The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-31

! Spttch ne delivered at Gettysburg, which
has just been read TO you, reacht d the lof-
| uest sphere OF eloQuence. His inaugural
addresses even now read like inspired
/ words. tie grows upon you as time
pasS's; his greatness becomes more ap-
parent rs the years roll on. He never
placed himself on plane above other
men He was one Of the people and his
sNmpathits were broad enough TO take in
at once the slave and the master He
realized that both Were the creatures OF
circumstances which they could not COZ
trol- a deep sense of wrong never in
spred him with q hatred Of the wrong
dotr, for he was a man and nothing hu-
man was alien to him.
we look in vain among men OF ancient
or modern times for one man SO widely
and so tenderly loved as was Abraham
Lincoln The crowning glory OF this age
= that he lived in IL and the crown
ing glory Of America is that he was one
cf her sons Washington. Lincoln and
Mckinley ere the most illustriors Ameri-
can characters.
The private soldiers who. went to the
war TO maintain what they believed to
be right must never be forgotten
Though their names are lost 10 the. world
their fame can never die. To coming
generations all who fell upon the fell
of glory will be famous. These men did
not go TO war for personal fame They
went for principle. Whether one reads
OF them on the march. in the bivouac Of
the camp. in the storm OF battle and the
shock OF contending forces. they were
always animated by the same high i'm
pulse to fight for and II need be die for
the cause they represented
The American people have always le..-
ognized their obligations to the private
soldiers. What would Grant or Lee.
Sherman or jackson. Sheridan or Early,
have done without them? The rank and
10 nd hnsh
are no officers or privates as such in the
grave. Death is the great leveIer.
We come today TO monument their dust
No acclaim OF victory can reach them
now. The solemn silence of the tomb
envelops them. But whether ;hcy wore
the blue or the gray the private soldiers
are the unnamed heroes OF the war. II
Is a gracious custom to decorate yearly in
this public manner. the graves of 5he SOL
der dead with offerings of flowers. 1t
Is twice blessed. 1t commentaries tbe
deeds OF those who have gone ocTSre.
and 10 serves TO keep alive in the present
generation the flame OF patriotism, and
that love Of country which will be ready
TO rvspond TO the nations call IN her hoitr
NJ need. The lives of these mon and
indeed their deaths remind US. that
I'VE can make our lives sublime.
And departing. leave behind US.
Footprints on the sands Of time"
Mrs. w. w. Hall followed with the
historic and immortal words OF the
lnartyred President in a manner which
evoked enthusiastic pIaudIts from the
OF people pressing about the
little space. The roll call of the dead. !
The decorating of the graves and other |
formal features of the veterans ritual |
l.sre gone through with due solemnity. |
Tie bugies blared forth in salute to
he dead and as the last note expired ,
IN the breeze the United States artil- |
erymen fired the customary three vol i
eys. All then united in singing Amer
ca" and the services were closed with
said by the Rev. f. s.
The march back TO the city was made
n the same manner as the first forrna-
ion. with the exception that the Ka-
cadets crossed over to L.
iha street where they took the electric
,ars TO return to their school.
ROYAL DEAD HONORED.
Early yesterday morning Prince Da-
I'D Kawananakoa, accompanied by
many of the former servitors OF the
'oyal households. went to the Mauso-
cum grounds, bearing flowers and leis.
the mausoleum, he laid the
okens upon the caskets of all those
Who lie there in state. A similar office
vas performed at the granite monu-
nent-
TAVERNIER'S SHAFT.
The shaft erected by the Bohemian
Tub over the body OF the artist Taver-
.ier, near the entrance to the cemetery
was neglected yesterday. Not
leaf OF a petal fell upon the grave
u the renowned painter, and kama
ina who observed the absence OF dec
rati"ns remarked that thee OF
honolulu should do something each
decoration day 10 make green his men,
ry.
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