The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-02-02

GIlibo NOo AIAls H. l. NLAC sly ~CH-S ~
allan students know, that Athens, the wonderful
Athens, had only about fifty thousand frecmen IN
her best days; and you Will not be esteemed ac-
cording to your numbers, but according to youl
virtues and your capabilities. If you confirm
the hone of the civilized world, you may be
valued beyond greater multitudes of other peoples
There are islands in the great ocean that have
vastly more numerous peoples than this Archl-
pelago, and yet those races, though so numerous,
are not SO iavOrably regarded IN the civilized
world as you Hawaiians. There is Papua, with
perhaps one million of human souls; and yet
believe. and will venture to say, tina" the thinking
people of enlightened nations would rather that
the million of Papua should be annihilated, than
that the Hawaiian fifty thousand should be blot
ted out of existence. And wherefore!
Because Hawaii is devoted to the worship OF the
One, Holy, Almighty God.
Because Hawaiians are governed by their own
laws.
Because you have schools and pupils enough to
undertake the instruction of all Oceanlca.
Because you write, print, and diligently read your
own newspapers.
Because you support q well organized and intelli-
gent Government, that maintains respected national
relations with the highest Powers OF the earth.
Because you are producing, exporting, civilized
men; contributing largely in proportion to the wants
of the world; and are not vicious, lighting, non-pro-
ducirg savages.
And finally, because the intelligent strangers who
come from over the seas, find you properly clad.
pleasant hammered, and calculated to inspire a high
hope of civilization in troIic lands.
Now seeing all this, and that you are preferred
over other red people on account of your greater
knowledge, then bear in mind that - knowledge is
power;'' and seek more of the light and knowledge,
that has been brought here by good men and true
friends of Hawaii. Continue to prove to the world,
that though you have declined in numbers you have
increased in value and power as a people; and that
you can do far more for the general advantage Of
your fellow men, than the quarter of a million peo-
pie found here at the beginning Of our century.
And now as we have looked back upon the hun
bred years that are filled and rounded out this day,
let us begin to look forth towards the hundred that
are to come. And let US contemplate and speak in
hopefulness and courage, of some of the Possibilities
of the future, which we Hawaiian People, red and
white united, and working tremendously together,
as Kamehameha wished US to do, shall bring forth
from the womb Of our coming cycle of time.
We should preserve our independence unimpaired
for although we are the weakest of nations. and
our Kingdom is but a nominal and a diplomatic
State, having no force or means to excite any pride
in US or envy in others, yet we are protected by our
littleness, and may continue TO be so by our moral
worth; and it might be that our public virtue and
righteous conduct as a State shall be such that we
shall ever stand p~anoplied by the munitions of power
of the enlightened world, and the autonomy of
Hawaii be recognized and maintained by the nations
until the latest day Of the incoming hundred years.
And meanwhile we must not be content with our
littleness. Our enlightenment will be shame TO US,
if We should go backward, or even stand still. If
we continue to decline, we must be blOtted out Of the
book of nations. The name of Kalnkaua now ap-
pears i'll the list OF the names of potentates Of the
world. The chiefs Of many PEI piles, far more nu-
merOus than Hawaiians. do not so appear; and the
names of our chiefs will no longer be found there, if
we do not strive rs a people, by enlightened meas
ures p%romOtiye of health and Immigration, for the in
crease of the nation. We must remove the great evil,
which L have so often and persistently denounced,
the disproportion of sexes. Every man of Hawaii
must have his own helpmeet. And thus by the OBJ
servance of benefcent laws of health, and by a wise
introduction of we'll adapted and assimilating strau-
gers, we may hope that our descendants may count
a quarter ST a million or more, on their Centennial
Day.
And as enlightenment extends our view, and en-
larges our heart, we should strive for others as well
as ourselves. There are other islands and peoples in the
Pacific that have need of the experience and the CO.
operation of Hawaii. We can give such a helping
hand with the approval of the whole world. We
once sent a Hawaiian Commissioner to the Samoans,
and had they listened to his instructions and sug-
gestions for organization, they would not at this day,
be the prey Of adventures, and be liable to be bull
lied by any man-of-war that passes by their way.
Ii will be deemed n shame for great Powers to con-
vert Pacific islands into mere depots; but it will be
to them q glory to assist in the organization and
recognition of independent communities in these
seas; and as Hawaii is so far advanced, she may by
pursuing a wise course, become, with great sanctions,
a political foster parent of Polynesia.
Our commanding Archipelago should dominate in
dustrially throughout Pacific waters, and We should
extend the area of our husbandry from continent to
hNAhI VIC hOu hOL ~ OnlCu IL u y
lands acres, but seek greater estates on the broad
seas; and thus Hawaii should prove herself worthy
of her favored position on the bosom of the great
Ocean.
And when the cultivation of the soil goes hand in
hand with the industry of the seas; when every
hill, slope, and ridge. and ravine, as we'll as every
valley of our fertile islands have been brought into
full productlveness, by every appliance of money and
labor, then shall our teeming soil astonish and bless
the world, and our posterity shall send abroad an
export that shall exceed more in millions, than the
present export does in thousands.
For the accomplishment of all our hopes Of pro-
gress, we must above all things have more people.
Population is our great want, and every in%ducement
should be offered to have more good and productive
people come and dwell among US. No restriction
should be imposed upon the coming and going of
voyagers; no passport or impost of any kind, and
no laws to interfere with the settlement of any man,
who chooses to expatriate himself, and leave any for
eign service or land.
Our ports should become entirely free ports; and
moreover, every ship that sails on the great Ocean,
OF whatever Tonnage, should be able TO find in our
chief port, the most complete facilities for repairs,
and thus shall Honolulu become the chosen maritime
and naval rendezvous of the Pacific, for the feet of
all nations.
And our highways throughout the islands COM
municating with every available point for the pro-
duction of wealth, or for healthful intercourse,
should be perfected. And to accomplish this TO the
fullest extent, the snort of the iron-horse should
awaken the echoes of our valleys and ravines, and
transport the products of several fertile districts,
such as Hamakua, Kohala, and Kau, in Hawaii land
run along the slopes and shores of East and
West Maui, and follow tn" line of the beach of Oahu,
and course over the plains Of Kauai; and still more,
to meet the convenience of the curious visitors Of
the world, our iron steed should blow of his steam
amid the steaming and sulphurous vents of our great
volcano.
With the locomotive, of course, must come. or
before it, the wire that leads the lightning On
its way. And we must do our part with the electric
telegraph, so that island should speak to island, with
waiting for the lightning tongue Of foreign en-
that darting throughout our seas, shall
speak from continent to continent.
And finally, besides all this progress in material
welfare, for which We hope, We must pray for better
filled with love to God and man, and we must
for a culture of our minds in all art and
science, so that our Hawaiian name may shine with
he lustre of genius. And these things will be, if
we all, foreign as well as native, shall make this is