The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-07-05
THE REPUBLIC.

The RepuDllc Oh daWall mas
been proclaimed. Under a smil-
ing morning sky, without elaborate
ceremony, surrounded only by the
symbols of peace, President Dole
has promulgated the Constitution
which is to be the chartersof Hawaii
an liberty until Hawaii is apart of
the American Union. The work
of the 18th of January, 1893, the
labor of the past eighteen months,
have borne fruit in body of law
which establishes the principles of
freedom and equality, and knows
no monarch but the citizen.
The address which President
Dole made before the large audi
ence gathered upon the occasion
was pitched in a key of the Hottest
earnestness, and sets before Ha-
wall and before the world the true
significance of the moment, as the
latest in historic series which be-
gan more than fifty years ago. 1t
is because the creators of the new
Hawaii are working in line with
the forces which have shaped the
past that their work will endure.
The test which Gamaliel applied
to Christianity is the true test of
all events whatsoever. The efforts
which express historic continu-
ty, which are in the direction of
evolutionary forces, are in the pro-
foundest sense "of Cod, and never
come to naught. All others, no
matter how vigorous they may
seem, no matter how promising
future may beckon them, are moth
ing but ephemerae, and disappear
and are forgotten like the foam on
the wave.
No undertaking which has this
quality of historic continuity,
which builds for the future, is to |
be despised because it is on a
small scale. The Republic of Ha-
wall is not very big, but it is re77 +
of universe which, rr;es nerf.o
'iol m lno details. The principles
which have been in play here, the
victories which have been achieved,
have just as much meaning as
though they had been displayed in
a larger theater.
The attempt to turn back a
for freedom is not and
cannot come of good" and for that
reason it cannot long prevail. We
n Hawaii are justified in the con-
ident anticipation of success, not
,nly because of the success that
8 already won but because all his
oric analogies promise it. The
jun which set yesterday upon this
nid-ocean Republic rises on it to-
lay, and day in and day out, year
q and year out, it will rise upon a
tate which moves always forward,
ever back. The hearts of Repub-
leans are more united, more hope
III, more earnest than they have
cen. Days like yesterday fuse
1em in an enthusiasm which
lrns disunion to dross. Men, who |
1ree days since were dissatisfied, ,,
re satisfied now, simply because :
lat impressive scene on the steps :
the Executive Building has
elped them to merge their merely
,rsonal opinions and personal $
terests in the wider interests of 8
10 people and the State. Differ "
ices will continue to exist,as they '
ave in the past. No one need fear \
em-they are the sign of a Y
,althy vitality. s.
From this time forth the provis- "
nal element disappears from the =,
anne, style and substance of the u
awaiian Government. The If is s.
'opped. There is no If about the W
awaiian Republic. 1t is founded G.
Justice; it seeks the highest II
DIS; it continues the work of civ ~ :.
cation, and it will prevail. e,
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