The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-06-06

10 the human race. In his death all
have lost firm true friend, Such
work as his helped to heal the ami
mostly Of the past.
But the old war time bitterness has
gone. Today we think with pride and
respect Of the brave and ValOrous
enemy who made the fight so hard TO
win. No longer are they enemies. 1t
Is no longer the North ana the South.
Today it is one country, one people,
one blood; it is America.
Out of the ashes of the struggle,
purified, purged OF its dross, cleansed
with the blood OF its sons, the nation
has arisen 10 better life, finer free
dom; the grandest nation on the
earth.
Since the war the United States has
nearly doubled its population; from
thlrTy-four millions and half it has
grown TO siXty-five millions. II has
been taken from the best blood and
brains of the world. With giant
strides the nation, like trained ath-
lete, has passed its competitors and
now stands in the foremost rank of
the great peoples of the earth. 1t is
the richest, the most prosperous, the
most energetic, the most enlightened.
! The period Of its greatest progress has
been since the war, and without
! doubt much is due TO the energy and
/ foresight developed and trained in
I that terrible school. The war did not
unfit the soldiers for the arts of peace,
although it was prophesied that hav-
/ ing learned the art of war, having be-
/ come accustomed TO the life of the
/ camp, 10 the stirring scenes of the
battlefield, they would not disband,
but would instead establish q military
| deSpotism. Such critics failed TO ap-
! preciate and understand the men who
| composed the vast armies of free AM
erica They measured by the stand
ard of the armies of history, of the
deSpoIisms of Europe and Asia, where
the soldier is machine subject only
! TO the viii of the great captain. But
! the men who made the American ar
mics were of different type. Every
| one reasoned and understood the great
! issues before the nation. When the
war was ended they laid aside the SOL
| der and at once resumed the life of
/ the quiet citizen. But they re-enter-
ed the life of old with new impulses
| and different views. The vision and
the understanding were broadened
and deepened, and with a mighty
strength the soldier became the farm
/ er, the artisan, the merchant, the
sailor. the statesman and philoSoph-
| er. With this renewed life and vigor
the nation bounded ahead; giant en-
terpriSes which in former days would
have appalled, the bravest no longer
waited for accomplishment Great
rivers were bridged; the railroads
scaled the mountain passes; new cit
les grew up like mushrooms on the
plains, but developed into q substan-
tial life; the ring of the trowel, the
blow of the hammer, the rattle of the
shuttle in the loom resounded through
the land. The telegraph everywhere
annihilated distance and time. The
cable has bridged the ocean. The
voice of the lightning now pierces the
utmost corners Of the earth. I'm
provement and development have
reached out upon the waters, and
there We see the same hand of pro-
gress. transportation has become
easier, faster, safer. The ocean steam
er, the river and lake packets are
wonders when contrasted with those
of a quarter Of century ago.
Hand in hand with material pro-
gress the work of the mind has
marched. The methods of education
have so improved, that acquiring
knowledge has become pleasure in
stead Of a process painful as pulling a
tooth. Education was never so gen
eral nor as good. Art no longer re-
presents the teacher as a stern
featured man with dry tome in one
hand, in the other a ferule. The
teacher now appears q beautiful |
woman, the fire of intellect glowing |
from her face attracting by persuasive
method. The arts of living, of the |
practical every day requirements of |
life are now taught, where only few |
years ago it was an attack in front |
and rear upon the serried columns of |
Greek verbs or the fortified positions |
of comic sections. The activity Of the |
mind of today is attested by the |
thousands of wonderful inventions |
which have changed the hardships of |
living into pleasures. The great pat
ent Office in Washington is now too
small for the miniature models even |
which explain the inventions. Con-
spicuous in the work of the mind to-
day We observe a great advance in
plans to alleviate human suffering, to
overcome and conquer disease, not
only in subduing but in removing
causes. Medicine is q science of the
highest order. Its disciples are no
longer sorcerers, necromaneers, bung-
ling jugglers, but men Of the highest
and scientific attainment,
whose aims are noble and humane.
The record Of their work is one of vast
benefit to the human race. The term
Of life is heightened. BY the use of
anesthetics the sum of human misery
is vastly decreased. Prominent among
those who have made this wonderful
are well known names OF
many army and navy surgeons.
Statesmen now concern themselves
with measures for the elevation of the
masses, TO protect the weak against
the strong, to curtail the aggressive
power Of capital when in the hands of
men. Never has the
honor and dignity of labor with the
hands been so prominent as today.
Never has a conservative public
lDiuiOO exercised tho iDf1uanao that