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

( have a fair chance: kindness and a
mercy that offers 10 every man a fair
education-these are American charac-
teristics.
we have said To ourselves that ON
the American continent we would work
out our problems undisturbed. We have
been pursuing a policy OF selfish isOla-
tion. But history-the events OF the
last two years-GOd-haVe taken us out
Of our isolation Of "A hundred years and
Joined us with links Of steel with the
world. The American people have been
thrust out to take place among the
nations Of the world. You are familiar
with the causes that led TO the war with
spain. For centuries Spain has been
standing for denial of all that is char
acteristtc of America. For centuries she
mas been denying equal opportunities
equal education, equal rights. Was this
war with Spain a righteous one?
declare IL is the most glorious Of Am
erican history. / am proud of the revo-
lution, but then we We're fighting for
our own liberties; / am proud of the
war Of 1872, but we were fighting for
rights of our own citizens: / am proud
of the civil war. but then we were
lighting to right wrongs we ourselves
had caused. But in this wal with
Spaih, for the first time in the history
of the world, our people faced all the
horrors of war for the liberties of an
nppn
true to her God-given mission. She no
longer lives for herself: she has gone
forth into the world to proclaim lib
erty.
Gods motto is not America for AM
ericans,' but America for the world
our motto must henceforth be. America
for the world. for God has given to us
who are Americans. principles which are
not local, but universal. Our national
ideals lace and intertwine with the In
terests of broad humanity.
Patriotism is noble. but there is a
nobler issue than patriotism. 1t is
humanitariansm. Humanitarianism
lifts man up to such high plane Of
interest in and of sympathy with hum
anity everywhere that he is able to
say my country is the world The
new America, the America of today.
stands among the nations of the world
for humanitariansm.
Ladies and gentlemen, as I look
over the broad and increasing domain
over which the American flag floats
and see it expanding into the fore
most civilized nations of the earth,
feel that nothing but criminal negli-
gence on the part of those who ought
to shape public opinion can stay it's
progress. Against ignorance and pre-
1udice and lawlessness l place a free
church, a free press, free speech and
the American school house. l place
also the moral sentiment of the Am
erican people. It has been said: The
true American stands forever on duty,
a soldier of the Republic in the dis
guise of a citizen, the custodian of the
nations life. out of such citizenship
comes the moral sentiment which, in
it's aggregation, is public opinion and
which is mightier than standing arm
les or floating navies.'
God bless America should be one
aT Of haf fe.
America and mine. l trust we are not
insensible to the blessings of Amerf-
can citizenship. And yet, not because
of that only, should we implore Gods
blessing upon America; but because
she is so indissolubly linked with the
hopes and destiny of humanity that
her veal and woe is like an eternal
veal and woe. May God for the sake
of the down trodden and oppressed of
earth bless America! And to this end
may her citizens be true to all for
which the new America has come to
stand:
God give us men. A time like this de-
mands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands
Men whom the lust of office does not
kill,
Men who possess opinions and a will,
Men who have honor;
Men who will not lie;
Tall men, sun-crowned who live above
the fog
In public duty and in private think
ing,
For While the rabble, with their
thumb-worn creeds.
Their large professions and their little
deeds
Mingle i'm selfish strife, Lo! Freedom
WeepS
Wrong rules the land and waiting
justice sleeps.
Good give the new America men"
A wave of applause swept the house
as Rev Kincaid concluded When it
had subsided, and the tension of
thought into which the speaker had
drawn his auditors was relieved, j.
Lovette Rockwell sang to much ap-
plause the Star Spangled Banner"