Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-25
STRONG MANHOOD AND ASSURED
LIBERTY is SAYS JUDGE ESTEE
SECRET OF WASHINGTON'S
AND NATIONS GREATNESS.

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maintained that honesty is the best
policy. We have sought no foreign al.
liances. We have maintained always
tanned by our Government as strictly
as our personal honor is maintained
with individual men.
One OF the secrets of the greatness
of the American nation is the encour-
agement given to home.builders and
home industries. America has always
been the poor mans home because he
could obtain here a dwelling.place
from the public domain.
American Manhood and Money.
In Revolutionary times the people
had more manhood than money. Let
US hope that our increase in wealth
will not result in a decrease in man.
hood. In fact, 1t is contrary to the
letter and spirit of the American Gov
eminent for American money to repre-
sent or control American manhood.
Honesty and intelligence are the basis
of all true Americanism. There are
no social distinctions here created by
wealth or recognized in any form by
American law. No classes exist COM
posed of men who represent anything
but manhood, intelligence, patriotism,
honor and good citizenship. Knowl.
edge and virtue are the basic princi.
pies of this Republic. without both
this great nation would fall because
individual manhood is the strength of
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ity to all men is the chief glory of this
Republic.
Interest In Government.
The greatest achievement of the
United States is found in our form OF
government and in the fact that each
American citizen is part of that gov.
eminent. II matters not as to the so,
cial or financial condition of the citi.
Zens; for the rich and the poor in
America meet as equals at the polls
Their political rights are the same.
The poor, II possible, have a greater
interest in good government than have
the rich. They have to earn their
bread by their labor, and the better
and more liberal the government the
higher will be their wages and the bet
ter their chance to get on In life.
Permanent Homes.
For instance, nothing Is so advan.
tageous to an American citizen as a
permanent home. Life and property
cannot be made secure by force alone
The people must have a good reason
for loving their country. What better
reason than to furnish each settler
yaFtNh h., ia
That has been done in other parts OF
the Republic. Why not try the exper'
iment here?
We must cultivate the arts OF
| peace; man who has something to
lose by war Is for peace. Every Amer
lean must be producer. While
Washington was a soldier, he was q
soldier only until the liberty of the
people and an honorable peace were
secured. His business was farming
| Lincoln was not a soldier but he did
more to preserve the liberty which
our fathers intended for their poster
ity than any other one man in our
history since Washington. The two
great names of this nation are Wash
ington and Lincoln. The names and
deeds of Washington and Lincoln
would alone make any country great
Future Of Hawaii.
NV friends. the future of these Isl
ands cannot be foretold They moi
only have wonderful producing capac
ity but thew are located ON the main
highway of nations. Honolulu is 90
ing to be one of the commercial ont
posts of civilization. and In time will
he n great cItv
These Islands are among the mr. 81
PROSPEROUS portions of the whole
country. and vet we should NOT he mis-
led into the too popular idea that we