The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-05

your sentiments will all accord; for
who is here who does not love his
! country? a subject the incidents OF
| which will awaken the ready sympa-
| thy of every bosom; subject which
ought to melt the frost of age and
| cause the current of its blood TO ebb
| back to the days of 10; a subject
which will venerate those feelings
which inspire and strengthen-those
! principl which asserted US freemen. :"
| He then goes on 10 show how the
! cOlOnists suffered much before striking
blow for liberty, aud then he says:
There are certain moments when it
| may be prudent To act without any
| regard 10 circumstances; when reason
| will embarraSS and reflections con-
| fuse. The pTCS~ Z moment must be
| instantly seized AID -tamped with its
| appropriate image, or in the next, it
| will fade and become indistinct. Such
moments are rare, deeply interesting
| and always pa;tahe of the great and
| sublime. Such a moment is the
| present, big With defeat, disgrace,
| bondage; or, victory, glory, freedom.
| \ moment similar 10 this our country
| anticipated. The moment arrives;
! the c1se is desperate, all is involved;
! in an instant the die will be cast and
! destiny irrevocable" After this fol-
| lows vivid description of the battle
| of Bunker HILL and then abiding to
! the monument he says: at was
raised to honor, and if possible, to fix
! forever that which actuated those
who lie here buried. 1t is a monu-
ment of principle against oppression,
! aggravated by humiliating sarcasms
on the courage of our fathers. On our
| part we did not shed the blood of
| England to serve the politics of
| corrupt court; it did not flow in sup
! port of house of York, or of q house
of Lancaster; it did not flow to graf
| ify the pride of conquest. We did not,
| like modern gladiators sacrifice the
| blood of our brethren to amuse the
contending factions of ministers of
state. On our part we can lay our
! hands on our bOsOms and call Heaven
| to witness that the blood which
stained these fields was justifiably
| split. On our part we can tread this
| spot with virtuOus emotion, and,
while we contemplate the battle, the
| principle for which we cOntended
| stands ready even to s3nctify the
| bloody consequences. Yes, angels
would not have sullied their native
| purity in persuing to extremity the
principle for which we fought.
| Though they had shed torrents of
! less robes Heaven had discovered no
| blemish." He concludes his address
in these words: "Citizen Soldiers;
| before wesleave these heights, permit
| me to address one word TO yourselves.
| While you testify your own principles
| in commemorative the days of Amer
| lean glory, your fellow citizens are
not regardless of another circum-
stance, equally interesting to your
! feelings. How much is the pleasure
| of this day enhanced in contemplate
| ing the most dignified object VIII ich
| free people can Witness-the patriotic
soldier, equally ready 10 take up
or lay down his arms in obedience
to the laws. Behold, soldiers, what
confidence your fellow citizens -repose
in you. Nay Nay you -- Iieaver-you never
sWllIIN5-l99stray that confidence. But if
I these states ever do lose their liberties,
it will be when the soldier ceases to be
| the citizen. Cherish then the princi-
| pies of your fathers, and in peace you
| shall be regarded, not as soldiers, but
| citizens; in war you shall be respected
as the safeguard of the republic. In
peace you shall repose under the wing
of our constitutions; in war our consti-
| tuition shall repOSe under your prOtec-
| ton. May you ever be prepared to
| assume the soldier, but never, OH
never, may you cease to be the citi-
zen" What was true at the dawn of
! the nineteenth century, is equally
| true at its close. Justice Story, of
| Massachusetts,, q classmate of Mr..
! Austin at Harvard, said of this ora
| ton: at deserves remembrance for its
| impartiality, it's spirit and its elo-
| quence, and it would not have dis
! graced the reputation of those Grecian
| Of ,trhn he
Daniel Webster said of General War
rem, in an Grafton delivered at Bun
| ller Hill in 1928: ale was the first
| great martyr in this great cause" . =
! Pouring ont his generous blood like
| water, before he knew whether it was
to fertilize a land of liberty or OF bond
age" Speaking of Bunker Hill, al
| ways like to talk Of that sacred spot,
| for while our fOrefathers suffered de-
feat thee, sit marks forever the line
where British tyranny ended and
this vicinity that nine generations OF
my own family were born and lived.
| 1t was there General Warren gave his
life for his country. He had only four
days before the battle received his
| commission as majOr-generaI, but to
| no special command, and he fought in
| this battle as private soldier. 1t was
| on bunker Hill JDdG my great SFaDu-
father gave his life's blood for the cause
of liberty. He was not of that army
whose commander reported at head
quarters: "We have met the enemy,
and they are (h)Ours-behind u.s." but
lie was of that New Hampshire regi-
ment whose commander said: "There
are the red-coats; before night we
must conquer them, or Molly Stark is
a widow" Nor was he like that fell
low who had enlisted in the late war,
who in q remarkably short time
after the battle of Bull Run was seen
in his own village in New Jersey.
A friend met him and said: "Nhy
Bill; I thought you was down to the
'front.' he replied: "Well, so L was,
but just as the battle began our Col.
made US an address, and said, Now
comrades, strike for your country and
your home" We followed his adj
vice. Some of the boys struck for the
country, but L struck for home. II
any of you should ever visit Bunker
Hill you will see on one of the tablets
erected there, among others, the name
of Capt. Isaac Baldwin; that man
was my great grand father. Over
these names you will read these
words: "Dulce ct decOrum est, pre-
patria mori." "And on those craven
tablets is displayed record of the
| iOIotyr train of praot nvants ti1nt fol-