Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1857-08-08
(be polnueslan;
psblished weekly at Honolulu, Oahu, Fl. l.
tRzES GORDON HOPKINS. EDITOR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PoLYNEsIAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PoLYNEsIAN.
q As Mr.. Magister has now, as it were, stepped
s. f.srn the penumbra of his own name as he has
ed his griefs, his wounded friendship, and
.ek or of love- to the columns of the PoLynesian,
81 !. he has satisfied those who never ''saw the
Esassf Latin dictionary that 'Magister' means
i.ss.< of the Royal School, it would perhaps be an
: e terarv charity not to give his modesty further
L-.rasation to say much more.'' having already
- hmself the prominent topic Of two NOR tai col
=, s. small type to the exclusion of 1.-The general
.as.sS which he wishes to be kept up, but finds
f.a.s to grasp, while hunting the editors of the
rs,.;,er. Charity further suggests that MGgiSter
srat antics, his obstinacy in catching at imper-
..s:fs. and his presumption in coupling the cher
As5 IA respected name of one who came here as
ssrrzht of God and died at his post, with that of
s 7rsident of the Board of Education, can only
aset unted for on the supposition that he ''has
4 Bee in his bonnet" Ii so, sit is his misfor-
sne fot his fault" and criticism is disarmed
Eohg that Mr.. M1gtster Will find parallels to the
feslsnt in other regions than those of 'the right
su Id" that he will not send epitaphs over liv-
e MI "down the ages" to be repudiated perhaps
sssaet rrent coin; and that he will cease to weary
s 81 bic with his interminable egoism, l would
s1s him to his desk, there to study Coleridge and
srs< Taylor in order to make better acquaintance
.1es. lS that MdqiSter does not obviously nor vet
ssesssrily, mean Master of the Royal School, any
lore s an "PastOr' means the Chaplain of the Sea-
len's Bethel in q place where there are more Ma
lst1 kld more Pastors than one.
nlld be injustice TO dismiss MGqtster thus, with
II ef ng him due credit for his devotion in offer
e lI< self as a scape-goat for the sins of the two
reside hts. can fancy MagiSter saying with Per
u. = his opening satire,
ess sCo quod quOd me tbi temperat astrum,"
ut vi shout analysing the relation or undertaking
e mai of the act, yet l reluctantly compelled
iniorm him, that his attempt to cover up ''the
neral subject with the cloak of his personal grey-
ICES Il failure, and has only tended still further
camp promise the tottering fame of the two gentle
len al uded to.
But, revenons nos moutons, or their equivalent,
the 81 neral subject"
Thar the ostensible friends of education generally,
d TIE projected College especially, impute to m e,
ID nose VINO argue with me- sentiments of hostility
the Establishment of College here, is allowing
ler to get the upper hand of their prudence, is
HOG zeal deduction from inadequate premises, and
rz.ntOus insult to the understanding of their oppo-
sats. 1t is not College, but the means to obtain
I; i s not the system, but the men to manage it,
a1h citation of the subject has brought to the
a6.;z urface, and which we oppose. Deeply we
ppseeEte the many benefits of a College, yet we
oui3 bot have it obtained By any ruled by
y ~ simply because the opportunity may be
eze <Torable now than at another time. We op-
'se ~ specious and hollow pretences put forth TO
set4ls the sympathy and cooperation of the pub
6, fhe time serving vacillation from ultra liberal
n.tH bigot. the assumption of false colors to i'm
ase e. the timid and entrap the unwary, the dis
gar ef other educational wants in the hot haste
5sS he present hobby and the silly attempt TO di-
est ztention by raising the cry OF "Stop thief !"
salis< men who have no possible personal interest
o7eEnde public morality for the precipitate at
laEazlt of an end. These are the means which we
7Pcss they are of public notoriety, and so are the
81 ID Rev. President of the Board of Education,
q - Rev. President of the Oahu College.
LIE friends of College By any means still think
s,r1Ege that we oppose such means and such men.
fks m listen to the pleadings of the "still small
'es n their own hearts; "Shall we do evil that
'cd nay comes" ''An honest man." says one OF
e latest ethical teachers, whose exposition of the
a1s lhw is worth dozen colleges, "knows that by
Ting the law of his reason to the maxim of pre-
Pc prudence, he purchases the sword with the
g the arm that is to WELD it." The duties which
eefs to our own moral being, are the ground and
'at On of all other duties; and to set our nature
*H'e with itself for good purpose, implies the
sf ort Of prudence as a priest of Diana would
'zs y nanifested, who should have proposed to dig
Hf celebrated charcoal foundations of the mighty
z{& of Ephesus, in order to furnish fuel for the
- offerings on its affairs. ''Will ye speak deceit
sF q God''s Is searching question, which most