The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-13

most enthusiast Iuat-E.
His ENceueuey rh- Premier them adj
dressed the assembled crowd stirring
speech i'm tnu Hawaiian language. which
In English
..Kamehameha was the r-putsd SON of
Neouat but IL Is well known that his real
father was KahekiI, who was IN those
days the king OF West Maui and or p8hu
and Molokai, and whose name means
Thunder However appropriate the
name may have been 10 the father, who
can gainsay the fact that here in the son,
whose efhEy is here before us. we had "a +
yeritabIe Son of Thunder II was a say
ing of kotzebue. the Russian commander
with many other commanders of distinc-
ton who came in contact with him, was [
greatly struck with the character and
department of the Hawaiian Hero-a say
ing which We find i'm kotZebue's narrative /
OF his visit to these Isles, when EXPIRES /
sing his admiration of the King, that 'I\a- !
rnehameha ought TO have statue erected 4
TO his memory The prophetic saying of /
kOtZehue is accomplished this day. This T
in the history of these Islands lie was /
"A hero of the type which CleVatcS a ma
ton II was not by mere force ana con
queriug capacity that he became the ere
atOr of nation out of the rude and war
ring tribes. He elevated them from that
condition into national life. How pre-em-
iuent he stands above his harbarous sur
TOundings, 1t is not merely courage
animal courage-which distinguished him.
In this he was eminent; he was eminent
also in his moderation, In his Self-denlat.
in his pure regard for the welfare OF his
people a a thing above all personal de
| SireS and claims What Il marvel was his
conquest and organization of these Is
lands He showed in his career all those
characteristics which are developed by
| education, by the%intiuence of tradition
| and by history. But no, 1t was from the
! darkness of his age and surroundings
/ without education, without the guide and
/ spur of tradition and the history OF great
predecessors and their works that TINS
hero came forth panOpled with force,
/ skill and high capacity. Caesars and Al
! eXanders have done great deeds, but what
/ had they not of backing in traditions ana
/ education. Here was man as isolated
! from the civilized world as if his sphere
of life had been cast IN the moon, VINO
came forward and fultillS the character
of eminent men who started with so
many advantages. hamehameha was not
! wonder-stricken and abashed by the new
| beings and their vessels and implements
of destruction The encounter of Kane
hameha with Cook was, no doubt, de-
termining influence in the future career
of the ConquerOr. Pianaia says that the
hero appreciated the English commander
as friend, and was adverse TO the nos
| tilities that ended in the death of Cook.
He lamented the death of the white COM
mander. Though bold, Skllltul ana sue
cessful as a warrior Kamehameha loved
peace better than war, and the good of
is country more than many victories. lie
turbulence. His wars did not originate In
a personal ambition and love of con-
quest. He was drawn into them one
after another by the force of cirCum-
stances. When we read of ASiatic, Poly
nesian and Indian heroes who have been
great cOnuuerOrS we find that the spirit
of conquest held possession of them as a
mania; that they never relaxed the
slaughter of their fellowmen so long as
| there was an opposing force to be over
| thrown and DESTROYED. But in the Ha-
waiiau cOnquerOr we behold a ready dis
position TO become peacemaker. There
is traditional saying originating IN ms
| times, that the pre-eminent result OF MS
victories was that Old men and womcr
and children were safe reposinG in IN,
highway This traditional sd wing, which
has never been disputed is Illustrated u
one of the tablets which adorn the ped
affairs had never been known before il
Hawaii far we know from The
record which has come down to us. His
conduct as ruler and an organizer O.
the Kingdom must command our higheS
respect. In this respect he resembles Eg
bert of England, who united it's sever
Kingdoms. Before his time, the viii O
the chiefs and certain religious or super
stitiOus fanaticismS had filled the place
annoyed or injured the great man or hl
faVOriteS. But Kamehamcha imposed up
on himself and chiefs, laws suppTessn,
violence and wrong calculated 70 RESTRAIN
the powerful, and to benefit the common
people. In spite Of his eminent presugl
and absolute prOWCSS and genius. he did
ton of these new laws. lie had the wis
dom to select superior men as his couu-
cilIOrs and the good sense to carry him
| self in accordance with the general tenor
Of their advice. And more than this: i
is handed down to us by the tradition OF
his own people that he gave force 80 ms
laws by uniformly obeying them himself
He said to Vancouver that he should be
the last person who ought to violate the
established regulations of the country h'
governed. His power Of self-restraint wa
indeed one of the marked charact eristiCs
/ He qualified himself for being the con
querOr of others by a thorough self-COn
quest All that we know of him be
+ tokens this His calm and dignifed be
% havior on board Cooks ship; his prOmp