The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-11-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
NOVEMBER 81.
Who IL TO RIamer

ing been occupied in The public prints II demon
s~tration Of this important theorem. We will not
Dispute about name, remembering that a rose L
a r1se, tho1zh you call II By name less sweet
Il might. 100, have been less serious than it
wa, and, what = more, les expensive Il be
booyes -. thea. 70 inquire somewhat into
causes, and a. 70 tie way in which such affair,
not % ay re5eiio1=, NAY Be prevented Even
laying asi5e the phlantlropie view Of the case,
which We hare 10 right u Do, the money argu-
ment i sufficient % warrant such inquiry. Every
political disturbance involves e1Ten-e in IL re-
mo5al, and mu-t be paid for By The taxpayers.
What the expenses vii be in This case does not
ye' sPTear, butIhey Kill probably neceeeitate an
indemnity bIIin the fret place, and be the text
for speecheZin favor Of increased military sppro-
PriationIin the second place, AZ the ne4t session
Of the legislature.
TIE Object Of good government il 70 secure %
ell order, and prevent such expenses from aocru-
ing. Il Is a. far a. possible 70 prevent paaperism,
Tsgr1ney, and all that irregular social life which j.
sure, sooner o. later, 10 bring is ssTere penalty
in the di-0r-zizti1n Of ~society.
IS a good deal j. said on the sabect IN the
Ga=sfie o. this week, both editoriaIly and other
wis, IL nay Be well here u revert 20 s0me Of the
PRECEDING history Of Kzora and RS party. They
are aid u have formed 4 majority OF the sub
seTibers u a ~buildng fr public worhiP. Tie
facs W., EsOna went Up - Ko1a from this riaee
abgut a gear and a half -inee with a Igt of Bible,
. the amount % $l2j, which be had purchased
AMI paid ~, n one, OF c1urse, hasin. any valid
ground fr refusing . sell Dim the Bi5le=. He
took with him tire Bibles ana mistress, who
~as not only another mans wife, but ai-5 a ,0r-
oere". Distributing freely tie Bibles, and gain
Ing hiln-eIf great merit thereby, lie began 70 *
b5EE, though -; Z member 81 tee church. IN that
place al Iea-t, AMI al-g - Trophey, ealing him
-lf lila.
OF cJgE-e, unis. tie circums;ancez. Mr.. Pare
wa JUSTIFIED n refusing the further u-e o: tie
church building. The dsei-i5n Of the Supreme
Court in tie o-e ola church on Kauai. establishes
tie point. that thosc Who u~1zin;nia IN faith and
practice tie purity of the church a. frst estab-
li-bed are eatiilsl % it. civil privileges and il.
property. h5,-~ver thy nay be IN the minority.
The Ka0asites oreuiy 80 s- ~ dsdaBce-
BgiIlinz Ear1s y -. az Ert IN c1-yeuient
EE1Ei=&y o t1s Church, and afterwards ~ their
neEer settlement a third q c mile or - below,
they lived n tie style called in Hawaiian h1afav,
and szbseqzea,iy lid theul-elvc- open to civil
Pr0seeutiJnEE living thus in community, for idle
nas and vzgrancy. hr Irueiieing medicine with
out license, ard i0- i0sB1sHGsasHa. OF idoatrJgs
practices. L. Fr0Jfo the latter, j: may here he
ststed that IN tie fkia Of q Fei bird which was
found wrapped Up in = JsPane-e box, Wa enclosed
. document IN writing, stating that three great
powers were in t~bespirit world. yiz: tie spirit Of
KaInamalu, Of Kupanea, and Of this bird. On
any one Of the four indictments mentioned above
they might have been prosecuted and dispersed.
AL this Is mildly characterized thus in the leader
Of the last Gazette: " They may by some be
thought to have rebelled against the established
ideas Of respectable ecclesiastical teaching -"
In the name OF all that is good and decent,
what language Is this for this Government to usc
in respect 70 this matter
However the resident missionary may in the
eyes VI some Of Us have failed In not 80 gaining
that genuine and sympathetic influence o7eT his
people which might have prevented anything Of
this sort, in this thing he certainly did Ls duty
in refusing the church. But now, turning in an
other direction, we sadly call TO mind the express
sion in tie Letter 20 Washington" concerning
those who would see the last yestige Of Liberty
crushed out rather than resist, and ask What
night had the Judge, in the name os the
Government, 70 take possession Of the church and
tile key and keep it for a year? y pretty looee
way Of doing thing, we should say.
Kaona had more OF less encouragement from
the powers that be.
And this brings Us 20 one important point in
the answer 70 the inquiry made above, viz that
there has been altogether too much favor towards
idolatrous and suTer-;itious Observance, and that
in high places. We know the hold thee things
handed down - they are from ancestors otherwise
10 be re-Pectsd-have upon tie LesTt and mind
they have such bearings upon tie public veal
voc, that We have a right % protest, respect
fcny, but res1lutely, sga;n.t such tamIering with
the edge took q superstition.
~ 10 any blame being due % thozc who refused
10 lease the Land q tLissctofauaties, they On the
contrary deserve praise or -c;;Inga worthy example
% owners of property. Il was known that toe
fr vhieh the iati wac wanted was dan
zeTous to the pubiic pace, and the lease was
vIthheld. 2
We are not particularly interested 10 prove pre-
risely through uloss irrus0lgtion and covardice
Ire first attempt upon the rebels proved - disas-
truus. IL dos seem a pity that those .. half 4
5pren determined and true mcn,"-wbo, A. the
v ritter from North Eona most truly says, could
have prevented the loss Of Sheriff Neville'- life.
and arrested the gang.-wcre not 20 be found in
said district Of KOul. We would be inclined
wonder where the writer himself was on tire
were 1t not that he shows - much sym
rathy for the rebels. That wretchcd kind u char
ity that cJyfr- up a multitude Of sins in -uch q
way Ne to give them n fair chance to work their
OWN vey along, . a very Ppor Christian virtue.
II Is perfectly evident why, in the fine specimen
oG sIecial pleading which forms the editorial above
alluded tocand which We recommend to the
perusal OF the counsel for the defence,-the point
Is 20 strenuously insisted upon, that there was no
II i fear lest this be bruited abroad
e iscontcura and rebellion in Hawaii" WedonOt