The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-24
HONORS
PAID TO
PATRIOT
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/ Again he was called from his retirement
to take the Chief Magistracy OF the ma
ton, and during eight difficult years he
worked and struggled to adjust the re-
Iations of the nation. So well was his
work done that even today there Is much
in the department done on the lines
which he laid down. In private life he
was the typical good citizen and he new
or failed TO make his record accord with
his early promise
To-day his name is a household word,
not only in America, but as well wher-
ever liberty Is loved by a people. His
Farewell Address to his people is a mod
el of rules for national action and even
yet il IS quoted and followed He Is
known as First in War, First in Peace
and First in the Hearts of His Country
men" In times of war every man Is
stirred by the feeling of patriotism and
he is willing TO give his life. Patriotism
is like religion. Men are ready TO lay
down their lives for their country. But
in times Of peace men want their time
for their own uses They want to get
rich. There is more danger for repub-
lie in times OF peace than in time of war,
So many men want TO go to sleep. Wash
ington held the trust of his countrymen,
for he was alike true to his ideals in
peace and war. He placed his duty to
the State above his private aims.
Washington, through all, had faith in
GOD. We Know tnat sometimes he
SwOre but We know also that he prayed.
I'VE are new American citizens and
there can be no better lesson for the
youth of the country than to study the
life of Washington. l wish the new gen.
GRAFTON of Hawaii would make his life
their lesson, for there they would learn
the lesson of patriotism. 1 cannot i'm
agine Washington pulling wires to re-
tain office; he took office from a sense of
duty TO his country. Such an example
is an entirely wholesome one, and one
which If lived up to must be followed by
the greatest results.
When the applause which had followed
the words of Gov. Dole had subsidized
Judge Morris NJ Estee Federal Judge of
this District, was presented by the gov
ernor. He said the previous speaker had
covered the principal portion of what he
had intended to say about Washington,
and he endorsed every word of it. He
then proceeded to address himself to the
topic of american Citizenship" Wash
inEton, he said, was the model citizen,
for not only did he do more than another
10 win the liberty of his country, but he
did more to perpetuate it, for when adj
vised to declare himself a dictator he
refused, and even would not run for
third time. saying the precedent would
be a dangerous one. 1t is impossible, he
said, to separate his name from the peo-
pie he made free, and no greater tribute
can be paid him than to discuss how TO
make better citizens. From his time I'M
til now the American people have been
schoo!ed in free government and each
citizen is equal TO all other citizens. He
said:
NO particular birthright was neces-
sary to make an American citizen; no
family name gave force to his citizen
ship. Our land laws We're liberal, our
fathers encouraged European immigra-
ton and the poor of the world got homes
here. 1t may be true that many do not
value their American citizen
ship. but it is nevertheless a most giori-
Gus privileges TO be a citizen OF the Unit
ed States. Take the people of these ISL
ands. The humblest citizen living in this |
remote Territory is the political equal OF
any other citizen of the United States |
living elsewhere. The same Constitution |
spreads its protecting wings over all |
alike; your lives and property are pro- |
tected the same as the lives and proper |
ty of all other Americans"
Judge EStee referred to the Constitu- |
ton. and then went on to the growth of I
the nation, saying it was so prosperous |
that the people lived better than any |
other people on earth, being rather an |
earning than a saving population. No |
people are governed so little or so well |
as Americans, he said, and also none are |
so happy and so well cared for in every |
way. even in the benefits of education. |
nudge Estee dwelt upon the necessity for |
education, and the power il gave. and |
hnally upon the necessity for free homes
and a thinking labor. closing with an /
eloquent apoStrophe to the citizen and
the nation which rests upon him. The
closed with America