The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-07-08

The Centennial morning dawns. As the Gcry
chariot u The God Of Day rises from he boscm Of the
Atlantis, sad the mountain peaks catch bis hrsi
beams. from the Atlantic Ocean % the Pactic. The
/ cauuou's voice h heard from tea thousand threats oi
+ iron. haifinE the birthday & the Nation. and the
{ chorus Of thundsr is fVollen into a Tran Of praise BY
the miuEiire sh5uts &C Fatrcu.u. 81 The sun moves
I upwarfs iu his course en- what does hS look upon this
1 Centennial moraisge lie fEis llysscf =. Grant.
Z PresiIeu; ~ tte Uaitcl state fT tbe scsond time,
and ruling over . happy ara prosperous country az
peace wiih adj mankind. Tic thirteen states Of the
Atlantic scs-haard will ies thAn three millions %
pcarlc. have increased O. thirty eight states and
eleven territories, with a population q forty four mil
lions. Passing the eastern forests she has conquered
the treeless Prairics. moved % the Rocky Mountain,
and far Western SicTras scaled their snow-cappcd
SUBMITS, aud embraced the slopes q tho Pacific Hith
their stores Of gold and silver. She has Increased 10
every material way AID accumulated enormous
wealth has covered the sea with shipping. aud cx-
tenied her commerce 20 the ends 81 the world she
has feIied her forests % I'll their place with cultivated
farms, and p~opulous cities vast centcrs q manufae-
turc she has gathered all her ehi'dfeu into schools
and colleges her land b covered with a network Of
railroads. teleEraphs and canals while her rivers and
the oceans arc P~loughed by her steamers whose num-
her can scarcely be estimated. Art and Literature
flourish ir the young nation g. ID the old, and the
hum Of industry Is heard throughout the length and
breadth Of the land. Are these not glorious results
for one century Could human prophecy In its Wild
est moments OF exaltation, have forescen, even dimly,
so grand a result
And vet there are those who will say. o. What mat
tiers AT this apparent success, when your statesman
ship r. corrupt. and the lessons OF your forefathers
UNDECIDED OF forgotten - But, Is IL so Il u not
rather the fierce light q the Press. the universal free
dom Of speech aud criticism, in which We are distin-
guishcd from other nations. that has permitted the
stains upon cur eFmine % be 50 maniicst,-staius OF
corruption from which other and older nations have
not been free? IL must be 20! Bat, whatever be the
cause, or however deep or superficial be the stain,
God grant this year may tcyclop n puror patriotism,
and thus the spots be washed away. May we com
menre n nobler political life, and may our nation be
so governed. guided. and sustained, that the only
government q the people, by the people. and for
the people, shall not perish from the earth
The Centennial dawn, passing from the shores Of
the Pacific. has embrae ed the Hawaiian Isles. We
have assembled in q foreign land to celebrate our ma
tiOnal Anniversary. And whore, let me ask you,
among all the nations Of the earth, could we, as
American citizens, find n spot in which 20 perform
the ceremony Of celebration with a feeling Of greater
comfort? Where could We find a King and people in
more perfect bonds Of sympathy with our country,
and her citizens, our people and their institutions.
Bound together by early ties Of emigration. and now
by the closest commercial relations, we can unturl 10
the tropical airs our nations Gag, and raise our pat
riotic shouts, on this Centennial morning, with the
same freedom as though we were standing upon our
native hills.
Yesterday a century ended and TO- day q new
cycle dawns. National as well as individual progress
over the sea of time has been often compared 10 that
of a ship over the sea of waters. There are times Of
calm and storm Of gentle winds, and fierce hurri-
canes of lightning. tempest, and earthquake Of
careful navigators, and those who allow the cram 10
be hazarded. We have seen all these in our own
good ship, but she has not foundered yet aud. with
Gods blessing. may she live through the centuries,
TO bear the precious freight Of political and religious
freedom 10 remote posterity.
sail on, q! ship of state.
sail on, q, Union strong and great
Humanity with al. its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging b~reathless on thy fate.
We kPow what master laid thy keel.
What workmen wrought thy ribs OF SCI,
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope.
What anviis rang what hammers beat.
In what a forge, and what a heat,
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope
Fear not each sudden sound and shock.
lis OF the wave, and not the rock;
'fs but the tapping Of the sail,
And not the rent made by the gale.
In spite of rock and tempests roar,
In spite OF false lights on the shore,
sail on, nor fear 10 breast the sea-
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
our faith triumphant DER our fears,
are all with thee-are all with thee.