Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-04-10
Gle pOlpuesian;
Published weekly at Honolulu. Oahu. H. L.
CHARLES GORDON HOPKINS, EDITOR.
.: In leading article of the Advertiser of this

week, read
urged that in dealing uncivIized communities
special pleading in regard to families satisfied
following the order of Nature at once feed the
meats and high favored Dishes
until his and education sufficiently
may safely be trusted with his appetite Nor do trust
hid with edge TOOLS for fear of the consequences
ncved but children of another growth and should
treated such. Like them they must be prepared by
proper of education for society other
must not be surprised if they make awkward blum
r having taught to without abusing event
ay die of a sure The school should precede follow
ship The spelling book first mastered, the yardsck will be
Understood Moral principles established and viii find
uncongenia soil"
viii the writer of the above especial pleading pro-
luce one instance where Christianity preceded COM
and tanned the savage nature down the of
s the yard-stick and the management of ship? Will
tell which the strongest meats,'' the high
st favored Dishes either the rudments of civliza
ion which commerce brings-rough and uncouth, it
be- but for that very reason perhaps the more in
elIgble to savage nature-or the mysteries of Chris
nty such the triunity of the Godhead the cause,
he efficacy and necessity of the atonement and so
orh? Which of these are the edge tools' that wound
child in intellect which is the hem and which is
he crown of civilization We have naked savages
with bran new beaver hats their heads and they
correct illustrations of the practical working of the
writer's theory.
Uncivized races are but children, and should be
treated as SUCH Like them they must be prepared by
proper course of education for an introduction into
Eociety'' But what is that proper of educa-
hon: Is it in and through society, in and through
he church, ssIn regard to families dove not
bring our children into society at their earliest and most
ender age, that may lnduct them to the manners
restraints and observances in which we wish them to
ontinue through life do we not educate them through
he eye and ear before appeal to the mind Society
h the school of the civilized child is the
i Iehool of the unciyized savage How often have we
lot seen children reared with the greatest care scru
kuously excluded from all contact with that society,"
hat world with which, the order of Nature, they
must unayoidably mix-how often have we not seen
hem fall the first, and fall the deepest when exposed to
Is temptations and vices?
What then will strengthen the limbs of the uncvil
d races, and enable them to stand up alsngside OF
he civilized? Is it knowledge of the world in which
hey live. or knowledge of the world to which they
ne going! Is it the ship or the pulpit
+ Understand us : we are very far from pushing our
znttbesis into an irreconcilable antagonsm We are
<lways ready to admit that the slip and the pulpit
ay 20 together that it is even desirable that they
Roud 20 together but if only one can be dispatched
time, and the question of precedence arises then
e contend that it is in " the order of Nature IN con-
rrny with human destiny and the mission OF cvlilza-
ion that commerce should take precedence and prepare
5 he way that we should make men, before we make
ants.
That even the best laid theories as we'll as the closest
walls, if not cemented by truth, invariably present
some unguarded chink through which the hSht may
enter is snguary illustrated in the concluding sentence
Of the article under review The writer says: from
many an ocean gem that dots our wide Paclhc' "'@e
commerce has already sent its vOtares, comes up the cry
heathen tribes and people, unceasng as the roar
the surf that breaks on their wild shore save Us
We perish''' We think this admission fatal 10 'e
writer's theory That cry is the cry of an infant intel
ec awakened by commerce into consciousness OF It's
xstence But where commerce has not yet sent Vota-