The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-07

life has produced men in every walk
whose histories are simply grand. We need not
go to Sparta for examples of personal courage
Rerndon going down in the ship after he had
saved hundreds of lives: Custer, that brave
and gallant man, falling with his face to the
savage foe-an example of such splendid prowess
that the hell-hounds who destroyed him hon
ored his remains. Garfield, Garfield, who, al
though racked by pain, and wasted until ii
seemed that tortured nature must cry out, yet
bearing his sufferings without a murmur, and
waiting out his soul to the eternity
beyond, without ever an imprecation on the
cowardly assassin who had hurled him from the
pinnacle of human greatness to the gates of
dearth then De Long, Amber, Chipp, Collins,
and the men of the Jeanette who starved TO
death in the Lena Delta Did they have cour-
age or did they not? Does any one here know
what starvation means =? Does he know the
delirium of dreaming of banquets and waking
to frigid dearth? If such there be he will know
the feelings of those poor men who day by day
dragged T. cir frozen limbs over the snowy
wastes, and who finally beneath the pitiIess ice
and sleet found rest from the guawiug tooth OF
hunger, and in the cold embrace OF death found
the warmth they had beeu craving. Yet, in De
Longs journal, exhumed from the show that
covered the body Of its writer there Is not one
word of repining; 1t is always " Push forward,
hope on, by the help vi God We Will reach aid
and shelter No, We need go to no other land
for examples of personal bravery; nor need We
go to any other for models III anything. Have
We not Grant and Sherman. Sheridan and Mae
kenzie for soldiers,s has any nation any better?
Have We not a Farragut, a Porter, a Rowan, II
Decatur "A Laurence "A Perry for SallOrSy
Does the history of the sea tell OF any
finer l do not think 50, and when you
look down to the vista oftener you
will see all the past marked by the stalwart
figures of men who have made history, and who
have made their land famous among nations.
But, my friends, the theme OF our national glory
is one on which any OF US could talk for hours.
1 will not task your time or your patience Ion
ger but will only ask you on this our birthday
to remember that the land which We own as
Mother, the country within whose borders all
are free as the air they breathe, is still march
ing on from ''conquering to couquer'-not by
gaining treasure or territory by slaughter, not
by driving from the seas the helpless navies of
weaker nations, nor by the power of brutal
force, but By its Steady growth. its
strict Justice, by its impartial administra-
ton of law, by the care of its chill
dren. and by its lofty regard for the rights, not
only of its born citizens, but for those from
other lands whom necessity or preference has
thrown upon its shores. Do not | beg OF you
be led away by the foul SANDERS which, from
time to time, appear III our journals, nor be i'm
pressed by the slurs which now and then, are
emitted by those who happen to be for the mo-
ment in opposition 10 the reigning political
party. There is much talk of bribery and cor
ruption, but my friends twelve million of free
men cannot be bought. The mines of the earth
do not hold sufficient gold. That we have our
faults l do not pretend to deny, Even
the diamond is not perfect, and on the
glowing sun there are spots, but, thank God, the
heart of the great Republic is sound. and its
blood is as pure as the to brent that falls from the
mountain top. The flaws our enemies see are but
specks upon the most perfect national chrysolite
that ever the stars have shone upon since the
great Creator said Let there be light Let
US then be proud of our country. Let Us remem-
Der our allegiance to our native land. Wherever
duty or pleasure or business may call US,
whether it be to luxuriate amid the delightful
surroundings of this garden spot, and to enjoy
the freedom OF this ideal Kingdom, on to endure
the hardships of less fruitful regions, let US not
forget that we are Americans. Let not time nor
distance, nor any other force, >;enl from US our
birth-right, nor still i'll US the love for freedom
which is our legacy. And when two or three
Americans are gathered together let them re-
member the motto Of their land, " f PlIribus
Unum -" One out of many The fagot can
not be broken. In union there is strength.
And, as the years roll by, and this anniversary
$1,000 a1~,A Aa -.-,, l,arax t-nr1 r,au he
do not forget it. but, meeting together as you
have to-day, pledge yourselves anew
to that country which is the " home of
the free and the land of the brave
God bless our native land, and may its flag
wave Oh through the ages.
Flag of the free, hearts hope and home.
BY angel hands to yalor given.
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in heaven,
Forever float that standard sheet,
Where breathes the foe but falls before us
With freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And freedoms banner streaming Ger us!'
DR.. Ruth's Grafton was concluded amidst
loud cheering which continued for several
minutes, it was also frequently and heartily
applauded in the course of delivery.
A few more songs and selections by the
band were given, when the President an
that refreshments were ready.
The hint was taken, and gallons of ice
cream disappeared in a miraculously short
space of time.
Al noon a second salute of thirty-three
guns was fired, and the people began to
wend their way hOmewards from the hotel.
Quite a number of picnic parties We're
formed and passed enjoyable times at
Waikiki and Kaliki valley.
The visitors at the Hawaiian Hotel were
each presented by Mr.. Greeley, the
manager, with a handsome menu card at
dinner time, most tastefully arrayed, both
as to its outward appearance and to suit
the inward requirements of the hungry.
AT sunset another salute of IL guns was
fired, and in
THE EVENING,
Shortly after dusk, the city was apparently
besieged by some foreign force, the noise of
fireworks of all kinds being heard at times.