The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-22
THE GREAT LESSON OF THE DAY.

Today is the birthday anniversary George Washington and by
political citizens of the republic called upon by
consider whether the representative republic he
led in establishing not good enough to last and whether the time
the mprncpe which he fixed the safe
limit of presidential succession.
Yesterday Roosevelt announced his candidacy for third
term the presidential office stated his creed of political prn
cipes The the insurgent socaed progressive
which, guided by Roosevelt would make power in
guse democracy take the republic from its old mornings
and start { out o. mcharted and peilous
of this nation believed republic system OF gov
eminent by representatives of the people presumably quail
fled and thew distinctly relocated direct government the small domain
meeting Despite the fact that the American people were
mainly AngoSaxon they did dare them with the enormous
powers thar would pertain to them now the terms OF the
initiative referendum recall These wise men, Washington
Adams Jefferson Hamilton Franklin and the rest decided that no
government subject to the passing caprice of the voting crowd could
long endure they decared thing OF dehDeraNe
processes The idea of direct legislation they sane abhorred for the
making of could be entrusted to hasy voting majority
rushing baotbooh to make cross They had seen that eo
and the old days of Athens and they were yet "
see the ungoverned mob written in the blood OF the re
revolution What Washington and those who abored with MN Sog
was representative republic fearless and unnmdaed Judiciary
presidency change every eight The republic thus
founded has been ever admiration of the world 1t has rved
as done the OF time and has become
in less than five generations potent world power has survived
gigantic OF only the stronger and more re-
speced What conjue by in all the unhappy
places of the world! What magnetic and inspiring name wherever
the poor and the dden down lift pleading and hopeful
hands to the new light
There were many dangers One the peril of
party organized tome Washington king but he de
dignity example of renuncaton which dear
to countrymen after days Washington served two
terms presidential office and there he stopped going back
utey private citizenship and leaving that act solemn admono
to the nation of the hero worship which might make the
presidency strong and popular There
those who in tried give third the great pOpu
lar hero the nation civil but the sound
country against and passed the chief office other deserving
hands be said Caus warned Bruus that th
encompaed but man The dangerous principle
the safety of this nation depended upon
The republic in the devotion of the people its
landmarks and ideals and while that devotion continued nigh
square the winds that blew Whatever the crisis the
right presidency would he had already from
of the rasper the tanney and little and from
all the daily walks of American citizens.
these guarantees of liberty because of the
George Washington Ulysses S Grant who
askance the old naonam because it stands in his way Are
Washington republic he founded follow
Caesar and his fortunes? If where shall out ?ntc
new natonais with banners and powder smoke, into Ma
poeonc atmosphere charged with and perous ngs
Theodore Roosevelt receives third who shall forbid him
fourth Precedens will have been thrown away the moorng
Who other than he could make conditions ripe four years hence
another venture?
Is it well that, this day of should
ourselves the old republic with all that implies duty
patriotism ourselves the things that safeguard po
cal institutions and resotey minds that the
public it descended shall pass future generations
mimpaired