The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-23
GQ W DE- LONG POST APPEAL CASES MDHY HAD No @OwTS LIEUT. GILES NOW
NOTABLE ADDRESSES MADE AT
THE CAMP FIRE.
Remarks of the American Minister-A
Visitor from Experiences
and Sentiments.

The George w. De Long Post, &. \.
r., gave. at Past Post Commander j.
n. Wright's place, Independence Park,
Tuesday evening, what was in many
respects the most successful campfire
and anniversary celebration held in
many years. Extra electric light and
decorated lantern effects, added to the
bright rays of the full moon, COM
bined to form a scene not to be for
gotten. Flags were draped about the
entrances and the lanais were hand
somely decorated with national colors
and evergreens. Mr.. and Mrs. Wright
received the Post and guests at the
door and invited them 10 brilliantly
illuminated spot beneath the trees on
the lawn, where appeared a long
table, laden with all the good things
that go to make up a G. \. r. feast,
and around which was a wide circle
of chairs.
Over hundred persons were pres
ent. Minister and Mrs. Willis and
Chief Justice Judd were seated to the
left of the post commander. Members
of the Post and their families sat con-
veniently around the circle. Ministers
Cooper and Damon and Attorney Cen
eral Smith were present with the
guests.
At 1880 the camp fire was lighted.
At s Post Commander Greene arose
and cordially welcomed all to the eel
ebration. The feast came next. Pork
and beans, imported direct from Bos-
ton, formed an important item of the
menu. They were fixed up in old New
England style and were eaten in the
same manner. Besides, there were
pies, delicaces galore and refresh
ments.
The bake" over Comrade Rhodes
offered song, the audience joining in
the chorus. Post Commander Greene
then proposed the toast 1.-The Presi-
dent of the United States" and called
upon U. S. Minister A. S. Willis to re-
spond. In brief the minister said: 81
feel highly honored on being called up
on to respond to the toast The Presi-
dent of the United States 1t is de-
lightful privilege and an honor to be
present with IA body of the men to
whom the Great Republic owes its eX-
istence. For the President of the
United States | can say that no man
has been truer to the principles for
which you fought than he who now
fills the place of head of the nation at
Washington. feel at liberty, as his
representative among you, to present
in his name the qualification he feels
at the zeal and loyalty displayed by
you in this far-off land in keeping
memories of that bloody struggle for
the preservation of the Union and the
trump of freedom that came through
it all. Allow me to heartily congratu-
late you upon the manifestations of
patriotism you have shown.
THE war was one involving ques-
tions of the greatest Importance.
Though 100000 lives were lost and
$12 900, 100000 worth of property des-
troyed and money expended, the ma
tion was more than benefited by the
results, as the experiences of each day
are showing. In the first place it es-
tablished the principle that there is
not room for two nations in America.
1t demonstrated that there cannot be
North and South. Second, it
showed to the other nations of the
earth that the United States was able
to take care of itself. 1t showed our
: power. | can never forget a joke of
: Horace Greeley in the Louvre in Paris
r Speaking to friends of other countries
: he said dryly: Yes we could find nc
one else who wanted to lick us so we
started in to lick ourselves
"The third great end which has
grown out of the struggle has beer
the cementing of all sections of the
country into whole more solid than
4 has ever been the case before. Speak
l ing as a Southern man ! will say that
' in case insult is offered that flag the
, South will rise with the North to its
defense, and from New Orleans, north
east and west would stand as true tc
+, il as it did to its own false flag in the
dark days of 1861 to '65. Kentucky
my native state, is as loyal as any o.
the stars to our national banner anG
national honor.
l "Grave questions are still coming up
l Just now there are questions before
l the people of America as important al
those which brought on the war Bu
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