The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-03-09

THE account which the Pgssars brings Of the
state of Affairs among some Of the Islands Of the
South Pacific Is not very satisfactory. Murder,
plunder and deadly revenge are rife down thery.
This OF course Is IN measure due 70 the non-re-
tahStion policy which has been insUsurated under
tie ag1S,dces Of Sir Arthur Gordon and Exeter
Hall ThaS undoubtedly had been much done in
those seas. vhss7 was vlusinous. and the natural
indignation. excited ~ accounts Of such deeds as
were reported Of the celebrated schooner Carl
made the authorities rush to Se very opposite ex-
treme. and from permitting the S-ader to oppress
the native they nov permit the nativs &c oppress
tie trader 70 shoot him, main him, plunSer hun
and otherwise abuse him, without attempting to
obtain any redress for him. This of course Is
brought about by allowing sentiment to guide
policy statesman should be above all seuti-
msut the ts statesman does not listen always to
the popular cry; he may hurno- It, play with It,
but be vii never lei 1t get the vhiphand Of him
and urge him where he does not care to 90. The
account o. the P0a-Grr further makes us draw
comparison between the condition OF o1r own
gentle and civilized people and the state Of bar
barisn II which the iuhabitauts Of the solomon
Islands and the New Hebrides continue 70 i've
And vet the chances Of civilization were offered to
the former islands Gearly 30 years ago- Santa
Isabel and one or two others were discovered by
Aware Msndana de Negra as esriy as 1861 and N
1855. = years later. he vas put II command Of an
expedition to colo1ize the Islands. he sailed With
ships and SIS persons and on the yoyaEe disoov-
ered part Of the 3Iarquesss Group, On reaching
the solomon Islands be founded small village On
the Island Of Santa Cruz; but as IN 50 many e.
forts at colonization made BY the Spaniaris, the
ColOnists fell Out with the natives, Gendaaa died
sll5 was succeeded in command by his wife and
his brosher-n-lav Don Lorenzo Beretto. The latter
vas severely wounded II 8 skirmish and also dy-
inc. Dona Isabel. the wife vas obliged to abandon
the Colo1y. From this time the islands disap-
peared as If were frcm European ken until they
we're re-disc0vsred 6y Bozgaiavills n 1863. So
thozeh the chance Of civilization eSyne = vas al
most as instantly lost and the Hawaiian Islands
though discovered after fheir re-discovery, have
outstrippe6 them coupletely. Co19ected with the
voyage Of Dona Isabel Is romantic incident
which vii bear recital. Four vessels started, the
Cepit1H 4Iufis-r-ss GeIios and Er7gzE1. tne lat
Ter carried the body Of the chief; they soon got
separated and after incredible szfsrinSs the Ceps
ten reached Manila, having lost % men; shortly
after tie Galigt turned 10 Il great distress: the
AisriraEts vas never heard Of again: but the
F-,-zgasE, which carried Eendaaa's body, reached
the coast near Manila and went ashore with al
szils set. When boarded 1t vas found that every
sozI On board of hez had died Who can ouutsra-
plate, without a shzdder. even al this lapse Of
tins the vision Of that drsad bark Of death. car
ring - melancholy freight across the sanlit
waters Of tie Pacific and unerriugly making lis
unEzided Say to tie shores, which. the eorpses Il
held within l. had desired 10 rsaeh with such an
guish and such longing, zhsa a spirit animated
then drzuatlc and tragic Guiding to the last
vOyage Of the dashing explorer. Alva-o Msndana-
OUr Of sight oas Of mind an old ad2zs but one
however trirs, ssiu very tue We have beeF led
% think Of Il when Ee see ho= c1IIOas some Peo-
pie SEN to be Ehsn speaking Of the unfortunate
patients On the seef- Looking back upon the Close
of IS79 AID the beginning Of ISs3. Ee san reme1-
Der how the larger portion Of the foreign white
p,1prlatiou Ee7e almost n STATE Of panic because
Of a fever. which had attacked > few Of their
families and carried OF soms individuals Ee-l-
krozn 70 thzn- Tar barrels we're burned II tie
streets, the newspapers teeued with letters, tie
funeral process5ous Eere seen vending thar
Eelzzcholy Eay Up NUzaaz valley or along the
waikiki road- and sense Of gloom seemed 10 st
Tie Upoa The eonmunity- TIE mortality from tie
srnzIl-por has been nearly double What Il Vas AZ
that tine, ~i-h every probability Of beng perhaps
treble OF quadrupIs the suffering of those patients,
who have the disease II is conHzeat form. Is II
Enitely greater than that Of th0ss Who have non
sruptive fever, and vet We find plenty Of men, aye
and Eouea too. who pooh pooh the matter. Who
hardly see Why 50 z1sh fEss should be made, Eho.
becznse the smallpox hzs not found is victims
zznonz thar hearths and homes hecause rs VIC
tins are buried N a couple OF three feet Of sand
kurriedly, instead Of n eousscrssed ground. with
Al The dismal solsnzity Of hearss ard ro1rnez
and Grape bringing the event prominently under
ther eyes cannot realise how terrblez disease this
Is 1n,i PCT Il aside as It we're thing Of no in
portance- II thsrs Is a v5ca more hateful than
anotser It i sslfshnss. and Jet ssihshness seems
iae-ataed II human naturs- Henry Ward Beeehsr