The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-05


manifest in Canada plcdging all her
resources TO the speedy construction
OF the Canadian Pacific Railway. to
unite with "a bond of steel every
part of her vast territory stretching
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific;
Was there no patriotism in the little
dependency of Nova Scotia when a
noble band of rcformcrs wrcstcd
the privileges of responsible Gov
crnmeut by constitutional agitation
from the Imperial authortic. and
brought an end to the corrupt cN-
travagant and oppressive rule of the
Council of Twelve appointed Ivy the
Crown; Political ambition does
not look TO it for the highest
honors," says this writer, and yet
statesmen of both Canada and Aus
tralia have refused the titular honors
offered by their Sovereign because
the honors won in their own land
were greater in their estimation.
Only the other day Sir Charles Tup-
per. on the eve of his departure to
take the post of Canadian High
commissioner in London. in refer
ring to rumor that his ambition was
to obtain seat in the British Pailia-
ment-as countrymen Of his had
done before declared that he
would prefer TO remain the
representative of the constituency
that had returned him ut every cleo
tiOn fCr twcnty-nine long years.
Patriotism, in short, can hardly
he said to exist" is another Of his
misrepresentation. Yet the Aus
tralian colonies. rs one man. resolved
to back up Queensland in her annex
alton of New Guinea. and to band
together for the resistance. even to
war. if necessary, against any for
cign power whatsoever that might
dare TO Interfere. And the patrio-
tie spirit of Canada has been so
manfullv expressed on various occa-
sionS that the British Government
has found il wise to adopt the policy
of non-intcrfercncc with all her
affairs, while retaining the respon-
sibility of being her protector. When
the Marquis of Iorne, Queen Vic
toria'S viccroy, was dubious about
the course taken by the Canadian
Ministry in summarily dismissing q
Governor of Quebec, and appealed
to Her Maiesty's Privy Council for
instructions, he was simply instructed
to follow the advice of his Ministers.
1t was nothing but colonial patrio-
tsm that led the Imperial authorities
to adopt the policy of making those
colonies that showed capacity for
sclf-government feel as little depend
ent as possible. That policy is fur
thcr Illustrated by Great Britain ac-
ccpting gracefully the imposition, by
different Australian colonies rs we'll rs
Canada, of tariffs preiudicial to her
commerce. The restless Craving
for the notice and patronage of Eng
land, said by this degenerate
cOlOniSt to exist in the colonies,
may do so or not, but it is certain
that it exists, and always has existed,
in large section of the population
of the United States, and it can
hardly be said that the States are
dependency. As for Belgium and
Ecuador not doing the same, that
may be so, but to cite such out-of-
the-way and poky little states is but
4 poor showing in an argument con
corning such great lands and peoples.
The writer also states that national
hymn can only come from the heart
of nation. Does that imply that
the national hymn Of England came
from the heart of that nation? If
so, then the English nation had no
heart for the first thousand years of
its existence. Or did the Hawaiian
national anthem come from the heart
Of this nation When the colonies
really need national hymns they will
come to them. Meantime they can
do without the frippcry of national
freedom while enjoying the patrio-
tism of their sons and daughters,
eNulting in being citizens of the
greatest empire in the world and