The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-22

young man leaning up against fence
on Fort street. The English admiral
came down the street and saw a sign
over the young mans head. 1t read
Webster - "Are you related TO Dan
ieI Webster?n asked the admiral.
eyes, I am his grandfather" said the
young man, and he and the admiral
were friends for life, because of the
ready answer.
There was little or no friction be
tween the races then; each was al
ways ready to help the other. Kane
hameha III was grand illustration
of democratic king. He was man
| among men, always dignitied, but he
loved his people, and he was among
| those who thought TO give Hawaiians
an interest in the soil. In his reign
was instituted the Land Commission.
Any native had only TO prove that he
had occupied his kuleana and worked
it, and he would have the broad seal
of the Aupuni put upon his paper, and
the land was his.
About five o'clock every Saturday
afternoon we would see a troop of Ha-
waiians, with the king and queen at
their head, every one an Ali, riding
down what is now Maunakea street.
All the people gave way to them and
honOred them.
When | came here l was the only
white boy of my age in the place. l
have seen many changes. i do not
see now well kept-up native house.
Nearly all live in the white mans
houses, and this shows an advance in
civilization When | came there
were 10000 Hawaiians. Now there
are 40, 900. What is the future of these
people? May it be that the spirit of
Christianity may thrive, obliterating
| politics, and saving the nation.
When, in 1914, the Hawaiian flag
was hauled down in Honolulu and
| the flag of England raised, there was
sadness here. When the principal of
the royal school opened the doors OF
his schoolroom he saw that all the
royal buttons had been cut from the
coats of the boys of the Kamehameha
family. When asked why, they said
they had lost their country through
charges that had been made but could
not be substantiated. The day came
when the flag was to be taken posses
sion of. The King said his country
was gone, but he believed it would be
returned. When Admiral Thomas
did return the flag, the King spoke
the words that have since been the
motto of this country-"Ua mau Ike
ca ka alma ka pOno." (The life of
the land is established in righteous
ness.)
/ remember going out on a small
vessel one night, and being becalmed
between here and Maui for three days
and nights. Now you go on your
steamships You 60 to sleep here
and wake up at Maui. These islands
have been made little paradise. AS
/ see the evidences of growth and
prosperity, so different from fifty
years ago, can but ask again, what
is their future? 1t must be based on
stable government. Two of our for
mer kings have wanted to cede his
land to the United States, because
they knew there was safety and pro-
lection beneath the stars and stripes.
The reputation of these little islands
is world wide. God grant that Ha-
waii may rejuvenate, and take a place
among the nations of the earth.
/ hope that the time may come
when | may visit this land again.
Although | am a born American in
| all my thoughts and theories, yet,
equal with my love for America is
my love for Hawaii nei. May our
Government here be built and con-
Quoted on that motto, "Ua mau Ike ca,
o ka alma ka pOnO."