The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-05

the moment be understood. The fame |
that had been lit in France hickered /
more than once, but it never went en-
tirelv out, and the feeble fire, after
smouldering through many long re-
dictionary years, burst out anew, until
the time came when. amid scenes of fire
and blood, the spirit of liberty again
asserted itself, and France, once the vic
tim Of oppression and mental slavery,
stood out before the world, where she
still stands, free and mighty Republic.
She had helped to fight for rs the battles
of American Independence, and America
in turn hailed the day when she well
coined her to sisterhood among the ma
tons who recognise no source of political
power, save in the uatrammeled choice
OF the people.
1t would doubtless SAVIOR too much OF
Jingoism to assert that for the last hun
dred years America had done the COM
nonsense political thinking for all OF the
progressive nations of the world, but it
can scarcely be denied that for that
period Of time, by the problems in state
craft and self-government which she has
solved, she has compelled the world to
think, and that too in channels of her
own devising. The birth of modern
Democracy ushered into existence a
moral power that has permeated the
whole social fabric of Europe. Formerly
the very name of king was synonym of
| cruelty and oppression and absolutism.
Louis XIV. dared to boast that he alone
was the State. To-day, however, there
| is not monarch in Europe, except per-
| haps the Gear, who fails to realize that
| he sits upon the throne only by the con-
| If hiS S,1hiaofS Constitutional
| vernment, the child OF democratic ideas,
is now understood to be the only form of
government which is based on stability
and true progress. Even the iron will OF
Bismarck was bent time and again by the
masses, speaking through their repre-
sentatives; and the Prime Minis
ter of England, the creature of
the people-not Her Gracious Ma
jesty-is the virtual ruler of Great
Britain. Ancient political prejudices are
melting like mist before the rays of the
morning sun. Old-fashioned Toryism in
England, viewed in the light of politi-
cal power. is practically dead, and even
Lord Salisbury, whether he admit it or
not, has been sitting for years at the feet
of the wise Gamaliel Gladstone.
The history of the last century reads
like fairy-tale, but it is far more real.
1t is simply the legitimate development
of grand central idea under the guild
ance of Divine Providence-an evolution
as actual and as logical as any which
science unfolds in the material world.
And we neet not seek long to discover
that idea. The pages of history carry
but little meaning to those who fail to
recognize in many OF the mighty po-
litical changes Of the century the great
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phasized and enobled in the birth and
progress of the American Republic.
With such an illustrious record to guide
the pages OF its past, and the promise OF
even greater influence in the years to
come, our beloved land may we'll afford
to go forward upon its Heaven-appointed
mission with courage and confidence.
Almighty God has smiled upon her dur
ing every stage OF her progress, and she
has nothing else to covet. With terri
tory whose shores are Tapped by the
waves OF two oceans, and natural re-
sources almost sufficient to satisfy the
demands of the world, and people pros
porous and contented and loyal, she may
we'll rest content. She has no desire to
gather other nations to herself, whether
they be planted on the broad mainland
or upon the islands of the sea, unless
they come with earnestness and dignity,
and, knocking at her doors, crave the
privilege OF ssterhood. She has far
mightier and more llustrious role than
this to play in the drama of history. Her
GROWING glory rests upon the extended
influence which her political creed has
exerted, and is still capable OF exerting,
upon effete modes of political thought
and action-a moral annexation which
gives her wider sway than any mere
acquisition of territory.
1t is for Us, then, my fellow country
men, to be proud of the honor of Ameri
can citizenship, and to endeavor by oul
patriotic efforts and influence to claim
some important part in shaping the
destiny that rightly belongs to oul
country. True citizenship carries with
it a sense of weighty responsibility. He
is the best citizen who, rightly under.
standing the duties which he owes to his
God, his neighbor and himself, per
forms those duties faithfully and fear
lessly. and thus proves himself worthy
of the heritage which our Revolutionary
sires walked through fire and blood tC
bequeath us.
His Excellency John L. Stevens
} Minister Plenipotentiary of tn
United States, resident in Hawaii
spoke as follows:
Liberty rooted in and governed by the
; sense of right is a vital and necessary
, force in civilization. Man, as he comes
, from the warm hand of Nature, which i
: but the agency through which acts the
| will of Almighty Goldman in his nor
/ NAL condition, interrupted by his envi
: ronments, not misled by false teaching
loves liberty as the bird does the noun
r tain air, and rolls it as a sweet morse
under the tongue. Ere he arrives at thu
: maturity of his powers, whether barba
, rian or civilized, wherever he finds hi
t home, he is brought to see the necessit,
t of some kind OF government-an estab
2 lished force which shall secure him hi
rights and protect him against the as
saults OF others stronger than he and hi
{ family. Ignoring all abstruse discussion
!, as to how government originated-cast
: ing aside all ancient and more modern
: dogmas and subtle speculations as to tn,
/ right Of sovereigns to grant constitution
: to the peoples-as Americans we plan
r ourselves firmly on the ground of natura
! and christianized right, the right laugh
: by the best modern thought in all civil
/ lied lands, that all Just government ha
: its authority in the assent of the gov
D erned, that constitutions and laws ar
q OF the people, for the people, and by tn,
y people. When our fathers one hundred
e and sixteen years ago this day planted
e themselves on this solid bedrock o
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