New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-26

aries can find their .afsy oily IN keeping alooi
from ell secular especially mercantile pursuits.
Facts are numerous usirntive OF the principles
adopted by Protestant missionaries. the wisdom OF
the policy pursued and the happy resalts in every
respect-wheiher moral religious or civil The
topics suggested by your leader invite me TO
lavishment OF ink and paper but good reasons bring
me- without cirCumlocuti0n % premise the facts
shall cite with two or three brief observations
l. IL is OF the highest importance 20 missionaries
facts continually recurring 10 demonstrate n 70 be
kept as much So possible aOOi from secular and es
pecialiv commercial pursuits ina business view -
The perplexities necessarily attending them
together with the iesl0usics always ready 20 burst
into a fame between different parties. tending
To disgualifv for good service 20 neutrslze the
EJECT Of their readings.
q Were Protestant missionaries 20 become gen
orally TsercantIle agents Tor a religious institution
with !arge capital or Tor some pnrcely founda-
tion or Propaganda, they would readily be
condemned as speculators who pat On the cloak OF
religion the better % accomp. sh sinister ends.
3. Were they 70 attempt b. selling GOODS al cost.
or Carrying out n similar plan in any other depart
meut OF money getting 20 drive out al other COM
petitOrs and thus secure a monopoly OF the mar
kets they wouid ultimately retard the work, as
well as render themselves obnoxious 10 the charge
Of evil intentions toward the COS Tmcrt.
As ISDoLEscg IS Oh, great cdrse Of at unciviiIz-
ed communities especially those liyingin the ener-
waiting climates OF the tropics. j. has ever been the
earnestly sought object offhe Protestant permit the
specification. Missionaries 10 promote INDUSTRY in
Mechanical and Agricultural pursuits rather than trade
while they have at the time instructed the people
In Commerce and left e1 free 90 pursue H. taking care
when necessary 10 guard the people from fraud and inn
position on the part OF ioreiguers II t. ncrf o. 1T y.
moral mp0ssbHy uHObif an ird0lerfPc0pe and hence
our Missionaries have sought stimulate the efforts o.
the people IN production and other pursuits BY whcl.
they might exchange their own labor or IL products
for the wealth comforts Of other lands Indeed.
anxious the missionary institutions % keep s0of
trade that they instruct their aborers refuse all
compensation, while they graiuiiously furnish impe-
ments ofhusbandry mechanic tools seeds plants cloths
books &c. &c, wherever required
The only instance IN which Missionary. such.
took part in commercial TRANSACTIONS far know.
was that Of Rev. JONI WILLIAMS, Of the London Ms
sionary Society, who himself pledged goo. even
I 900 part Of The price Of vessel for the of the
islanders and for Missionary voysges After the vessel
had been in for some time the Society ordered the
vessel 10 be sold and epdmanded the deyoedand sound
judging Apostle 20 Polynesia.
This principle of promoting national industry Ia based
upon proiounder view OF moral well political
progress than that of trade. After The Introduction of
the Cotton ard sugar machinery the promotion Of in
dustry marked with decided moral effect and would
have been triumphant had not Hfresfa foreigners rep
resented 10 the rulers that OH'g me entering ridge
BY riici DE nissORaris hoPcd 20 sabrTi their G0rrH.
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chanica and agricultural pursuits with their results,
would be eXtravagsnty prolonged for your columns.
must content myself with giving little more than an
enumeration of some OF them-with the remark that
many facts may be found in Ess Polynesan Research.
es Missionary Enterprises by Rev. John Williams, Life
OF Williams Missionary Herald Jaryis's Sandwich IT..
ands Missionary Voyages Russelis Polynesia Wilkes
Exploring Expedition, Dibb.cs Sandwich Flhnds. and
many others Of both foreign and American origin Lord
Byron OF the Blonde irsae and Wadegraye Oi tie Ser
ngapatam. and Tyerman and Bennett, no unmp0r-
tani evidences ia the case.
The missionaries have introduced among other
branches and articles too numerous 20 specify IN full
Of ttt Isclii Arts--
Priniing-the King Pomare. setting up the first pha
BET, and striking Oh the first impression from any print
ing press in Polynesia; Book binding ~ which the
tiyes were much delighted shipbuLdng. after the Eu-
ropesn models: building after civilized styles
the substitution of houses with several instead Of
crowded huis- being alone moral reg neraiori
Biscksmithng. aud Smi.l WORK IN general
Turning Of Wood
Lir,e-sar-as which the -.slves 1iswli tnaost -
miracle
sofa, Chair aud Bedsteai making
Rope making
Manufacture OF Bonnets
Cotton Spinning aud Weaving
Sugar Boiling. SC. &c
Of V,gdabls Production. and 8griaii'uc--
Cotton. coffee, indigo, pine apples Zines lemons,
oranges pumpkins melons sweet potatoes escuenis Of
various kinds the growth and manufacture Of tobacco
SC. &c.
Beside these they introduced many animals-as, for
instance goats and cattle several islands where the
only flesh meat consisted of RATS. millions OF which in
tested the islands OF Msngaa ard RaroiODga, (Hervey
Group sheep horses pigs, and domestic fowls.
The character OF the savage j. compound OF singular
ncongruites The history Of barbsrous Tribes exhibits
the fact that yEw or THEN EMBRACE THE ARTS
or CIVILIZATION UNTIL THEY HAVE BEES BROUGHT
UNDER TIE EXTERrMENTAL INFLUErcE OF RELIGION
That 20 saylt requires high moral power % break
the chains Of vice Incidence and degradation Unevan
gelzed the products and manufactures OF civilized
countries excite cupidity not emulation.
When Christianity teaches them their true position In
tie scale OF being u acts as quckener and with unity
Of purpose they tl cit a. learners Ia al things. To the
purifying influence q Christianity the heart Is the
progress In civilization % BE- sscribsd The first mis-
onAries reached Tahiti In ghen years siterwsrd
not house had been built except By the missionaries
not one improvement bad been made, not step of
progress taken In l-l2 Pomare the King the irs
vert proiessed Christianity, and then and M then
did the Georgian and Society islanders begin 10 realize
the blessings Of Christian influence and Christian oiy
zatior
ssysJoIN WILLIAMS the lamented martyr who per.
ished a the hands OF Csnnbals At Cfoomanga Nov 20
] 80, in sleiter dated Aug 81 l-lg.
We have not only Instructed the natives as 10 the
improvement OF their houses but also In saving timber
esrpeniering smiths work, and, among other things,
10 boat building. We have
established in our little way Sosiay for he Eaoousgs
rlsnf Of Arfs and Sciences Brother Orsmond and have
proposed 10 give fifty nails each 20 the who hgns
hrs 10 build his boat reward Of grea; value al that
time In Iahiti-snd 81 present In many other islands.
Time falls and space consumes too fast give stats
tics Beside the stimulus given 10 social and civil i'm
provement OF every kind the cultivation OF home pro
ductons encouraged and In year the kaAtisns
sent cargo of c0o0aHu Oh valued 81 zoo as cor
ribut0n u the London Missionary Society thank Of
iering for the blessings they were enjoying.
From these and host Of facts II strikes me plainly that
commerce AZ cost above cost below cost Is imness
urably behind the duty the poliy Of the Christian
Missionary when compared with other branches oil IN
dusiry. Yours truly w u D.
rF- The facts above stated though not novel
are truly gratifying and seem to Us to confirm, not
oppose all we urged in the article alluded TO- It.
is not we, surely, who have proposed TO make the
Chrstianizing and the Civihzing OF the feathen
two different processes let them proceed together
and let those who are chosen to lead in the good
work be qualified Tor efficiency in either department
Of il, as circumstances shall dictate. We cannot
doubt that Mission composed wholly OF persons
who. in addition to their evangelical functions
shall be qualified to promote directly the physical
comfort and elevate the physical condition OF the
up We viii say, Of skiiiial Physi-
clan. Blacksmith Farming lmplementmskeF' SCI
entifc Farmer. Shoemaker. SC. Hc.-woud prove
vastly more efficient and prompt in commenting
Divine Truth 20 the understandings and hearts OF