The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-02-02

IDGy uSSCINGu dl1 luiDR DuI hlLlILC~S az hAo AuANo
or those of his people. There is one sad and
miserable affair, which will fully illustrate this
generous ind iorbearing spirit Of kamelameha.
| regret to speak Of the arrival OF the first
American vessel in these waters, the Eleanor, IN
1870, whose Captain, Metcalf, on account of
the loss Of a boat and a man, anchored oil
Olowalu at 4 point within sight from this build
ing wherein we now stand, and alter InVelglInS
unsuspecting natives in canoes alongside his yes
sci, poured forth upon them sudden destruction,
and massacred over one hundred helpless men and
women. And yet when the consort OF the
Eleanor, a schooner named the Far AmeTz-
can, and commanded By a son OF Captain Met
calf, was cut ont and captured, when OH HaWall,
as an act of retalatory vengeance, and the most
of her people were slain, yet did kamehameha
interfere to preserve the life of Isaac Davis,
a sailor Of the Far American, and OF John
Young the boatswain Of the Eleanor and these
men be made chiefs and counsellors, and further
more he had the captured schooner hauled up
on shore and placed under cover for preservation,
to wait an opportunity for restoration to her
owner.
| have called Kamehameha a savage Prince !;
but in view of his wise and Judicious relations
towards the intruding and aggressive white
strangers, he manifested the spirit and ability
Of an enlightened ruler. When Russians IN 1919
were supposed to be constructing forts tor in
tervention on Kauai, and when foreigners,
especially Americans and E~nglishmen, were
urging Claims for alleged damages against
him and his people, and he was urged by his
counsellors to drive all foreigners away, he, the
Chief of a quarter of a million of devoted people,
held back his hand, and trusted in patience,
a%rbitrament and diplomacy TO remove the evil.
Had he been a red chief of America, or OF
Malaysia, or Australia, or New Zealand, he
would have hurled his life and that OF his peO-
pie in vain against the super-eminent power OF
the white race. As an enlightened Prince he
listened to the advice Of Vancouver, In respect
to his relations with foreigners, and IN con-
sequence made the two whites, who as L have
stated were captured from a marauding and
massacreing vessel, his faithful officers and de-
voted friends, and he counselled his son Liho-
liho, who afterwards sailed on a visit to the
King of England, to strive to maintain the
most amicable relations with the lntrudlng
white foreigner and if the conquering King,
and master of hundreds of thousands OF devoted
people counselled forbearance and friendship
between the races. what must we think of dem
| agogues of this day, who counsel hostility to
the foreigner, when the red people number
less than fifty thousand.
All the Great Kamehameha saw this day,
when the swarming whites should be crowd
ing into the Pacific, and occupying every isle
and islet fitted for some enterprise of man. He
had heard Of the white mans sacred : Palapala"
or Scripture from Tahiti, and he anticipated
its coming. He prayed Vancouver to request
his King to send here teachers Of the " Pala-
pala." And in his last days, he spoke like
King David at the time of his departure, that
his son when on the throne should accept and
accomplish the changes which he contemplated.
Yes, Kamehameha strOve for peace between red
and white. And as we, according to the Book
under my hand, are of one blood, let us be of one
mind for the welfare of Kamehameha's Hawaii,
of one nationality, and one language, we
jewellers here and so let it be, that, whatever
may be the changes or the great fortunes for
these isles, that still those Of the blood or the
race Of Kamehapeha shall ever rule in peace
in Hawaii nei.
Now when this Hawaiian hero was dead,
his hopes had speedy fruition in the coming
of the American missionaries, who brought
the sacred 8 Palapala,' - and who came to sub
stitute the taboos of holiness for the taboos
of that which was only evil. Then new feelings
and inspirations took hold of your fathers. a
great awakening as of an expected coming
Kingdom Of peace and blessedness swept over
the isles. Hoapili and other fierce pagan war
riors of Kamehameha became gentle as lambs.
The fierce and lion-like Kaahumanu became
subdued and fearful and Kapiolani, the heroine
Of Hawaii, boldly went down into the frightiul
sulphurous pit of Kilauea, and defed Pele, the
imagined dread goddess of earthquakes and
destruction, and proclaimed her trust in Johavah,
the one God Almighty, who held the Volcanoes
and the worlds in the hollow of his hands. And
thus, with the sacred 50 Palapala' or Scripture
between red and white, there seemed to have
descended upon Hawaii the reign of perfect
peace and love.
But, alas! it was not SO. There was feryer and
hopefulness, and the ardor of a noble zeal per-
vaded the land, but there was no regular well es-
tablished goyernment-and this was needed to
keep peace between conflicting views of human
salvation which the white race began to impose
upon Hawaii. regret to contemplate any con-
tention between different teachers of the religion
of Jesus Christ; for | am sure your American
Protestant Missionaries, as also Catholic, Episco-
palian and other religious teachers desire only
your best welfare and future salvation.
And an established, recognized government
was needed still more especially to save your SIM
pie minded forefathers from the aggressions of
active, intelligent and INSCRIPTIONS foreigners,
who sought to take advantage of the ignorant
native, and who on many grOundless pretenses
accumulated claims for damages against chiefs
and people, and worried their own Governments to
have them enforced against a disorganized people.
In the days of Kamehameha, these claims had
been accommodating; but his strong hand had kept
the claimants at a distance for a time. When
the great Chief was dead, and at a time when a
boy and a woman were in charge of the land,
then came forward the foreign claimants, and at
the lannon's mouth, the American Commander,
Thomas APP Catesby Jones, collected from Haw-
ali about half a million dollars in value in san
dalwood; and subsequently,, Lord George Paulet,
the Commander of the English ship of war
Carysfort hauled down your flag, and deposed the
sovereignty of the successor of Kamehameha;
and Captain Laplace, of the French ship of war
II HTteHfSe, Selzeu your IOrC at honolulu, ana
carried away a vessel and some treasure; and all
this was done in consequence of alleged griev-
ances on the part of complaining foreigners living
here, and who took advantage of the absence Of
a properly organized and recognized Government.
Then arose the white friends of Hawaiian In
dependence: Richards, Ricord, Lee, Wyllie, Judd,
and others, who came to finish and solidify the
political building of Kamehameha. Lee advised
and framed constitutional order; Richards nego-
tiated for recognition and independence; Judd
gave good and vigorous administration, and
WyllIe, more than all others, strove with the zeal
and love of a patriot to make the name and gov
eminent of Hawaii honored among the nations,
and hence the evil done by some foreigners has
services of others towards this nation, for now no
of any ship of war, dare on his own re-
sponsibrlity' insult the King, trample on your
flag, or plumber your country. No foreigners
now bring claims auainst Won before his own