Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-02

Mr.. tEty then proposed, inc buslnes
Men of Honolulu and Mr. Jones replied:
Mn. Cp,mN,S ,yp GrSrtrurN-A gentleman
once said t. me in san Francisco The difficulty
with You people 40 tho Islands Is, no one man
thinks mike" .luughtcr think thero Is good
dcal OF truth ia th'- remark especially among
Americans and what Us needed hero 90 the prs
ont time In my opinion morc than ANYTHING
cleo, is for Americans to ho f1.i.i. We mood
60 ndnpt here the motto ut our beloved country,
i1luhns tnum $50 Ought t1 uo ms pug out OF
mnny ! think it was nauol Webster who said,
United We stand, divided va full ~ a true OF
ut 40 these Islands.
We have heard this evening chat vc have large
interests hcre, that We have much property in
vested here bat We appear o. ho in similar po
/ -loh 10 thtt pf our own country when she threw
on the yoke Of Great Britain. ur. ttfcd igifiopf
! representation. thpplauscI We do not object TO
pay our taxes, hut We do object to q foolish OK
/ pendiiuto OF the money which must Of necessity
increase tho ratio Of taxation. applause, We do
not believe IN cnronatous in this last scoro Of the
| Nineteenth Eentury, Thoy useless, costly and
I foolish. loud appliance. For one I piod. \ my.
self not 10 attend the coronation OF the King IN
| February next u hardly expect an invitation.
If every american will agree TO remain away
from this ridiculous farce tho audience will DO no
| tably diminished on that occasion. There are
| those who may be obliged Ia witness this cere-
mony as representatives, of foreign nations, but
surely all those holding no official position can
| stay away, and in my humble opinion they ought
| to do 40.
We do not believe in military force (lauehtor).
! we do not believe III Gattling guns and IL is our
| applause and furthermore we believe them 10 be
standing menace to the foreign residents of these
Islands, am sure that in this expression we have
| tho endorsement of our English, German and
other foreign residents as well "a many of the
| tive Hawaiians, applause.
| IL we are united, II we act together ono, we
! shall have influence, aud We shall then make
| that influence felt in this land for good govern
| ment. We want u good government and one that
| will be conducted with economy and honesty, and
| ne icW haze no other. ringing applause).
Let us then Join together. Let our voices be
raised, orr pens be employed and our influence
| pledged for the suppression of folly and the esab-
| tapiishment OF good honest government in this
| land cheers.
| Ny reply to your trust is n good deal like Arte-
mus Wards lecture on the Babes in the Woods"
| He did not say word about tho :" babcs' laugh
| teri. thank You heartily for the trust and ask
| pardon for the depression.
| Now u any newspaper man ~ present and wants
| to put this in the paper let him do it. have said
what mean and shall stand by il ALL laughter
| and applausel.
Loud calls were now made for. the "Ha
waiian Railroad" Mr.. Wilder" etc Mr.
Wilder arose and said:
| Mn. Grammar AND FRrrNps:--I did not antici-
pate being called upon TO mako speech, and do not
| intend to do so but sir, as am called upon, am
ready to report myself az an American. iApElausel
| twenty-five years residence i'll these Islands has
| in no way lessened my love for my country. Ten
years official connection with this government part
OF the time holding position az u Cabinet Minis
ter, has not, i'll the least caused me to forget the
| stars and Stripes.
| Mr.. Chairman, am not an nnnexationst; have
never spoken for 1t; have never written line in
its favor. advocate and desire the Independence
| of this country, but sir, we want 1t made con
stitutional government-by a constitutional king
not one-man power CHEERS and long continued
"pyEl r S1i.,.r - ,io,;n, ,or ,,,o,ou d. :, =
my privilege and my pleasure to say that my official
| intercourse with You has been such that know
| whereof speak. That you have at all times, in a
just and dignihed manner, upheld American citi-'
zens and American interests.
In bidding lOOl-bye, gr, npinlbDr and
friend, do il with sincere regret. with strong
hope that your honorable successor may endear
himself to American hearts and American interests.
| and that many day may pass ere we tender him
farewell dinner. Continued applausc0
When he had taken his seat, converse
ton ensued for a minute, when calls for
" Davidson We're made.
MIR. j. NJ Davidson reluctantly yielded to repeat
ed and vociferous calls and said he was not accus
toned to address so large an audience, and felt
| embarrassed, seeing around him seated at the
banquet so many ADLER than himself to entertain
and instruct an after dinner party; he thought
there could be but one improvement suggested as
to the entertainment and that the presence of
the beau sex who always brighten our happiest
beautiful than day. He said he believed he the
only person who had been called upon to giye ex-
preston to his feelings whose birth place WAS
| south of the line that formerly divided tho North.
ern from the Southern States and that some
allusion had been made to the late Internecine
| War in America he wished gentlemen present to
understand that he felt the same pride in and af-
lection for the starry banner that decorated the
banquet hall as one i'll the assembly; he loved the
country of his birth and was reoiced to know that
it is once n united country, [applausel and
that the igatures that bind il together are indis
soluble, and that he believed that republican inst-
tuition i'll America had done more to ameliorate the
general condition of man, to elevate him to a
higher plane, to promote and encourage the devel-
opment of art and science through and by liberal
laws and system of education, than the combined
efforts of the rest of the world. Applause.
Mr.. Davidson said he had been somewhat sur
prised at the latitude that different gentlemen in
their remarks had INDUCED in, that he had sup
posed that il was to be merely convivial gather
ing TO welcome coming and speed parting
guest and that he regretted that 40 much feeling
had been exhibited that might tend to precipitate
action which reason and wisdom should curb. He
recollected attending banquet in Richmond, Va,
when very young, soon after the secession of the
Southern States and when called upon to respond
to n sentiment, he expressed doubts IA Ia the pos
sibility of success in war waged against such
odds that the South being without manufactures,
without navy, without ammunition or arms,
could not reasonably expect to achieve victory or
maintain advantage with 100000 of natural and
impacabe enemies held in bondage on their soil.
10 which Mr.. j. X. Benjamin replied predicting the
ratification of treaty OF peace within ninety days
The events have passed into history, and we all
know the result OF the hasty and advised action
of the South. But now that the war is over and