The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-06-02

of seli government would have failed.
/ lhc Union would have pcfishtii human
slavery wuuli have continued, aud our
wonderful material prosperity eould
never have been achieved Cur Lirh
degree " intellectual aud moral d6vcl.
cpment would not have been possible
aud thcse great and useful powers Of
government that have been exercised
/ 80 bonohcentiy In the interests Of man.
Kind and tho glory snd honor Of the
American namo could nVt have been do.
velopcd, and In all human probability,
would never again have been entrusted
TO any popular government.
Demonstrations OF Power.
During the past fifteen years, we
have witnessed a demonstration Of tho
power OF our national government 10
intervene In the affairs OF Cuba; to
give the people Of that island their in.
dependence; to assist them to establish
government Of their own creation;
and TO put them in a way Of working
out for themselves place among the
nations Of the world
eve have witnessed the acquisition
of insular possessions both in the Carib-
bean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean; some
peacefully, by annexation; and Others
by bclligerent right; and have found it
possible under our remarkable consti-
tuition to make a part of these Rcqui-
sitions an integral part of our terri
tory and extend over IL our constitution
as its organic law.
Relation of the Races.
"This Territory. of Hawaii, the last
| nrfrnntvnl l..
in my Judgment, the next important
acquisition made by us since the civil
war. l believe this island territory is
the place wherein is being solved the
one great problem of the twentieth
century-the proper relation of the
races. commend its splendid example
along this line to the older and more
populous States of this Union. If the
ideal republic is possible, am con-
WINGED that Hawaii leads the van in
this regard and is destined to serve as
a pattern for other States to copy.
As to other territories inhabited by
peoples not yet suited to our civiliza-
tion and institutions, it has conferred
authority to establish governments
suited to their conditions; and although
in the spirit Of our constitution and
our laws, yet not governed according
to their letter, except only in 30 far
as their welfare requires.
"Wars stop, but the duties of cit
izepship never, end. New questions are
constantly arising; labor questions,
trust questions, and many others are
pressing upon us. They are demanding
our attention, and receiving it. In due
time, they will all be successfully
solved, for there is q spirit of intelli-
! gent and patriotic Americanism every
, where prevalent, strong enough to sur
mount any difficulty.
5 Flag Is Symbol Of Life.
owe know but one flag our flag
the flag that you and your comrades
l carried in the storm of battle; the flag
: that they died for-the Stars and
{ Stripes of the Union the symbol of
a life, not death; of liberty, not license;
' of government, not anarchy; of order,
r not chaos.
: I'm the marvellous panorama pictur-
: ing the miraculous events and bewil
s dering prosperity that have crowned
: our country of national life, there
Q stands in the foreground, prominent az
l. the instrument of God in the great
i architecture Of the whole, Man, free
Independent, sovereign, absolute. The
0 great statue of the impersonality Of
= man, not king or master, nor race
f nor class, nor serf; but Man, the
d free, equal and sovereign citizen of the
,, republic.
8 Before this great fact, accomplished
: and enduring, pale all the achievement
of art and science; and all the growth
/ and wonders of the material world.
g Preserved by Heroism.
. "This that 1 have described is you!
:. statue and mine, carved for us by tn,
q labor, the trials, the patriotism ant
' loyalty of the founders of the Repub
lie and preserved to us by the herolsm
the sacrifices and the lives of thos,
% whose memory we cherish today.
Il cover their sanctihed graves, let III
renew our pledge of loyalty to human
. freedom and our beloved country, who's,
4 endurance is the security of human
IS rights, and under the guidance and will
II the help of God, we shall go forward
. to destiny greater and grander thar
Is any language can describe-the ricl
e blessings of which will be common
d heritage to all mankind until the enc
IS of time"