The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-31

hrles Albert Cottrill at the Central |
lion Church last night Next We'd
kday marks the fiftieth anniversary
the issuing of the now immortal
defamation of Emancipation by Abra-
In Lincoln, the martyred President.
Twas in honor of this event that spe-
II services were held last night and
Cottrill was invited to speak on
4 Proclamation and the progress his
bple have made in the fifty years
Sich have elapsed since it was first
tued.
8 THE church was well filled, nearly
hundred neatly uniformed boys
BIN the Kamehameha schools occupy
L one section.
AThe services were presided over by
Rev. DIR. Doremus Scudder, pastor
1 the church. An excellent musical pro
am was one of the features OF the
rvices.
MIR. Cottrill spoke for more than an
Sur. His tribute to President Lincoln
d description of the great advance
ie colored race has made since secur-
3 freedom half century ago held the
terest of the congregation through
1t. He said in part::
Fiftieth Anniversary.
"We are assembled to celebrate the
|ltieth anniversary of the issuance of
e Emancipation Proclamation. / am
{eplv sensible of the honor done my
Ice variety by the invitation to me to
rticipate in these exercises. No one
miliar with the history of this beau
ful Island Territory can question the
fopriety of holding such meeting
Ire, where racial lines have reached
e minimum in their influence upon the
Sportunity and welfare of the individ-
Here, no such thing as human slav-
w has ever cursed the land, or the in.
Sbitants thereof, and pray God that
e awful curse of racial prejudice may
yer secure foothold in this the fair
II land under Gods heaven. | voice
lis hope not merely for my race va
etv. but for all others of the various
rieties who are not purely Caucasian.
my Caucasian friends l appeal for
Square deal for all men and for the
ntinuance of the splendid inter-racial
cling existing here at this time, but
hich is likely to be disturbed by the
pvements elsewhere.
4 would hang a sign on each of the
larves along the harbor, Who enters
re leaves racial prejudice behind,
this way placing quarantine
ainst a disease more deadly than any
ysical ailment--a disease of the mind
d heart-race prejudice.
gas a member of the race enamel
ted by the proclamation of the mar
red and immortal Abraham Lincoln
NAV be pardoned if / devote most OF
e time allotted me to paying tribute
his memory and to recital of what
at emancipated race has accomplish
during the brief period of its free
m.
Our Glorious Epoch.
''We breathe, tonight, the atmos
ere of glorious epoch. We hold rev
ential Communion with its loftiest
irit. Sacredly conspicuous is this day
remembrance and reverence, wheI
age and youth, standing in the edi
OF great history, bow in homage
it's greatest hero.
"The people of every nation are di
gded into two classes, the many WHIT
til backs to the sunrise worship thu
st-the few who work and sacrifice
h the future, for the generations We
born, and labor to relieve the OPP
essed, to remove the distinctions O.
ste and to eivilize mankind. In thu
evolution, the fathers of the Republi
BOUNDED their standard ON the soliC
EEK of human rights. They subscribed
the doctrine that 'All men ar
Gated equal and are endowed by tn
Gator with certain inalienable right
that among these are life, liberty AM
e pursuit of happiness. ~
They further declared that govern
ents derive their gust powers from tn
nsent of the governed. They wer
torious in their welfare with tn
bther country and the Union was es
blished. Yes, they were victorious
I they left the chains on the limb
the negro slaves in their midst. Yes
heroes of the Revolution, forgetting
Justice for which they fought, trie
Justify human bondage for Who'll
re.
Following the Revolution, principl
sacrificed for the sake of gain. TIL
nstitntion contradicted the DeclaI
on of Independence. Liberty, as
nciple, was held in contempt. Slay
7, through politics, took possession o
machinery oil government. TIL
lmpions of slavery made the law
itrolled the courts, dominated the OF
ers and demoYalized the people.
The Coming OF Lincoln.
On February 10, 1909, babe wa
IN 10 the woods of Kentucky, amid,
hardships and poverty of pionee
}. He was schooled In the 'uniyersit
Nature In the spring of 1888
lie still young man, he went dow
Mississippi on "A fiathoat lie visii
New Orleans, aud with some con
lions went about the city. lie yiHil
. slave market where meD AN
men were being soid at auction ~
fle,
A young eolored gIrl one " %
9, wac put an the block fpun
ifuln hahfi the savage REMARKS q
bidder, the brutal words 81 III
lloneef The scene nlled bic yer
Will lndlRnnii0A and horror II
20 vengeance upon tie uHhuly lnHi
onl and. turning ~ be eeHpanion
lipls Il Z eYef go 8 flaaee b. d
very hF God ! II hii 4 hHfa =
fHH fhf tlmf 81 ~ assaflHiaa II