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

ernment, by the assumed supremacy
aud right of the few. This day EN-
phasiZes the eternal truti that al
power is of God through the people
and is delegated to those who exc else
IL by and for the people.
"fhese rights of power are the dear
est rights of man, and as they are
God given they can only be main
tanned by God like charact ristIcs
viz: by INTEL gence, virtue, morality
and religion; and are forfeited by ig'
norance, wickedness, vice and crime.
To us then this day sta ands for uniyer.
sal brotherhood, for civil and religious
liberty, for social purity and equality,
and for patriotism and religion.
Therefore we have watched with
| ineXpres sible interest tie evolution OF
these principles in the formation and
establishment of government in these
islands by the people and for the peO-
/ pie, and rejoice that this day pro-
/ claims a constitution securing the
equal rights of all, and declares the
| Republic Of Hawaii. Long may she
| flourish under the sunlight of her
| great protector until she is merged in
and becomes a part of that light. /
| think il meet and proper that we
should celebrate this day with Z-al
and enthusiasm not less but greater
than that which will always burn at
the firesides Of the young giant of
the West.n 1t is sometimes said that
these celebr tiOns are in decay; but
so long as wealth and greed and en-
bodied pOwer usurp the rights of man,
and intelligence and love of freedom
and the sanctions of religion inspires
tie human soul, this conflict will con
tinue, and it will be in order to cele-
brate this day, and it will be cele-
brated.
"Hhen let Us ring our bells, and sing
our songs, and fire our guns until their
echoes shall embrace the world and
bring hope and joy and 1eliverauce to
the oppressed of earth. 1t is with
great pleasure that | announce the
reading of the Declaration of In ie-
pendence by Mr.. Geo. Ren on"
The reading OF the Declaration Of
Independence by Mr.. Geo. +. R-nton
was listened to with intense interest
10y our cosmopo itan audience, many
of whom had never heard that noble
document before, and were profoundly
impressed by its manly spirit, and
thrilled by its heaven-born inspira-
ton.
The singing of that grand and beau
tiful patriotic air, "The Star Spangled
Banner" by Mrs J. Hind was warmly
responded to by the whole audience
in the stirring chorus. 1t would
sound like exaggeration to attempt to
express in words the wave of enthusi-
asm that swept through the audience
as the song proceeded. Handker-
chiefs waved and women were in
tears. 1t was the realization of our
dream of the establishment of free
republic in Hawaii, the triumph #
the free institutions of the West. II
was the joy of the full awakening to
the knowledge that we have practi-
cally joined and become one that
great sisterhood of sover ign states
which form the Anglo Saxon Repub-
lie of the West.
When the orator of the day, Mr.. ].
Barnet, was introduced to the audi
ence he met with that kindly recep-
tion which naturally inspires any |
man TO his very best. The Grafton |
was delivered without reference to |
manuscript, amid continued |
and increasing applause.
"Men and women of the West! Free |
men and fellow citizens of the Repub |
lie OF Hawaii! Sons ami daughters OF |
America, and all we'll wishers from
every land! On this national holiday |
Of the United States of America it is
the custom for her sons and daughters
al round the world to meet in fond
memory of the motherland, with
words of affection and good cheer, and
sound of singing and high festivity.
The loud mOuthed cannon roar their
salute, and the nations respond with
cordial congratulation. And hanI
clasps hand, and the world is brought
nearer to that universal brotherhood
which Is the heart-throb of our Amer
can republican institutions, and has
ever been the hope and dream of he
best and wisest through all the ages.
And the world feels something of the
.hrlll OF our enthusiasm, and realizes
hat there throbs through every soul
hat God has made the same thrill of
manly independence that our immer-
al document declares.
"And today, the youngest and
arrest of the Republics our own
'eauteous Hawaii, with the gold
Df her coronet of sunshine upon
Ter brow, and the golden harvests at
Ter feet, stands forth with interna-
ional congratulation and warmest
Iloha to the young giant of the west
n whose honor we celebrate this day.
long, long may this friendliness aud
and mutual affection contin-
lie, each rejoicing in the continued
md ever-increasing prosperity OF
10Th; each looking forward with glad
yes of hope to the Strengthening of
hose bonds that, light as air but
trOng as iron, bind this jewelled
luster upon the heart of the land we
Ove.
This day is the anniversary of the
irth of nation that within the one ,
undred and eighteen years of its ex- i,
,tence-a single short century-has !
rown into "a mighty empire whose
lfiuence is felt around the world; a
lother land of whom her sons are
Istly proud; good hearted, large .
earted neighbOr whom all the world :
as learned to love and honor.
This is the anniversary of that day
hen Britain's first-bOrn received his !;
of independence, and pro- =
Ialmed his freedom to the world.