The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-11-13

ana q sym athlZing heart, are DgneT 4ualiUCdllOuS
than personal beauty. We do claim that as a
body they are less dogmatic and sectaTian in creed
and practice than any other church or people with
whom We are acquainted. As proof Of this, Presby-
terrain, Congregationalists, Episcopaians, Baptists,
Methodists and Unitarians have met and wOrshipped
together in harmony for years in the same churches
and congregations. That they were - ambitious
and thrust themselves or families in high places
unsolicited Is false, though the assertion is made,
and repeated with q persistent obstinacy, as II q
falsehOOd VeH adhered TO is as good as the truth.
That they always and in all circumstances, sympa-
thiZed with the King, chiefs and people, sustained
and defended them in their trials and perils, no one
denies. They would have been wanting in fidelity
and friendships If they had acted otherwise. In
daunted frmness when called TO act as interpreters
between the brow beaten native rulers and their OPP
pressors was often doubtless considered an " annoy
ing interference" So thought Capt Belcber of the
Sulphur, Lord Edward Russell, Capt. Valiant, tDn
Petit Thouars and others.
In order 20 avoid . inficting our tediousness upon
you,'' as Sir Walter said, we skip a period of twenty
years. The Scriptures were translated and printed
in the Hawaiian anguage-various school-books also.
The mass of the people, old and young, could read
and write. A few simple laws in the native idiom,
and adapted to the native wants, were printed and
published. Religion was popular and fashionable.
The people had cast aside their heather vices, REFORM
ed in every external practice, and il was difficult to
keep them back from the church, till a little time was
given to test the genuineness OF their repentance
and change Of heart. This restraint dsple2sed
some, and they took n shorter way to get into the
church by joining the Catholics. Civil dissensiOns
among rival chiefs had ceased. The newly-appointed
American Representative was friendly, a family
boarding-school had been established for the young
chiefs, and the prospect was fair for q little advance
in civilization. Unfortunately for the nation, none
Of the sage philanthropists Of the present day ap-
peared then with their fippant theories to ward off
death and disappointment and prevent clouds from
gathering in the brightest sky. If they had. the
spectacle might have been witnessed of n national
translation TO paradise without the pain OF dying,
and no trace remaining
-,,,s Cat. li-oluala,ca and ,ha E,,it
OF that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world, and all our woe"
Such was not the case, however. Disease came over
the waters and swept through the islands like a
tempest, prostrating high and low, rich and poor,
decimaIing the people in spite Of all the missionary's
effort to dispense medicine. comforts and advice.
Chiefs and rulers of high promise, the nations props,
were laid low. Troubles arose from without. The
French were clamOrous for Catholic supremacy. The
English Consul boasted of n string Of grievances long
enough to reach around the Kings Palace" False
and unjust claims to land were got up and damages
demanded for hypothetical injuries. These claims
and demands were backed up with those "uoisy
wide-mOuthed arguments" so powerful over the weak
and defenceless. The sentiment prevailed among the
most friendly-that the case was hopeless, the nation
too weak to stem the advancing tide.
Our n%eighbOrs the Tahitiaus, succumbed to the
French, although in Christian and civilizing iniu-
ence they had the start of Hawaiians twenty years.
The young King, deprived Of some of his safest
cOunsellOrs by death, became disheartened, hid away
from the public eye and sought solace in the intoxi-
eating cup. What was to be done? Must the noble
ship be stranded without one more effort, one help
ing hand feeble tho it be, put forth to save it?
In their emergencies this man Richards, . distin-
gui he'd our author says, 80 for his insignifcance,''
and Judd (who the reader is led to infer is still
more SOY enjoying nevertheless the full confidence of
the Rulers and understanding the vernacnlar, we're
appealed to. They sought out the King, in his
haunts Of revel and debauchery, took hold Of the
friendly hand he extended TO them in his weakness.
They reasoned, they b~esought, they implored him,
by every argument they could bring from three
worlds TO g dash away the maddening BOWL to
arouse and assert once more his Kingly dignity and
make one more mighty effort to save himself from
his enemies
He promised. he did more, he pledged his Royal
honor to abstain from the intoxicating cup, redeem
time and retrieve his sinking reputation. A /
council was called, the chiefs assembled NJ Llhaina
April. 184l. These men. Richards and Judd, we're
present, and took part in their councils by special
request and appointment. \ Royal Temperance
was formed with King kamehameha Iii. at
its head, and thus was inaugurated that a Abomina-
as Mr. Hopkins d~esignates it.
How old things passed away, and all things
became new under the Temperance regime, let
eUents tell the story.
Richards was sent TO foreign courts, was absent
three years, and returned with a joint guarantee of
Independence from France and England.
Meanwhile DIR. Judd formed one of n Board of Finance,
opened a Government Office, with regular business
hours, and taught native clerks TO keep accounts,
n Custom House, created and husbanded
revenue, paid off the most pressing debts, separated
Government property from that of the King and
chiefs, correspOnded with the native Governors of
Hawaii, Maui and Kauai, and with them devised
and means 10 develope and increase native
resources Of wealth. Now this Judd was not n great
alker, and sometimes he gave ofense by his short
He merely said yes, or no, when people
hOught their dignity required a long conversation.
One of Richards duties abroad was to secure the
Iervices of q legal adviser. He failed in America.
N England he was introduced by Sir Geo. Simpson
% a relative Of his by. the name Of Hopkins. Now
his Hopkins had a younger brother, (those trouble
ome superfiuities in England,) be urged Richards TO
ccept the services CT this young man, and send him
mt to the islands. Il ODE sure, he was not n lawyer,
tut then he might become one at any rate, the
hawaiian Government owed something TO Sir George
or services rendered, and so il was agreed TO pay the
,assage money and pack off the young Charles Cor
Ion Hopkins TO the islands, consigned TO DIR Judd.
lie arrived in health and safety, with a few law
looks in his trunk. lie was not exactly the man
wanted for the times, so thought the King and Chiefs.
lie was kindly received, however. and provided for
y DR.. Judd. He boarded in his family the first
when he had an Office opened for him, and q
humbly furnished with bed, table, chairs, Sc,
rom DIR. Judd's own household How this young
nan grew, waxed great, and turned his heel on his
enefactOrs, We refer you to the book Of the Chroni-
les OF kamehameha III.
Our author, in referring TO his brothers appoint
as Director of Government Press, says il added
the efficiency Of the executive" Ifa mans
Management in his personal affairs is any test of
rs ability for public places of trust, we must be al
owed TO state that the said young gentleman left the
stands somewhat involved, as Mr.. Wyllie, Minister
( Foreign Relations, i; is said, holds his note on in
crest for the trifing sum Of twenty thousand dollars!
" moral delinquencies we may not speak.
Our author ignores all the obligations under which
lE. Richards laid his brother, not only in sending
I'm TO the islands, but in binding the government TO
ay his return passage to England, whenever he
1OulI choose PypecfiDy oF cou-Sa no ronII oopsiDna