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

At the opening hour, eleven
O'Clock, the large pavilion of the
Royal Hawaiian Agricultural So
ciety, in Kapiolani Park, was filled
with the flower of Honolulu's popu-
lation, and the building was sur
rounded Ivy an overflow audience
listening eagerly at all the doors and
windows.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Scott opened the pro-
ceedings by calling the meeting to
order and introducing the President
of the Day, His Excellency Geo.
w. Merrill, United States Minister
Resident.
Upon taking the chair Mr.. Merrill
thanked the people for the honor
conferred upon him, and proceeded
at once with the programme by call
ing upon the Rev. J. A. Cruzan to
open with prayer.
Mr.. Cruzan gave thanks to the
Almighty for unnumbered blessings
to them and 10 the nation to which
their thoughts turned that day; for
all the way He had led the nation,
from the time that their fathers
little bark was brought across the
sea, and strong minds laid broad
and deep the foundations of the ma
ton, until that point where, taking
their lives in their hands, they had
won liberty and equality for all
mankind. He gave thanks for the
great increase of the nation, so that,
instead of the narrow strip of land
on which it was founded, it became
so great that it covered Il continent.
The nation had been rocked in the
cradle of war, and the stain of
slavery wiped out in blood. He
prayed that as God had dealt with
their country in the past, He would
deal with her in the future, leading
her to write on all the affairs of the
land, "Holiness to the Lord" so their
nation should never perish from the
earth. He invoked Gods blessing
to abide upon the little nation in
which their lot had been cast, and
prayed that reign of peace and
righteousness might be vouchsafed
it. In conclusion he desired that
they might all be true to the grand
principles for which their fore
fathers pcrishcd, and asked a bless
ing upon the exercises of the occa-
sion that brought them together.
The patriotic song, "America,"
was sung by the audience with
spirit, Mr.. Yarndley leading, the
band having not yet arrived, owing
to an over-taXcd transportation SER
vice. Then came the Introductory
address by the President.
THE OPENING ADDRESS.
His EXcellency said: Ladies and gen
tlemen: Nesting in the shadow of
these island peaks. gathered around the
emblem of my native land to celebrate
| the anniversary of it's birth, | did not
anticipate finding so many people bub-
bling over with enthusiastic acclaim. l
trust we will be pardoned if, on this day,
we indulge in little sclf-laudation, as,
with pride, we point to n flag, under
whose protecting Hgis our coutrny has
risen from its swaddling clothes to
stand in national manhood, the peer of
nations OF the earth, almost within the
cycle of IL century. Yes, while standing
in the morning of second century,
meditating upon the evcntful periods of
Il hundred years, contemplating the pro-
CESS of II nation born amid tile throes
of slaughter and carnage, and baptized
in the life blood of millions fits noblest
la, tl,., Il,
emblcmatic standard and In unison with
who are knceling.
"By the graves where our fathers slumber
BY the shrines where ourmothers prayed
And enthusiastically shout our national
Te Deums.
Although little more than Il hundred
| summers have beamed upon us since the
civilized world was thrilled by that
determined declaration of the Fathers,
yet, to-day, should the sun stand Still in
mid-heaven and shed its rays upon the
ruins of our republic-yes, let the clat-
tering voice of the time-honored bell
which first rang out the glad tidings of
independence be to-day tolling the death
knell of the nation-then, even, we
could stand upon the ruins and proudly
point to nation whose banner has ever
been the evangelist of power, progress
and civilization; the helaldic sign of
peace on earth and good will to man
kind.
Although few short years have
passed since our Fathers listened to the
dcrisivc strains of Yankee Doodle" at
Concord, and shivered in the wintry
frosts at Valley Forge, yet we have
lived TO seehow Britannia and Column
bia - imperial mother and majestic
daughter!-hav joined in teaching the
world by example of mutual forbear-
ance and concession. that on questions
of deep national import nations need
not, for arbitrament, unsheath their
sword, but that Justice and reason can