The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-04
STEWART 5 ADDRESS.

T. McCants Stewart followed with an
address that was full of eloquence and
aroused frequent applause. He began
by referring to the events that ushered
in the American revolution, as begin
ming a movement the most important
in the worlds history, and he discussed
the early historical characters of new
world history. America has always
has always been rich in it's men of
character and ability" said the speak
er, mentioning a number of great men
of past days and arousing loud applaus
| by comparisons of Andrew Jackson and
| Theodore Roosevelt, John Adams and
| William Mckinley. 1T becomes my
duty to call attention for brief NOM
! ent, not to the great wealth of America
in gold and in millions of invincible citl-
zens, but to her wealth in possession of
three of the greatest characters in hu-
man history, George Washington, Abra-
| ham Lincoln and L. S. Grant.
1T may be said to the glory of wom-
] anhood, that Elizabeth did more FOR
! Great Britain than any other sovereign,
in the dissemination of liberty. The
Britishers had resisted James and
Cromwell, ended it by bringing Eng
lands king to the block. During the
long struggle there were many who felt
it their duty to respect the civil powers
| that We're, and they eXpatriated them
selves Drawing all dangers, and set
tied in the new America; and there
they spread and kept the principles that
had made them eXpatriate themselves
So, when the Americans resisted the
British in &c, they showed the same
spirit as had before been shown in the
| resistance to James and Charles"
The speaker gave Biographical
| sketch of George Washington describ-
ifagr at~if. sat
and eloquent terms. He was strong
er than Alexander, for he refused a
| crown, greater than Caesar for he
| fought not for conquest; greater than
| Napoleon, for never was he able like
| Napoleon to view unmoved the car
mage of the battle field and say to dy-
| ing soldiers You owe your lives to
me- When Washington had defeated
the most war-like blood of Europe he
retired to his farm and could scarce
| ly be drawn back to public life. He
and his compatriots, born as their
leader was under royalty left us a
constitution that has never had to be
amended in single letter to divest it of
any royalistic tendency-a miraculous
document that will stand to the end Of
! time.
1t will never be possible for us to
! forget when we assemble as we do
today and as Americans are doing all
over the United States, that though
! Washington took an army poorly clad
and armed, and with few resources,
he was nevertheless made a hero by
the daintless courage and persever-
| ance of the men under him. who threw
| themselves on the enemy with Patrick
! Henry's cry Give me liberty or give
me death. The policy of Washing
| ton, followed under Grant and Nc
| Kinley, was said to have brought
| prosperity and deviation from it by
Pierce and Cleveland to have brought
disaster. a
After discussing the fact that Wash
ington and his contemporaries had left
slavery undisturbed, the orator spoke
of the terrible conflict that began in
1861 and of the great man whom the
crisis brought forward-Abraham
Lincoln. Just as we see in Abraham
Lincoln the splendid gentleness of
! character and Justice of purpose that
were in Washington and which made
| malice toward none the keynote of
Lincoln's second inaugural so we saw it
in that other great hero of the most
terrible period of bloOdshed the world
| over saw, whose great words have
| just begun TO be heard by the South
Let is have peace. If we forget his
military spirit,-the spirit which gave
birth to the two or three great mes
sages of war that are ever associated
with his name,-let us never forget
that among the incidents of his career
| as president were the foundation of
arbitration between the nations of the
earth, and of the system of specie pay
ments, which Is the basis Of our fnan-
cial prosperity.
IF we pass by the many other great
Americans who deserve our eulogies
and try to point out three who more
than any others have shared in the
worlds honors, II must be to Washing
ton the founder of the nation, Lincoln
the emancipator and Grant, the pres
erver."
There was another round Of applause
as Mr.. Stewart finished, and the chair
man announced america" as the las
of the program, asking the audience e
rise and 1oLn In. There was q mightN