The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-04-19


or nation which has no history" an apo
therm which may be taken TO mean
happy i that country whose history Is one
Of internal progress. without hindrance
/ frum or COMPLICATION with external in
fuences. FewcouutrieS have ever achieved
I this enyiable happiness The ambitions
/ Of monarchs or ministers generally result
/ In attracting 10 themselves first the any-
i0us attention which they coveted. and as
consequence the interference which
when too late. they find themselves to have
challenged. The taste for power and i'm
portance. the desire to be considered for
midable as a foe or indispensable a. an
ally. Is too apt to become a ruling passion,
and many are the monarchs and many the
statesmen who have sacrificed the reality
Of peaceful if ingloriOus prosperity. for
the terrible rsks to which they commit
/ themselves when open 10 a suspicion Of
aggrsssiveuess. or even an undue amount
Of self assertion. But that this self-sus-
tanned and home made happiness may yet
be found. even among the great wgrlike
mouarchies Of the old world. let Us look at
the past history and present condition Of
the little italian Republic Of San Marino.
! This happy little state Of p square miles
Of Territory and 400 inhabitants. self
governed and selfdepeudeut, though sur
/ rounded on all sides by powerful and not
/ ALWAYS peaceable neighbOrs. has existed IN
| It's quaint little integrity and sturdy little
| indeueudence for centuries The demon
j Of imperialism or militarism has never
/ cursed TINS little country by reason Cf the
/ ambitions Of It's rulers OF the greed Of is
! ueirhb0rs it. twelve hundred milluameu
serve all the purposes Of the state. and ara
/ not made the excuses for eNtrayagaut out
| lay for the purpose OF parade and run NO
| risk 0f being laughed at as "a caTlcat1Te Of
the force Of ueighboTing powers Secure
| In its rocky eminence OF poo feet above
the surrounding plain. ike an island in
/ mid ocean. its Notifications are much what
| they were some hundred wears ago its
revenue. though small. l. amply sufficient.
l and IT. single town and dozen or two VII
| lsres thrive without the stimulus of a ma
/ ti0nal debt Even when thrones, princi-
palities und dukei0ms by the dozen were
| upset. annexed. app0rioned ont into het
er0geneous groups by the crushing and
| ruthless imperialism of Napoleon BuOna-
parte. OF more recently. when Italy was
I still only regarded a. a geographical eL-
preston. neither the King. Kaiser or
Pom has destroyed the independence
of this the least. though probably
] the oldest. of existing Republics Its
present democratic form OF govern
ment with it. Grand Council of Sixty. and
it. Interior OF Ministerial Council Of
Twelve. has already stood firmly for more
than one hundred and forty years. Now
look at q picture Of Imperialism which
had reached it height under the old
giaf Of France. when Louis QuatOrze
exclaimed = L'd1t r'f.' aoi" his selfish and
degraded successor said. ~-iprs ai z ~
ivgl- His unhappy SUCCESSOR was over
whelmed In the deluge. Or look at the
great military empire OF Napoleon. raised
by the greatest military genius the world
has seen. and behold the effects Of iInpe-
rialism OF personal government. Cross
the Atlantic and see how the same causes
produce the same results. even when dis
gT1is.-d under the forms Of popular gov
/ eTumeut The various 50 called Republics
u Central and South America have spent
the whole period Of their Independence in
war with one another whenever two neigh
boring states were sufficiently free from
civil quaTTels TO enable them 10 put an
army Of a few hundred half clad ragamuf-
fms in the field. and the short intervals Of
peace were invariably devoted TO borrow
ing money. raising loans for the devel-
opment Of the country i the stock
phrase. 50 that to-day It i not too much
10 say that. with the single exception OF
Chile. there l. not a Spanish American
Republic that l. not hopelessly Ins0lvent-
Some political sgitatoF raised to power a.
President. deyOtes his time between drill
ing his awkward squads for possible ser
vice against his neighbOrs OF his own
fellow citizens. and floating loans. the pro
ceeds Of which 90 for the most part into
the pockets Of himself and his friends who
carry ont his schemes Imperialism under
the gGise Of constitutional government
miIItarism under the guise Of tender re
gard for the defenees Of the country, na
tonsl indebtedness under the pretence Of
developing resources have made wreck Of
many a state. The citizens Of San MarIno
NAV look around and congratulate them
selves on their crust Of bread and lib
erty.T