The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-13

The rGcGfiOHs under the present mana" mcnt. are
source of the deepest sOliciWdc aAd alarm to all
who love the Hawaiian From four TO six
months the children are cast or tu wander in Idle
Ness and be tempted into misCh.c: and vice. For
this. the present Board OF Education are solely re-
sp"nsible. Have they NO remedy. t. apply - this
giant evil; If not. beg they will seek Rld in
drvisIng wise measures to meet the cXigency from
their friends who know how TO achieve success in
the practical pursuits OF lite.
In conclusion the Board bring against :. the Com
mittec and its friends " the very polite charg. of
sO'r;,y diScOri dd strife dgittOt and ,iiStrUst
-SL5s. their IeyhJOrLOOis anil 00"agSt people tcisO
out for tier PTDHpti"gS. irO'dt tsrer haze tie
OttyJeIrS trtit LrtCh Uey tTiytteH.I.' All very
courteous doubt. but the work Of slandrriug
missionaries is an old trade in which of the gen
ucin"E have become experts, aud therefore the Iu-
mus being understood little need be said 20 off
the official Impeachment. torcib!. in unique good
taste and candOr. Still. 10 the Hawaiian people
one would have supposed that the history OF the
recent session OF the Legislature might have cured
the silly fancy OF certain foreigners. HawaIns are
not so stupid people not 10 know when they
are hungry or when they are deprived dcspOticaly
Of rights which they have held and cherished for a
score of years. But there are some things very
hard To be cured. This perhaps is one.
The Board also speaks of very courteous -
invitation from themselves to the Evangelical Asso-
ciation 70 meet the Board. during It's session
in Honolulu.
so far as nv recollection serves me- no such in
vitLtion addressed To the Association by the
Board of Education. But even had there been. to
less ceremony. An essential prerequisite to useful
consultation is mutual confidence. The association
needed confidence that the Board was willing to
adopt a fair and honorable course of official action
towards themselves and thcir co-rcli isioustS Bat
the evidence afforded 10y the past was of cntsrcly
different character: and now that which is afforded
us in the official review. indicates Enthusiastically
that no such policy would for Il moment have been
dreamed Of Indeed the final sentence of the review
furnishes with too marked evidence of the style of
courtesy which might have been accorded The asso-
citation had they met the Board for any purpose
whatever. We are only too thankful that meet
ing between the two bodies took place. II will he
quite time for mutual consultation when the Board
OF Education shall indicate. not by smooth verbal
gcneralitcs. but by actual deeds. that they do not
elect men to Office and keep them in. whose single
qualification l. intense hostility t. missionaries and
Evangelical Professionalism. and whose official duties
seem To consist mainly in efforts to trample both
out. whilst cOntemPtuOus!y denying them the rights
Of common manhood Ii would be the easiest
possible thing to unite all ProtcStanis cordially in
support of nOn-sectarian schools the Board of
Education 10 make slight approach 20 fairness of
treatment i'll the appointment of its agents. OF
course We do not desire missionaries in these agcn
cps as things are. but We do desire men whese Off
cal status is a standing Insult to Professionalism
we holdit And candidly should like to know
If in the Judgment of the Board there is really no
ria 1aedid-no middle way in conducting the new
school system? Ii Evangclicsm i tn them the
Charybdis to be avoided must they needs steer
straight over into the Scylla of in;dclity and i'm
morality. and i'll any case. of dire hostility? We
ask these questions. because they involve tine pith
Ot the whole controversy between PrOteStants and
the Board of Education. And we heartily wish they
would answer them, with an eve wide open to pa
tent facts for the existence of which they them
selves are Responsibilities well To the future well
being of the rising Hawaiian generation.
One OF THE COMMITTEE.