The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-29

Z bieaslnsl u American liberty extended
, o the world. Tho closing paragraph
; earnssuy requested us TO "uss our To-.
! nueDce' In having the writer appointed
. governor Of this territory In order that
; he might see that the blessings OF hber-
} did no, get lost among the heather
Of the Pacific. This fact is merely a
coincidencc. and carries no analogy
Mr. Mos,ocker. folloeiDg Mr.. KIN
csids eloquent sermon. represent a
} body - people whose ;emperamcnts
compel a rosy view Of things. like the
! optimistic views OF the Klondike pill
grims. for instance.
. This body OF good citizens like to eX-
! prsssthe vast superiority OF their coun-
. try over all other countries, and. as Mr..
Mcstockor earnestly says stand by
their country right or wrong Hu-
mility in nation Is rather a debasing
, trait.
OF course. this body OF patriotic men
must, in fairness concede, that pa
triotic men OF other countries have the
right also ito stand by" their own
countries, right or wrong" just as the
Spaniards have done in fighting the
United States, and just as the British
I id in the Revolutionary war. And II
I the governments of Russia, France,
p Germany and Great Britain desolated
, our sea coasts with their navies. and
, wiped out our commerce. this body OF
men, with our Mr.. McStocker, could
4 only say consistently, to the subjects
, LOT thos. governments: What grand
spectacle it Is to see you standing by
, your countries right or wrong, just a.
we stand by our country, right OF
, wrong" This Is the meaning of Mr.
, lMcStocker's creed II may be right
!, but il will confuse omniscience Itself
, to understand Il.
On the other hand, there Is large
- body of men and women in the coun
q try, who are simple enough to take al
-. its word the teaching Of the gospe
:, that all men are In one brotherhood
, II It Is necessary" for one body o
. brothers to cut the threats OF or blow
- to pieces another part of the brother
:, hood, for the sake of humanity, the,
:, will do 1t regretfully, sorrowfully ant
will take no pride" in it. when tn
. blood spurts from the manglet
Images of Cod nor will they shou
Thank God" from the house tops
:, while His children. even Spanish won
en- and babes. cry in anguish for thOsl
u slaughtered members OF the brother
y hood who will never come back t,
r hem.
III Our friend asks what principle" /
p at stake. in our review of the eloquen
20 sermon. He insists that che truth wa
ed not in question" II 1t was not tn
ed truth" was 1t then only the cry q
En- hip, hip, hurrah," by the small boy II
I'd the back alley. simply because he fel
u. good? OF course. II the yell of tn
Sc small boy makes him better boy, o
TX the proud shout of American greatnes
a over the fallen. makes a better people
ed there should be no limit 10 either mani
~ festation.
a. Mr. McStocker, We think, forgets tina
er there Is large body of men and WON
W en- in the country. who after being edu
Id Gated in the schools and colleges, tax
~ avery serious view about the rapid an
lie extraordinary growth of the country
or II these high schools and colleges wer
e. wiped out these people. of whom Presi
ne dent Jordan is an excellent sample
Id would spend their time in yelling "hiT
ay right or wrong" just as the old Re
o. mans did over their great empire jus
IN before 1t tumbled in This miserabl
ut system of education sets this body
m thinking instead of shouting.
y. At this very moment, this sober bod
ly sees the great republic utterly unable
no enforce the constitutional guarantees
n has given to 10000 900 OF negroes in tn
nd Southern States. Though We beliey
Id that the giving of the vote to the negr
ed was premature act, 1t was given.
st is a constitutional right, and th
n proud" republic cannot enforce 1t an
ny these ten millions are in the polite;
ut, condition of Turkish peasants. Til
OF sober body of men simply ask themse
ok yes III we cannot enforce the politics
I'D rights of ten millions OF blacks, VIII
of shout about our greatness and our vas
i'll mission on earth?" Mr. McStocker's n
a ply is "oh, never mind all that-hil
hip, hurrah!" The nation is put in III
OF position OF the soap peddler, who erie
he soap from his wagon, and when he
n told by bystander that his own fa'
ar Is rather dirty, replies: "Oh, new
n mind that. this is the greatest soap @
"a, EARTH"
81. Our friend may be assured that tn
MI sober body OF men and women are n
a. shouting, but with an intense love
ST. country. are silently and anxious
Int working to educate the people up to
-, Realization Of the awful responsibiliti