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

Thy broad-bosomed rivers that roll to the
seas.
Thy mountains that soar TO the heaven:
above.
Thy va es, with their murmur of labor and
lovel
We treasure the deeds OF the days that are
done.
The faith that was kept and th- victories
won.
We peer in the mists of the future and see
A glorious visi n of day yet to be.
"And the future of the United States
is the future of Hawaii. On this his
toric day of freedom the Constitution
of the Republic of Hawaii is pro-
claimed The iaiiest jewel IN the cor
onet of Liberty j. added 10 the COM
mon treasure of the common people.
| And we claim that we are, and of right
| ought to be, a sharer IN the glorious
! hopes, the advancement ami the ma
terial prospects of the civilization
| of the West. With the great
Republic of the United States
10 the east, the growing republics of
Canada aud Australia to the north
and south, and the teeming millions
of Asia to the Westward, who can
doubt that the Pacific Ocean must be-
come astupendous arena of commerce!
| Aud by virtue of their position, these
suu- kissed isles of ours must become
the very center and mid-Ocean en-
pOrium of that commerce. A few
short years and every billOw must
float the merchandise of earth to our
harbOrs, and every gale must wait
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 a happy and contented
Hawaiian people.
"rhose narrow souled and mistaken
men who would confine American in
fiuence to the shores of single con-
tinent do not understand the genius
of our institutions or the high-souled
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
kindle their dim lamps at our sacred
hame. We are looking forward to
something wider aud grauder even
than American natiOnalism. Ameri- |
can ideas must and will prevail until, |
In the highest and tIuest sense, the |
world is ours. Signs are pointing to a |
better and ever bettering understand |
ing between the two great branches |
nf h., A
America and Britain are the wonder
and admiration of the world. United, |
our influence must be irresistible. |
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 Declaration of Independ- |
ence shall have become the dictators |
of the world, then war may lay down
its weapons, and the angels of peace |
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, a surge
OF uncomfortable enthusiasm swept
over the people that reached its eli
max when three cheers for the Repub-
lie of Hawaii, led by our esteemed
fellow citizen, Mr.. James Renton,
gave US an opportunity to vent our
feelings in such shout of joy as only
Tree men and women of the west can
give. There followed mutual hand
'hakings and congratulations, and
then We all sat down TO feast and we
rose up to play.
The bands struck up thsir liveliest
strains; the dancers glided through
he mazes of their quadrllles or cir
;led in the graceful evolutions of the
waltz. The children were not for
rotten. 1t was special day of joy to
hem to be remembered through the
ong and happy years to come. There
we're no old folks. Like the tabled
bird of romance, we all renewed our
youth. For it was the first holiday of
he youngest and fairest of the re.
)ublics, the event of a lifetime. 1t
would be waste of words to thank
he various committees for the noble
manner in which they performed
heir varied duties, where everyone
Idded materially to the aggregation
II joy and made this auspicious day a
lay of universal rejoicing, where all
he suspense and anxiety of the past
eighteen months were overwhelmed
n the triumph of our principles and
he consummation of our dearest
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