The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-06

bar, the halls OF legislation, and every honor
able vocation and station in life And in spite |
T: o1-our syposititious iunducsS for a title, and !
our kneehng before lord, it is not these II 1t |
not rankor birth OF fortune, but some "divinely
gifted man, who has conquered every difficulty
and ovcrlivcd Disappointment who has made
the choice OF Hercules. rejecting case and com.
fort and the alurcmcntS ol pleasure, choosing
rather the thoiny path OF a great and public
spirited ambition, whom the American people
delight to honor And when such man has
attained the recognition which his merits dc.
mand, there is no position within the gut OF
the people which he does not command-and
the nation waits upon his words This is the
ony pride OF birth that is charactcrisically AM
erican-thc noble satisfaction in an origin
| whose obsecurity, personal merit, and personal
merit alone, has rendered illuStrous. The Eng
| lishman delights TO trace his long line ol an
cestfy bacl; unbrokcn through stormy ccniur
| les. And that is a fnc pride too. IL strikes
the imagination and fills the thought. Am
| orleans love to point TO the canal boat oi Car
field, the log cabins of Lincoln and Of Grant.
And that is the highest pride OF all, for 1t is
| pride in the triumph OF mind over matter, oil
intellect and energy and stern moral hbre over
the force of circumstances however unpropri'
,ious or adverse. the heroes of American
history are men who shine conspicuous in the
moral world, who satisfy the national CON
science. For in spite OF political corruption,
which shocks The public moral sense, and which is
consequently doomed, the application OF eih'.
cal principle to national life is predomina
American characteristic. What nation was
| founded as the American nation was iounded'
The authors of French and German nationality
were savases. The father of L igish liber,y
were pirates. But our fathers sailed away 10
found state across stormy SEA, with the
glorious traditions Of English liberty behind
them, with the Anglo Saxon courage and lire III
their hearts. But they brought with them more
than the traditions OF English liberty. They
brought thesternness ofconScience, the inieNb,e
devotion 10 principle OF religious enthusiasts.
They brought with them the ideas, drunk III
from the words and writings OF Tyndal, and
iIuss, and Luther, and CALVIN and Knox. They
| were enlisted ina cause cunsccratedby the blood
of thousand martyrs, for which they too had
already braved Imprisonment, and for which
they were ready further TO brave all the terrors
OF an unknown and stormy ocean, all the un-
cer,ainties and hardships o desoa,c country,
yea, death itself. They were feady to sacrifice
home and comfort and friends, yes. the sweet
ness of love itself, and all that the heart holds
most precious and most dear in stem and
unsclhsh devotion to a supreme idea prcIcrrng
every sacrifice 10 the sacrifice OF principle.
Do you think that they were all conscience
that they had no homes 10 leave, no tender
emotions to sacrifice, no heart strings to be
wrung by the last farewels of an eternal part
ing ? But they looked for better reward.
Their eyes were fixed upon the celestial glores
of the heavenly city, and they held oil none
account their allegiance 10 an earthly, in COM
parison with their duty to an Heavenly King
Fellow citizens, | need indulge in no eulogy
of the Puritanshere They are above all euIogy
Ii has become the fashion to undervaluc the
life and their work. 1t is easy TO cal them
bigots, enthusiasts and fanatics. They were all
this, but they were more, for they were capable
Of, and they achieved the highest things.
Whatever is best and most worthy in our
thought and life is due to their influence. To
them we owe ii that Amer can standpoints are
moral s,andpoints; that American conceptions
are moral conceptions. From them are de-
rived the universal lights of the church and
the school. The finest clements OF Puritanism
have leavened our national life, and in turning
to the past TO survey the origin and course OF
our national greatness, is fitting that we should
gratefully acknowledge the whole extent of our
obligations to the Pilgrim Fathers.
The hundred years of American history
illustrate the new truth that the genuine glory
Of nation consists not in military achieve
ment in the extension Of territory by force Of
arms. No dream of military glory has cheated
the American imagination.
Farewell the neighng steed and the shr trump
The spirit stirring drum, the ear.piercng fife,
| The royal banner and all quality
| Pride, pomp and circumstance OF glorious war.
For there are other triumphs higher, more
abiding more precious, than these. While
other nations have been locked in deadly
embrace, we have been devoted to the arts
and pursuits of peace.
The note of war has occasionally been heard
upon our borders, but it has not stirred the St.
rene atmosphere of the Great Republic. Sound.
ing family moment, it has floated away into
an indescribable distance and been lost with.
out breaking the course Of the thousand indus.
tries which make ior the happiness and i'm.
provement OF mankind. Virtually without an
army, withon, navy, without Notifications and
munitions OF war, the great unarmed Republic
l. respected on every sea and under every sky,
wherever the pcrvasive Influences of civilization
have penetrated. And SO America stands like
the great statue SO soon to be erected in New
York harbor, uplifting torch to the eyes OF
waking nations, and preaching the gospel of
peace. Where else in the word could Sum.
ner have delivered his magnificent eulogy on
the arts and industries Of peace. In the light
OF the American idea, in comparison with The
American conflict how vain, how criminal seem
the wars which have devastated the century.
What justification shall we offer Tor Au. :.
terlitz and Soferno and Sedan What answer
shall we make to the articulate wall OF anguish
which rose from the homes Of Europe over the
$4,000 dead OF Waterloo? How different from
these our own dreadful struggle, in which pa.
triotism and honor and duty were alike enlist
edits supreme justification, a nation, rising
from its ashes, and the vindcated manhood Ul
four million slaves.
do not pretend that the American national
life is the proper subject Of unmiXed satisfaction
The Americans as nation have many palpable
limitations arising from the peculiar difficulties