The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-05-24
CORRESPONDENTS.

/ Ms EDroR IL admire the 4F-srtlssr,s co,
respondents e Wooden y uaaly ard straigbt-Sor.
ward declaration that i; Is no disgrace to bin. il
his opiai3u, TO be considered smiling P'trf
tan although tor myself would rgch rrers,
that If people persisted in calling me Puritan
they would leave the prefix smiling Of. /
really do not consider that part Of the epithet at
all complimentary On the contrary, quite the
rsverse-~ Pl-ita15su OF Itself, Is exeupIfed by
the early New Eagla1dsrs Of that creed. was GER
tl;uIv not the most rosy kind Of faith 1t
was rather dark and sQm5re. and It's dsv0tees
were about As much giveu TO f1tclsreuce and per
secution Is any sect IN power in those persecui-
fls days In the land Of their selEezils. they
Pr0tessed to establish the principles Of perfect
freedom ia religious belief Every person was At
liberty to worship God and have his own opinion
Of the great scheme Of salvation. as Irving SAYS.
e. PROVIDED EVERY PERSON THOUGHT
AS THEY DID Now is. unfortunately.
many people did not hold their szact opinions
On this most Important and greatest Of all themes.
considerable difficulty arose. aad not ItjIs per
sscuti1l followed u consequence which WIS
probably al right. because ycG know. Nr.Edit1r
that they planted the tree Of G5ertv and rpli-
Ei1us t0lsrence there Il Is glorious fact that
that tree still fJ1-isbes on that sacred soil. and
that the PzritaBs, particularly the smiling
ones, are is rigid i1thsir views Of the prUPristies
Of Efs, and are AZ fI1y Convinced Of the total
srr1r and dePrIvitv d. all who ID not believe As
they do Is were thei- fJreiachers several cen
tl-iss ago
But tins has nothing to 10 with the subject in
hand It IS said tha5 the Glct that the steamers
hlFPeu to e1me here on Sunday. ami that the
Urgent and important MISSION u7ou which che7
are bent renders ig necessary to coal 90 that dly
Two millions Of people ara auzi5usly awaiting
the arrival Of the mails by these Steamers.
Wlelher it Is sunday or Hguday, If the vessel i
At sen. Jhey expect her to mako her twelve
knots an hour. and if she happens to stop
AZ any way port 90 either 0G the seven days Of
the week they expect her to make immsdfate
PrgParatod to prUesed 90 her voyage 60 Glr
a. the evil example, Of steamers coaIIur on sun
day L. concerned IL Is fict that very -reaE MI
i0riry Of lhs most quiet aud exemplary Of our
people 10 not know anything about, except what
they hear from such mural spies * e WOODEN
It Is with them, IN ilct. parallel case with the
man who complained to hEs nairh50r that the
la-rzr's children ha1heI in the RIVER mueh 20 the
annoyance Ct the eomPaiaaHts flmlY aad
when told thar tie aHlgyauea could nor be great
because the rivsr WIS mile away exclaimed
z Yes. I know thatl bdt then ny family has
zPy--iazsr ~ tt Is sometimes i wu1,ler to ue that
the sun shines 90 >lldly, ani that plants grow.
and that al nature dues not eume 70 The stand
=ti- acrur'iiag ID the apparent actions q people
Ike e Wooden T-il would seem % De the proper
thing ilr them % Do It wud,d seem Fartesl-
ariy. t. b highly proper flr al vessels AZ sea
90 .hal lag to ilri r-air sails lad 70. out their
fires.