The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-20

personally opposed TO the war in Am
erica, as were many prominent men in
England. but went with his command,
as ordered, 10 America where he gained
a good many victories, until his final
defeat, for which, as it seems to me.
Sir H. Clinton was responsible. As
we all know the capitulation at York
town was decisive. The British and
American rarely clashed arms there
after.
Lord North's ministry resigned the
next year. In 1882 a treaty of peace
was made by Lord Selborne's minis
try and signed by the Coalition in 1888.
After many successive ministries IN
England William Pitt finally in 1874
obtained a complete victory over King
George Ills party and his cherished
plans against the American colonies
were overthrown. Cabinet or paTlia-
mentary government was firmly estab-
Iished in Great Britain. Lord Corn
wallis had quite brilliant career after
his return to England. He became
encouragement of India and won vic
tories over Tippoo Saib, was raised 10
the Maruuisate on his return from
India, was appointed lord lieutenant
of Ireland. put down the rebellion
there of 1898 and gained strange to
saw. the good will of the Irish people.
Later he negotiated as England's pleni-
potentiary the treaty of Amiens with
France. He was again appointed gov
ernor-general of India and died there in
1905. History awards him the quail
ties of uprightness, diligence and
humane disposition.
I have touched but lightly upon the
great value of the French alliance to
the struggling colonies and of the bril-
liant services of Rochbean, de Grasse
and Lafayette-these will be enlarged
upon by the speaker who follows me-
do not speak either of the character
and generalship of the matchless
Washington, leaving that to the next
reunion of our society VIXEN on the
anniversary of his birth we may join
with 20 millions of American celebrat-
ing his heroic deeds.
Miss Lawrence then read in most
charming manner James Russell Low
ellis "Commemoration Ode"
Vice President Judd, in introducing
the speaker of the evening, said:
81 take undisguised pleasure in intro
ducing to this audience this evening
Captain Nathan Appleton, vice presi-
dent of the Massachusetts Society of
Sons of the American Revolution.
Captain Appleton, in commencing his
address, said that he was one OF the
three vice presidents of the Massachu-
sets society, the others being Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge and Mr.. Foster,
who is now dead, and whose place
would in all probability be filled at the
meeting of the society held today in
Boston. Organizations of the character
of the Sons of the American Revolution
are of recent growth. 1t seems strange,
but the first organization was in Cali
fornia in 1875, and was called the Sons
of Revolutionary Sires. This is cons1d-
cred the pioneer branch of the society.
Afterwards, when other societies had
been formed and called themselves the
Sons of the American Revolution, the
California society had adopted that as
their name also.
81 cam said he, 'see California
reckoning to the society here to come
over and form one of the constellation
of stars that are throughout the Unit
ed States"
In February, 1893, he attended a
meeting in New York city of all the
societies OF like character to this to
form a union society. But it was q
failure, and now he was glad of it.
For why? Because in that Revolution
we gained our independence, and it
will always be known as the American
Revolution. The Sons of the American
Revolution is the name, and will al
ways be the name in the future.
Of course there are other societies,
as the Colonial Wars, Colonial Danes,
but this society is the most interesting
historically.
In 1920 the French General Cham
plain and others took from us Louisl-
ana and other parts of the country;
these same persons in later years help
ed us TO regain the land from the Eng
lish. The society has for its emblem
or insignia the cross of st. Louis, an
order of French kings and nobility,
whose last president, Louis XVI, al
lowed Lafayette to come over to Am
erica. Nothing more appropriate could
have been chosen. On one side is the
head of Washington, on the reverse a
minute-man.
Mr. Reed was the first man to con-
ceive the idea of marking the graves
of the persons who were in the ReVO-
| luton. The marker is made of iron
or bronze and is placed on the grave
The cross has on it ''1775" and figure
of a minute-man. Very few of the
graves were known, and when these
markers were produced many persons
interested themselves to find out the
graves, and in this way names were
found on the tombs which were fast
going to decay, and were preserved fol-
the society. Fast day has also been
changed to Patriots day, on April ~
and now is generally observed through
out the States.
A great many people wonder why
we citizens take up the matter of ou1
ancestors. When we think Of the Pill
grims, who dwindled away from one
hundred to fifty; the Separatists, the
Puritans and those who settled in Vir-
ginia, which was the beginning of the
Great Republic, which at the time OF
the Revolution numbered about 3,00O,-
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