Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1855-04-14
IcToSs OF THE JUSTICE OF KoKALA, NORTH
OF WHICH ToR
The others were for various petty offenses-
SUSPENSIONS IN THE CHURCH.

SUSPENSIONS N THE CHURCH.
Tetsl Of Church Members-1840, 377; 184l. $685.
1872 l424 lS4S, l575; 1874, no report; lS45 ll64f
1916, no report; lSi7, 1863; lS4s, 1854; l849JnO
report; 1850. ll0S; 1851, l07e5 1852, 1885, 1853,
1855.
Suspended Sor Licensiousness-lS4O, %; 1S4l, 9;
1842, II; l843, 2l; 1874, 81; 1916, 49, 1876. 25;
1s47 "a; 1S4s 1S; 1S4s, 9; 1850, 1884, 49, 1882.
g.; 1858, 3.
If the above figures show any thing Ike the real stssa
of morals Kohala during the last year and the won
derful Improvement during the last siI years.
most cheering fact and must be most gratifying 70 those
who have had any agency in bringing about such
suit But any one who will visit Kohsla. viii fnd an
easy explanation Of all this The people rsadngs
church going, order loving people, and ths~ s0H0o1
schools among the best, rot the Esry beat o" the Ia
lands. Thsis very significant fact The Church and
the School are the great purifiers Of the moral s
mosphere of the world.
The principal sources Of public immortality sesa to
be the following
l. Intoxicating Drinks-Hence the 1882 convictions
for drunkenness in 1854 increase ef AS those
of the previous year The beer shops havs become
ntoerabe source of vice, and should be put down by
law. These mostly confined to Honolulu and Lhai
beg your attention to the letters Of Mr.. Sheriff
Treadway, and OF J. 7. Cover. Of Maui. this sub
ect and also to that Of the Rev. T. COan in regard to
disorders at Hlo but than al to the very lucid
and able document Of Mr.. Marshal Parke and Sheriff
Swinton With such description Of thsse diabolical
dens of pollution the beer shops Of Honolulu, cannot
think it possible that the Legislature Will sdourn With
out giving them q death blow.
In some districts as parts Of lo and in Hamakua
Maui there was great deal Of drunkenness last year
on ermented potatoes. But the evil did not continue
long.
domestic condition is generaymuch improved from what
once II WAS and many dwell in comfortable houses tol-
erably clean and well furnished. This IS true Of
mauy of the common people. But general thing,
their domestic condition is wreched and most unfyor
able to morals Living most Of them do, two
three families the may be, packed together in
mud or grass huts without partitions seperste apart
ments what opportunity there be for family gov
ernment for proper training OF children, especially
for bringing up young girls to habits OF mOdesy clean
illness and industry essential to woman character
The thing IS impossible Ii is for want of domestic train
ing family government, habits Of industry and purity,
that so many young people go astray from the paths Of
virtue and ruined in sinks OF VICE
II il well sad in Of the replies to my circular Of
inauiry in regard to public morals, Hawaiian children
rarely have pleasant inviting and permanent home.
The word home is not found In their language; and they
have not the idea. Create, says the same writer
.inyng homes for the Hawaiian youth, and you have
taken the first and most important step towards Feor
nation in morals.
Most of the native houses are utterly nnht FOR hu-
man habitatons but the evil would be less were there
enough of them, or they pardhoned on 80 az TO
aerd separate apartments for different families, DIFF
erent neEbers Of the family and thus syold one
Of the greatest temptation 10 VICE VI hnSt o'An ID ~
that children are taught good behavior and sound NOR
aty in tie Church and the sch el while they must re-
turn to bones where the sexes Old aud young parents
and children master mistress, servants and stranger,
lodge together in the small hut and Nhefe tney
are exposed 10 al manner Of EVIL commentators
This domestic common stock system presents also .
great obstacle 10 industry What one earns Is cORsum-
Ell by the others who do nothing. Many an industrious
native has assured me he g well sit idle rs work.
for the avas Of his labor All consumed by bis friends
and about his house, and be bad Ret the power 70
send them away, or set them to work -
Nor il there any excuse for his miserable state OF
tldpns With the facilities that natives now have for
acquiring property, one need long DC oes1nu.e VI
dwelling, and il would greatly conduee 70
their mora, could they be induced TO make tne eAe
tiou.
What is the remedy for this domestic condition
II X doubtless to be looked for, mainly IN she pro-
gress of true religion, of sound education and cV
lization in all It's various forms; but 1t appears 10
me- that something more direct and speeinc N tHe
way of female education than we now have, would
tend greatly 70 improve the domestic condition OF
the natives To be convinced OF this, one needs on
Iy n visit the houses Of those native females VINO
have been educated in the female Seminary At az
luku and observe their domestic condition. nov sa
peror Il generally is 20 that OF others who have mad
no sucgtraining. An educated female, one trained
in any considerable degree TO proper donestfs nao
its win not be contented long 10 mix IN with crowd
of men, women aud children, living IKE herd Oh
swine in a small grass hut. She requires oe.teT
condition and she win use the means tog getn. This
il fact here as well in other parts OF the world
When Napoleon was asked By seisbIsted lady WHIST
was needed % make France great and happy be re-
piled .'motheTs." The segIlmelt wss wostnY nt
the great man, and contains volume OF meaning,
What the Hawaiian people want is Mothers Haothsrs
mothers 70 train the and daughters 20 reign IN
the domestic circle, and make homes, quiet. we'd
dered, clean and happy homes. But n5sAsrs @e
"A year Of drinking fsrmenIsd potatoes