The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-31

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iHr nation ff ihe freedom ~ the .pl1f,t
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u.hrl Uht Confederate stood the tlt.
alice .Hsfr rule hrI thp porprtuatlUr uf
tav,fi urhln1 tla Federal stood tHr
IurInu. she rule ~ the majority, me
freedom on aprrOh ana equal fightp ana
lfltH,r,s 90 ai iu the doctrine OF tho
Confrdefht, 'lrh part of the l'nlun was
distinct. each pnr greater than The
whole. Tu the Federal the Union was a
perfect whole u was contest between
the civilization ~ the soysntoouth aud
the nineteenth centuries between ciyili-
1ation aud waning barbarism N. school
hUus. and the slave corral
Sever since the first great oataclysm
that oblitrratcd all signs Of human oc-
cupation from the world has such an
epoch been known as when the Union
Army went forth In the panoply ~
their strength and might OF purpose, not
for power or plumber, not for extension
uf boundary or rule, not to clOthe some
royal advcuturcr Inc the purple or TO &C.
mont with blood the crumhlng founda-
tions Of a throne. but that the govern
mont Of the people, by the people Cor
the people, should not perish from the
earth.
That a man should eat in peace that
which he earns, that civil rights should
not be taken away, that each man may
become the equal OF his neighbor II 1t
lays in himself to be 80, and that slavery
be abolished.
Thus armed and panoplied, what pic
lures that Army brings upon the can
vas of memory!
An old man with grey hair streaming
in the breeze, dashed to the maintop Of
his vessel sailing into the flame. SOL
der astride a black steed, galloping to
retrieve the falling fortunes OF a hard
fought field. A General writing history
with his sword point on American soil
from Atlanta TO the sea.
A silent General hurting battalion
against battalion in stubborn and victo-
rious effort and whose first task after
entering Richmond was to extinguish the
flames lighted by the fleeing Confeder-
ates, thus the destroyer of armies be-
coming the protector of property and the
vanguard OF victory proving the pioneer
of peace Best picture of ala firm.
wise President writing the death sentence
of slavery. What mighty camera pic
lures photographed upon the sensitive
paper of history with crimson war fire
never to fade while the world Eoss
round! Applause.)
Besides the battle-felds, where many
gallant combatant fell to find it's turf his
last pillow. let us not forget the fields
where weary feet followed the plough.
the firesides where the busy needle was
piled for the boys beyond the Potomac.
the counting houses where Prudence
turned her face while the checks were
signed that Capital gave to Country.
Everywhere from farm and forge. fac
tory and fireside wherever the hearts of
the nation throbbed and their swords
cleaned. they wrote upon the parchment
OF the eternal ages the title TO the con-
tinual honor and love OF tho land they
had saved.
| No calculations can estimate the debt
owed by this nation to the Grand Army
of the Republic. Look at the land they
preserved What extent of boundaries,
what wealth OF possession through their
| efforts do we own today! Five oceans
wash our shores; on the loom of two
Ihemispheres appears the mighty fabric
that We call the United States. Wealth
beyond the desires Of avarice reaped amid
the chorus Of well-paid toll.
| Science SEXES the cataracts and chains
| them to light her cities and enliven their
machinery. Art and literature uplift life.
Commerce. impelled by the heart-beats
| or INe ndtlOll, tnIoDs tHEObBh Tic Attet
| les OF the world.
! The United States, what is IL? A splin-
| ter from an old-world oak that has
grown to mighty proportions In the land
where the pools and forests Of the will
derness have been changed by the magic
wand of labor into farms and munich
palties. Proudly can We wear the stars
in the diadem of ages. See what our ed
vocational force has accomplished; no sla-
very, no freeman's utterance choked by
the hand of power: n credit, at the head
OF the worIu finances n great Navy:
an Army that will spring up full-armed
from our stores and factories, our farms
and counting houses. at the tap of the
drum;-the greatest, freest nation under
the light of the sun! (Applause)
And all owed to the men who fought
in the days of 1861 for liberty and the
Union. If they had faltered, If they had
failed, if they had thought of their own
safety and saved themselves from the
possible sickness and death that the flu
ture held for them, we might now be
only the broken fragments of once
powerful nation.
Events of the last few years have add
ed greatly to our wide domain. The
ground upon which l now stand was but
a short time ago 1000 miles from our
western borders ana Is now the geo
graphical center of that vast parallelo-
gram that extends from the Gulf Stream
TO- 900 miles to Chinese seas and 5000 miles
from the Caribbean seas to the Antarc-
tic Ocean; all under the shadow of the
hammered stars, Perhaps the extent of
our vast possessions may be best de-
scrbed by the fact that ships now trav
cling between American ports can lose
or gain day upon the voyage,
These acquisitions have added to the
Union races unaccustomed to the use of
our privileges and duties.
Shall We govern these people accord
ing to European ideas or adhere to the
American doctrine of first education and
then assimilation? Shall We elevate or
lower to the plane OF despotism7 Shall
We create of our government IA probate
court of control with letters of guar
danship over these dusky races7 Rath-
er let us hold aloft the fiambeau OF
American civilization that all may join
in its music and march beneath its light.