The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-01

the breasts Of mothers. Cruelty unspeaka-
bic! Outrage infnitel
g Four million bodies in chains-four mill
ion souls in letters. All the sacred relations
Of wife, mother, father and child tram
pied bsneaththe brutal feet of might. And
all this was done under our own beautiful
banner Of the free.
fThe past rises before US. We hear the
roar and shrek of the bursting shell. The
broken letters fall. These heroes die. We
look. Instead of slaves we see men and
women and children. The wand Of progress
touches the auction block the slave-pen,
the whipping-post, and we see homes and
fresides and school-houses and books, and
where all was want and crime and cruelty
ami fear we see the faces of the free.
60 These heroes are dead. They died for
Hberty-they died for us. They are at
rest. They sleep in the land they made
free, under the flag they rendered stainless,
under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks,
the fearful willows, and the embracing
vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of
the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of
storm, each in the windowless palace of Rest.
Earth may run red with other wars-they
are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the
roar of conflict, they found the serenity of
death. have one sentiment for soldiers
living and dead: Cheers for the living;
tears for the dead
MUSIC AND RECITATION.
Following Mr.. DOle's recitation, Mr..
Charles Turner sang g Viva L'America F."
with great spirit and feeling. He was
Enthusiastically encored, and repeated the last
verse.
The song was followed by the recitation of
the beautiful and affecting verses, "Cover
them Over with Beautiful Flowers" by Miss
May Atherton. The young lady's voice
sounded clear and sweet throughout the
hall, which, during the recitation, was pro-
foundly quiet. After the applause which
followed the recital had subsidized, Miss
Annis Montague was escorted to the front of
the stage by the Post Commander and sang
60 The Star Spangled Banner" in most
spirited manner. Her singing was loudly
appIauded, and she was obliged to repeat
the last verse, in response to loud and pro-
longed calls for an encore.
WRITTEN AND UNwRITTEN HISTORY.
The Orator of the day, Comrade r. Jay
Greene, Q. NJ, was then introduced by the
Post Commander, and spoke as follows
Revolutions, whether social, religious or
political, whe Their carried forward in the
interests of truth or error, liberty or oppres-
sion, cast upto the surface of the great sea
of humanity it's giants, or bring before the
footlights the worlds greatest actors. In
every great contest for principle, every great
struggle for broader liberty, every step for
ward i'll the grand march of civilization,
have been seen giant forms among men;
many it may be, but always one leading
light, one brighter star toward which the
community, the na tons or the world have
looked for guiding and success and when
the contest has been ended. the victory won,
and the smoke of battle has cleared away,
one form has lowered high above his fellows,
whom they have delighted to crown with
garlands as their hero, and although sue
cess rather than genius may sometimes have
been the test by which his laurels have been
won yet to him has been awarded the honor,
and he goes up to take Ms place among the
great of his race. Nowhere is this principle
so fully exemplifed ia the field of
MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT.
Men climb the ladder of fame in pursuit
of learning. Inspired by thirst for knowl
edge, they toll up the rugged sleeps Of
science, literature and art, overcoming in
their tedious journey obstacles insurmount,
able to the masses, until after years of pa
tent toll and arduous application, they
reach an eminence to which the world
| below looks up with reverent wonder
But SO universal are the helps, and
so numerous the beaten paths lead
ing up TO that eminence, that the
sage, in every department of learning, sees
from his lofty seat his peers on every hand.
But, looking backward through the ages,
| and reviewing the history of those nations
whose record is written in blood, and whose
great mission on the earth seems to have
been to create armies and extend their Dor
ders by conquest, reviewing the world IS
broad field of battle from the primitive
ages down to the present, among the count
less stars that have risen and set in the mill
tary horizon, and the millions. who have
given their lives for the love of conquest, or
liberty or a great leader, the old world to-
day points to but one Alexander and one
Napoleon; the new world to but
ONE WASHINGTON AND ONE GRANT.
History makes room for but few names.
1t was said of him who spake as never man
spake, that g there were many things which
he did, the which, had they been written
every one, suppose that even the world
itself could not contain the books tina
should be written The historian who
would seek to record the names, even of
all those who have earned a high place in
the hearts of their fellows, would find an
innumerable host. Nor would they all be
found in palaces and courts, nor yet in
Senates and libraries; but among the poor
and lowly as we'll. of every land and of every
age.
Few ever rise to positions of honor and
case unaided by those under their control.
1t is a law as infexible as it is universal that
they who do the greatest amount of work,
those who perform the most arduous and
perilous tasks, receive the least compensa-
ton. This law we accept, and submit to its
DEGREES. 1t has its root and its sequel in
that older law of supply and demand, and
no amount Of legislation can ever repeal it.
THAT RAILROAD COMPANY
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