The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-05
The FrsrHd~hip %. the Governments for abe
American NIi--iounr.c-.

one instance in which the counsel. of the American
missionaries have bccu offered TO the Government,
and have been ignored or disrcy1rlcl. or opposed,
or " any instance in which they have not been lis
tened 20 with respect"
I reply, there are many Instance in which they
have been uyatci with the r-assc-t abuse, insult,
and di,rcSpcct. during the pas, iyW years hy the cor
rupt ami oorrup,us ohieai papers.
Iu the G.-'Hs Of September s, 1896, the Amcri-
can missionary, Rev. ). b. Paris. who for u third Of
"a century hs Iahorcl fr the natives, was spoken Of
ia the following manner, AMI the same matter was
translated and furnished to the Hawaiian rcllcrs of
the Government paper, in the editorial &c the IN
Osoa &c September 10, 1850.
quote from the th.ul Page oil thc Government
Ga-ejs, r]eglrIius kau!hcmauoIe, "a member O: the
South Roma church
e lie was taken with tver. and m "a fv aays ti7I. rrepz-
rtti.H- We're made iar h- funeral. and "n ne morning 81 the
das aU--1t.l@ hl-ht AMI o-'st.u! Sabbath n.1-Ls
pastor, u- Rev. ftr. -v was c,nel uTau 10 perform te
last suI rites which should b. :, ireey given 1, 'he dead
offer u plausible excuse. AuI vet thus man. who ig bong years
ms BEEN ~ANu- h' ~ii i,A 'h IN mar" .'--' 90 ' -
rarJasys frosty a; all the blessing meant Tor honest nyn- y"
black ami blasting rbes. whoa such hlaeS IaSIau'eIy sss
c.oiheI ia Fres'y sasb'
Tie facts Of this case were, that Mr.. Paris having
a previous appointment at a distance, for Sabbath
services, where a congregation were awaiting his ar-
rival at the hour, was unable to attend the funeral
himself, but had made arrangements to the perfect
satisfaction Of the relatives Of the deceased, that one
Of the officers Of the church, should oficiate At the
funeral
I will give another example Of the " respectful at
tcutiou " with which the dear Old American mis-
sionaries have been treated by their grateful and re-
spectful child, the Hawaiian Government Of today.
The Local school Agent Of Waialua, claiming to
act under instruction from the Board Of Education,
had refused 10 permit the Government school house
standing near the Waialua church To be used by the
members Of the church as a B.ble-class or Sabbath
school room, upon tire Sabbath, although the house
had been built by the missionary and by these very
church members. The late Rev. J. ;. Emerson, who
for 81 years had, with bat a temporary absence,
been the missionary aud pastor Of the Naialua
church, called upon tine school Agent TO inquire why
those who had so good and just Il claim should be re-
fused the use Of the school house for the Sabbath
school. l quote from the editorial Of the Govern
eminent Gazette Of Oct. %. 1866
"TIc school hous. If Kawaloa, the one referred to, had
been lately put in thorough repair At the expense Of the Dis
trict school ind, and the school Agent took a natural and Just
pride in keeping il -. The meeting house proper did not
stand more than a stones throw from This school h7gs=, but il
pleased a reverend gentleman interested IA the distinct to can
upon Mr.. Anderson 0he agent amt MAKE q demand upon hun
tx the use Of the school house 1T al fNW"y. or any time "a
might desire, for religions purposes, grounding his claim upon
the fact that the parents had contributed towards the erection
by the school agent as one which he could not admit. At this
the reverend gentleman got into an immense excitement,
arr ri in IaiI +, M Ta|t 5ay In ~ The .aIjssct- FINDING that his vio-
lencc was a. useless a. hs arrogance, h gave ire business up
Is a bad job
In the Hawaiian Government paper, the -hu Ohoa
of the 9th of May, 1869, viii be found 2 full column
of editorial abuse of Mr.. Henry Dimond, the Ameri-
can missionary, who when the call for missionary
labor in his special department had ceased, en-
tered into mercantile business. and who has in twenty
years, more or less, of busiressiie among us. made
himself an enviable record for honesty and strict in
tcgrity.
Some question, arising in regard to the release of
certain mortgages held by him, is made the text of
the second editorial in the issue mentioned above. in
which the Government organ takes occasion to taunt
him for his lberalityi in donating 5000, to the female
boarding schools of the land, and to the treasury of
the Hawaiian Board.
again in the Hawaiian Government organ, the
.4u OEOa of May 18th, 1869, 4 correspondent writ
Ing from Waimea, Kauai. informs the readers that
Mrs. Whitney. the missionary lady, who for q term
wanting but Il few months to complete half a century
of missionary labor for the people Of that district
has been turned out of the church on the charge OF
lying.
1t is not even necessary that 1 should take the
pains to say that this statement Of the government
paper is false. This sweet little morsel of scandal
against the good name Of an American missionary
lady was too valuable to lie unpublished for a single
week in the government editorial drawer, or until
the truth Of the report could be ascertained.
Thus we see what treatment the American mission
aries hare receirsd and are TeceiringJT0m the Cor
erumcnf through their official organs.
The above are but samples Of the many instances,
in which the present government Of this land
through It's organs, has given the freeSt vent To II:
bitter hostility to the American missionaries, and Il
their work. But the above viii suffice for today
l apologize TO my readers Tor i%nficting upon them 3
large a drausht Of bitter water from the poisoned
spring Of the government organ. The necessities Of
the case are my only excuse. There is a large sup
ply of the same character in the government paper:
yet untouched, AMI which can be produced when
neeled.
The English reading portion OF our community
may not be fully aware that while the Ga=stts has
of late, ceased in a great degree its personal abusc
of the American missionaries. the ame article, un-
aiuiteratei, Is siIl most abundanty furnished Il
the Hawaiian readers At the III Ok0a.
ME mo SltCkS % NAt EAtNN-. ~ wan NN0-N
the American missionaries, are YET scarcely dry, thC
Gazette Of tins week innocently asks, II there i
one instance in which their counsels have been offer
rel TO the chief officers Of this Government, ana
have been ignored or disresariei, or opposed; ANY
instance in which they have not been listened tc
witt respect2"
We viii suggest to the elitor Of the Gs-a's that
the cheapest and most direct method Of handling
this subject viii be for him 10 deny in the next issue
Of his paper that the above quoted passages werS
ever printed in the Gs-etis- Unfortunately for him
however there are, 4 few complete JfIss Of the Gazette
ami ia Ot5a extant, and It Is no; diticulsto obtain
a copy OF the IL Otol Of any week in May 1852.
Respectfully yours,
Al AccUAINr,NCy OF rI5E AMERICAN MISSIONARIES.
POLICY ~. Hi-tory-
No EDr~.~ HAVING atrCvriVCty rE-t TIC ~