The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-07-07


be celebrated as 1t was today. In
searching the books he found John
Hancock's expression, II guess John
Bull can read that without spectacles.
He came across Frankin's witty say
ing, IF we don't hang together we will
hang separately" The explanation of
John Carroll of Carrollton's signature
came UP. He was told he needn't be
afraid of signing the Declaration, as
there were so many CAROLS he would
never be found, and his answer was to
write "of Carrollton" after his name.
1t was recalled to him that John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson died
within a few hours of each other on
July 4, 1896. exactly fifty years after
they had signed the immortal docu-
ment Then the speaker came to the
point of which he had wondered, in a
prediction of John Adams that the
Declaration of independence would be
celebrated generations later with the
sports, cannon, etc. Shortly after its
adoption, by direction of General
Washington, it was read throughout
the states 1t was read with fear and
j uht, not thu. 1t was not true but
lest might should triumph over right
1t was read then to a mere handful of
people. Today 70,OO0,O00 of people bow
ed their heads in solemn silence to its
reading and were glad 10 have 1t real
because it was theirs. Then it was the
breath of a few people, now 1T was the
voice of a great nation. 1t was heard
with reverence, not only in the original
thirteen states, but out upon the plains
of the west, amongst the Businesses OF
the Rocky Mountains, amidst the SHOWS
of Alaska, in this Paradise Of the Pa
cific and the far Philippines. lie was
glad to be there and to bring his little
girl with him. proud to be there under
Old Glory. His blood fowl quicker
in his veins in hearing that grand
hymn of the Revolution-the Declara-
ton of Independence.
REV. MR.. PEARSON.
Rev. G.. l.. Pearson rejoiced in the
day, the occasion, the assembling to-
gether. They heard the expression of
sentiments that came to his a.id their
hearts, which would help them to be
better citizens Throughout history
could be seen the development of the
rights of man. They saw in their own
country justice, free institutions the
separa ton of church and state, the
rights of the individual in a higher
degree than was known in any other
land. Their system of government
tended more and more to regard for the
rights and interas s of every mn. The
courts and the schools were aiding the
advance of the people to good citizen
ship. This was day of pessimism but
he he hattpr
today than ever before. Looking back
over 127 years they could see many
questions settled. No question was set
tied until it was settled right. The
| speaker quoted Franklins belief that
the revolutionary cause was the rising
and not the setting sun and conclud-
ed, II believe that today 1t is the ris
ing SUM-"
JUDGE HARTWELL.
Judge A. S. Hartwell said that court
room was familiar to him from the
yeSr 1874 when it was opened !or the
SHpreme Court of the monarchy of Ha-
lS&aii. He had seen the law admins
Itered there, through all the changes in
Il the government, with justice and with
dignity but-he had never seen a more
interesting occasion than this-a
legalized Fourth of July if ever there
was one. (Applause.)
Every American should be ready at
the drop of handkerchief to do his
duty to his country. But mere pro-
fessions did not make American citi-
zenship. To show by ones life and ex-
ample that one was fit for American
citizenship was the main thing. 1t took
toll 20 a 10
whether there should be any more
Fourth of July and today the South
celebrated as we'll as the North. The
speaker agreed with the Governors
idea of the duties of peace. 1t was a
great thing to show courage in the day
of battle, but to perform the duties
of citizenship was not always as easy
a thing to do. Their highest duty as
American citizens was to show by their
lives to Hawaiian fellow citizens what
the meaning of civil virtue is.
E. P. DOLE.
L. p Dole, former Attorney General,
said there We're three great landmarks
in the history of civil liberty Magma
| Charta, the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the Emancipation Proclama-
tion-stretched back nearly a thousand
years. Our liberty was the growth of
more than thousand years. 1t took
its way through prisons and over fields
of blood. 1t struggled with kings and
lords and bosses and monopolies. 1t
bore contests in parliaments and con-
crosses. Yet it took its great start
with the Declaration of Independence.
From thence hdnest civic duty had been
gaining n deeper foothold every year.
Mr.. Dole referred to the Hawaiian
motto as containing the spirit of the
Declaration. Referring TO the influence
of the document on other nations he
said:
"one hundred and twenty-seven
years ago government of the people, by
the people, for the people lad taken
no substantial hold of the nations of
the earth. Today, thanks to the Dec
laration of Independence, there is no
nation in Europe except Turkey and
Russia where the principles of that
Declaration do not underlie monarchi-