Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-30
SPEAKER TELLS OF HIS
RACES ACHIEVEMENTS

STEHNEn IElLS UT HlS
RACES ACHIEVEMENTS
Mr.. Cottrill, the speaker of the day,
in his address at Nuuanu cemetery
said In part:
Mr.. Chairman. Members of the
sirand Army of the Republic, Sons Of
Veterans, Ladies and Gentlemen: l am
unable to fully express the honor feel
at being invited TO address you on this
occasion. When your committees
chairman, Colonel Greene, extended the
invitation. I was tempted to decline
so conscious was | of my limited abil-
ity. That l did not do so, may be
attributed to my belief that no member
of my race variety should ever hesitate
to pay tribute to the memory of the
gallant hcroes--both living ana dead
who fought for the Union during the
civil War. deem II an honor as well
AS n privilege to speak here and now,
for I regard the present possibilities of
my race as due to the victory of Union
arms.
1--WE breathe today the atmosphere of
glorious spoch. We hold revcrential
communion with its loftiest spirits.
"Sacredly conspicuous In the calcn-
dar OF tile nation is this day OF rcmem-
brancc and reverence. when old age and
youth, standing In the edifice of a
great history, bow In homage to It's
greatest heroes.
Causes OF War Past.
"Tho causes which led Ia the Civil
War are historic and need not be dwelt
upon. II Is now forty-fivc years since
its close. In the passing OF time. pas
sions have cooled. visions have cleared
and Just conclusions have been reached.
While its causes, its principal actors
and its great forces that accomplished
then set in motion seem to be on in
definitely and are still vigorously as
sorting themselves in shaping the at
fairs. not only of this country, but of
mankind everywhere.
THE war for the preservation of the
| tIlI'll was llbl w ufSlI'N 'il'
South, but to save It; not to humiliate
or subjugate them, but to preserve the
Union and compel obedience to consti-
tuted authority. II was n mighty strug-
gle; It was real; II was earnest: II
was determined; il was attended with
cruelties, hardships and even barbara
ties; II was American against hmert
can--and no drawer men ever went into
battle.
Struggle Not in Vain.
The struggle was not In vain-thc
Union was saved. And by one act OF
him who was Gods earthly instrument
for executing His will, "A whole race
was emanclpated. This earthly instru-
mcnt was the martyrcd and sainted
Abraham Lincoln, whose predominant
characteristics were his love of man
and his faith In God. He gathered
around him such licutenants as Sc
ward, Stanton, Chase, John Sherman.
j, NJ. Ashley and men like them In
civil government: while In the war di-
vision were Grant, w. n, Sherman
, Sheridan, Farragut, Porter-and all
those other splendid spirits to whom
and to whose comrades, titled and un
titled, living and dead, we give homage
as tho saviors of the Republic.
Achievements Of Race.
AS IA member of that emancipatcd
race, ! may be pardonod few obser-
vations on its attainment during the
brief period of It's freedom, II has
grown from 4,OOO,OO0 to 100000 and
now approximately II per cent, of
our population. II has reduced It's H.
! litcracy SO per cent. There are $780,
0O0 youth of this race In the schools
of the United States. while In tho
higher institutions of learning there are
40, 900 students; $4,000 also are learn
ing trades and 10000 pursuing clasSi-
cal courses,
This race has developed $4,000
teachers aud professors 1880 olcrR
men, 1000 musicians ana teachers ~
music, 2oiO actors, 1855 phygiclunh aud
surgeons, 1000 lawyers, 3OO Journalists,
$50 dentists, a35 artists, 700 authors
ana poets, laO glyl cnWnoors, Ne bank
ors ana moRws ana 5s architects
= dusaiion Foslsrsd
'Nu own ana rontrol 200 Institutions