The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-06

powers not specified Ia their Cuns'ilu.
tons were reserved to themselves.
Against this wanton insult to human ma
ture and the rights OF mankind the
American patriots proclaimed in the Con
stituton, stamped by the mighty genius
OF Hamilton and signed by the stainless
hand OF Washington, that Presidents,
Kings and Governors are but the agents
OF The people, and that all rights and
powers not expressly delegated to these
agents, are reserved 10 the Nat on, be.
tween which and the Almighty no
earthly power has the right to intervene
or assert authority. In defiance OF
courts, Of precedenls and OF the aCcumu-
lated errors and vices of countries, these
great truths were proclaimed, vind.caed
and made enduring 10y remarkable in
slitutious. That wisr, bold uciJn in
Philadelphia, IS years ago tins day,
gave great impetus to that popular en-.
llghtenment which has established IN all
OF the best nations OF the world cOusiitu-
tons and laws, which Presidents, Mon
archs aud People ate equally bound to
obey, aud which cannot lie changed ex-
cept by the will OF the People in the way
they themselves have prescribed
In thus being born Tree Nation,
America assumed lis right to be, and ts
being carried with it the responsibilities
and duties OF Nation. Men and Ma
tons have no right 10 be born unless
they are willing to improve opportuni-
ties which come to them to share the
responsibilities which time aud circuin-
stances plainly impose upon them. Then
they must act wisely and earlessiy, or
be compelled to abdlcate, ami thus tes-
tiiy 10 the world their unttness to exist.
lime and opportunity will not wait for
them 10 play the siuggard anG the cow
ard. 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 Nation? It's
right TO be demands that it should guard
sacredly the rights OF all the citizens
within its borders, Of whatever name or
couI. 1t would be bitter satire on the
justice and good faith OF American men
Ii it should prove that Abraham Lincoln
aud half a million Of the brave sons of
the Union died in vain. It's right 10 be
carries with it the right to protect the
labor OF its people in all proper ways,
against foreign competition, for labor is
the lille and the browning honor of free
and virtuous people This Protection OF
American Industry has had the support
OF The ablest statesmen OF the Republic
from Washington to those Of the present
time, and under its stimulating power
the United States has had IL growth oil
manufactures and Il general prosperity
without parallel in the economic history
OF nations. AS the right OF the Nation
TO be demands that 1t should safeguard
all Its Just interests within, it equally
demands that it should not ignore its
duties without To make the Nation
heallhtul and strong at home, it must
guard lis interests and make itself active
and strong abroad. A great Nation
which expects prosperity and wealth
from the commerce Of The seas, must
care Tor its 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, waite r.way between
the Atlantic and Pacific sides Oh 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 as did his illus
lIlouS brother when he made his famous
march from Atlanta to the the sea. Fail
Ing to aid the work Of such supreme inn
portance to the Nation would be more
cowardly and effete than anything thai
ever disgraced the meanest OF the Bour-
bon kings.
The law of patriotism which demand
ed that railroads should be built across
the contradiction New York to San
Francisco, from st. Lawrence to Puget
Sound, and from the Gulf Of Mexico to
the Gulf OF California, binding together
the fort, -four States with steel anu cleo
iricity-also demands that an ocean cable
shall be laid from the American coast to
Honolulu. and thence to d australia, where
Il young Republic, half unconscious to
itself, is rising, giant in the Southern
seas, and still onward to the ancient
Empire, which under liberal Consttu-
ton is rapidly 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
largest merchant marine, OF all the ma
tons that do business on the seas. 1t is
as cowardly to abdicdte American pres
tige and power on the ocean AS on the
land. Md those who do not compre-
bend nor regard these elementary truths
would do we'll not to aspire 10 seats in
the American Congress, nor assume to
speak in the American mana. For Ann
erican Legislators to neglect great ma
tIonal interests in the Pacific is as I'M
wise as to insist on a mean aud niggardly
policy on the Mississippi River or on
Lake Michigan. The American states
man who conceived the plan OF obtaining
and improving Pearl iIarbor. proved
himself alive to the needs OF American
commerce and had clear comprehen-
sion OF the future greatness OF his coun-
try. While the enlightened sense and
true voice of the American people de-
mand the cultivation OF our fields, the
digging Of our mines, the building of our
factories, at home, our attitude and our
policy abroad should be AS grand and
courageous as We're the circumstances
and declarations of our national birth.
The American eagle need not be a boast
iu nor an aggressive bird, but its in
siinct of power should make it waIchlul