The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-07-12

harbors, and every gale must watt
| earth's treasure to our shores. The
sea will become our treasure house,
aud the winds of Heaven our friend.
And there is every promise and pros
pect that in the years to come
| there will be comfort and plenty in
all our cottages of labor, and the
Angel of Peace will spread her white
wings over happy and contented
Hawaiian people.
"rhose narrow souled and mistaken
men who would confine Americ al in
| fiuence to the shores of a single con
! tinent do not understand the genius
of our institutions or the high lou ed
| aspirations of our people. We feel
| that to or nation above all others has
| been entrusted the lighted torch of
! civilization and Christianity. And
we deem it our highest duty, as we'll
as our most exalted privilege, to in
wife the nations of the world TO re-
kindle their dim lamps at our sacred
flame. We are looking forward to
something wider and grauder even
than American nationalism. Ameri-
can ideas must and will prevail until,
In the highest and truest sense, the
world is ours. Signs are pointing TO
better and ever lettering understands
ing between the two great branches
of the AnglO-SaXOn race. Divided,
America and Britain are the wonder
and admiration of the world. United,
our influence must be irresi>ti bic.
And that influence, moulded by Amer
lean principles, will ever be in the
Interests of the common people and IN
the interests of peace. And when the
people of the Magma Charta, and the
people of the D. claratiOn Of Independ-
ence shall have become the dictatOrs
of the world, then war may lay down
its weapons, and the angels of peacr
and fraternal love may build their |
altar fires with the broken chariots of |
war. For our dictate will be peace |
upon earth and good will toward |
men,"
AS the orator passed from period to |
period of his eloquent address, surge
Of uncomfortable enthusiasm swept |
over the people that reached its eli
max when three cheers for the Repub-
ic of Hawaii, led by our esteemed
elbow citizen, Mr.. James Renton,
gave us an opportunity to vent our
ceilings in such shout of joy as only
re men and women of the west can
rive. There followed mutual hand
hakings and congratulations, and
hen we all sat down to feast and we
ose up to play.
The bands struck up their liveliest
trains; the dancers glided through
he mazes of their quadrlles or cir
led in the graceful evOlutions Of the
waltz. The children We're not for
often. 1t was a special day of joy to
hem to be remembered through the
Dng and happy years to come. There
1ere no old folks. Like the tabled
ird of romance. we all renewed our
outh. For it was the first holiday of
he youngest and fairest of the re
ublics, the event of lifetime. 1t 6
7ould be waste of words to thank
10 various committees for the noble
tanner in which they performed
leir varied duties, where everyone
1ded materially to the aggregation a
joy and made this suspicious day
ny of universal rejoicing, where all
lie suspense and anxiety of the past a
ghteen months were overwhelmed 1
the triumph OF our principles and h
le contamination of our dearest :.
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