The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-04-16
81. b, and his Critics.
ccorrs-pondenee OF the Pacific comr Adver.iser)

lCOrrespOndence OF the Pacific Com1 hdvertserJ
MR. EDITOR Il was amused last week by the
communication in your paper signed L. b., and had
there not been apparently q very good reason for the
effort, I should have been surprised that a man 80
nearly an entire stranger to the community should so
readily take upon himself the task Of iHstrueting MS
in our focal affairs. Ii appears, however, that L..
ID. is already an office holder. and perhaps owes his
position to the influence of the man he extols. or the
still more potent influence Of another "Britisher" to
whom. if report speaks truly. We are already indebt-
ed for some of the late appointments
am not an +" old resident" but | have spent
more years upon the islands than L. b. has weeks.
and have watched with interest every movement
which I have seen made for the elevation Of the peo-
pie, and I frankly say that, judging by his iabors
since his arrival among as, DIR. Staley is not, in my
opinion, the man for the position Of President Of the
Board Of Education. although | am quite willing to
agree with L. B.. he is as we'll qualified for that as
auy other government: Office I find no fault with all
that L. b. says about his attainments in college, or
his experience at Wandsworth, and will admit that,
50 far rs his educational projects in this country give
evidence, he shows in this respect a versatility Of
genius truly surprising. Why, sir, the announce
mert of different colleges, schools, &C., has been as
rapid as the changes in the proprietOrship Of our
butcher shops, and it would tire your eyes and fill
your paper If I should enumerate all the different
establishments Of this sort which seem to have been
tried aud given up as not just the thing for this eli
mate; and I really hope that his Lordship will not be
put in charge of The educational department OF this
Kingdom until he finds out which Of his crotchets
will work best, for we are too poor to afford many
such experiments at the public expense. Some 81 his
efforts seem to be peculiarly unfortunate: | have
heard that one of the young ladies' schools was much
annoyed by ghosts, which, however, displayed re-
markabIe agility in going down varandah pests when
pursued, but as 1 don't believe in ghosts think the
disturbers must have been something else" | have
heard stories, too, of the free use of the rod, but as
in the opinion Of some. this is in accordance with the
advice OF Solomon, II ought not, perhaps, to be found fault with,
nor. especially we, who have SO much to do with whalemen,
should not be troubled by a little btabbeTfng; still as such car
nal weapons have such q tendency to destroy the 'edoro sane
tay., pit is certainly to be regretted that the "od Adam" can't
be taken out OF the youngsters in some other way.
The Bishop and his colleagues have now been with us some
eighteen months, and as yet L can see nothing in the enterprise
To. a political speculation
Protesting 70 be an onshoo, OF the Church of England, it re-
Pudiafss lis ueTy name, and while using its creed, introduced
into rs Worship novelties which astonish native . Britishers'
themselves. Protesting to be liberal, it refuses recognition to
eUery Protestant Clergyman on the islands or OF them whore
fuses to intoaa,e its shibboie,h, and gives those who differ from
il only the slightest chance OF salvation by snsakiHg through
hypasses up to Ciod-" Denying the rope, u ID sau h"o"
elge his Church, TO be in its turn repudiated and kicked out;
poeucaI in some OF it, efforts. il finds itself outnumoered py
"John BEnyan," and appealing to church history, VI Is con-
Euries by Catholics and Protestants alike and used up In q
style quite amazing to itself, by antagonists which 1t seems to
have thought unworthy of its notice. A nondescript among the
churches, II seems ambitious TO be an Ishmaei, and 1 might add
With a very tolerable degree Of success.
Such seems 70 me to be the church which L. H., and accord-
ing to HE authorize, "a majority Of English residents and many
others would be pleased to see foisted upon the country, and
practically made national by placing its chief at the head OF the
Beard of Education, and thus indirectly supported by the state
Ey, in plain English, I think the attempt means just that and
nothing else. As \ taxpayer, IL on no other GROUNDS, l. shouo
most decidedly object, ard 1 think L. Bs majority OF Enshsf
residents and many o,hers,' are not a large party after all
Let l. b. write hopefully, however; he has already a place
and a name. and the future seems full Of PROMISE to men who
are s never ashamedr Of themselves; he certainly will not be
troubled with nodesty, and by the diigent use OF his quill may
Jet EE1
sHis scribbIing tolls a reconpense may rect
And raise this Daniel to a Judgment seat"
Indeed. the department he serves seems not without ITS eN
a1npes Of men disposed to :. crook the hinges Of the knee tina
thit may follow awning and for n new arrival he has peer
very shrtuuate INDEED, and has good reasons to give thanks.
Let him thauk-,he Bishop, and take courage; hand III hand
It them 20 on their way, and in due time IL may De seen tha'
the sta ker they hope to win was not unworthy OF their efforts
and quite large enough to make up TO both OF them all they
have lost. = in a worldly point OF view" by coming here MIN
vtai. Very truly yours,
SUFFOLK.