Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-30

casion. It being saturday the usual
ball came Off the evening Of the third,
which was magnificent affair In large
hall spiendidly ornamented with Ameri-
can and other national flags and tropical
ferns and flowers. Everything passed
off with the utmost decorum and good
taste. On the Fourth literary services
including the reading OF the Declaration
of Independence, were held at the
Opera House. which were attended
Iby the leading citizens and the
Government officers. An excellent
| Grafton was delivered by Professor
Scott, head teacher OF the Honolulu High
school. which was followed by an ad
| dress by United States Minister Stevens,
OF which the following Is the closing
portion, which touches vigorously Ger
tain pending questions and existing
American interests;
In thus being born free Nation,
America assumed its right to be, and its
being carried with it the responsibilities
| and duties OF Nation. Men and Ma
lions have no right TO be born unless
they are willing to improve opportuni-
ties which come TO them, to share the
| responsibilities which time and eircum-
stances plainly impose upon them, Then
they must act wisely and fearlessly, or
be compelled to abdicate. and thus tes-
tify to the world their untitness to ex
ist. Time and opportunity will not
| wait for them to play the sluggard and
the coward. They must do or die, or
have an existence less honorable than
| death. What are some Of the duties
which now press on the American Ma
ton? It's right to be demands that 1t
should guard sacredly the rights of all
the citizens within It's borders, of what
ever name or color. It would be Bit
ter satire on the Justice and good faith
OF American men IL it should prove that
| Abraham Lincoln and half a million Of
the brave sons of the Union died in vain.
| lts right to be carries with it the right
to protect the labor of its people in all
proper ways, against foreign competi-
ton, for labor Is the life and
the browning honor Of free
and virtuous people. This protection Of
American Industry has had the support
OF the abest statesmen OF the Republic
from Washington to those OF the present
time, and under its stimulating power
the United States has had growth OF
manufactures and a general prosperity
without parallel in the economic history
Of nations. As the right of the Nation
to be demands that it should safeguard
all It's lust interests within, it equally
demands that it should not ignore its
duties without. To make the Nation
healthful and strong at home, it must
guard its interests and make itself active
and strong abroad. A great Nation
which expects prosperity and wealth
from the commerce of the seas, must
| care for it's interests wherever its flag
has the right to float in the breezes of
heaven. Thus nothing can be palmer
than that the great design Of cutting
the Nicaragua canal water way be.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific sides OF
the Great Republic, should be aided and
controlled by the American Govern
ment. BY his advocacy of this magnifi.
cent enterprise in the Senate OF the
United States. John Sherman shows his
patriotism as plainly rs did his illustri-
Gus brother when he made his famous
march from Atlanta to the sea. Failing
to aid the work of such supreme import
ance to the Nation would be more
cowlrdly and eficte than anything that
ever disgraced the meanest of the Bour
bon kings.
The law of patriotism which demanded
that railroads should be built across the
continent New York to San Fran
cisco, from st. Lawrence to Puget
sound and from the Gulf Of Mexico to
the Gulf of California. binding to-
gether the "A states with steel and
eleetricity-al demands that an ocean
cable shall be laid from the American
coast TO Honolulu, and thence to Aus
tralia, where a young Republic, half
unconscious to itself, is rising. giant
Ia the Southern seas, and still onward to
the ancient Empire, which under lib
eral Constitution is radidly advancing
In new political and commercial life.
The nation which has more iron, more
coal, more cotton. more wheat and corn,
more manufactures and more aggregate
wealth than any other in the world,
should have the best steamers, the larg-
e,t merchant marine Of all the nations
that do business on the seas. 1t is rs
cowsrdly to abdieate American prestige
and power on the ocean as on the land
And those who do not comprehend nor
regard these elementary truths would
do well not to aspire to seats in the
American Congress, nor assume to speak
ia the American name. For Ameri
can legislators to neglect great na-
tional interests in the Pacific is as un.
wise as to Insist on mean and niggardly
policy on the Mississippi river or on
Lake Michigan. The American states
man who conceived the plan of obtaining
and improving Pearl Harbor, proved
himself alive to the needs of American
commerce and had clear comprehen-
|, sion Of the future greatness Of his eoun-
try. While the enlightened sense and
true voice OF the American people de
, mand the cultivation Of our fields, the
, digging Of cur mines, the building Of our
factories. at home, our attitude and our
t policy abroad should be as grand and
courageous as were the circumstances
: aud declarations Of our national birth
I The American eagle need not be boast
. full nor an aggressive bird. but its in
{ stinct Of power should make wstchfu
of its interest in all of its vast domais
G | on land and sea. It lie fitting that tn.
e | people and the statesmen Of the Grea
It i Republic should be all aglow with u pa
q triotism as lofty as our mountains, tn,
3 symbols of Our liberties-as broad 3
IL our prairies. the sources Of our immens'
n agricultural produces-as mighty as GU
e rivers and our lakes, on which there ar,
le freedom and volume of commerce IN
D. equalled among the nations of tn
ut world. Thus We will prove ourselvc