The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-07-13

"Their creed of politics was shor
and plain. The government of tn
people, by the people, for the people
No divine right of king; no privileg
ed class, but over and above all els
the divine rights of the common peo
pie. And we believe that, count it
faults and its virtues, the government
of our people is the most steadfsst
rational, and the mightiest, grandest
strongest government IN earth today
ave have had our dark days, oul
days when mems hearts were tried
We have had wars abr, ad aud war.
at home, but through every tia
the genius Of our people has carried u:
successfully, and from every furnace
OF affiiction our people have come out
as gold refined by the burning We
have risen from every trial Of oul
strength like giant refreshed. Our
civil war cost US half million OF
meu and the expenditure on both
| sides Of five thousand millions of
/ treasure, but it settled for all time the
! question of the stability of our repub-
! lican institutions, AMI il settled for
! ever the question of the sovereignty
of the Republic. No north, no south.
! We are "A nation, one and undivided.
From Maiue 10 California, from the
/ Great Lakes to the Gulf, the same
starry banner floats over all, the EN-
ble m of union, equality and strength.
THE red on the cheek of the morning sun,
the blue Uf the MONDAY sSy,
And the spouesS white Of the planets of
night
Are the colors we float on high,
The st4--spangled banner, long, long may
IL wave,
O'er the land of the free aud the home of
the brave"
"The object of government is that
men may enjoy the fruits of their la
Dor, that men may be assured of their
right TO provide for those they love,
aud may be protected in the enjoy
ment of what they have honestly ear
ned by their skill and industry. And
we believe that the Republic is best
adapted to all the needs aud best in
terests of mankind. Liberty may
sometimes be betrayed by those who
would fain rename it license. But
our people have proved themselves
true to their sacred trust. Foreign
y hO hOb III
pheTe. Anarchy, that scourge and
menace to the peace of Europe, threw
her bomb but once in America, and
learned such lesson in ten days as
ten years has not taught them in con-
tiuental Europe We have our social
agitations i'll America, but remember
our people are restless and ambiti-
Gus people. And give TO me the
mountain torrent tossing its spray in
the sunshine, rather than the dark
and stagnant pond. Activity means
life; stagnation means death. Our So
clal agitations are but the froth and
bubbles on the surface of the mighty
str-am Of progress that is carrying
our nation swiftly and surely and
grandly on its course of destiny. We
have a supreme confidence in the
sanctified common sense of our citi-
zens. The heart.throb of our nation
is an undying love for our republican
institutions, and an absolute conf
dence in the wisdom that gives to ev
cry man share in the government
and confines the franchise to our own
citizens.
"When our people had established
their Government and consolidated
their power, they looked around them
at their magnificent heritage of un-
titled acres. And, leaving the arena
OF the ocean, they tramped through
the wilderness, founding empires.
We occupied the plains of the South.
We settled the valleys Of the Great |
Lakes, the Ohio and the Mississippi. |
Aud then our standards plunged |
across the boundless plains of the |
West, and our intrepid sons scaled |
the escarpments of the everlasting
hills, burst like deluge through the
riffs of the Rockies, and planted our
civilization aud our republican insti-
Iutions in the golden plains of Cali
fOrnia. And a continent was ours.
Seventy millions of population to-
lay; and room for thrice seventy mil
lions more. The single State OF Tex
as is larger than Germany. and
Germany supports a population of
Iorty-tive million souls. California
alone is larger than the British Isles
with their mighty population of
thirty-six millions. Authorities tell
Us that the United States and Canada
for we are practically one people,
with the same language, the same
ancestry and the same institutions)
'ould support in civilized comfort and
itt1uence half the population of the
globe today. And so, from the vast
ness of our territory, we have been
saved the necessity of battling with
he outside world for bread. And our
conquests have been the con-
quests of peace: The triumphs over
he difficulties of nature, the clearing
If forests, the delving of mines, the
of the wilderness, the con
truction of railways, the opening of
annals, the laying of cables, the
IF cities, the countless tri-
lmphs of Invention that have made
Americans wOrld-reHOwned. aud have
made our world garden Of enchant-
1tnt more wonderful than the Wild
It dreams of the Orientals; and
Trough all and over all, the education
I our sons and daughters, the estab-
of that common school sys-
EN- which guarantees to every child
I the Republic fair opportunity of
reparatiOn for the battle of life, aud
as made our masses more than equals
the proudest nations of the East.
"Then look what mighty treasure
Ouse of natural wealth our continent
J.: Our countless millions of acres of
rable land, two hundred thousand