Polynesian., 1845-02-15

a highly respectable source, a long and
valuable article upon the Interior Of the
! Oregon, which we shall publish as soon as
room permits.
The Hawaiian Total Abstinence Union
held a second meeting at the Seamen's
Chapel, on the evening of the nth inst, to
which the public generally were invited to
attend. The house was filed by a numcr-
Gus audience, embracing the members of
the Union, the residents and their families,
and the public at large. The address was
delivered by the Rev. G.. Jones, Chaplain
T.. 5. s. Brandy wine, and was listened to
with close attention. Notwithstanding the
tritcness of the subject, the speaker mana
gcd both to enlist the feelings and engage
the understandings of his hearers in his
cause, and we heard but ono universal cy-
preston Of satisfaction and pleasure with the
judicious manner in which he handled his
topic. Upon one point his remarks were
very opposite and deserving Of being borne in
remembrance in not only this cause, but in
all others which agitatc the world. We
refer to the effects which he ascribcd to the
spirit of Kindness" Kindness indeed will
work miracles, when rcproach will but har-
den anopponcnt. The ~te-total families must
have been highly gratiiied with the testimo-
ny the naval clergyman bore to the high
opinion entertained Of their hospitality by
his brother officers, who, as he remarked.
were supposed to be the most tastidious in
retaining the bland courtesies connected
with the proifered glass of wine. 1t is GER
tarnly "a strong argument for the entire abo-
li'lon of the wine-cup from the domestic
board, if, our naval guests not only appreciate
the motives which lead to its punishment,
but value the hospitality of the shore none
the less on that account. We commend
his frank opinions, on this point, to all, es-
pecially to those who, driven from all other
grounds, plead only the necessity of con-
forming to the custom Of the day. For our
W part, we were quite convinced Of their
truth, and shall take an opportunity of adding
our hdiHe 10 tne pledge.
The ladies have came forward in the
cause, and the first day Of the circulation of
their pledge witnessed some twenty sigma
lures. Let them increase till not a name is
left unrolled in Honolulu.
The songs were better selected than on
the former occasion, and the exercises. aided
by the music of the band from the frigate,
went OF well. But on such public occa-
Slons, when the time is likely to be we'll
i'iled Otherwise, we would suggest the omis-
sion of the reading of the Cascade The
pieces were good, but they prolonged the
confinement, in the close and heated room.
to a wearisome length for the audience at
large.
In connection with the cause of tempe
rance we would observe that all the officers
OF inns government are temperance men.
and that had it not been for the unfortunate
clause OF the French treaty, which stipulated
Tor the admission of wines and liquors here,
'ntempcrance by this time would have been
a thing scarcely known on these shores.
Since that period, however, moral suasion
mas effected "a great reform and checked the
EVIL; and as the French themselves have had
experience Of the evil effects resulting from
the unrcstraincd Introduction of alcoholic
drinks into their Pacific possessions, and
IN consequence have felt themselves con-
strained to prohibit its introduction oltooetb-