The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-05

Is summed up in the proposition that
there is no feature of progress, moral
! intellectual or material. in which tba
| United States has retrograded or 1o
the contrary, in which it has not gone
forward and upward. Its Institutions
and its civilization are today a solemn
warning to despotism, within and with
OUT It's own limits, whether manifested
by industrial or capitalistic combina-
lions on the one hand Or by diseased
social or political institutions on the
lother American citizenship spans a
continent with the radiant arch of
promise, the light of which is projected
into the farthest oceans and the dark
est lands. 1t is reaching towards and
approaching the finest ideals of per-
sonal and Of collective life and. not
,sacrlficing but maintaining and exalting
ilndlvldualism, has already inaugurated
and vitalized cosmopolitan fraternity.
THE MEANING TO HAWAII
1t is into this colossal structure of
/ lofty thought and of noble action that
the Hawaiian Islands are now incorpor-
ated. What to US is the import of this
celebration? Do We fully comprehend
/ the Inestimable blessings of indissol-
uple union with the American republic?
Are We ready and eager to seize and
utlilze the advantages and the oppor-
tunltles thus acquired? If So. what on
this day of patriotic congra tulation can
I'VE resolve to do? These are questions
which each American ci izen before me.
. OF whatever race or origin, should
answer for himself
The Territory of Hawaii is small in
area. but it is great in its relation to
the visible future, already clearly out
lined in the Pacific and in the Orient,
in its incompatible climate, in its al
Turing attractions. in it's fertility, long
demonstrated, but, in large spaces
awaiting the magical touch of labor
Grandeur and loneliness are at once
contrasted and united in its scenery.
There towering peaks rise above the
glowing intensity. the smouldering
embers on the cold ashes of creative
fires and challenge the majesty of the
skies. Here the soft lines of the closer
ranges appeal with mystical tenderness
to the responsive soul. The whole
Landscape, near and far is yelled by
spiritual beauty, through which the
Eternal touches the heart and inspires
the mind. The exquisite color blend
ings, from the richest purple to the
softest and rapidly changing grays,
harmonic with the alternating music
of the waves.
These islands. in their isolation, re-
sembled an idyllic dream, from which
the final awakening is rude and pain
full. But their brief and known history
is without an exact parallel. The
leadership of Kamehameha the Great
unified the government and opened the
way to International intercourse Chris
tianity, as it has ever done, entered
arm in arm with commerce. Idolatry
was legally abolished in a day. Tolera-
ton was ultimately decreed. A
Declaration of Right was promulgated.
Improved constitutions followed each
'other. The whole machinery of civil
ization was introduced and set in mo-
ton. Freedom, entrenched in law, was
fortified also by education and religion.
American influence predominated and
lsecured native cooperation. Through
successive developments the inevitable
end was reached and annexation COM
, densed into three-quarters of a CEN
fury.
ALL ARE AMERICANS.
! This is a unique record. Now, fell
low citizens of the Hawaiian race and
of all other extractiOns, we are Ameri-
cans and are engaged in the celebration
of an American anniversary, which
brings to us realizing sense of what
| we are and of what lies directly before
us. Here is an Inspiration for present
duty. Let not the past in it's nobler
aspects, be forgotten. The man who dis
cards his ancestors is a renegade. A
citizen of Irish origin remembers with
enthusiasm the kings and the priests of
his native land. A Scotchman from the
Highlands quiverswith excitement when
he listens to the story of the Scottish
Chiefs or of Bonnie Prince Charlie"
An English citizen glows with pride
over the recitals of great events in
English history. Let the Hawaiians
also recall their past. Let them
cherish their former Queen, whose
sceptre has been dropped, but who is
still dear to the Hawaiian heart. Let
them respect and love the living de-
iscendants Of their departed chiefs and
sovereigns. Let them affectionately
recall their traditions, their customs.
their usages, which are untinged with
bitterness and are not identified with
Paganism Or violence. Let their kind
1y. impulsive. generous natures have
their full vent and be subjected to no
undue repression.
DUTIES WE OWE OURSELVES.
But there are things to be forgotten,
there are things to be realized, there
are things to be done, if Hawaii is to
take its true position among American
communities. All former conditions
and origins are merged in the living
present. The subtle charm of memory
may be INDUCED, but the practical
situation of today is to be accepted
Assimilation is the high road to pros
perity. Americanization is Hawaiian
destiny. Self government has been
fairly introduced, and that means
American self-government. The para
mount rank in our population is held by