Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-07

naU tbiut ana lUtftl was ltclfs not only ~
name but in fact. In times Of great pros.
perity We are apt to forget the price paid lor
our ransom, and when the kindly years have
closed the wounds made by the bloody hand
Of war. we sometimes fail to remember the
anguish and suffering u those who fought To
save vs.. Therefore. ! should like to refresh
your memories 10y recital Of some Of the
principal acts " the revolution, and by word
portraits Of the grand men who bore on their
shoulder. The brunt of foreign attack and
home discussion But time will permit only
a cursoy glance at the eventual panorama.
Suihce II to say that from the hour when the
Boston boy, threw the tea into the harbor
until the day when CORVALLIS gave up his
sword to Washington the fight went on. IT
| was like the irresistible tide. II ehbcd and
| flowed Now in the lar north. where Arnold,
let us give the traitor what need Of praise we
can, nearly drove the British from Canada.
| Now in New YORK, where the Contincntals.
| opposed 10y Howe, were forced ON the Della.
ware and finally, after the rout at Brandy.
winc to their cherries and cc.bound camp at
| Valley Forge Now surrounding Burgoync
on the heights Of Saratoga, and gathering aid
and comfort by the surrender Of his forces an
event. may say in passing that called forth
from the eloquent Chatham his celebrated
tribute to America "Nou cannot conquer
America II ! were an American a, am an
| Englishman, while foreign troop was landed
in my country, ! would never lay down my
arms Never Never Never - Now fight.
ing against CORVALLIS in the south. Now
weakened 10y bankruptcy and dsheartened by
the lack Of expected aid from France. Now
checrcd by the detection ol Sir Henry Clinton,
the arrival of the French fleet with men, arms
and money, and finally achieving success 10y
cooping up CORVALLIS, at Yorktown. and
| forcing him to surrender his whole army to the
victorious Washington. This last stroke was
the finishing blow, for the news Of that victory
reached England a, the same time the carriers
arrived with the intelligence OF the revolt in
Ireland. The double blow was too much.
Lord North resigned, and, as the historian
Greene remarks, "ln the face Of such a rising
at home, it became plain to the most dogged
of Tories that it was impossible to continue a
strife across three thousand miles Of sea. And
thus it was that England became reconciled
to the fact that the American colonies ''were,
and of right ought to be free and independ-
ent states. Far ADLER tongues than mine have
spoken the praises Of the great central figure
OF the revolution, but, one tribute has lately
been paid TO Washington and that. too by an
EngliShman, which is so complete. so touching
and 50 true that | cannot forbcar giving it 10
YOU. II is by the historian John Richard
Greene, a man whose death not only the
English nation, but the whole world of litera.
ture has lately had reason to dcpore. lie
says. in his " History Of the English People, y
speaking Of Washington: ''No nobler figure
ever stood IN the lore front OF nation life.
washington was grave and Courteous IN adj
dress; ms manners were simple and unpre-
'ehdihs' ms silence and the serene calmnesS
Oh ms temper spoke OF perfect sell mastery
But thefe was llttle IN ms outer bearing To
reveal tne grandeur oil soul, winch hits his
inquire win all the simple majesty OF an an
cient statue Out oi The smaller passions, the
meahet implWeS oi the world around nm.
IL was only as the weary hight went on that
the colonis'S discovered, however slowly and
impefiecty inc greatness OF thelr lcader-his
Clear judgment, ms heroic endurance, his
silence under dlthcultles' ms caimness IN the
hour OF danger or defeat, the patience with
whlch ne waited, the quickness and hardness
WIN which ne struck, the lofty and serene sense
OF duty that never swerved from lis task through
resentment or Jealousy, that never, through
war or peace, ieil the touch OF meaner ambi-
non, that knew OF no ann except that oil
guarding inc freedom OF ms fellow country
men, and no personal longing except that o
returning TO ms own hreslde when their Tree
dom was secured
learned to cling TO Washington with trust
and iath, such as lew other men have won,
and TO regard INN with reverence which still
hnshes us in'prcsence ol ms memory. But
even Americans hardly recognized his true
greatness WINE ne lved. II was only when
uea'h sci ms seal ON nm That the voice oil
those whom he had served so long proclaimed
him, The man hrsi IN war, first in peace, and
iirs' IN Inc hearts OF ms countrymen. But lei
us turn from the American revolution To the
America oil to-day. we started with every
inihs before us bankrupt ankle IN money and
fich's' WIN ho'hins l" heip us but our own
hands, our own BRAINS, and sublime faith IL
the rec'itude oi our intentions toward each
other and toward the general world. Have
we iuihiied the hopes oil our ioIelathefs, al
have we IN our later years, fallen into decrep
tnde and ianguor oil Old age Has the caus,it
prophecies OF Macauley, who predicted that We
would ia'i To pieces broken ny our own weight
OF the cynical criticisms OF Dickens, who
when ne visited us, could Ind nothing good
but everything bad, OF the clever sarcasms o.
lhackeray, VINO with all ms wonderful genus
seemed always 10 sloat over the railiies of ON
national nature, or the bitter, almost mag
nani, slurs oil Carlyle been deserved' Let u'
look around US and see. ON July 4, 1870. We
were handful oi people, so poor IN numbers
as to be counted ior nothing IN the grand ag
gregale Of the worlds population. What are
We now The last census ticks us of al oyel
fifty millions, and by this fine we have ad9e'
three more, making US IN round numbers hity
i've millions OF people II is dithcult to re
alize what tins means. II means apopulatior
greater than that OF any nation on the earth eS
eepi CHINA and Russia. Ten millions more
,han England, the mother country. Ten mil
mons more Than France, whose generous al,
, helped US to victory when defeat was mpend
ing Seven millions more than Germany
whose hard working people have conlri
buted SO greatly toward our advancement ant
prosperity Twelve millions more than Aus
ina, and as many more than Italy. The semi
civilized nations only surpass US, and the,