The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-03
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
~S4TTRD4Y. r :

publish on our fourth page several articles from
foreign papers relating 10 Bishop Staley and
the Hawaiian Reformed Catholic Mission. The
early mistakes made by the leaders in this
Mission were attributed 10 ignorance and the
spirit Of charity led many 10 pass those errors
over lightly on that account, in the hope that,
a. they became acquainted with the field of their
operations, q different course would De pursued.
But when the pamphlet Of Bishop Staley, en-
/ titled a - Pastoral Address, appeared a year
ago, filed with the most bitter in~vectives and
personal abuse, reiterating statements which,
though long current, had no foundation in
truth, and were little else than malicious false
hoods. the door Of hope appeared at once to be
closed and the gauntlet thrown down with q
defiance that could not be mistaken. That we
are not uncharitable, any one who carefully
read the letter published by US some weeks ago
and that ON the fourth page must admit There
is q determination shown in them to make the
Hawaiians appear as riJe and iniguitgus as pos
si5e, for certain purposes best known TO the
writer. In the former letter, or address, he
said that = they are now ten times worse than
when the Missionaries landed here In the
present letter, over his own name and titles in
full. he explains what he meant. and SAYS:
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two periods were compared. And while grateful for what the
Missionaries have effected, recognising f.ly the benefits which
Christian civilization on tie who'll has conferred On the IsIants,
/ an yet bound 70 tell tie truth, that IN this matter things are
worse nov than then. Why Because tie parents we're re-
sp2nshle to the chief for th= honor Of their unmarried dauch-
ters 70 whom he alone could claim access This va horrible
enough no doubt. But Lo~ stands the matter now: Let every
Congrec.;ionarist every Romanist TEACHER there be appealed 10.
l will abide ty their decision. Ttey will tell you that virtue
IN the p 1G5.f Of II gro.t tas g' nGeir . @r4gafsTs 70, mo1ty to
sneh a asgTef that ne Legislature last gear sra-fed an
fHteT Inland PassPoTt system to pEt ds'oP TO me Ha'rems"fs
that there was that extensive promiscuouz intercourse Of the
young women. with the heather tqboo, that exists noS."
If we mistake not, Bishop Sialey has placed
himself in a position ten times worse " than
before. His meaning at first was rather OBJ
scure, and his language was supposed to refer
rather ID
d" All the ills that flesh Is heir TO-"
than to any particular failings. But now he
comes out and makes his meaning definite. and
says: That protesting Hawaiians equally
with non-profcssing' Hawaiians prostitute
their daughters for money - or in other words,
that there is no virtue among Hawaiian Chris
tians, and appeals 70 American and Catholic
Missionaries to subsiantiate his words. Bishop
Staley has here uttered a grave and malicious
libel, for we venture the assertion that there Is
not Il Protestant nor a Catholic Missionary on
these islands who will support him in his as
sertions.
The passport law - referred to was not
enacted 70 check prostitution, as claimed by
Bishop Staley, nor was that advanced as a rea-
son by a single advocate Of the measure in the
Legislature. The main argument was that it
might be a benefit 10 the plantations, by COM
polling the families Of laborcrs TO remain at hone
or together, while the husband and father was
under engagement to labor on the plantation.
Ii was passed chiefly to crafty Mr.. Wyllie, who
had for several years been trying, unsuccess-
fully, TO obtain its enactment, with the idea
that it would keep the wives of his laborers on
his plantation, for when the women went visit
ing to any other parts of the islands the labor
ers were Disconnected and restless and he always
entertained the notion that he was personally
responsible for the virtue Of all the Hawaiians
on his estate. The law is now disregarded and
virtually 4 dead letter, as it was found 10 be Of
use.
But what shall be said of a man that wIlfully
publicly, in one Of the most widely circu-
lated and most respectable journals of the Me-
tropOlis of America, perverts the truth and
seeks TO disgrace the females of Hawaii before
the whole world? His public assertion makes
no exceptions. Even If IT pere true, it would
be very impolitic and very injudicious to say SO.
are vile persons here as there are in
London, Paris or New York. We deny that there
Is any Catholic or Protestant Missionary or
Church here that ~tolerates prostitution among
It's members, and whose rules in regard 10 this
vice are not as strict as those of any Church in
any other country. There is not a Hawaiian,
man or woman, who will not repel this asser-
sertiOn Of Bishop Staey rs a base SANDER.
There is not a foreigner, married to a Hawaiian
female, who Will not become indignant at this
attack on the virtue Of his wife and daughters,
view it rs an outrage which no excuse can
and no ecclesiastical robe can screen.
The higher the position occupied by the offend
er, the more gross the assault. We have no
wish to parade the faults of others, but when
truth is attacked, justice demands that it be
In the Baltimore letter, signed a Church.
man, = on our fourth page, there is q paragraph,
relating to the political aspect of this Mission,
some might wish left out, and we should
have taken the liberty 10 omit it, had we not
reason To believe the writer had some good
grounds for saying what he did. Although
Bishop Staley has denied, and others have de-
for him, that there was any political design
in the establishment of the English Mission. vet
we have always had cause to believe that it COM
prised part of the original plan, and was the
main object in view with the promoters of the