New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-02
The sandwich Islands.

To ne Editor o. ne Tribune
not few readers Of your admirable journal were
suroIised ~ the extracts admitted TO Its columns few
days 49,, from the Sal5riei Islands Ns, paper that
stands IN us about The Same relation TO Missions and the
Missionary work that the "Polos Gafshs," Whip" cod
Fas' Of Fiye-Pon celebrity, do to the cause ofvirue
aud puhty Alas that these gross misrepresentation
should originate with those who have proved Ike apes
istes generally. most vlruent enemifs 70 the SspdW eL
Islands Mission and Government, which tho troubled sea
OF society tere working Ike beer-barre on the drees Of
heathcnm and the refuse Of cviiiz ition has ye; vcned
no. Don't listen 10 those worthless fellows seid Of
tlose native South islanders iu h5 emphatic way
TREY are 6rif-wOod om the washed shore by the
wavts of theocean" Sach uhes as those contained Ia the
extracts referred TO- should not be listened 70 moment
by To- vledworf Thcr oU~ht not 70 catch the ear %
Chris lm and ] that yon, ecst OF OH. who
have made The 7IjHEs noted for rs advocacy Of Moral
Reform and Human Progress generally, wouls not. know
iug,, lend your columns % lie cremation 81 hOepus
fas,hoOis Ike those referred 10. This said deliberately
and with Con KNOWLEDGE O. facts, by one who has tut
late resided on Sandwich Islands groundno MI nary
anj who well Informed Of al 'scis in N" PREMISES tl
stands ready 20 substsu.atc them ]. Is not right 70 ~
r4.e ic Sandwich Islands nation with civilized conmun'-
es in our land although the piey and scdenisi oi
very many Christians hore would not be put TO the onsn
Ia rplson with religion anywhere. Rn' the nation I!
IN transition state. and one OF its Missionaries mas vel
Observed just ener- ling from darkness-lnst opening as
ewes I'm the Wight The elements OF Oh Chaos have been
lines Of order are slowly appearing. and the ndisinci
voices OF Harmony family faingon the ear ful-oroeh
dAv IS near Social regeneration win follow the religious
though from the very nature Of things i cannot be IN
lash. speed II. Father LET tny kingdom come
Is BEHALF OF MANY
ReD'y-Our respected correspondent seems TO
have overlooked the fac. that whstevers material in
the above has been ably lorcibly and at length set
forth in our columns in review Of Typee and
'Omoo' All the current allegations against Mis-
sonary management in the Sandwchlsands were
there fairly considered and fully replied to.
Bot we cannot concur in the idea that the state
ments Of the anti Missionary party and journal in
those Islands ought to be suppressed aud not SUI
fered " reach the American public. On the con
trafy. We believe it important that they should be
known here. considered discussed, and that the
friends OF Missions should not seem to be afraid Of
them. Nay we believe that valuable hints and
suggestions with regard TO the future conduct Of
Missions may be drawn from these attacks, mali
cous though they be, and dictated by anything else
than Morality or Philanthropy. The Missionaries
are not infsbe, and have doubtless made some
mistakes in the very novel and most responsible
circumstances in which they have suddenly found
themselves Their enemies in the midst OF a
thousand railing accusations will doubtless sci
forth their real errors, wherever such may be
When Job said 0 that mine enemy would write q
book g he meant to have the book read IS well a.
written Truth need not seek the suppression O
flsehood. but rather that it be brought to the light
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