The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-07

Oh uHuue DOdSlIHS, say lndI ours IS d
free, prosperous, rich and powerful ma
ton, and that this is the result of ad-
herence to the principles and purposes
that were most conspicuous at the ma
tons birth.
But we must admit that, in common |
with all other nations and peoples. we
are by no means faultless, nor is our
system of government flawlNss or with |
out its defects. difficulties and embar- |
assments. 1t is in the nature of things
that all new experiments in the line of
Government and craftsmanship must
be subjected to the actual and often
severe, tests of experience. Govern
ments can not be successfully estab-
lished, or maintained, merely on theo-
ries; the practical trial of these theo-
ries,. with all the incidents that may
befall, must be endured before the cor
cectness of any theory, or the strength
of the government based upon it, can
be demonstrated. To some such tests
the American Republic has already been
subjected, and it cannot be denied that
the results thus far have been and are
gratifying to all patriotic citizens.
In so far as assaults upon our ma
tionality are concerned, we have al
ready resisted, with marked success,
attacks both foreign and domestic; we.
have repealed foreign hostility and in
vasion, and we have suppressed domes-
tic treason and rebellion; and from
each of these trials the nation has
emerged with increased strength and
| yrie ND hn ho+
the several integral portions of the Re-
public in one body polite made much
more effective and less liable to loos-
ening, or severance, than it was before
The people of the United States do
not now, nor do l think it likely that
they ever will, entertain any fear of
any foreign hostility; there is public
sense of absolute security on that score,
and general conviction that the ma
ton could easily and quickly repel any
foreign invasion or assault The nat
ural advantages and resources of the
Republic, and the ready patriotism with
which any call for national defense
would be responded to by the whole
body of the people, are sufficient
guarantee of safety against any hostile
demonstration from without our own
borders.
The severest test of the strength OF
our Republican institutions, and of the
value of the bond of national unity
was that which arose within our owl
national family and made the grea
civil war, in which the great stake wa.
the integrity of the Republic, for {
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: tention of the civilized world withou
and of the most intense anxiety within
= the Republic.
o No nation in history has ever beel
&C subjected to a more crucial test thai
e that of the war between the genera
y Government and the States that wer
/ loyal to it on the one side and thos
IL States of the Union which claimed tn
IS right to secede from the Union an
ft0ok up arms to maintain that claim, o
A. the other.
Is That great contest, with its almos
E. unparalleled calamities and sacrifice
ot is now matter of history, and even t
i the present rising generation of An
~ erican citizens it is subject not {
IS personal memory but of reading an
IN tradition.
o. The miseries, the losses, and to
very large extent the animosities,
Ill that terrible period of trial are no
a. all of the past, and no judicious and lii
lie erty loving citizen of the Republic d
he sires needlessly to recall them. But IL
lie lesson of that great conflict is OF
ee which every true American can wit
Id profit dwell upon, and from it dedu,
a. wisdom, prudence, courage and hoJ
b. for the future. The one great, graz
t and overshadowing result of the gre
rs conflict was, that it proved beyond Il
IL doubt of future possibility or questio
ny the reality and stability of the onene
1g of the American Republic; it demon
he strated conclusively that az Republ
ny composed of separate, Independent cor
On monwealths could, as one body politi
II assert and maintain the supremacy
or national authority and law; that Il
ee American Republic could be made
us fact, as well as in name and theory, OF
be and indivisible. As a result of tn
a great and fearful war, and its outcon
ee in victory for the national integrit
he there is today, throughout the who
of United States of America, a mu,
be deeper sense Of loyalty to the Republ
I'd. of fealty to the national authority al
It of devotion to the national flag and Ii
he interests of which it is the symbol al
re protector, than there was at any peri,
on prior to that conflict In my judgme1
in if there were no other compensate
Ir- results of that great struggle this won
alone amply repay the nation for !
ri expenditure of blood and treasure B
ed incidentally other beneficent resul
Ii may be noted, The elimination and di
he appearance of the institution of hum
he slavery from the United States. viii
lie, was an incident of the civil war, W
ay of itself a most conspicuous benefit
on the whole country, and l believe th
ID this is now generally recognized as
lar fact by the great majority of those W
ro- formerly honestly and earnestly 4
ire Tended, or championed, that institute
lal that was peculiar to the Southern DE-
ton of the Republic. The origin
he founders of the Republic and frame
lat OF our constitution found slavery
BILE existing fact, recognized it as such. a
ia few, if any, of them foresaw the d
use ficulties and dangers which were 81
rid TO arise from the incongruity of t
rs, presence and maintenance of a systt