The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-16
Or. ". N. KIHcAlO At HIS BEST
he ADDRESSED THE LADIES WITH
ImPAssloNEp FERvoR AND
ELOoUENcE.
Session Of the Club Closed With a
Pot-Pourri Of Nstional Anthems
japanese Chorus Sang ,hA Bat
tie Hymn of Nippon.

The Mothers and Teachers Club Of
this city held a meeting yesterday
afternoon at the Punahou Preparatory
School and listened TO an eloquent ad-
dress on the subject OF Patriotism"
by the Rev. W NJ. Kincaid and To the
rendition OF several OF the patriotic
hymns of the various nations OF the
earth by different ladies.
The schooLroom was crowded when
the opening OF the exercises was an
nounced and DR.. Kincaid was summon
ed to make his speech His first re-
marks were In definition OF the term
patriotism" He said that the mean
ing of the word was in many respects
synonymous with liberty and spoke
of the Importance OF fostering in the
minds of the youth OF the country. a
proper understanding OF the real sig
nificance OF liberty. He referred to
the species OF liberty enjoyed under
the sway of the former examples OF
the republican form OF government
and explained that 1t was not by any
means similar TO that which we en-
joy.
He traced the mission OF the Jews,
Romans, Greeks and other non-despo-
tic governments and said:
"The Romans had a mission. II was
to show the world the power OF cor
quest and the result OF worldly force
In dealing with the problems of con-
trolling the actions OF mankind. Tho
| characteristics of the Roman people
were of a kind that may be best de-
scribed in telling of the strength and
harshness OF solid iron. This people
was strong and the stability OF its gov
ernment rested upon the iron-like quail
| ity of the citizenship. but il fell. be-
! cause the people OF Rome did not ac-
cord a full measure OF liberty 20 all
the subjects of the great government
"The treatment of the so-called bar
barians by the people of the latter
! day Rome. was in a measure the rea-
son for the ultimate fall OF the govern
ment
Greece fdealized Art, but the citi-
zenship Of the land vas not free gift
and the power OF the government fell
and crumbled when the test OF it's
strength by prosperity and internal
| luxury and corruption was placed up
I on IL
THE great battle of Marathon was
| fought and won by slaves and restric-
ton on human liberty under the sway
/ OF Rome may be illustrated By the
message of Pompey to the anxious Sc
natus. Populusque Romanorum.' from
! the field where he had crushed the
/ last vestige Of life from the cohorts
/ of Spartacus.
/ az have met the vile slaves and have
reduced them to the nothingness from
which they originally came was his
| message.
Rome fell. Greece fell. and freedom
| from the precincts Of the learning Of
the ancient world. fed to the shores
of our broad land and here raised up
| government which took Liberty for
its motto and. under the guidance OF
God. this land has increased In
| strength and power until today IL
stands foremost among the nations OF
the earth.
I'VE are free today. because the lib
erty OF the land Is made possible by
| the understanding OF the people. We
are free. because We are men The
lessons TO be drawn from the histories
| of fallen nations should De taught 10
the young Of the nation and the great
destiny of our own land should be inn
pressed upon their young minds. after
| the true principles OF human liberty
have been implanted in that receptive
SOIL
When DR.. Kincaid had finished. a
beautiful ceremony was performed
The chairman announced that Star
Spangled Banner would be sung by
I Mrs. Annis N. Turner. The sOnlthril-
ing melody OF Keys hymn was sung
L In fine style and was well received
The American hymn was followed
by the singing OF -Wacht Am Rhein
and @MarseilIes- by Mrs. C. B. Cooper
/ Mrs. Cooper sang the battle-songs OF
the great European nations in the res
pectivs languages OF those countries
Then a chorus OF six Japanese school
marms gave the national anthem OK
Japan and a quartette Of boys from
the Kamehameha school rendered the
Hawaiian hymn
At the conclusion OF the music by
the quartette the audience arose and
repeated the last few phrases and the
swinging chorus OF the inspiring song
| Refreshments were served and an
informal discussion OF the subject OF
patriotism in the schools took place
and the ladies' went home with a
largely Increased idea Of the practical
uses Of patriotism as study for the
youthful mind.