The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-06-17
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.


UNDER every Government managed ~ syco-
plants, it would b. singular if an organ could
not be found or established to gainsay and
abuse all that could be written OF said by par
ties who dare 10 hold different opinions. and
who freely utter them. Such are accused Of
wanting . ordinary powers of reflection and
with having .. the smallest mOdicum Of regard
for the truth - are not only m~aIigned by the
ministerial press. bat they are singled out, and
placed under i ban. The Ministers have be-
come, in fact, pigmy despots; miserable imi-
tators Of a Napoleon. 1t IS well for the masses
that some are not terrified by such exhibitions
Of wrath that they are only neryed TO a fresh
opposition, which has at last penetrated the
armor Of the Ministry, and touched them on
a subject upon which they seem somewhat
tender. We allude u tie management Of the
Board Of Education. This paper has Of late
taken occasion 10 warn the subjects Of His
Majesty that an attempt was being made to
overthrow the Common School system, and
substitute for it q system under the leadership
Of an English Bishop. and we have given rea-
sons for Our fears. To allay the fears Of the
community, they are told, &" Were His Majesty's
Government ever so much disposed u undertake
50 grave and hazardous q measure as ut once
70 subyert the Common Schools vi the Kingdom,
the would first be compelled 10 set aside the
laws Of the land. which provide especially for
the maintenance and support of these Schools"
How refreshingly cool. If it is 4 grave and
hazardous measure to subvert the Common
Schools, and set aside the laws of the land,
what can be said Of the measures Of this very
Ministry, which subyerted the Constitution Of
- I'll - 1850 -. a.. a. g. az
archy and confusion? Truly, they would
strain at the gnat after swallowing the cam
81. The very fact that the Common School
system is in the hands Of such men, tends
70 increase the alarm Of the friends Of Edu-
cation and Of the people, rather than quiet
it. Why have not the subjects Of His Majesty
cause for alarm?
The first appointment of the Board Of Ed
~ucation, as Inspector-General Of Schools, is a
man whose pen was hired, and who m~aligned the
founders Of the system until the PoiyHeSian
expired. Pursuing one Of them, with al the
venom he was capable OF, until the sod covered
ms remains, his pen faltered for a moment, not
from reInoTse, but to select a fresh subject TO
vent lis spleen upon, Ae writes on, until by the
subversion Of the Constitution and other high
handed measures, he receives the appointment
Of Inspector-General Of Schools, as n reward
for the race he ran and the first production
we have from the pen Of this sage is Il carping,
fault finding document, dubbed "a Synopsis Of
my Report TO the Board of Education of my
Tour Of Inspecting the Common Schools on the
Island Of Oahu, . in which he confines himself
to the school-houses, localities and fences,
rather than the Schools.
H. D-,-I H. c1,l I.zpt--ol ,11 ar1 -rfnl
School Teachers, or placed them in such a
position that nothing was left for them TO 90
but resign. Teachers who have served in sea-
son and out of season, faithfully and to the
best Of their ability, are cast aside. For what?
The Bishops advertisement in AN English paper
for a " certifcated master and mistress Will
serve rs a guide in making q guess. That the
Bishop and his clergy sway the Board none will
doubt. Their policy may be found in the lead
ing article in the ministerial Gazette, Of April
%, written, rs we have no doubt, and as we
have the best Of authority for stating, by the
- venerable Arch-Deacon' Of the :. Reformed
Catholic Church, the Rev. George Mason.
The Common School system and the policy
of the American Missionaries regarding Schools
are Identical, and in this we see the whole cause
for the opposition of the Board. 1t is priestly
oppression and because Its victim is American,
in every sense Of the word, the Ministry lend
their influence and press to cry it down. Ii
may be said, in answer, that the last appoint
ment TO the Board is an American. That he
was born in America Is too true but bis course
in the Convention, and since, proves him to be
a traitor to the principles Of the land of his
nativity, and his appointment only tends to
heiyhten the feeling of distrust and alarm. II !
is very well to accuse us of having excited Il
feeling of alarm, at the same time it is an insult
TO the intelligence Of the community, who no
doubt are as keen and as quick to discover
causes for alarm as the writers for this journal.
Let the Ministry understand that it Is from
their acts that the alarm and distrust have
arisen, and if they would alLay it, let them
that " actions speak louder than
words