The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-11-05

effusions are considered harmless here. and gener-
ally call forth a mixture Of ridicule and pity
when they are read by those who know him. But
all this would be passed over were it not that he
rarely writes a letter that does not contain the
most glaring untruths. This is perhaps the main
reason why his writings are so despised where the
facts are known. From his isolated position he
has not the facilities always to learn the truth of
every statement he may make, or else most will
fully falsifies them.
1t may be thought that this language is un-
called for and too strong to use in this connec-
ton. But when a minister of the gospel so far
descends from the dignity of his mission as to
make false statements in public prints, and still
more, when a missionary of the cross finds his
chief delight in discussing politics and in publish
ing his views on the acts of persons beyond the
immediate sphere of his labors, which his self
conceit maintains are necessary to the salvation
of the body polite, a Journal when called upon
by such a character to speak, should not be 81
lent.
Mr.. Green has much to say about the conduct
of the Pokynesicn and Commercial Our cotem-
porary can deal with the reverend gentleman as
he sees fit we only intend to speak of his allu-
sions to the Commercial. He says TIL this
otherwise fair sheet shall cease to advertise rum,
wine, brandy, whisky and theaters, in vain will
it warn chiefs of the danger of indulging their
appetite for strong drink" Does Mr.. g.. or any
body else suppose this sheet to have been estab-
lished as a religious or even as a charitable issue,
such as is the Friend to which he compares it?
Had such been the case, it might be very well
to take the stand that it is improper to insert the
advertisements or notices alluded to. But such
is not the case. 1t was not established as a reli-
gious paper, nor as the organ or mouth-piece of
any sect or clique. 1t was established for the
benefit of our trading and farming interests, and
as such it will be continued.
The subject of the Oahu College forms a part
Of the reverend g~entleman's eccentric effusion.-
He goes on to say that "a severe, and, as L think,
groundless attack has been made upon Rev. Mr..
Armstrong, President of the Board OF Education,
and upon President Beckwith of the infant in
s~titution. Why the gentlemen who oppose the
college and aim their blows at the reputation of
Messrs. Armstrong and Beckwith, ,caited III they
had both left the islands, " &c. The above state
ment contains two open falsehoods. list. No at
tack has been made, in editorials or else
where in our columns, that we can remember, on
the 8 reputation'' of President Beckwith. On
the contrary, when alluded to, he has always been
spoken of as an accomplished preceptor. Nor
were the structures made in the editorials aimed
against the college, but against the management
of it land also ofeducational affairs generally, J for
which the entire Board of Trustees wereresponsi-
BILE. I'd. Mr.. Armstrong was here when the dis
cussion was commenced and had opportunity and
did make his statement on the subject, a report
of which appearedin this paper. Now Mr.. Green
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above.
Again "You can easily guess between whom
il the controversy when l assure you that one or
two or the most virulent opposers of the college
are Romanists." Now we distinctly assert this
unqualified assertion to he false. We believe we
are acquainted with all the writers anonymous
and others) who took part in the college discus
SION. The articles were all written by Protes-
tant gentlemen, commanding the highest respect.
who are classed among the warmest friends
of education in this kingdom. We don't believe
than any Romanst here cares a straw about the
college. What can have been the motives of the
reverend gentleman in making such statements,
others perhaps can divine.
While on this subject of Oahu College we will
correct another m-isstatement, which we find in
the New York Independent of Sept. 3. In that
paper is an anonymous article of considerable
length on the Oahu College, in which it is said
that 90 The number Of students is .fJty." This is
calculated to deceive the American public,
by giving out that 9 fifty Students are now
waiting to pass through a collegiate course
which is untrue. IF we are correctly informed
there are not more than four or five young men
waiting to enter on a collegiate course of studies,
II 80 6 =. xa Ja1.oxra &c nOu-C aatinr M 500 no |
for America, to enter Yale College. 1t requires
no stretch of imagination to guess the source from
which the article on the college referred to orig
mated.
A word to our cotemporary, the Pacific. 1t
NAV be very agreeable TO have a letter OCCASION
ally from our group to diversity its columns.
But the cause of truth can gain very little when
falsehoods are put forth in them. A religious
journal should above all others aim TO be the me
dunn of truth, and were the facts Always known
to the editor, letters from Makawao would be
very cautiously received there as they always are
here.
Hardly have We laid by the Pacific, before our
eve catches a letter of the same mischieyous stamp
from another quarter. 1t is written from Assem-
sion Island in this ocean, by DR.. Gulick, who is
we'll know here. The motives of the writer were
doubtless good, but he has made a great mistake
in publishing his thoughts. He was sent out to
this ocean to employ his talents as a missionary,
not to blazen with exaggerated statements in
American papers the sins of his countrymen. The
writer would convey the idea that scenes take
place under his observation that occur nowhere
else. Most persons know what ships crews are,
in every large port of Europe and America, and
x.o 10 mt hal,ova S,of saomeu hero in fhe Pacific
conduct any worse than those in any European
port, and yet the ministers there do not feel
themselves bound to blazoI in print every gross
immortality that their eyes behold, nor would
the cause of truth be advanced by their doing
ii. The fact that the writer is remote from
those whom he seeks to enlighten, emboldens