The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-10-27


ANOTHER one of those Extraordinary
Emergencies" which induces the Trus-
tees of Kaumakapili Church to allow
the use of their building for public pur-
poses, occurred on Tuesday evening,
last. 1t will be remembered, by the letter
of the Reverend Pastor, published last
week, that on the occasion of being re-
quested to allow the use of their building
for the school examination, it was our
Il. e., the Trustees and Pastor.) unanimous
feeling that except on EXTRAORDINARY
emergencies ID the church should be
kept SACRED to its own proper work" So
that everyone who heard of the call knew
that this was "an extraordinary emergen-
cy,"-or that it was the "proper work to
which the church was to be kept sacred"
Accordingly, being anxious for informa-
ton on the subject of " emergencies" and
the proper work" to which church
ought to be held sacred-for the benefit
and edi6cation of our readers-down we
went. 1t seemed that a notice of the
meeting had been given on Sunday, from
the pulpit, and the meeting was in conse-
uuence of the notice. When we arrived,
a Chairman and Secretary had been chosen,
and they were in full tide of debate as to
whether they should approve, or not, the
minutes of the last meeting. One would
naturally suppose that the meeting Of Sun
day was the one alluded to, since this
seemed to have no connection with any
other meeting, and seemed to have en-
anated from the mind of the Sunday orator,
or preacher,-aloue, and to be in fact
sort of private affair of his own. How
ever, that was not the meeting alluded to,
but the one held at the same place on
Friday evening previous. 1t seemed to
make no difference to them that the last
meeting had never been adjourned, and
that this one had been initiated by choos-
ing a new Chairman. So they debated
the matter for an hour Mr.. Lyons asked
if the last meeting was adjournee-furnish-
ing his own answer, no" but receiving
variety of answers from the floor He
told them-as was the fact--that there
was no connection between tne two; but
they were determined TO approve the
minutes of the last meeting which were
duly read, and pronounced al straight-and
then the meeting seemed to get into the
channel which its protector had intended.
Mr.. Lyons proposed hat Committee
of three should be appointed to draft
Resolution, or ResolutDhs, and was duly
nominated for that dut, himself, with two
others, Messrs. Kalaakane and Mahoe.
They forthwith retired and, without doubt,
deliberated very gravey on the duty which
had thus unexpectedf been imposed upon
them. There can rot be a doubt that
Messrs. Kalaaukant and Mahoe contri-
bnted their share ofrehection to the task,
and considering tat neither the Chair
man nor his colleages had ever contem-
plated the POSSIBILITY of being called to
perform this task-in remarkably short
space of time the evolved, and reported
as follows:
Resolved, That ware opposed tc the i'm
portation of Chinee laborers, and that we
approve of the intoduction of the people Of
Manahiki, and all Their Polynesian Islands;
and that we merel express our opinion that
the Government sould bring here the people
men, women sd children-of cogIate
race with oursefes, as laborers, and to in
crease the populsion Of our group.
The promptrss and impartiality with
which the Chairman had appointed the
Committee, cased some dissatisfaction to
several gentleren. They seemed to think !
that at least ne gentleman, known to en-
terrain differet views from the Chairman of
the Commits, ought to have been sppoin-
ted, and theproceededt to make their views
on that poit known to the meeting. dur
ing the fewninutes that the Resolution |
CommittesEas absent