The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-06-30

hCluSlADCI is cQuCaUO0e
that free discussion which makes men
think is worth IS such as the common
schools that teach the children to read.
The man who dent think is the most
dangerous Of all.
However disastrous the immediate re-
suit OF free suffrage, the reaction Of it on
the voter has vital value. Men usual
" accept the estimate we put upon them
and act accordingly; in dealing with
them we gather where we SOW; action
and reaction are equal in morals and
politics as well as in physics. The negro
slave accepted his masters estimate and
gave no sign OF his capacities; his fight
Ing qualities were ridiculed. Enlisted as
soldier with the blue ON his back and
the Springfield rifle on his shoulder he
responded splendidly to every duty, and
to-day the black regiments OF the United
States Army are admirabie-in no way
disappointing.
Instead of the predicted helplesSness,
the ex-slaves, as citizens, have raised
more cotton in freedom than in slavery
and have accumulated over 500, ,0O0, 900;
they have met the charge OF incapacity
by rivaling their white neighbors in the
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by winning University honors.
Under ordinary conditions the way to
make good citizens is to put on the
habiliments of citizenship and to put in
the hand its prerogative, the vote. The
foreign element in the United States is
saved to civilization, and civilization is
saved from it by citizenship. Limita-
tons are OF course important and are
neglected at the nations peril. Enfran-
chising the negro was q terrible risk in
America, and the danger is not yet over,
but it made possible because it made
necessary the wonderful free school sys-
TEN OF the South, and that is making
that section new and great. The In
dams only hope is full citizenship, un-
fitted as be is in many ways. Envi-
ronment, next 10 Gods grace, is the
greatest force in human life; heredity
next, strong bat not as strong; thir-
| teen years OF experience with Indians
from the plains has been to me another
clear demonstration OF this claim.
The strongest force in society is on the
side OF right, and insures its rule when
men and women OF resource and in
fluenee use their power faithfully and
wisely. When nothing else will, danger
/ drives Us TO fulf1 our duty TO the ignor-
ant and lowly and 10 orr country. The
best and broades, education and the
wisest treatment OF her mixed peoples
only will save Hawaii. For that you
must unite and strive.
Never forget that the man who does
not vote Is even more dangerous than
the man who does. for little or nothing
viii be done ior him he can wait, but
the voter must be looked out for, lest
he 60 harm. The social OF political out
cas-. Is most TO be feared in an uprising or
revolution.
The extraordinary conditions OF Ha-
waii and my want OF knowledge OF them,
forbid any dictum as 10 where the line
I should be drawn between voter and nom
voter. Nowhere in the world l think is
there such lack of homogeneity. The
/ disciples OF Confucius and Budda out
number the disciples OF Christ; they are
z peculiar people refusing as class 10
become one with you. What will you
do about it? From q money standpoint
you would food the country with them
for the sake OF cheap labor; from q
moral standpoint you keep them out.
I Financial ruin without more Asiatics ;
moral ruin with them; If l under
stand it rightly. God help YOU
I in Il all, for it viii tax your
pockets and your principles TO DO
I .he right thing. i more restricted sui-
rage IS hardly TO be hoped for; any ex-
! tension not, think, to be thought Of.
Il remains 10 make the best OF things
/ Those who are hopeless disarm them
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/ men and women c. i4lth, optimists, TO
/ the front. This Is the Christian era.
" In hoe signO vines is the motto OF
the faithful, and they are not afraid.
But mere optimism is stupid; sancti-
! fed common sense Is the force that wins.
Work for God and man IS full OF detail
il needs organization, and that requires
/ subordination, sometimes painful hold
ing OF the tongue; gsbble and gossip,
even that Of the pious, is one OF the most
fatal devices of the Evil One; the friction
and fuss in Gods army does much TO
defeat it. Many people are good, but
good-for nothing.
Working together is as important as
working at all. There is no resisting the
concentrated power OF the right-minded
people OF these islands But differences
in temperament which are ar the bottom
OF most personal, family, political and
! theological QuarTels are often fatal and
ever lose the battle, for the evil seem
often TO combine better than the good.
The remarkable variety OF people in this
kingdom make united work peculiarly
difiicult,-only danger makes men for
getiul OF their difficulties and solid in
action.
Oahu College can do great service 10
the nation, not only by giving It's stu
dents the best and orozdes. ed-cGtioDal
ideas, but by a careful and helpful study
OF its people and problems. Does the
Hawaiian Board OF Education have any
material help for this centre OF learning 3?
Do your professors or teachers take any
part in Teachers Institutes or in gather
ings OF any kind where educational,
economic. social or political questions
are discussed and inspirations given to
and taken IRON the teachers, thinkers
and active minds Of the country? Each
needs the other.
Has the idea OF University exten-
sion taken root here so active
and useful first in England and now
Speeding rapidly in the United States? :?
Here IS the proper center for it
in these islands. There should be, l
think, from one to five branches in every
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