operated Washington in the struggle for American In-
dependence feel proud OF the fact mat my ancestors
marched victory the divisions commanded ly Lafayette
and Northumberland that the friendships formed between
tue officers of the allied faces have Continued through their
descendants and the people Of both countries to the present
time.
To commemorate and illustrate the sentiments Of friend
ship and fraternity existing between the two peoples
france by private contributions of her citizens about 70
erect an Island at the entrance to New York Colossal
Statue female gure representing Liberty holding torch
to light the world There may it rem'in through coming
generations expressive OF the ddble sentiment Of great
nation, and II beacon light to the mariner.
Permit T. close by Offering t'as :, to the Marshall
President Of France the ConseryatO Of liberties aud pros
periIy Of tue French people"
A health to "Their Majesties the King and
Queen of the Hawaiian Islands" was next
drunk, after which the health of His Elk. the
president of the day was given by His Elk. the
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
"The Orator of the Day" was the seventh
toast proposed by Mr.. PIERCE, and replied to by
the Doctorhimselfi in the following happy style:
am exceedingly obliged for the kind words which
have addressed me, which, fear entirely
undeseryed OF course cannot be blind to the fact that
Il was great compliment select young stranger like
myself fiji the responsible position of Centennial orator;
and only hope that the duty was performed with
moderate ability, IL certainly with pure patriotism
Our foreign celebration has been from the
New England reception If our first President and his
LADY, last evening, up the present moment aud trust
the presence Of messenger from the Great Republic
fragment as it were, OF the naton has added in some
national character. In the natural ebuion
of patriotism trust one has been offended, not
the representative Of Englands Queen-God bless
The words we have spoken day such words as
the Englishmen OF this day would have spoken could
they be surrounded with the OF &C. and
must be remembered that Americans were then all
the subjects Of Engand's King Time has buried all
feeling, and the English speaking nations
the mother and the child hand in hand in all
that represents true freedom. In the words Of an
Queen" in welcoming the Prince Of Wales 10 our Re-
'God bless our father land,
Keep her In heart and land,
One with own"
To day an English ship rides side by with Amer
vessel in the harbor of Honolulu, both joining in
the celebration of our Centennial and propose The
Royal Navy of England represented by Capt. Hare,
and the officers of H. NJ. S. MyrmdOn.''
The latter toast was acknowledged by Capt.
Hare, who then offered, The United States
Navy" to which Capt. Greer made response
in a few appropriate words A. ]. Cartwright,
Esq, then proposed the toast Our Country"
and called upon DR.. Scott the United States
Consul, to respond, which he did in his usual
felicitous manner:
He said iuIomlble energy AMI perseverance Of
Americans that made them people In I7T5 they
less than strong, and occupied than the
State Of California Now they I2OO OOO and spread from
the ST. Lawrence to the Foras from the Atlantic to the
Pacific They scaled the Allegheny Mountains occupied
the great thu Mississippi then the Rocky Mountains
and rapidly filling up the Pacific slope As they pushed
westward they hewed down the forests turned the SOIL
sowed the sed and reaped the golden harvest They built
cities towns villages reared churches and school houses
to-day s. per cent of our population read and write No
other nation under the sun can claim 50 much, exp this
little kingdom Of Hawaii believe it claims that 90 per
Of its population read and write When nation
It's position among the other nations Of the EARTH II
had ships manufacturers exports annually after
feeding its own people, $500 100000 Of food 500 100000
Of cotton feed and clohe other naIons and in addition
this she $500 Of manufactures and other
We have mines Of iron COAL copper and the
precious metals We mine sOO0OOOOO Of gold and silver
nualy. and light the world with petroleum Amt my
friends great country Has there been national
progressl If this ~ done dry
done In the gernl II this has been progress in the first
century, what will be IN the next We have ar area Of
three and half million square miles Of territory and only
people the square mile England $50 people
the square mile. With the rich country, who
that cannot support population dense any other
country Aud when have $50 TO the square mile what
nation will bel think In the future, my country
computing ts population by hundreds Of Millions and still
going onward aud upward, occupying the central position
among the other nations Of the world will close by saying
that hope shall meet you all al the next centennial ami
versary Of our country
The whole affair was one of the most
enjoyable events of the day, and
its tendency was to promote sentiments of
among the various nationalities
living here.
THE AFTERNOON FESTIVAL.
Interesting as were the preceding exercises,
the programme for the afternoon festival ap-
pears to have been the great attraction of the
day. By special permission of the Board of
the Royal school premises. at the
head of Emma street, were obtained as the site,
and were not only the best adapted for the
but the most convenient Under the
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