The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-03

King and nation were playing the par, Of Judas
Iscariot, yet the evidence i before Us. TOO con-
vincing, in the address Of the Bishop Of Oxford
at Leeds. We quote from the Leeds Mercury
~Fraaee-I vi! no, sPeeai4;e uPNa the rgason NV, ai:hoash
sion q these islands has long been a favoriie scheme With our
neigheoTs-Fnnos i eT=rlng herself largely, partly from
TO bring tile sa0!e u tie population over 70 The Roman Catholic
churches, they have sent o.: a large train Of priests anI a great
company o.: sister: Of charity, and they are using all those
are. which are familiar 70 that church. to gather the whole Of
n Inhabitants 4 'h~ss .s-Aads over /? their own profession. Of
Ana relasmasr, there are geeutiar reasons IN The reIg
on tAsir tesaJ- Ths-s are -frst At ~ political and rG-
r~-niln=-s which now exists IN this p-op!e TO Us should b
continued. They lie upon the yeTy direct track Of our ships
and there IS no calcpla'ins the injury which might be done 70
IN any future disturbed state Of the word were possessed by
enemies Of this country : that il IS your Interest. even as
regards the things Of Ibis world 70 found a branch q your
church there, and, by tia; which = the most abiding and bind
ing tie, TO attach them n affection 10 yourselves. At the time
when the great civil war first broke cut in America. the war l
mean Of the English colonies against the English people. the
f-rtgs- tbst h"ri 5Ti ~ b ,~E ~ - 80 L"- go y. IL snann4i'
CCheers) Then, taking a wholly diferen; veS, the possession
Of these islands with regard 10 the whole Of the Pacific, and to
the operations Of our missions in the whole q that cluster Of
islands which, reaches up from New Zealaud to these Hawaiian
IsIands-al that is a; stakein our seeing planted firmly in these
Hawaiian Islands = branch # our own church,
The above was uttered by the Bishop Of Ok
ford, amid the reiterated cheers Of his delighted
audience, who fancied that ere many years the
standard Of Britain might wave over the lofty
SUBMITS of Mauna Kea and Loa, provided that
any plan could be devised 10 - attach them (the
Hawaiians) in affection TO themselves" Can
any one, can any chief or Hawaiian who reads
these lines. doubt their significance? There is
but one meaning to the Bishop Of Oxford's words,
and that is. let US plant our church there, so
that at the right moment, in any future dis
turbed state of the world. our national standard
may be planted securely there
Now against all this intrigue, we as Hawaiians
feel bound to protest. We protest against any
scheming, whether under the garb Of holy mis-
sion, or under the influence and confidence of
crown ministers, 10 ALLEVIATE the sovereignty Of
this group. Our motto is. HAWAII FOR HA-
wAIANs-NATIvE AND NATURALIzED." We are
perfectly well aware that in the natural course of
events, there will come a time when the throne of
Hawaii may become vacant,-though we trust
that our present sovereign and his royal sister
may long live and rule over us. That time may
be u few years, or it may be fifty years of, but it
is clearly evident, from the Bishop Of Oxford's
language, that a European sovereignty over this
group i anticipated as likely 10 occur in some
- future disturbed state Of the world" And we
are equally well aware that the policy which iusti-
fes making Of Mexico Il French dependency, will
justify making of Hawaii a European dependency
of some sort, should amy future disturbed state
of the world !" afford the pretext. We speak the
sentiments Of all Hawaiians. when we say we
wish no foreign hirelings to rule over US. We
are near enough now to that undesirable state, in
having ministers who second the Bishop Of Ok
ford and Bishop Staley's sentiments, and who
have no sentiments in sympathy with native IIa-
waiians.
There is still another point, in which we wish
to correct the Bishop of Oxford, and this is the
alleged poverty of this people. As a people, we
are not so poor as be thinks, when he says:
The means Of livelihood in these distant islands r album
growth Of a single plant i enough to maintain . nan in all that
is neeyssary for his rhysG al wants. 1t is with them as We
They did export the native grown saudaLwoOd- but The sandal
woods have been almost entirely cut down and there is no eN-
port now. Since the cessation Of that trade. there has bsen
neIt 10 no export, and therefore neItt 10 no imported IeeaHA
an the islands. They are. therefore, as far d ; silver aud gold.
, ne nAe "a poor r, % %gH ana In the &c c'nH NOT rI.'e a 5GLlctsmt
among their people the first missionaries Of our Christian faith.
Therefore it Is "e must send them the help ii the wor2 is to be
The Hawaiians last year imported nearly two
millions Of dollars worth Of foreign goods, and
also nearly two millions worth. The
amounted to about $2o per head for
every man, woman and child, and the exports TO
S27 per head. Now the British exports average
about five hundred millions Of dollars to IA popu-
Iation of about thirty millions-or less than
s~ereHteen dollars per heat! The United States
Export some three hundred millions with Il popu-
ation Of thirty millions, or ten dollars a head.
yet the Bishop OF Oxford d~olefully tells his
Leeds audience that - there is no export now"
rom these islands. Will any one deny that he
ltters a gross falsehood?
Let us look at their pecuniary ability in other
aspects. We see by the Friend that the native
n 1865 5000 10 constitute the late Mr.. Lincoln,
Mrs. Lincoln, Gen. Grant, and Admiral Farragut,
honorary members Of the American Board. This
5 understood to be in addition TO = 1000 raised
" the same churches during that year for other
objects. Another Protestant church on Hawaii,
me Sabbath in January last, took up Il collection
IF $500 for building a new edlfice. On the fol-
owing Sabbath a second collection for the same
,biect raised $3.50, and d third collection on a
bird Sabbath amounted 10 $3.50, making alto
,ether 81 ,739 raised in one month by one native
This does not look like the ex-
RENE poverty pictured by the Bishop of Oxford
o his audience.
1t is time that the Government endeavors to
,ut a stop to these base SANDERS against our ma
ional reputation. We understand that the Bishop
f Oxford has been officially requested to cease
uttering such SANDERS. But that is not
efficient. The present Consul General at Lon
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