The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-12-06

America to recede from the fundamental prin-
ciPles Of that treaty No Articles of that
treaty may be modified, but the full gist and sub
stance of that treaty will remain. 1t forms an
important epoch in treaty obligations between
the Occident and the Orient. In it's essential
features it was a treaty of reciprocity, based on
the principle OF my text, a. Give, and IL shall be
given unto you" The principle of the Golden
Rule was also recognized. 1t forms the basis Of
all good craftsmanship the world over. The
heaven Is gradually permeating other Oriental
nations. President Grants visit to Japan and
eisewhere is not to prove barren of important re-
suits. While he was sojourning in China and
japan, matters of grave importance were under
discussion.
Perhaps this somewhat lengthy discussion of
international reciprocity would more appropriate
ly follow than precede a Thanksgiving dinner.
There is an impression that the descendants Of
the Puritans have somewha degenerated and are
not what their fathers were. This is doubtless
true when tested by our ability to listen before
dinner patiently and sebmissively TO the long
two-hours sermons of the clergy. But bear with
me a moment longer, and | will close. Has not
honorable reciprocity always been one of the ira
ditions of the American people? Because Eng
land would not grant to the colonists representa-
ton In Parliament when taxes we're imposed,
they declared war and asserted their Independence.
During the past century the same idea has
been carried out, until Germany finally yielded
the point in regard to the rights of citizenship,
when England also submitted. Shall America
now go back on her principles IN negotiating
with China? 1t hardly seems possible. Presi-
dent Hayes, by his timely and prompt veto of
hasty and ill-digested measures 10 Congress, re-
latlng to the Burlingame Treaty, saved the United
States from the disgrace of becoming a Treaty
violating Power among the Nations. He merits
thereby the thanks OF all the friends of America,
at home and abroad. Has not the time fully
come when the civilized nations of the earth
must recognize the fact that the Chinese are not
70 be made an exception TO acknowledged princi-
pies of International Reciprocity ? They form a
fourth, if not a third, part of the worlds popula-
ton. No waving of a magician's wand is to
Danish them from any land where they go in a
quiet and law-abiding manner, following the lines
of trade, commerce., industry and labor, pursued
by the representatives of other nationalities who
are allowed to migrate and then take up their
abode. They are not to be made the grand ex-
ception. The sooner the people of the United
States, British Colonies and Hawaiian Islands
recognize and acknowledge this principle, the
better for their peace and prosperity. Mr..
Stewards sublime forecaste respecting those who
are to take part in = the worlds great here
after inhabiting the shores and islands of the
Pacific, evinced a prescience that it would be
well for the politicians and statesmen of the
present day to heed and follow. Remarks a
recent able English writer 1.-The Chinese are
becoming a power whose political influence must
be acknowledged, and that speedily by European
Nations" Furthermore, :. China is Fastening
to take her place where she might not be dictated
to by combined Europe" 1t is a significant fact
that Wheaton's 90 Law of Nations =" has been
translated in the Chinese language by an Amer
lean missionary.
do not forget that | am standing in a Chris
tian pulpit, and that Gods Word is open before
me. Therein | find much to guide both the
statesman and Christian, the patriot and philoso-
nhpr Saws God nv the month Of His PrOnhet
Ezekiel 81 will o%verturn, o%verturn, oyerturn
it, and 1t shall be no more. until he come whose
right it is; and | will give 1t him." Events in
our day appear to be rapidly Fastening to the
formal elimination of that vision, interpreted
by David, when the stone cut out of the noun
tain without hands, became a great mountain
and filled the whole earth. The enlargement and
development t of the Kingdom of God, symbolized
by that stone, were never more rapid than during
the nineteenth century. God rules among the
nations. Bancroft, the historian, most forcibly
expresses this idea | am endeavoring to set forth,
when he remarks When the hour strikes for
a people or mankind to pass into a new form of
being, Omnipotence steps along mysterious ways,
like a messenger through the darkness of night,
and with unseen hands draws back the bolts from
the gates Of futurity. Those who plan resistance
find themselves in conflict with the Will of Prov
idence, rather than with human desires.'' The
hour, has ii mol struck for China and other
nations inhabiting the islands and the long lines
of shores surrounding the Pacific, TO pass into
new forms of being? The degree of Providence,
has it not gone forth? There can be no ~effectual
resistance. Our great aim should be to shape our
lives and plans to harmonic with the Divine
plan. Grave questions are looming up for disc
cussion relating to the future of Hawaii mel. Not
only is the future of our Island Kingdom identi-
fed with the fortunes of the Great Republic on
our east, but also with the destiny of that great
est of earthly empires on our west, so far as pop
ulation is concerned. The question arises
Would not the perpetuity of Hawaiian rule be
more secure with a few thousands of immigrants
from the latter country, coming with their simple
habits and agricultural propensities and obedi-
ence to law, inherited from a remote antiquity,
and new political aspirations, rather than with
an equal number coming from the opposite shores
with their reckless habits and desires for speedy
But | must choose. You who believe
in the Bible. in Providence, in missions to a
heather people, now is your golden opportunity
to fall into line and march forward with the
friends of Christianity and humanity in other
lands. Never was there a more Opportune season
for pushing forward the grand and glorious
evangeiizing agencies designed to impress gospel
ideas upon four hundred millions of a race. Our
Island Kingdom occupies a most advantageous out
post for carrying forward this noble undertaking
Of a worlds eyangelization. Christ's Kingdom
has been established and must spread. 1t is a
kingdom for which the Apostles labored, the
martyrs bled. and all good men and women have
prayed. Among this glorious company were the
Pilgrims of Plymouth, and the Puritans of Mas
sachusetts Bay. In honor of their precious
memory, we, dwelling on this Island of the
Pacific, observe this Day of National Thanksgiy-
ing
''God bless our native land
Firm may she ever stand,
Through storm and night:
When the wild teInpests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,