The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-12-06

ahly. cas amer The cher, for lhelo utfs 10 ~
nlea 20 found a great natcn. AZ laai cane ~
/ lilgfims IN The httla Asynouer-men Who lcvst
than they lorra home Or kindrcd. Fcr ne foand
ing q uhat other Nation has God furnished svcl
maieEialf Nona Grucce, with ~ rare eniinlp
vas founded By race q savarcA When CAeal
lnvaded knelAnd he found thcre a raco q idcla.
troas eaEhSriAnS Germany had for Der fSanasr.
/ The cid Norsp Pirates When fetcr the Greaf hsran
kia retZn IN Russia he found the nation serni-har
harlan. II Vas not 20 with u< Oar fathers heean
uAere the others lcft o. Il vas Gods purpose o
q high character and intellect Nowhere did Z
Nation ever start with much Of intellect Of cal
slre, q eonscienes-sc much o. all the elcmeut.
tAAi eelcng ,oA gscat and ffee people, ~ I'D
Al thruueh the ssrly history q America 0od's
hand Vas sen. he caused he germ Of oar Cun-
Ititution 10 b written cut and signed heiore he
hlzrizs lsft the MAyhoWer; He inspircd them
10 Law a. flymouth. As the ocruer- stones Of car
kep1hisc the free School and the free Chnrch- II
uas By Gods help that W gained cur tndcpcn-
dsnoe; and He has furnished rs great men Tor
each crisis y make secure the heritage VI naiicn-
Atty which He had given Us
II. And this sacSsstS, second, that shoeld
give devpai Thanksgiving 10 God for the wonder.
ful Development and power which has been realired
IN Aner,ol1. and for what the future has Ia store
for her. God planted cur Rcpahlic a. jus, the
night time, as well as in the right place We BEGAN %
Nc a. nation. Just when the era Of great discur-
eries, Inventions and enterprises vas opening All
races nations. languages and Religions poarrd into
America their wealth Of hrain. and Drawn and
heart- And sce the resnlt,-One hundred years
ago car RePahlie bad less than three millions Of
people; nov ~ have &,Vuop0 She has become
the great granary Of the world last YEAR prulucine
q ourn, wheat. cats. etc, 3.ilc.tNN.lOo bushels
In the year ISL, the United States produoed
SouoQgo TONS Of hay; S1oo0o0O tons Of coal ;
q ,s0ooO barrels u coal oil t0oouO tons oi PIG
iva and nearly sOoOoQ tons Of steel rails were
NInHlu sal - Hlnhfa -
Failruad, nearly 1000 miles having eeen hult last
year, which eCst uiorp than SSoolOooOCo. In ten
81 the Western prairie States, which up 30 within
few wears were thoaghi d only fur agricultnrs,
there are nov lsAodo Inanufaeturing establish
nents Who's annual Produets amogat 20 Si.St9.-
o0oo As Richard ;. Storrs sud IN his Grafton.
last July, at Woodstock, O.; We seem dealing
with The stupenduous figures Of astrunoniY when
We bring thee immense numbers before Us yet
not reclining the progrosS Of those far stars
that come IN sight ouly IN century. bat are
simply recording in few particulars, the advance
ment Of material pu5lic Prospsu AM, ,,pf country
ard time. II Is not distant. IL In ,iround rs.
As the great tides Of the ccsan syss not mere
" 10 pile their vast waves against 4 = occasional
mighty headAnd. but 10 on all the crinkling bays
and beds o. ereeks along the coast, 80 this mighty
developuient and prosperity covers the country,
and reaches every interest and every eonlmunity.n
Bat Americas present. vast as u Il, rs insignia
can't compared with the possibilities that are be
fore her. have already given you Joseph Cooks
Of produeiive sol; BY one million square miles
than all the Old World This great speaker com
menting on these fgurss, says
Here then. bursts upon Us the greatly suggest
i've and organizing American fact. iAsi ~ Nsc
Word eas s.FloTs grr1i.T ggg.la'lns iAaH ~ osd
Esrli. II il can. probably it Ultimately will In
this majestic circumstance hear the footballs Of
fate with which il beho0ves the dim stir Of prs
ent Ages TO keep step
The great orator was not using empty rhetoric,
bnt stating what the fuis-o will make solid. sub
Stantial facts. am still a Young man. but have
seen the population Of the United States increase
frum seventeen TO nfty-tvo millions, e1pect 10
live TO see 1t one hundred millions The hard facts
Of the census show, that uaaided by immigration
cur American population doubles every twenty
ave Years The doubling Is nov Of great and ever
growing numbers. De ToqusviAe calculated. that
On = breadth extending from the LAKES TO the
Calf. it advanced westward seventeen miles each
year. and he prufeSsed 20 be profoundly moved by
the spectacle Of this deluce OF men driven on by
the hand Of God. But the human sarge moves yet
more rapidly nov. To the natural increase. which
Is shown By the census to be three Per cent anuu-
ally. must add the incessaut stream Of hundreds
Of thousands Of immigrants every year from the
Old World.
aSuppose,- says Joseph Cook. that there are
one hundred millions Of people IN America IN the
year 200. expect that there will be that number
in 100; but wish 20 make my estimate mildly
moderate. England and Prussia, the most thickly
populated parts OF Europe, now increase az the
emigration fall away; let wars storm over our
territory fruri tine 10 time who shall say that
oar rate of increase. viii not, in hundred or two
hundred years. be equal to that Of sufocated Eug-
lAnd and Prussia today? Call il only ona per
cent annually, after the year AtN Even At this
percentage Of increase We should double once IN
each hundred years Then IN 200 We should have
IN 80. +0OOOOOOO; in so 5000.
az ~ IN NV ''''V'''''V anu IN 80 '-'O'''''-
Do VOC think Mr.. Cook merely amusing himself
with great fguresl. The las; edition Of the Ency-
elUpedia Britannica, Just issuing from the press.
Summarizes the best investigation which Europe
has given 10 the topic BY these amazing words
= II the raturai resources Of America were fully
developed, 1t would ah5rd sus;enAnee 20 36O00oO-
200 inhabitants number nearly i've times as
yrsAt as the entire aAss Of h1m1n beings nov eI-
istirg upon the face Of the globe : What Il even
norr surprising. u IS not improbable that this
prodigious population will be IN existence within
three or al most four centuries-'
Looking through these stupsnd0us figures, as
through telescope, into Americas future stand
u ave- America great a. she nov u Is only IN her
infancy.
LII. Bat Will not her very greatness prove her
Eeaknesss Is not her great wealth, and the con
her strength Are not American politics already
nopelessly corrupt Are not morality and true
Christianity losing their bold upon the hearts Of
he people, Are not the days q the Rspublie |
limos: numbsred2 - Yes" sRy the aiaruuists Bat
do not believe them ss'i>r- tat "a I-ssieil
nc7ri. Hsrsr rsr- sfruHJ a110Iig 90 today, and
ior this would have you give dsvout Thanks-iv- |
ne to God.
an not blind to the fact that our American in |
ititufious TO be subjected 20 fearful strain IN
he future. Great problems already confront her. !
How 10 control and regulate great m0uopolies; l
he contest between capital and Labor; C0umun- |
81 and Socialism; hoS TO govern great cities sith
Universal su7rage; the 90 sfulls system IN politics
-thsss Esighty problems and nIuy others already /
iemA1d the serious thought and action Of ever |
american The nations Of the earth are coming i
. her doors he very aniipodss Of humanity
re meeting on her shores And with these come /
Inverse customs, and bitter prsi1dicss. aHtagunis
&c races, and conflicting faiths
In her moral poser IL America only hope. The |
amer moral hfs OF the nation Is Indispensable TO
3 security, it, strength its psruznenne. Il u to
b Nation What enterprise. courage, and faith i /
o the an- IL s 10 the Nation what the soul Is 20
be body. II America has lost this OF IS losing it,
hen Is size doomed This Is the power with which |
be must meet thsse great problems and withstand
be strain that must inevitably come.
America has not lost this powsr. The three
Teaf conservative moral powers In any nation are
be home the press and the pulpit Never before !
I'd these mighty powers - - work for righteous |
ess," IN America - to-day. In the nation az |
srge the home = more attractive. h0me-training
more th0r11gh and intelligent, and parental IN
zsnce stronger than ever before A long a. a
alton Il anchored 20 IL homes thai nation Is
sure Of cunfIuuIuE DEVELOPING, and !
as homes are the unseen springs among the hills
II Of which flows the vast, commanding currents
pablo moral prosperity and life
The press Of America j. 4 mighty moral pozsr.
= tone Is not 80 high as Il should Be, q as Il
light b. Il i sometimes bitter and not always
w Il sonastimss pardsrs % depraTed tastes.
here are exceptions were the Vress- : usrrhas-
BE, and q mere m1d-rEachiuss Bat tie Iesdftg
annals Of America rscngaizs the foundatiol Il
rufhS Of religion. and - us5falitv The iufaeuce
{ the press on the 49, : for good
he pol PIT never as - great a poEer II Amer !
a a. today. A0tEIft standing the lOEd talk Of
1fd-iity, the Census gives u some rs-assurinE
scts- Un= hundred ysIrs ago IN America there
a. ous Protestant Christian n ever fifteen Of
sr people nov there Is one IN every I've Tnen !
lsrs vas 0ue Church buildIng 70 every 30 Of
sr people nov there = one % every issl The |
alae % ChErcn Pr0psrty has increased II the
uIted States N twenty years. from 1s5e 70 $50 l
'0m 81 lo0n0O 20 kEi5eCO. GO People do not |
iTest money II that for Etich they care nothing.
he three principal Protestant Denominations II
is United States. the Baptist, Methodist. ard
sird n the Ten years between 15'5 And is75.
And that thess potent poEsrs- the hone, the
-ess. AID the pulpIt are keeping the moral life Of
is Nation stalEzrt and 7ig1r11s. l. proved IN /
TerT CRISIS IN AElsrlcas Elst1rT- No nation ever
re ssysrsr strain 1lsf iirsf thaa the Rsp1blie
i-6i. Her armies o11q1srsd il tie CONTEST b.
l1se Of their I1vineible moral power They car
81 banner q SHEA Eas written
FER ri-ht t. rf-h-- -lr-- Gad 9. God
AID f.E- the Day must uia
70 sslbi EasHi = zl.laT4Itr
T. flifsf rlEd ts sil-
gain IN Is76 daring that famous electoral e1u-
- between HaFes AID Il.1su. tEa Governments I
- suhiectei % a terrible strain What II Mer-
o had had sch crisis: Bat huz grLudly Aniesies