The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15
INAUGURATION OF
NATIONS EXECUTIVE
Continued from Page H.

II is a law to us all and faithful observ.
ance should follow It's DEGREES.
strong hearts and faithful hands are
needed and fortunately we have them
In every part Of our beloved country. We
are reunited Sectionalism has disap-
pearcd Division on public affairs car
no longer be traced to the war maps OF
1861 Those old differences less and less
disturb the judgment when existing
problems demand the thought and quick
en- the conscience of the country and the
responsibility for their presence as well
as for their righteous settlement rests
upon us all-more upon me than upon
you There are some national questions
| in the solution OF Which patriotism
should exclude partlsanship. hagnifying
our difficulties will not take them off our
hands nor facilitate their adjustment.
Distrust Of the capacity. integrity and
high purposes of the American people
VIII not be an inspiring theme for flu
turc contests. Dark pictures and gloomy
I. rcbodings are worse than useless. These
only becloud. they do not help to point
the way of safety and honor Hope
maketh not ashamed" The prophets OF
evils were not the builders of the repub-
lie nor in its crisis since have they saw
ed or served 1t. The faith of the ia
theirs was a mighty force in its creation
and the faith of the descendants has
wrought its progress and furnished its
defenders. They are obstructionists who
despair and who would destroy conf
dence in the ability of our people to
solve wisely and for civilization the
The American people, intrenched in free
dom at home, take their love for 1t with
them wherever they go. and they reject
as mistaken the unworthy doctrine that
we lose our liberties by securing the en-
during foundations of liberty to others.
n,,- t,.at Itt,tg .,,g 80 49,
extension and our sense of justice will
not abate under tropic suns in distant
seas AS heretofore. so hereafter will
the nation demonstrate its fitness to ad-
minister any new estate which events
devolvo upon 1t and in the fear OF God
will take occasion by the hand and
make tn" bounds OF freedom wider yet"
If thcr" are those among us who would
make our way more difficult we must
not b. dishea rtened IN, the more earn
estly dedicate ourselves to the task
which W" have rightly entered, The path
OF progress IS seldom smooth New
things are often found hard to do. Our
fathers found them so. We find them
50. They are inconvenient They cost
us something But are we not made bet
ter for the effort and sacrifice, and are
not those We serve lifted up and bless
ed-
We will be consoled, too. with the fact
that opposition has confronted every
onward effort of the republic from its
opening hour until now. but without
success The republic has marched on
and ON and its every step has exalted
freedom and humanity. We are under
going the same ordeal as did our prede-
ceSsorS nearly a century ago. We are
following the course they blazed They
triumphed. VIII their Successors falter
and plead organic impotency in the ma
Tiun2 Surely uftpr nf oh
ment for mankind, we will not now sur
render our equality with other powers
on matters fundamental and essential TO
nationality With no such purpose was
the nation created. In no such spirit
has it developed it's full and independent
sovereignty. We adhere to the principle
OF equality among ourselves and because
OF no act Of ours will We assign to our
selves a subordinate rank in the family
of nations
My fellow citizens, the public events
OF the past four years have gone into
history. They are too near to Justify
recital Some OF them were unforeseen
many OF them momentous and far-reacn-
Ing in their consequences to ourselves
and our relations with the rest OF the
world. The part which tho United
States bore so honorably in the thrilling
scenes in China, while new to American
life. has been in harmony with its true
spirit and best traditions and in dealing
with the results its policy viii b.. that OF
moderation and fairness
We face at this moment a most impor-
tant Qucstion-that OF the future rela-
tons of tn. United states and Cuba
with our near neIghbors We must re-.
main close friends. The declaration Of
the purposes of this government in tho
resolution of April 20 1898 must be made
good. Ever since the evacuation of the
island BY the army OF Spain the E,xecu
tive with all practicable speed has been
assisting its people in the successive
steps necessary to the establishment Of
n free and independent Government pre-
pared to assume and perform the obliga-
tons of International law, which now
rest upon the United States under the
Treaty of Paris. The convention elected
by the people to frame constitution is
approaching the completion OF its labors
The transfer of American control to the
new government is OF such great impor-
s. in'oNihs an obligation resulting
rom our Intervention and the treaty Of
pe"te mat i am slad to be advised by
Iile recent Act OF Congress of the policy