The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-11-18
CORRESPONDENTS.

MONA. HAWAII, Nov llth, lStSS
Nix EDIroK: As DR.. GuIiek SAYS, th,
people Of Mona " breathe freer'' since tn,
arrest Of the so-esllsd Prophet Kaoua an,
his followers. L seems, however, matte
Of justice to give brief resume Of the his
tory Of the Kl0uaitesin this district, 50 tina
the public may have a fuu knowledge Of tn,
facts a. they appear TO an impartial locker
on some three years ago. the neat littl,
church At Hsiualiu vas built, By subserip
ton, upon Ms. J0hnstou's (uow Mrs. Roy's
land, and l large proportion Of the amount
required was subscribed by the followers O
Kaona, who, Al that time, were members o.
the church, in good standing. Mr.. Paris,
the Pastor preached Oh certain sundays, and
Ksoua, who was believe. one Of the Lunas,
would preach on others For time, al
went On smoothly enough, until Kaoua be-
gan to Introduce some slight innovations in
the form Of worship, which were opposed
BY Mr. Paris and 4 minority of the eougr.-
CATION, and the church became split into
two factions. Although the church was
built by general subscription, and Kaona and
his party were the majority, Mr.. Paris, and
those thinking with him, claimed the exclu-
sive use Of the church, to the expulsion OF
/ their opponents. This was resisted By the
kaouAits<. As they wege subscribers TO the
I building, and no trustees had ever been
elected nor any charter granted by the Gov
eminent, they eoutsnded that they lad 4
right to worship God in their own way, in
common with those who differed from them.
Tie feud continued 10 Increase, and Kaona's
opponents, finding they had no law on their
side 10 justify the expulsion Of the KaOnaites,
resolved to take the law into their own
hands, and fastened up the door of the
church shortly after, the door was mystic
riouSly forced open, and the kaonaites all
entered 10 worship. warrant was then
issued against ksona and some Of his leaders,
on the charge or houSe-hrsakins
The case was heard before the District
Judge Of North Kou@, who had occasion,
Immediately after the hearing, to leave fos
Honolulu, aud in consequence deferred ludg-
ment until his return, And requested the
Sheriff not 20 e0nfne them during his ab-
seHee- The prisoners were, however, pot in
irons, and placed in prison st Napoopoo, and
there Kept for some nine days, until the ~
turn Of TIE Judge from HouoluIu. They
were taken into court iroued, when the
Judge Immediately ordered the irons to be
taken OF, and then gave Judgment for their
discharge, and said al the same time, that
he should take possession Of the church in
tie name Of the Government, 10 prevent
further serious trouble, and from that time
neither party has been allowed to occupy the
church Probably this Is one Of the decisions
Of the native Judge Of North Koua about
which Dr. Quick complains in his letter Of
Oct 18th. The IDEA thai 4 charge Of house
breaking can be sustained where there l. no
feioGious Intent shown, and where those eu-
teriug lad a common right Of property,
would seem not to require argument
After the closing Of the church, the Ka-
ouAirss, who had greatly Increased in nun
berss were compelled TO camp upon the land
adjoining, and belonging TO His Highness
" C. LuualIlo, and for a long time, and Up
TO the recent unfortunate troubles. they COZ
dEcted themselves quietly and lawfully,
though pllcing implicit faith in tie Biblical
teachings Of their prophet-Eishing to live
IN peace, and security from what they called
the prosecutions Of their eue1lies. They ID
piled 30 the Hon c Kanaina for lease Of
the land TO which be asseuted: AID one Of
their number was deputed To 20 to Honolulu
70 seeure the same, taking Witk hin the first
years. rent Of $50, as required by Kanaiua-
Upon his reaching Honolulu. he found thas
they we're f1restaIIed BY oae Of their oppo-
uents, who had induced the proprietor TO
refuse them the lease, and give II 10 himself
shortly after the messengers return, the
late unfortunate troubles commenced BY the /
Deputy Sheriff serving upon item 4 paper
from the District Judge Of North Eoua, Of I
which have never been able to discover the l
legal import The paper required them TO /
meet n Mr. R0y's house to arrange terns for
living upon the land his paper they re- 4
fused to receive, and the Deputy Sheriff and .
his assistants Eere driven Of Warrants .
Esre then Issued against Kaon4 and others,
Wheu those serving them were mzI1reated 4
ard driven or II nay be here, azzin, that
in the opinion Of Dr. Quick, the native
Judge Of North Koua erred, for seeing the
fLnzzriczl and bitter spirit Of the EaOuzifes,
and knowing the deadly ennity they bore
Sheriff Neville, lie ADVISED the latte. to de-
isl from further attempts until sufficient
Govsrnmert force could be organized; but
Dr. Gulick's opinion may be, II Is
clearly manifest thzt had this Hafiss Judge's
IdFiee 5een listened To, valuable ofHcsr's
lie would have been saved and the dignity
II the las sustained. y tie forces Or thiz
Isl1nd, HirhoUr putting tie Government 70
he heavy cost Of n armed e1peeI-ien from
9ou0I1Iu- But the native Judges advice
vas dl=rezzrde,s, and notice was given OFT
I some Of the churches on sunday, that al
nuss assemble next norzing TO cary out The
avs q The Kaonairez-
On Nnsday morning. shsriH Neville. with
b regular PoIsee Of beth districts. Hambe