The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-07-07
HONOLULU HAD PATRIOTIC
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH

old world and the newest part of the
new world, the flag is saluted by the
children of many lands and races. No
where else are the free public schools
which America provides Tor all her
youth better appreciated. Here, of all
races and color, alike receiving the
great gift of education and the English
language, they enjoy equal rights, liber'
ty and freedom. Recently school gov
ernment has been introduced and
through it tine young citizens early com
prehend citizenship--its duties and
privileges. When school days are over
the students will be ready to take their
places in the world--intelligent and
loyal citizens of America. Hawaii is
a land of music and the strong voices
of the Hawaiian public school chill
dren grandly rendering "The Star
Spangled Banner never fail to reach
and thrill the heart of listener.
To Col G. It. Balch, retired U. S.
Army officer, is due the credit of hav-
ing introduced, in 1891, the salutation
of the flag in TIE public schools of
America. Thus, thankful for the bless
ings of Freedom, ere passing to class
rooms each school day, host of citi.
and. as the Stars and Stripes proudly
unfurl in the morning breeze, in many
climes, lovingly, reverently, earnestly
repeat-"We give our heads and our
hearts to God and our countryl One
country, one language, one fag"
Hon. P. c. Jones, the orator Of the
day, delivered stirring address, the
title of which was fOur Forefathers, "
which he brought to n conclusion by
some extemporaneous remarks on the
local steamship situation, explaining
that this was a national question and
not out of place at Fourth of July
gathering. Mr.. Jones said:
HON. P. C. JONES' ADDRESS.
If any people on the face of this
earth have cause to honor and respect
their ancestors, the Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution can boast of theirs,
for to them they are indebted for the
peace, prosperity, happiness and liberty
they now enjoy.
Those grand, plain and honest men
gave their time, their property, their
talents, and in many cases, their lives,
to throw off the British yoke, to give
to their descendants the precious boon
of Freedom, making our country a
free nation, which today is the most
prosperous, richest, the most powerful
and influential of all the nations of the
earth.
Many of our forefathers were train
ed in school that prepared them for
the great struggle of 1775, and for
seven long years resisted the force of
Breat Britain.
A hundred and fifty years before
this period, many of the ancestors of
the men of 1775, were driven out of
England because of religious persecu-
ton, and settled on that stern and
rock bound coast of New England, in
wilderness where even in that desc
late region, they We're oppressed by
laws that annoyed by constant changes
and cancellation of their charters, suf-
fering great hardships and privatioas
thereby, to say nothing of their con-
slant struggles with hostile Indians
Then again, about forty years later
(1663) among other oppressive meas
ures introduced by Great Britain,
were laws passed by Parliament to
discourage American shipping. In that
year an act was passed, which p,O-
claimed that no commodity, of the
growth, production or manufacture of
Europe, shall be imported into the
British plantations, but such as are
laden on board in England, and in
English built ships, of which the mas
ter and three-fourths of TIE crew are
English. This was aimed particularly
at the Americans, to prevent them
from importing goods from England
in American built vessels, placing also
heavy duties on many al ticles import
: ed from other countries except Great
: Britain, (Which aroused the indigna-
ton of the American co'onists, and
sowed seeds of future rebellion"
These pilgrims and Puritans and
, others by reason of the oppression OF
the home government, had no love fol
the mother country.
They trained up their children, and
these, their children for several gen,
erations, instilling in them love fol
l their adopted country, and not only
; taught them to live the "simple life
: but instructed them in living lives Of
, frugality and to endure hardships and
4. privations. so when the law became
, more and more oppressive, and they
: were taxed without representation, the
, men of 1775-liberty loving, all OF
. Inem-nO longer buDnlpCeu, DuI unlteu
, ly, demanded that taxes, as we'll as
obnoxious standing armies, be remov.
} ed. When the news of Concord and
Lexington spread like wild fire
through New England and the other
, colonies, how they focked in to the
, support of their comrades. These un.
; trained men left the plow, the forge
the bench, the Office. shouldered their
/ muskets and marched against the most
powerful nation of the world. Putnam
!, from Connecticut, Stark from New
Hampshire; the "Green Mountain
Boys" from Vermont, and many Others
from other parts, travelling over roads
almost impossible, ready to share all
the sufferings and hardships of their
countrymen.
Those who survived Bunker Hill
the spot where British tyranny ended
and American liberty began, with
many others from all parts of the
colonies, buckled on their armor for
the war. They We're poorly paid and
fed, wretchedly clothed, often suffering
from cold or heat, added to which, was