The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-06-21
LETTER FROM JAPAN.

koBE, JAPAN lS76.
JAPANEsE suKEwDNEss AND rLUck.
DEAR GAZETTE ~ send you some extracts from
native pzper ard quoted by t5e Japan Weekly
Nal % Illustrate The motto AZ The head Of this arj-
sie TIE editor Of THE native papcr bad been aned,
aue Iaal'risonrd Cor violation Of the prrss law.
whicl has rvcently oevu msde very stringent. In
IDS latter extract As Punishment Is very slreasiicsy
ala31d TO-
'' TIE kAui CHE gods) an inciaed TO think that
our kam are worthless taiugs. and that they ought
% be abolished. msy 5- suspected OF having gsus
TOO ar iu Saving ths, Bat my pea Is uoi ABSOLUTELY
without reason Tliak over t. Have not a nun
b-r of ksmi been suddenly created. and have not
TIE rcspec i've ranks and temples of the former kai
been rsise5 and loWercds On this supposiiion the
kaui seen things made by The will Of man. and the
sane sill which las created tleul raises aud lowers
ibeu in uauk Up 10 a recent date, the Sint0s
aoa Badhis;s queuted the same temples and when
the government ordered their separation they fell
apart without q word Of rvnonstraucs, and now
vere the government 10 order them 10 unite again,
tl-y would 10 al probability comply. Tdere is 10
mistake about L. Thg Szmt are At tie mercy Of
ner Bat i IL not c.esr taat what man can create,
canuut De the creator 90 mane And tlat What man
can elevate or lower cauuut elevate or lower man
Tls bot proves tue relative atiiibutes Of man. aud
tll kaglL Mau WL1 can elevate OF degrade the ka-
I'd l. an honorable thing ana moreover be has them
81 his mercy The kala on tne other baud, who
are crlate1. eiesLted % degraded by man, are low
thllEs Tie kami uIy honor man. but there is no
nee1 fJ- mlu 10 honor the kami. Some may say
THIS Is altogether too grave thing, 10 abolish the
kami, who have been worshipped FOR 50 many cen
tures down % TOE preSrut tiuc. But vel should ad.
vse those who talk thus, % eUzJ1ine the question
ana see whether the ktmi really have bodies, and
spirits II pc should discover that they have none,
r. r.IfH ID
t.plgrgd. II uu the other hand they do really pos
saue-tluE % divine spirit. We trust they wiIl
20 lc1cr tepen1 for support % the public, but sup
port themselves. We are nov gradually entering
upo1 Tie lisht % civilization. We mus; ult let any
of our DARK habts OF thought survive Although tile
klli may D. -ots aud plrtaSe 20 divine spirit If
they live uTon the offerings % tie people aud Do
nothing Tor The good 0f TIC uati0n, We Do not think
flcy sl1aid any longer be tolerated. We see 10
cruelty be- soolslng them, anc as they place serious
obstacles tn the way of Advancement aud ciyiliEi-
uan- tbs certainly OuEa, 70 oe t0ue, Ndat do the
pebble tliuke
Ca oar enlightened eoufraternlty, Ohe press.)
Eearca has bestowed gitt Which is % unparalleled
~4lre. Siuce We Received ID, We have indeed ucca-
silusIly been compelled 10 make Otferinus. aud to
shut ourselves Co solitary devotion. Bat We must
stIa ADMIT tl-i 90 c1uduCes 20 prosperity. By means
q i, both or subscribers aud our contributors have
i1cycsSd, tie pens 90 c1r ecsrs have been strength
eue-. and staI u writers sud compositOrs alike
ri i1icc. A. 10 our uroprctOrS. they are the uapp-
est 90 al far taey are the principal gainers. such
are 5cc1nliuE E-zlous. and lave begun 10 carry on
sharp discussions, solely because heaven has yOus-
cac8 % cur cui-htcncd society this precious gilt.
Z sas tie 2h OF Jane. lSs5, the date OF the issue
Of tde press laws aud w propose to celebrate this
CAV yearly viii thanksgiving 20 heaven, aud have
thus urttcu % make known our pgrp0se 10 all the
tlc ncHsuapcrsN The japanese government has
rcceutlv by an embassy, effected q peaceful settle
uenr nf i1icuiiy vita the Coreaus aud il j. said
have formed treaty WIKI them which may result in
tle opening cf Cora 20 commerce
An eNtrct ir1m native newspaper on the Limit
Cf f1rbcsr1nce-
We're the question asked. who are the most for Z
b-1riuE people IN the world, the uuauimoas reply .
pculG b, the Eugiish- We, however, should say
tac japanese. There are uauy tliuEs which cannot
be toierGtcd, and the hardest amoag them Is the 0p
Preston % government. for this Is saiust the laws
10 uatare. Il Is not more difficult 10 sleep amidst
tlrus or % sii needles than 70 De compelled 70
observe unjust laws. TIE Ea-iish and Americans, 1
Rlo arc notorious Tor their l0rbelauce could not
tole-are this TIE former warusd their kings to re-
sst 1m iu ustic, and the latter underwent war for
scrcu velrs % escape from it, and these facts are
considered ss most important Co the auuas Ot for
ei-u couutrics The Toxic gave rule that lasted 4
20 wears and was uitho1t parallel Tor its arbitrary
clsracter an6 real trauqaiiity j. Incompatible with
lu oppressive snd arbitrary government. Thus when
We So that tranQ uiity did prevail during those 9QQ
ycars. are testified in saying that the japanese
arc the most torocarng people in The world aud We
boi5 that Il Is inposs.5le 10 deny this. man can
nat be said to have doue bis whole duty simply by
shoing for5carancc, and men are likely 10 BE- called
SAVES q they carry this virtue beyond certain point
Elns there appears 40 reason Why people should
force themselves iuto excessive foroealuce % what
cuClt uct 20 Dc tor1oruc- And u anyone replies 10
us that all this u uuscund and msts6cr we say that
tlc1 the MaEua Charta vas also mistake
ID toe above extracts have given Ouly Tue pr0mi-
ul-t parts * the Argument, bat enough, Ithiuk 10
sbos tae spirit aud temper OF many japanese.