Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-25

ers of the next. We should remember
also that the men who labor do the
voting and that the road to prosperity
is open to all men. In this free coun.
try that the man who seeks to he
one of a class and with few in the
class will soon be outclassed; that
Americans are the bread-winners of
the world. And so America has be-
come the one ideal home for the labor.
ing poor The poor do not remain poor
here; they become rich. In fact, tho
poor people of America are as indie.
pendent as are the rich people Of most
other countries; they create the
wealth of the country. Thus America
is a nation of workers and of thinkers,
have not decayed."
America has proven the truth of the
Biblical doctrine that the "labCrer is
worthy of his hire" In this country
the laborer dignifies his pursuit in life
by becoming an honorable part of our
body polite. He is law-abiding cit.
izen. Indeed, there Is no room in this
great Republic for favored few.
Good citizenship is the only title an
American ought to be proud of.
Looking back upon the past, who Is
not proud of our American ancestry,
tried as they were tried, proven as
they were proven? And yet they all
came from the ranks of the poor.
We Must Remember.
J The people of these Islands must re-
, member that they came into the Amer
lean family after the teething period
of national childhood was over; we
were a full.grown nation when the Isl.
ands we're annexed. Our liberties
were secure, our victories won, our
national greatness established, our
. fame worldwide. The monuments of
American progress we're seen all over
the country. They are found in our
Industrial prosperity in our schools
and colleges, in our vast systems OF
transportation on land and sea, in our
, great cities and in our marts Of trade
. and in all the thriving industries of
great and enlightened people.
What Makes the Country Great.
II is not the land or the sea that
makes our country great; not the vast
extent Of our territory, nor the gran.
deur of its scenery, the height of our
mountains, the fertility Of our soil, the
- customs of our people or our great
I wealth, the glories Of the past or the
|. hopes of the future. II is our men
S they are the soul, the spirit of the ma.
!. tion-men whose loyalty to the coun.
y try has become an inspiration. Ameri-
d can manhood makes this nation great.
We are yet in the heyday of youth.
s We stand on the shore Of a continent.
= al nation and with conscious pride
IN iftl
S world and behold how much we have
G done in the past and how much we are
@ now doing for civilization and for man.
kind. We know what the world has
learned from our example, how far the
q cause of liberty has been promoted by
Il our efforts, how rapidly civil and re-
h ligious freedom has progressed and
!. how universally education has been
n secured to all.
,. The hutter of the Stars and Stripes
a. means more than the presence Of a
breeze and a piece OF bunting for by
& that flag this nation was first recog
"a nized. Under its folds, liberty abides
" Wherever the flag waves this Repub
v lie holds dominion. On the land and
A. on the sea that flag is an inspiration
O of patriotism, of freedom and of liber
: ty regulated by law. Our flag Is moi
l. only the pride Of Americans. but 1t Is
4. the hope of the world. We have de
h clared to mankind that II is intelli
10 gence. manhood and patriotism which
A. governs in this country.
/. With such citizens, always ready Is
10 defend the nation, this Republic can
not die. II lives and will continue tC
live. the soul the spirit of a great gov
eminent. 1t may be baptized anew
70 but 1t will continue to stand the Colos
u sus of all nations, its feet upon the
II continents, its scepter over the sea
v and its forehead among the stars.