The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23

1 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
 potentiary of the United States of America.
 Honolulu, H. l., Aug. F, 1898.
 Following the reading of the procla-
 mation Minister Sewall made the fol- l lowing address:
 Fellow Countrymen: I congratulate you ] on the consummation this day records i a conSummation, not change-the in- | evtable consummation of the national pol l icies and the natural relations between ] the two countries now formally and in ! dissolubly united.
 1 Inevitable as has been this union, we may rejoice that 1t will take its place in history with the awakening of the Ameri- can people to a sense of their reSponsi- biity among nations, in that splendid pro- cession of events begun at Manila, and which has now embraced these islands in its broad sweep.
 You are no strangers to your country men across the sea. bound to them as you brothers here, and by all the activities that make up country's life. You are no strangers. certainly not in the mo- every nation in the dread ordeal of war to test the. loyalty of all its sons and so they have tested you, tried you and found you true-when you refused to listen to the suggestions of the selfish and the. timid, and at your peril offered up all that these islands had to offer, as a sacrifice on the altar of devotion to a country you had not yet the right to call your own.
 And your countrymen can never forget that this loyalty and devotion and the opening of hearts and homes to our sol dier boys that followed this was not the loyalty, the devotion and the hospitality of Americans, though this were sweet in deed, but of men who sought to be Ameri- cans and had been denied, of men who founded a state for the purpose of admis- sion to the American Union and had been denied, of men who presented this strange spectacle to the world that they stood ready, as you gentlemen about me to-day, emoluments and glory, for the simple dig nifty of American citizenship. Even as you have given up flag you love and beautiful islands, that Hawaii may take her place, however humble that place may be, in the protecting circle of sovereign
 This is the consummation you witness to-day, which you, and your children's children have right to celebrate, and let there be no mistake as to its meaning. It means the triumph of no party or fac tion among you, the opportunity for no ment. the confirmation in power of no thority over you that shall not commend itself to the sense of fairness and of jus tice of the representatives of the Ameri- can people, but rather the burial of past prejudices. the obliteration of narrow di- visions and the ultimate political advance meht of the humblest citizen over whom this flag shall float.
 But 1t is not for you to rest content in the enjoyment of free institutions. It is for you to help maintain them, to main tain them in the spirit they will be ex- tended to you, in the spirit you have and equality. in the spirit of the constitu- tion itself now the supreme law of your land, to establish justice, to insure your tranquility, to provide for the common secure the blessings of liberty to your selves and your posterity.
 This is the work before you. my coun- trymen, and 1 bid you advance to it. Hand In hand may you go, you of the home race with those whose fathers land this was, and whose generous virtues have won for them the regard of all man. kind. Hand in hand may you go with faltering love of country into the broad plane of American citizenship.
 Advance to the uplifting and upbuilding of this land to prove it worthy to share the destiny of the great republic.
 Empire may wait indeed, but no hand save His who holds in the hollow of his hand the fate of nations, can stay that destiny.
 God bless you, my countrymen
 God bless the United States of America
 At the conclusion of the ceremonies the National Guard was marched to the parade grounds, where Minister Cooper the oath of allegiance tc Colonel Fisher. The colonel then ad- it to his officers and the cap taits to the men. The regiment then escorted the naval battalion to their boats and returned to the drill shed to sign the rolls.
 Never in the history of the islands, not even in the palmy days of the mon archy, has there been such a crush at at the reception and ball last night, given in honor of the flag raising.
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 Es+ates in Probate.