The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-02
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Ma EDITOR III notice iu che last Pa'sassll1 a
long communication. ia re,ie~ OF "a Iec.-s-a et ,le
D.-'ric, Court 10 lilo, imposing 81 fine upeu I. Met
calf, proprietor o.: one oc the plantation, in that
district, fora violation IF the sabbath laws gf the
Kingdom. - uot propose 70 enter int, the dis
cu--i,u which the Editor ceugratullt-s himself is
thus opened, bus wguli request asa favor that y.u
Will lui room in yyug columns Tor tie enclosed ez-
tr.c- from "a writer whose literary efforts rank de-
ssryei,y high, and whose style and taste it j. horeI
Will u.- offend. although it, 'o-i; may uyt satisfy
tie Mentors and Sll.as u the P9I,acstEH-
Yours,
II-igeI within "a -tgna-cast Il the rermiuus Of
the Great NlncLester ami Birmingham Railway.
could hear the roaring Of the trains .ou. the
line, from morning I'll. near midday. aud during
the whole Afternoon, aul Just as the evening was
setting IN. ] s2uuteTet down {" the gate by winch =
return train wl~ ii=char-.uE its hundreds OF pas
syusers, fresh from the sabbath anluseueuts OF tine
country, that I might see hoE rhey looked.
There Ii not seem much u enjoyment about the
welriei and somewhat dragged groups: they
wore. on the contrary, rather aU unhappy puySioE-
uJmy. as Il they had missed spending tine day quite
= their minds, ana were now returning sad and
disappointed 10 the round 81 TOLL, from which il
ought 90 have proved "a sweet interval Of relief \
congregation Just dismissed from hearing a vigorous
evenings discourse would have borne, 10 q certain
-. a more cheerful air.
mere vas not ulcl Act4l- 4iAINtuLt-- aLitL-
the crlwi-,hauks 10 the preference which the
Euglishmau gives % his ale over ardent spirits, not
u tthe u what 1 would have witnessed, on q similar
occasion, IN my own country. 4 few there were,
however, evidently muddlei and l saw one pos
tive -cee.
4 young man considerably in liquor. had quar-
relied with his mistress, and, threatening 10 throw
himself into the water, OF be had botei in the d.
rectf1n Of the river. There was "a shrek II agony
from the young woman, and a cry Of "st0p him,
stop him" 10 which "a tall. bulky E~uElishmau. Of
the true John Bull type, had coo.ly responded, by
thrus-fnr forth H. foot as he passed, and trimming
him AT full length on the pavement and for "a few
minutes all was hubbub and confusion. With, now
ever. this exception, the aspect OF the numerous
passengers had 81 sort e animal decency about 1t,
which one might in vain look Tor among the sunday
travellers on "a Scotch railway.
Sunday seems greatly less connected with the
fourth commandment in the humble English mind
than IN that Of scotland, and 20 "a les dl-reputao.e
portion # the people 90 abroad mere j. a cans'i-
cradle Inference. too. between MASSES Of men simply
ignorant Of religion. ami MASSES ~ men broken
loose from IL and the Notwithstanding Scotch
belong 10 the latter category. With the humble
Eugli.hmau trained up to 10 regular habit Of
cLurch-going. Sabbath is pudiiuZ-day. and clean
shirt-iav, and a dav for loliug on the grass oppo-
site the sun. and. II there jc "a river or canal hard
by. for TRYING how the ~culceou> bite, o. % in the
u-f-hbrrho.i uf a railway, Tor taking "a short trip
% some country inn, famous for It's cakes and ale
but 20 the humble Scot become English in his Sab
bath views, the day J., I'm most cases, a time % sheer
reck1essne~- and dissipation. There l. much truth
in the shrewI remark Of SIR Walter Sen, tina; tine
Scotch once metlmornhosel into Englishmen, make
very mischieyous EugliShmen indeed.
Among the existing varieties u the genus phi'nn-
thropist. benevolent men bent on lettering the con-
ditious of the masses, there Is a variety who would
fam send cut our working people 10 the country on
Sibbaths. to become happy.-and innocent ia smelling
primroses, and %strinGinE daisies on grass stalks. An
excellent scheme theirs, il they but knew it, for sink
ing a people into ignorance and brutality, for filling
a country with gloomy warehouses;, and the work
houses with unhappy paupers.
lis pity rather that the institution Of the Sabbath in
its economic bearings, should not be better under
stood by the utlitarian. The problem W 1T fur
nishes. i not particularly difficult, if one sid but
be made TO understand, rs "a first step in the process,
that II ! really worth solving The mere animal.
thar has 10 pass six days of the week in hard labor.
benefits greatly by 4 seventh day Of mere animal rest
and enjoyment; the repOse according 10 its nature,
proves Of signal use to it, just because Il rs repose
according TO its nature.
But man j. not u mere animal: whr - best for
the OK and the ass. il not hest for him; d; in order
10 degrade him into q poor uuintellectual slave, over
whom tyranny in its caprice, may trample rough
sh0i. il J. but necessary 10 tie him down, anlm1l-lEe,
during his six working days, to hard, enGroSsIng
labor, and to convert the seventh into 4 day OF frivo-
lOus. unthinking relaxation. History speaks with
much emphasis upon the point. The old despo;ic
Stuarts were toerahie adopts in the art Of kinG-cratt,
and knew well what they were doing when they
backed with their authority the Book Of Sports. The
merry, unthiukIng seris. who early IN the reign OF
Charles the First. danced on Sabbaths round the
Nlyrole. were afterwards the ready tools o. despot-
ism, and fought that England might be enslaved.
The lrousides, who. in the cause Of civil and religious
freedom, bore them down, We're staEnch SIbbatarlaus.
In no history, however, i the value Of the Sabbath
more srrikiugly Illustrated than in that Of the Scotch
people during the seventeenth and the larger portion
of the eighteenth centuries. Religion and the Sab
bath were their sole instruction. and this in times 50
little favorable 20 the cultivation Of the mind, so
darkeued by persecution and stained with blood,
that, in at least the earlier It these centuries, We
f4rTva nr~ ErNvg'4IFn UF the character and amount of
the popular intelligence mainly from the dearh-testi-
monies Of our humble martyrs. here and there cor
r5byraJei by the Incidental evidence OF writers, such
n Burnet.
In these noble addresses from prison and scagoli,
the composition Of men drafted by oppression almost
AZ random from cut the general mass. We see how
vigorously cur Presbyterian people had learned 10
think, and how well 20 CIV. their thiukiuE expression.
In the guieter times which followed the Revolution,
the Scottish pelslnrry existed as, at.guce the most
proy.ieut and intellectual iu Eurupele.ui a moral
and instructed people pressed outwards beyond the
narrow bounds OF their country, and rose into offices
Of rrU-taui Importance Ia MI the nations Of the world.
T.-- were ua -c-..- ar te diffusion ~ useful knowledge
Iu chose days Bur t- siH.a-l was saTth.iy ., VIA, % day
49, h. .-t. s--. rrf r.r.-#r -v RE Irr-- .lsr.--
t- tendency was r e.lc--rr-e tr! strengthen. uu- scatter
AMI rsas-4- .- a.a.-e-s .a. -l- secular o.-raaaa- a.,he week
came o. bear. l c.t-e4u.rrs.a >l.I4,a-Iay stamp of depth
AMI .E- l.s .E. t-! H 't seven -trlsN -. tone tr tA-
'.-r- Oar H.--. apostles : popular instruction rr mp
Their art-- Huia- IH1Te t1- th= '.iHf-.ns glt'grs .: their
rep .-'- iH' Pear 90 t'
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HoSoLyLu, April -, 1851.
Ma. EuiT.u-Su Your correspondent co.