The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-31

protect against 1t ms barbar1sm, longed |
for its destruction and gladly seized the
first legal OCCASION for making free the
100000 of American slaves.
The Judge and the Jury.
"The cause of down-trodden liberty |
was tried out before Abraham Lincoln |
ms n court and tho American people as |
Jury. The awful magnitude of the |
issue justified baptizing the jury in |
Hood, and their splendid fitness to pass |
on All questions of both law and fact |
was well known to the court. de said |
nothing to them in his charge, except |
this: The destiny of our beloved Ma.
tion depends on your verdict
"That jury, like the juries of old, |
sat in the open field; they did more
than that: they sat on the battlefelds |
of the Civil War. When they finally
returned their verdict on the battle
field of Appomattox, the whole civil
lied world listened as the modest fore
man of that jury read: I'VE find for
Unioin and Liberty
$50 perfectly did that verdict ac-
cord with the righteous sentiments of
all civilization, that no tyrant, or OPP
pressor of the poor and unfortunate,
| had the courage to take exception,
move for a new trial, or give notice
of appeal to higher authority. That
verdict has been crystallized in death
! less print in the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to our ma
tinnal constitution, the supreme law of
the land-where it will remain for all
time, priceless heritage to all the
generations yet to come.
In Love and Memory.
"In the gallery of glory, where love
and memory hang their pictures. my
race variety long ago assigned to Abra-
ham Lincoln a beautiful sunlit alcove
all by himself, just across the hall from
Washington, and though no voice comes
from the Great Beyond we all feel
that when Lincoln stepped from the
thoater of things into the realm of
uncrowned kings, our race secured
friend in the Councils of the Just,
who knows all our weaknesses and the
cause thereof, and who will see us
when we falter and lift us when we
fall. We fully realize that our oppor-
tunities are many, our obligations are
great, and that our achievements must
be high to properly honor Lincoln, our
friend, who was the best friend the
l human race has ever known and whose
"The chief glory of Abraham Lin
coin among men, the deed of his life
most expressive of his personality, of
his sense of justice, of his humanity,
, of his yielding to the guidance of God,
was the conspicuous act of the century
d the freeing of the slaves.
+ Consider it as you may, regard it
f as You will, the conscience that met
Al 4
e the hand that gladly and bravely
e framed the warrant of freedom, were
Y the conscience and the hand of one
/ among the millions. He struck the
chains from slavery and babe race
stand free. He placed his hand on
. 100000 human faces and babe them
= look aloft; his paternal eye inspired
=, 4000,0 900 human minds with dreams and
= hope of high resolve for better life;
! his words went sun-like into the dark
= ness of whole people and for them
! illumined a mighty future; he touched
with a proclamation, a chord of human
: nature which went beyond the cont
ent, went through all lands, the Who'll,
: world round; went through the hearts
y, of all the sons of men; and whose
~ grateful music, grander far than tn,
-. melodies of the old Hebraic' in thu
- Jubilee, is the honoring and rejoic
= ing Hallelujah of mankind
$50, as we stand in the presence
~ of the character of the sainted Lin
- - coin, honoring his memory, let us rever
emily thank God for the creation o
such a manhood.
y Verify, we breathe tonight the at
~ ~ mosphere of glorious epoch. Januar.
~ !, 1863, is a sacredly conspicuous da.
- in the calendar of the nation, for o.
y that day the emancipation of the slav
" became a reality and human bondag
lo in our beloved country became only
e memory.
~ What They Have Done.
tie 3" You ask, What have the freedme
done to justify emancipation
20 "They have increased in number
ID from 100000 to l0,OOO,0OO They hay
n reduced their illiteracy from 1913 pc
~, cent in 1870, the year of their enfrar
ia chisement, to 1880 per cent in 1911
is They are paying taxes on hundreds o
"a millions of property, read and person
r o al. There are more than 100000 O
g. their youth in the various institution
-, -, of Tearing. There are more than $500
- members of the race who are teachers
10 $4,000 are clergymen; 1000 are phys
ra clans; 1900 are lawyers; 1925 are jou,
- nalists; 50 are bankers. Besides, ther
40 are many representatives in ever