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

atine in the midst of hungry patriots
with dainty wives, and daughters,
and sisters, etc, to feed and care for.
And, o, that dainty feed Eve -ybody
praised Lycurgus for the slight of his
hand-without reference to his poll
tics; his meats were delicious, and
none cared to ask what country he
hailed from, Lycurgus, the divine!
Even the committee on barbecue was
forgotten in the gusto of the feast.
The guests came rolling in-nOt in
twos or threes, but by car loads, full
and overlooking. Honolulu seemed
| emptying itself into Little Britain,
until the place seemed the incarnation
| OF American patriotism.
Shortly before eleven o'clock Minis
| ter Blount arrived upon the ground
and his coming was the signal for the
| gathering of local notables. There
were many handshakings, such as
| good Americans always indulge in
and at ten minutes past eleven o'clock
the president of the day, Hon. j. HI.
| Blount, took his seat upon the plat
| form, where were soon seated AID miral
| Skerrett, Consul-General Severance,
| PrOf. NJ. NJ. Scott, chairman of the
literary committee, Rev. o. 2. Elmer
son, Lieut.. w. Wilson, secretary to
the admiral, and Lieut.. Chas l.. Fox,
his aide.
| Minister Blount call the meeting to
| order and announced the exercises of
| the GLORIOUS fourth would be open
ed by prayer by the Rev. o. p. Emer-
son. The "Battle cry of Freedom"
was then sung by the audience, after
which Commander Thomas Nelson, of
the L. S. S. Adams, read the declara-
| ton of independence, which was re-
| ceived and ended by hearty applause
as it always is and always will be.
Professor Scott then announced that
| Ensign G. T. Vogelgesang of the L.
| s. s. Adams, would deliver an adj
dress by Patrick Henry, made before
| the house of burgesses of Virginia,
previous to the signing of the declara-
ton of independence. Mr.. Vogelge-
was received with loud applause.
After a medley by the Hawaiian
| band, which furnished excellent
music throughout the exercises, Prof.
NJ. NJ. Scott introduced the orator of
| the day, Lieutenant Lucien Young of
| the U. S. Navy, who delivered the
following address:
LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND Eel
Low AMERICANS One hundred
and seventeen years ago today
records the advent to the world
of a nation destined by its ex-
ample to cause the decayed thrones of
monarchy to tremble with fear, to
totter and to fall before the advancing
civilization of man. The 4th of July
is the Anniversary of that great event
and of the Declaration of Independ-
ence; it is our national birthday and a
holiday on which all liberty loving
| people should meet in public for a
patriotic display of their devotion to
free and independent institutions.
The earliest traces of mans eX-
istence point to gradual improve
ment in the state of his civilization,
the requirement of fresh knowledge,
and the practice of the social arts.
Under the influences of certain grow
ing principles he has passed, gener-
ally speaking, from horde life to
tribalism with it's stages of savagery
and barbarism with its clan and fam
lily life, it's personal unity and religi-
GUS ties, to political and national eX-
istence. Through all these stages man
in his normal state loves liberty, and
as he arrives at the -naiat.4rity Of ii his
! pn,s.ss n vat party ~ -.
sleore tr, he sees the necessity OF some
form of government that will protect
his life and property, and Which has
its authority in the governed. In the
early centuries of christianity the con-
ditiOn of man had reached a high
standard in southern Europe; but the
advanced civilization of Rome and
Athens was superseded in Medieval
times by that of feudalism, in which
knights did homage to monarchs,
practiced immoralities and degraded
the human race by exclusive respect
for the privileged classes. And when
the oppressed appealed to christianity
for protection the priests assumed the
office of protector; an obligarchy OF
tyranny followed, human bondage be-
came deeply rivited and temporal
soyereigns asserted the absolute liberty
of despOtism. The vices of chivalry
were subverted by the gradual educa-
ton of the masses; and the domestic
revolution in England during the 18th
century, in which the people began to
claim the lead in the progress of hui
manity. marked one of the important
mile stones in European civilization.
But the immediate emancipation
from the decaying institutions of the
| past was impossible, nor was it made
| practicable till the hardy pioneers Of
, the new world broke away from
European influences and laid the
, foundation of our republic. Ano
when Martin Luther and his follower:
broke the wand of papal supremacy
should travel. Their converts went
forth advancing the general principle
. and inalienable rights of freedom
Their teaching was waited over th'
sea to the new world, where, claiming
no king except that of the sovereignt.
of the people, it received develop
| ments which were implanted in on
institutions, in which religion is sup
, ported by proper regard for public
morals and an abiding faith; ant
: with us no puny simpleton of an in
bred aristocracy can secure n nationa
/ living under the disguise of the
consecrated robe of priesthood
{ The feudal aristocracy could gail
no new life among the equa
: hardships of the wilderness
/ and corrupt ecclesiastical organiza
| tions remained steadfast to the attrac
, tions of the old world. In the tire
centuries of our existence as an off
shoot of the great European stock, ;
, mighty drama has been put upon tn
, stage of our continent favorable t
liberty and human rights; columns o
l a great edifice were separately laid II
, the wilderness amid savage tribes
, by men who had no thought of thei
future relations to each other; but a
) they rose from the earth it seemed a
L. Il.