Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-08-19
TRUE LOYALTY.

Patriotism, love Of country, is a crown of
glory to any man. bu, loyalty, oringing to "a
master, 10 wearing tho collar Of dog Patriot
lam is only another name for disrcgnrd Of right
iul authority; loyalty is tho cement or we'll
ordered society. Such are the widely diGof-
ont opinions cherished in regard to these two
words which arc, after all, only different
phasea of ono and The same sentiment Patriot-
ism, like tho love oi husband 10 wife, ex-
presses feeling in it's broadcast aud most
general aspect Loyalty, like jealousy, in tho
proper meaning Of that term, expresses tho
same feeling in it's sensiivoness towards any
thing that would interrupt fullest harmony
use OF the word loyalty, special reference to
the personnl element, and II inspires an honor
nble regard for that which otlera arc disposed
t. ianper with or destroy. Many seom dia-
posed to distclieve or deny the possibility Of
my such sentiment as loyalty under repub-
licnn government, because there 10 no indiyid
ual sovereign to whom personal attachment,
cnh be felt. But the war Of secesron brought
out sirongly, sentiments both Of patriotism and
OF loyalty, both generous aud honorable regard
Tor the well-being and advancement of the
country, aud equally honorable and noteworthy
OF the worlliit ess aud perpeluity of the unon
Of the states.
In an article on Loyalty" in recent num-
Der of tho FouughAg Revisr, attention is
called to tho fact Of its derivation from ioi, like
royal from rot, and to the aimilarity of the kin
dred group OF words. loyal, loyal, lawful, re-
gal, royal, kngly, from the Latin, French and
Saxon respectively. Loyalty is, properly,
Conformity to law, staunch republican word,
expressing the ideas of duty to wards com
munity, owed by every member of that com
munity. But it would seem that in the Dark
Ages it passed over into sentiment more an
propriate to foudsl times tho idea of personal
obligation owed by one man to another man.
The good citizen obeys the law, not AZ mat
tor OF good faith between man aud man, but
of tho community Of which ho is part: The
loyal subject does his duty as matter of per-
sohai obligation, as it worc in compliance with
promise, expressed or implod the man owes
faithful service to his lord the lord owes
faithful protection to his man; each is dishon-
ored II he fails to discharge that duty faith
fully, loyalty.
Montosquieu, in his Esprit des Loix," says
forcibly, that honor 10 the vital principle of all
good government, as fear 10 OF tlespotsm. So,
unless loyalty, in the sense OF devotion to the
personal leader, is kept in truc aud balances
activity by tho higher principle Of obedience
to law, It may pass over into the dangerous
and disgraceiul spirit that cringes and fawus,
hattcrs and toadies, when it should stand up
and speak out for the truth and the right. The
mere grovollng worship Of rank is base born
sentiment, very different spirit from the
chivalrous, unsel6sh sentiment Of truo LOYALTY.
ANY such compliance with tho personal will
OF ruler, as tampcrs with truth and morality.
is debasng, and not ennobing.
When tho proprietor Of tho Adrsrtiser en-
tered into contract with the Moreno Cabinet
to be loyal to the government, as part of the
condition on which he was to receive govern.
ment money and government patronage, docs
II need any close scrutiny to show tho true
nature Of such purohaseable loyalty? Tho
man that would buy OF tho man that would
sell his loyalty arc alike dishonored By any
such transaction. How many instances of
such conduct does it need to make as evident
as moonlight to bats tho true character Of such
manl
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