The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-02-04

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- observer the whale ships congregAse'1
). -. uttered in no testing mood, but :
though he felt deeply the iio01 n16a q :.
;ect. Subsequently. onDRr1ving ne
:. had been shown the Commereidt OF Nos.ze
the quotation from my sons letter. anu a'ins
that he lad heard nothing Of the d'serssso"' a. ~
.o,;c;tation he gave me his views in writing re'ausc
- tho truth Of the Doctors statement, and MS own
on;niou on the subject. I give the communication In
his own words: .
-, = The morality OF that most enterprisinsc class Of peo-
-. ,.e American whalemen. One would tain be spared w.
,,.s Of dealing with this subject: but a. he who would ex1s-
inmate the wild beasts that ravage his helds, must NOS - "
sn.s- their dark and noisome dens, and drag them out Of their
,.;rs q he who would rid humanity Of . pest must not shrink
from dragging 1t from its hiding places, to perish in the light o.
dav. The writer sailed in the whaling bark 6",d"
Cart. -. July, 1916. During her voyage in this ocean she
was often at these islands, and had Hawaiian females concealed
on board Of her for the purpose Of gratifying their base des"es'
II The missionaries were aware Of this, was IT. not their duty to
expose them before the worlds All hints, all indirect advics
will do nothing but TO increase the cunning with which 1t Is con-
cealed. The bark c. bought distilled spirits and gave to
Hawaiians when at sea. II the missionaries knew this, WASH
not their duty to try to put a stop to ii! Since the writer "a
In the bark C., he has had opportunities Of witnessing scenes
OF q worse character, and during the last four years he has been
acquainted with nearly all the northern whaling feet; he has
inquired en- board of hundreds OF whale ships il their captains
had virtuous characters,-they did in refined society; but the
eighth ,rouid more than represent the number Of captains who
proved themselves virtuous among naked natives OF the Pacific
islands. A knowledge Of the extent Of vice that prevails in the
whaling feet would shock many it is indeed a pestiience which
walketh in darkness.
doctors will probably live to see the day that truth (morxi
healthy is promoted by applying . probe soothing saive has
been applied too long the outward parts seem well, when all
within is a mass Of corruption. In haste.
"A New BEDFORD wmALRR."
In addition to your correspondent " Cymon,"I
have given you the testimony Of the above individual
and Of another careful observer. 1T is written, the
testimony Of two men is true
1 have myself known a considerable number of
masters of whaIeships, and have found a few choice
spirits among them, but l dare not say positively
that l believe one-eighth Of them, would, il in q dark
place, restrain their men from lewdness: and yet I
believe they were all clever fellows, occasionally did
favors to Missionaries, and some of them made credit
able public speeches, in places where there were I
number Of fnfeAigent and rirtuous, and Christiad
observers, and a printing press near by. I am ind
formed on good authority, that a certain chief onI
Ascension with whom l have some acquaintance, for
babe the females of his tribe, from going off to ships,
but when the seamen had collected on shore, q certain
renegade American, resident there, went out with
his gun and threatened 4roSle on the females if they
would not go with hinFf them. When the children
were collected in school, a boy came for the purpose
of enticing away his sister, the most promising girl
in school, because a ship had just come in port,-she,
accompanied him to that place of infamy.
Many years since a young man of good education.
and apparently Of good morals, who had come cut to
these islands in n whaleship, was so Disguised with
the immortality Of his fellow seamen, that after his
pge he got a discharge. While conversing
With me, on the subject of parents sending their
refractory sons on q whaling cruise to reform then,
he remarked that SO far as reformation was concern
ed. they had better send them to the States prison.
l have abundance Of material, similar to the pre-
ceding, but viii not at present trespass longer on
the patience of your readers, presuming that what
has already been given, will be sufficient to convince
any unprecedented individual Of the truth Of DIR.
Gulick's statements.
| trust that your paper will ever be open TO free
discussion, and that it will flourish in proportion TO
its consistency and vigor in advocating the cause of
truth and righteousness. Yours truly,
p. j. GULICK.