The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-07-08

ever the World they are here As passof ea national
die cat in this land" (Appiansel
heSs Berger, with his tFcop Of hElsht.lookinc
and patFioticaly children iTola Rort street
SeAael, now entered the hall and scou NE strains
Y Tramp. We Boys are Merehine,rs were heart
ycoalise(l In lnAnntf thai REJECTED credit upoa
/ IN care taken IN teaching these yong Hawaiian
AeaeEicNfa hoe 70 sine the aigs Of thelr county,
pc nsss ilsua On ;h :. psesrins yss loosed f.I-
hlOrarr EXERCISES. The osatinn. Asaiened ON this
occasion 60 the Youngest BY tar Of those who had
ever attempted In Hawaii to portray Ia words the
grandeur q Americas elosies- The orator fer the
occasion, II. \, Castle, Esd, brother Of W. Il.
Castle, ISL. stepped TO the fFont and after bSln,
introincd. delivered the Oraticn the Erpatrr nor
ron % which IL herewith given
rHx ezArtoS, NJ n. X. cAsrtr. ~.
"A day has again arrived Of peculiar sicniaeAnee
~ every man " American birth. II eommenO-
l rates An achievement WHOSE interest Is not con.
anea to single continent or Hemisphere, nor to
any single nationality os order Of men, bat Is CO.
extensive with The planet and the race. The fourth
u July marks moment IN human progress and
its celebration cannot b Indifferent 10 any tiixin-
terestsd lover OF his kind Il ofers Us The oppor.
taniiy 70 eok before and aifer 20 forecast the f-
tcre BY the itcht u the past One hundred and
nine years sCo to-daya body q men were gathered
Il in cid Independence Hall al PHILADELPHIA They
were ineoaspicnons then, The ewes OF the nations
were not upon them. Hut their deeds have Passed
into history now and their leaders ahine a. stars
IN ITS Ornament forever. They met 20 assert
1 a truth forever old and new. little understood
/ then as now, equality Of human right, the liberty
belonging 10 them by title older than al prece-
dent, older than all precedent, constitution. OF
preroeStive, eased upon human nature itself. and
| as permanent as thar foundation. They met 20
declare the independents Of ihs thirteen colonies
| and on that new undergraduates 10 found q new
state; Who can forget the names Of Adams and
| Franklin and Jefferson and washinglong Whose
heart DOES no, beat With the recollection Of their
| services b, rSnkindl
| AeSntsrY has rolled away since the Declaration
| Of lndependsnea PISSED into history and the ma
ton which Gun fathers fouuded still e1ists. Prob
lens have ARISEN which they did not solve, facts
and forces have spTuRg into being which they did
/ not Contemplate. The nation Of 100000 has
| grovn To 6o,ooo0l0 Iha colonies now cover half
population IN territory, IN wealth. IN material
soGree, in commerce. Manufactures and the arts.
| We have made q prpEress Of which oar Anocstors
never dreamed. The nation has become great Al
single stride has leaped full armed into life like
Athena fron the head Of Jove. by fertility OF In
vention, BY material resourpe, by triumph over
nature and happy combination, the secrets Of mat.
ter have been Wrestpd from her grasp and made q
bend 10 the thousand uses Of man. DaEzled by
the unrivalled splendor Of these material triuphs
We aro led % exelain,s what vvrp We, and nov
what are ne notF and 20 turn Shroad hxck to the
gloEy OF Ihe siarsP Bat il Is not IN triumphs hks
L II
IS not in these thS; the American Rsp1blio car
ever ind her sovereign e1euse for being. Il j.
1pou No material achievement that her snns must
rest for Justification in the court Of the nations
Il was not for any such that they have fought and
died. Americas trSess claims 10 glory must b
sought in another sphere. II is IN the moral and
political world that her most enduring victories
have been vou. Here, II anywhere, she has been
torch to the nations. And it is upon these a.
poets Of our national life l propose to dwell
and not upon the more dazzling b1t sdventitious
and psrishinc trianphs Of yestsriay. Seventy
wears ago our material prosperity did not eIist
But the true golden age Of American history had
been lived, and Auasrioln liberty had risen like
Venus from The sea
The irsl great idea illustrated BY American his
tory Is the equality Of human right. (Applause.
Every artificial Distinction raised BY social posi-
ton, By rank, BY wealth, By fortune any merely
s1trinsie advantage has bean lsyeled by the spirit
OF American democracy. "A mans man for 4
| words Of the Declaration The conception of the
absolute equality Of night Of all men before Law
both human and divine, has been Substantially
realized under American institutions. Distiuc-
tons between men their certainly ars. But they
Intrinsic. personal, bsed upon the intellectual
aid moral dalifies Of the individual In spits OF
tcadyisu. Of the sptrit Of suhse-Tisnce, % ouT
mushroom lrfStpcr1cy Of wealth. these are the dis
tinctions which prevail IN the United States To
what station Is not personal merit the passport
That merit does not take It's slight from the IN
| worthy IL yalni
| The 0pprsssog's wrong, the pru1d mans con
/ tumely, have there their ample coupensations.
There Is no honor in the gift Of the uAtlou which
| 4 legr1r-1te ambition may not propose 70 itself.
Il the proper subject Of national pride, that in
America the career OF Garfield or Lincoln. ID not
merely possible but probable. (AVPiluse.l
/ The heroes Of American history ara men who
shine eonsPieuous IN the moral SoSld, Who satisfy
The national conscisuce. FOR N spite Of political
enrrupt ton. which shocks the public moral sense,
| and which Is cocsequeutly doomed. the applica-
ton Of ethical principle 70 national life is preo-
mi1ant American characteristics, What nation vas
| founded as the American nStion vas founded !
/ Ths Gcthozs Of French and German nationality
were SaT1Ces. The fathers OF English lberty,Eere
I pirates. But oGr fathers sailed away TO found !
| tiers Of English liberty behind them. with the
| Anglo SIIou courage and IRE IL their hearts. Bot
/ they br01sht with them more than the traditions
OF Elciish liberty. hey brought the steERness Of
conscience, the inhsnble devotion 70 principle Of
religious enthusiasts. They brought with them
| the ideas. drunk N from the words and writings
OF Tgniall- and HEss, and LdthsE, and Calvin and
/ Knox They Eers enlisted II I cause cousecrated
/ bF the blood Of thousand martyrs, for which
| they too had already br1Ted imprisonment and
for which ihsF ready fartEer to brave all the
/ terrcrs Of an unknown and stormy OCEAN, ali the
uncertainties and k1rash-ps Of desolata country,
/ yes. tsath Itself. They we've ready to sacrifice
home and comfort and friends, yes, the sweetness
OF love Itself, and al that the heart holds NEST
/ precious and ulOsE dear IN stern and unsel6sh
devotion 10 supreme idea prsfsrring every sac-i-
nee to the sacrifice OF a principle lAPPlAass-l
The hundred years Of American history illus
| trase The nav truth snAs the gsu1ine gIory Of \
nation consists not n military schfsTpuleut IN The
sItsusiou Of tsrrTtory By force Of arms Sodreau,
/ Of military Efocy has cheated he American imaCi-
1asl0ni tksrs ara Other tiuuphs higher, more
\ abaiinG, mora precious. thar these. While other
nations have been tocked IN deadly embrace, We
/ have been devoted The and r-urrrfsz -
! reaee- .Applsuss-i rt
Tie note u var has occasionally been heard
1puu Uur borders bus Is has not stirred the serene
| Atmosphere q the Greaf Republic Sounding
| family 4 moment, il has doated Away into an
iusscrIbable distance and been lost without break
| Ing the c1grss Of the thoGsand ministries which
make for the hspplnsss and Improvement Of man
ERd- fIrt14llE EItho1t an army, without q navy,
without fJCtifea1ious and u1nitiors Of var. the
great manned Republic Il respected on every sea
and 1uder every SKY wherever the PerTasiTs fnsu-
sncss Of efT1llzatl1n have penetrzted- And 30
America stands Ike the great statue % soon 10 Be
erected IN S=E YORK hArboE, uplifting torch to
the eyes Of waking nations, and preaching the
g7apel Of peas; tPro5lOugsd aPVLagseJ
EhaE Justification shan We ofsr tor Lus.srift1
and SolterIn1 AID SsdAnG What answer shall vs
make 70 the artlcuiats vail Of anguish With rose
frnu the homes Of EGrope over the 1900 dad Of
Ha1srioos How different from thsse our 0zu
dreadful struggle, u Ehicn patriotism and h1ro.
and dIsy we're alike sallstsu--itz E1prEzs i1ssir-
zti1u, 4 ,nti5at, rising FROM its ashes and the
EintiEated manhood Of toa- uilIioa slaves.
Hearty appiz1se-i
DO n0s prztsni thlt tie American national life
4 the proper szbiees far 11uixsd satisfaetiDu
The Americans a. a natiou have many salpable
Limitations arising trou the Psculiar difieulties
II Their siszatI1l- We nay az veil plsad zuiifu
20 I eErraIn hard bias t0F=ari the material fiE.
rs1ct1u Of Talzes 70 1Igzr and gtilitar1u start-
ards. certain instability 70 the uerias1ss-the
spirIElal sides q lIfs- The Amerrau ueo-
PIE have been too busy far the dsTslopusut Of
state, n the struggle with nature IN the trizzut
over material obstacles, n having ozt NATIONAL
civilization Ike se1t1s frDu the laarhle Bat
the beauty u e1Eaizg- American ezIfarz-a tue
cEnsurT pbI1t-haz already bl1ssoue5 IN Sez
England AID the ration = not the propsr object
0f 4 szesr Ehich EmDuZ the names adjoining tts
azs cz1 claim rla1F q the PFD1dest a. her oEr;
L pnii1sopuF, an EfEzn1s-, n pnetrT and
criticism. Lowell n iuazI1ztTrs Ectiou. a
Eavthozzsf n gszerai itsrzt1rz. N Elers0Es II
0rftory- Webster. lApptI1se-
e remains - cB1zies the chilf and sr.aI service
Ehirh An1sriss has rendered u tie zz1sEaI ez1ss
q h1llsr pr1gTzzs-a ssrTies Ehich gives 20 thu
z1elnrlbls day the ma jar pars Il IL 1iZnlEcaneE
md 1poa TE1ch the aasl1us Ereatszs Eiaiz1 %
fIfare hounr mast b fsGried.
The iactEizE Il Eal.Iaz riziltz lad never bean %
veil alfsrsi1od a. b he bazd of pafri1ta zko
headed tia nv a11Fsnels u Ne rev world They
sz.lnt a EE1rzrT y aGEazeE q tksiE tsue- ETsry-
ting ~ Tzl1s n the E1ziist c-uzfif-fir-u n 4