The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-06-02

ticfl d was American arainM American
and no hthVef men ever went int
battle Uftat afmiea we're raised great
navios were created. hiiiions 81 money
wore expended, great battles were
fought, hundreds ef thousands III pre-.
cioua ivcn were sacrificed. but whom
the end cane, the pfoforod swurd Of
the defeated commander Was refused.
No indcmnitics were cxactedi no new
boundary lines were established, no
humiliation of any kind was imposed.
A New Career.
''1n the very moment ~ his supremest
triumph, your great leader, 0onerrl
Ulysses :. Grant, irnt TO the spirit OF
the cause he rel resented, turned tho
whole country, conquorors and conquer.
Ell alike, from thouphts Of war and
struggle and tioAl and violence, TO the
paths and pursuits Of peace, by quietly
directing General Robert II. Lee 10 have
his men keep their horses and take
them homo with them for they would
need them to do the spring blowing
with This suggestion of peace, whose
simplicity made IL sublime, found wei.
come response in all sections and among
all classes, and Immediately the Repuh'
, lie was started on new career OF
/ splendor and power.
"The struggle for the Union was un'
like any other war in the worlds his
tory. 1t was organized government
fighting for the liberty of the people;
for in the perpetuity Of the nation rest
ed the safety and advancement OF
human liberty.
"In the evolution of governments
there had been almost complete accom-
plishment of the equality of mons
/ nation builded upon consent of the peo
} Pile and all men equal before the law
, 1t had long been the dream of the op
, pressed and the hope of untold millions
Struggle Not In Vain.
cit was glorious struggle; battle
for humanity; battle for freedom. II
, was glorious victory-one in whicl
the defeated we're also victorious. i
was not vindictive; it was not revenge
: full. 1t was ordained by the will O.
God, in the accomplishment of Hi
great purposes.
1.-THE struggle was not Vain-th,
: Union was saved; and by one act o.
0 him who was God Is earthly instrument
for executing His will, q whole rae
was emancipated. This earthly instru
ment was the martyred and saintet
. Abraham Lincoln, whose predominant
: characteristics were his love of mai
a and his faith in God. He gathere,
!. around him such lieutenants as Seward
!. Stanton, Chase, John Sherman, j. M
a Ashley and men like them in civil gov
! eminent; while in the war division
. were Grant, w. t. Sherman, Sheridan
: Farragut, Porter-and all those othe
q splendid spirits to whom and to who's
a comrades, titled and untitled, living an,
: dead, we give homage as the savior
of the Republic.
I Negroes Attachments.
g GAS a member of that emancipate
!. race, may be pardoned few Observa
( tions on its attainment during the brie
IS period of its freedom. 1t has grow
e from 100000 to 10,000,000 and is nov
l. approximately eleven per cent of GU
@ population. 1t has reduced it's Hitter
Q acy fifty-six per cent. There are 1900
O 600 youth of this race in the school
n of the United States; while in the high
er institutions of learning, there ar
- 10000 students; 10000 also are learI
Ie ing trades and 10000 pursuing classics
n courses.
\. "fThis race has developed 5000
n, teachers and professors, 10000 clergy
n man; 1000 musicians and teachers Q
music; 2040 actors, 1875 physicians an
surgeons, 1000 lawyers, 800 journalist
$50 dentists, 235 artists, 100 author
10 and poets, 100 civil engineers, SO banl
It ers and brokers and so architects.
eve own and control 200 institl
10 tiOns for higher education, includin
II colleges and academies, high school
% law schools and medical schools.
eve have raised for our own edl
he cation $16,0O0,00O. We have 1871
IS churches with 2,675,00O members.
n Reasons for Pride.
= You will perhaps be interested [
! know also that we have 140 industrii
=, schools being successfully conducted.
y owe take great pride in the fa,
= that DR.. Booker L. Washington
e Tuskegee, himself a former slave,
- acknowledged to be the most successfl
~ promoter of industrial education in til
= or any other cOuntry-and his life
- revelation of the possibilities Of thot
\; of humble birth. am especially please
= to know that today / am able to thu
. speak of Doctor Washington in II
home of his tutor and friend, Gener.
q Armstrong.
u 'It should be a source of great prid
. for The citizens Of Honolulu, TO kno
that their late townsman and deserve,
u ly popular fellOw-citizen General Arm
- strong, IS the man who SO CAREFUL
- trained and thoroughly equipped I'll
81 distinguished Doctor Washington IL
his great work of leading and uplif
ing race.
u saviors of the Republic.
r Men of the Grand Army! if VIC
le could only know the whole story ,
II the progress and advancement of III
E. freedmen, as given by the Unite
1t States census returns, yon would /
IS proud of the part you took in securiu
d, their freedom-for they are fast b.
10 coming useful and Industrious either
y of the Republic.
IS "Saviors of the Republici bring 20
D. the greetings of race and, in the
d name, pay homage to the memory Q
y the dead-and bid Godspeed, succer
Is and prosperity to the living among you
IS number
70 Every one of the uneounted phalan
y which stood between our country an
/ its foes in the great struggle, offere
/ q al