The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-06-02

NJ, at their meeting in Norwich, Conn,
for the year 1868.
| Now, bear in mind that these excellent
gentlemen derived their information, or
what they supposed to be their informa-
ton, from welLknown source here, and
then say, if you can, that it is not our
duty anywhere and everywhere, to publish
the truth in contradiction to statements
which lead good, just, and philanthropic
men to form and publish the conclusions
above set forth.
Is it not our duty to bring these state
ments before the people, and keep them
before the people, that they may judge be-
tween the public servants thus accused,
and those who accuse them? Is it not
our duty to keep such statements before
the grave and experienced men who came
out here, thirty or forty years ago, and
ask them, to read, mark, learn and inwardly
digest, every line of this extract, and see
if they are ready to allow such representa-
tions to be sent forward. under their
sanction, and without their protest? There
is, and must be, great distinction drawn
between the real Missionary him who
came out here to an uncivilized people
and those who, either of native or foreign
birth, have, here, entered upon preaching,
as a profession, in like manner as other
people do, in other countries and may
we not well ask these veterans, if there
is one instance in which their counsels
have been offered to the chief Officers of
Government, and have been ignored, or
disregarded, or opposed? any instance in
which they have not been listened to with
respect? Are you willing to say, on your
personal responsibility, that the attitude
of this Government has been such as to
give to Christianity severe trials or that
the officials have been corrupt, and cor
rupting or are you ready to descend from
congratulations to specifications, and in the
presence of those accused. on the platform
and in the presence of the people, define
who has been corrupting or corrupted, and
the time, place and manner, in which this
opposition of the Government to Christi
anity has been exemplifed, and maintain
your propositions Who, intrusted with
the duty of enforcing the laws, have set at
ndstgh and openly violated the laws against
intemperance and immortality, and their
dereliction from duty not been followed
by deposition from Office? What order of
the Board of Education has been any diff
ferent to Romanists than to Protestants?
Has the attendance at the schools fallen
off any more than it has at the churches?
nay, has it fallen off so much? And is not
the falling off due to the actual decrease in
the number of children? (See last cen
sus tables.) Ask yourselves if this SEN
tence-
Under the government Inspector, the !
school system which in former days had been
so effective in raising the character of the |
people, has sadly declined, the attendance
has fallen off and Christian parents have been
led to establish private schools for the proper
instruction of their children. Nineteen of |
these schools, which now number &C. and
embrace 954 scholars, are taught in the En-
glish language, and seven in the Hawaiian.
the truth, the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth Have &c schools,
carrying $50 scholars, been established by
or otherwise-because
the common schools have fallen below the
ormer standard or has it been because
there is more of desire to learn English
han there was-an advance, in fact, in the
demand for better education-and have
lot the Government aided those schools
~ liberal grants for building and support
IN fact, does not the Rev. L. Fl. Gulick.
VI. D., make use of this language in his
etter to the Secretary of the A. B. c. F.
VI. The common school system is fall
ng to pieces, while the idea of partial
'ducation is being pressed" -Mssionary
Herald, February, 1869.
We do not admit the first part of the
that the common school
ystem is failing to pieces" On the con-
rary we assert that 1t is pressed with more
igor than ever before-but is it not
vident to whom DR.. Gulick refers, as
PRESSING" the idea of partial education"
Ehen taken in connection with the rest of
is sentence. Let any read the above ex-
ract, and DR.. Gulick's animadyersions in
he Missionary Herald, and then say
1hether the ideas conveyed by the above
xtract, regarding the twenty-six schools
re coincident, or Numerically opposite.
Read over the last paragraph quoted
rom the extract, and then see whether
on are willing to say that You crave the
rayers of Christian men, because your
Government is unfriendly" to the cause
f the gospel, of which you are the
reachersf Do you not think that your
wn prayers and your own representations,
your views of the necessities of the
eople, with your Government, will be 8
ute efectual-for any reasonable result? !
10 you desire that it should go out to the
'orld and more especially to that portion /