Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-28
Dr.. WiIbert P. Ferguson DeIiV-
erS Grafton to Audience of
Over 5000 Soldiers

Wilbert p. Ferguson delivered at 10
a. m. Thanksgiving day a national
address. The stirring music Of the va
Tious regImental bands, the hearty
singing Of patriotic airs, and the fit
ting Introduction of Gen. Edwards
gave an appropriate setting to This out
door occasion. The speaker could be
heard by all the officers and soldiers
and the large number whose autos
were parked on the new baseball dia-
mond. We reproduce that part OF the
address which refers specially to Ha-
waii.
WHY HAWAII IS THANKFUL.
George Herbert in his poetry makes
imam the secretary OF Gods praise,
for while creation and all creatures re-
fleet Divine glory, only man can
praise In common with all men ey-
erywhere we in Hawaii this day
praise Him from whom all blessings
flow" We have, however, special rea-
sons for. thanksgivfng-our abundant
haryests in sugar. pineapple, taro and
bananas harvest thanksgiving" as
was the first in 1921 Then we are
grateful for mountains high, deep val.
legs, Diamond Head and craters
wide" for the snowless green under
emerald skies, the coral necklaces
that bedeck our island shores, and the
"seas with no fear in them and seas
with no tears in them" We are CRATE
ful above all things else that we are
under the Stars and Stripes and under
the protection OF the Army and Navy.
About a decade and half ago q
courtship between the yirile u. s. A.
and the coy, shy, petite hawaii led to
the publishing OF bans and ceremony
OF union forever for better or for
worse''N-a union which no domestic
foe OF foreign power can ever disrupt.
Every since rejoicing has been perpet-
nal--a yeritable "luau"-for both
bridegroom and bride. We rejoice that
Aneficanigia has been reproduced
here and as usual permeates and per-
vades the entire life of the territory.
Hawaii is not q mere naval base or
military outpost. not charnel house
Of savage superstitIons, not an '.insular
possession but q territory of the Uni
ted States, and highly organised ter.
ritory, with every, citizen truly Ameri-
can and every institution and official
american The Americanism which
Or. Nicholas Murray Butler found to
be Intelligent, industrious, inventive,
daring. self-reliant and religious that
same sturdy Americanism Is thriving
and advancing in the territory OF Ha-
wall. II has become an atmosphere in
which men OF wide vision and large
girth are being developed; system
BY which Individuality may best be
Developed into the highest dignity
iruest Independence and greatest effi-
cheney.
Hawaii rejoices that Americanism is
expansive; 1t cannot be held to narrow
confines. 1t oyerspreads q continent
n century and then there was an
overflow to the islands of the Atlantic,
and to the islands OF the Pacific. We
needed to call on the implied pow
ers to make all this marvellous
Growth constitutional, but we failed
not nor rested until our tripnph was
complete This progress has given US
new problems but also new wisdom
and new strength to solve them.
This Is no day for misereres but hO-
sannas America, long since ceasing
10 be boastful. needs q baptism OF OPP
tinism. We have not an experiment
IN government, but well balanced
and well tested government, more en-
iightened. more vigorous and more
democratic than ever before. and well
able to fulfil John Bright's prophecy,
Amerlca the land Of the future
American benevolence Is reappear
ing here. Where under the Stars and
Stripes are so many worthy causes so.
literally supported as In Hawaii2
What city Of the sire OF Honolulu was
willing TO contribute promptly so large
sum to the recent war relief fund
largely 10 carry succor and comfort to
Belgian sufferersg Giving is real joy
and an everyday luxury in Hawaii and
on this Thanksgiving. day ell hearts
are open.
Our Americanism here as on the
mainland is checked by two evils-two
RS radicalism and racialism. The
radical element wants the millennium
within twenty-four hours and APPLIES
many quack remedies that cannot
stand the test of "Pure Food and Drug
Act They are blind leaders OF the
blind, and both stumble With reyer-
ence for a glorious past, we are willing
TO make progress gradually, to improve
by evolution and not demolish by rev
oiution. Constructive work In solving
Hawaiian problems will come from
men OF sober poise and sound judg.
ment and not from rainbow-chasers.
Eadicalisnl is not q peril peculiar to
Hawaii. II is far less acute here than
in the Southern States, or in CaIifor.
MIA. or ii Colorado. or even In New
York City. Anglo-Saxon superiority
over all other races leads to pride and
may. be menace to peace and pros.
perity. We are "kinsfolk' to all ma
tons. We sing;
"Great empire OF the West,
The dearest and the best,
Made up of all the rest &
love thee most
made up Of all the rest" IL i'll be.
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