Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-11-12
The Native Press.


The Ksotoo, in an editorial entitled =" Houors
TO the King" has the following: !" We are always
ready to honor the Throne of Hawaii. and the
King who sits upon II; we entered into the uni
versal rejoicing of the past few days for tho happy
return of our King and for his honorable recep-
ton in all foreign countries Of the earth. We
are all loyal people under the laws Of country,
and always law-abiding and therefore we shall
not be denied the privilege Of commenting upon
what takes place in the presence Of everybody.
I'VE approve of most of tho demonstrations
which have taken place in honor of the Kings re-
turn. 1t is well that Hawaii should, in her loving
heart, cherish the honor of her chiefs; but IL 10
not well therein to exceed tho bounds that arc
allowed FOR earthly Kings. II is not well to forget
One who is Lord of Lords and King OF Kings II
is impossible to approve Of certain proceedings
that took place in the Palace grounds on Monday
and Tuesday last. Those proceedings were not
honorable, but degrading; and it is not likely that
His Majesty was pleased by such improper scenes
enacted in his presence. The highest honor that
observe ei the laws 81 his Government, md so to
pursue several avocations, that our good name
like sweet SAVIOR will go abroad. That people
which knows how to live in peace, in good order
and industry, constitute a more valuable crown to
their country than one of gold We speak thus as
Hawaiians. not in the spirit of fault-fuding; but
from our love OF our people and desire to honor
our chiefs. Mny God preserve them"
correspondent OF the huokoe writing from
Haiku, Maui, says that petition has been circu-
lated in Makawao and extensively signed, praying
the powers that be for the removal of the District
Justice and the Deputy Sheritf-the cause of COM
plant not stated.
writer in the Pae lima has column article on
the Apr aching elections, under the caption,
!" Elect Intelligent and Independent Men," and
advises the return of the members of the last
House of Representatives!
Another writer, apparently from Waikiki. Ia
much excited about the report in the Eieie that
MIR. Armstrong prophesied IN New York that tho
liawaiians will all be dead fifty years hence He
says: ALAS for this people, Il the evil prediction
of one of its government officers shall come to
exert himself in his office, for he has no love for
Hawaii. its King, or its people, IL this IL his work
Ut sorcery in the Government, there il no use i'll
works for the Improvement Of tho people, the
prosperity OF the Government, or the perpetuation
of Hawaiian Independence" But, he concludes:
LET him say what he will. Let the Hawaiian
people remember that God in His loving Kindness
sent His servants to Hawaii mel to elevate and in
struct out of the depths of Ignorance; that His
Holy Spirit was given. whereby national indepen-
dence was secured and we have lived In peace to
this day. 1t is to Him only we should look to pre-
serve the nation and its Government Of whole.
some laws forever. He built up this nation, and
He can preserve it in His good pleasure. 1t does
not depend for its preservation upon this one
child Of Armstrong, nor upon the children of other
missionaries, upon man at all. Therefore, all
true Hawaafis, turn ye to the Author OF all good,
who will preserve yon as nation"
An item in the same paper says; I'VE hear that
the total of the valuation Of property in Hoo
nolulu has been greatly increased through the care
| full cleaning of lax Assessor Bush, far exceeding
the valuation in the time of Charles Judd. This
| shows the vigilance of the new Assessor"
The Eieie has leading article on the I" Hawai-
ian Hula" 1t SAYS In the newspapers of tho
other side, which are always opposing everything
Hawaiian. there has lately appeared some very
abusive talk about the Hawaiian huas, and dero-
gatory also of our King. They reviie Tho hulas
that took place in the Palace grounds on the
nights of Monday and Tuesday of last week and
,f.l,, K,V.,f
permitting and listening to them. The real mean
| ing of the words they is this The King 10
aware that these indecent proceedings and the
wrgglings of the body, will lead to impure results
and be ruinous to the people, but yet he sanctions
and takes pleasure in them And the ideas of
these revilers of the King will be sent to news
papers abroad, there to be published to the effect
that the King permits and supports public indie
cency. These publications not however su1icing,
we learn that one of the religious fathers preached
| in the Fort Street Church last Sunday evening on
this same subject, and the drift was the same as
that of the newspapers. Now we unreservedly
say, that all hgas or dances are equally good and
equally bad. Ii the movements of the body here
aud there constitute the evils of the Hawaiian
| hulas, how is IL with those of the foreigners,
wherein the man and woman turn face to face,
and hug each other, the music plays, and the two
sway about and whirl IN the dizzy measure--why is
there no evil i'll this Is it because of the fine
Clothes the beautiful toilets and the etiquette Of
the bali room, that therefore there Is no evil ?
| Not 30! All this will not prevent improper
thoughts in the minds Of men, or women either, IL
30 inclined. InerefOfe tne hula IL proper 10 the
pure minded, and evil to the impure, whether it
be the hula of the Chnaman, the South Sea Isl.
anders, or any other. Tho hnas above alluded to
were much liked by Hawaiians, to whom they
have been handed down from remote ancestors;
and we neither nor heard anything in them TO
find fault with-that is reserved for those who
desirous of reviing ridiculing aud putting con
tempt upon the King and the Hawaiian people.
In some of the great countries which the King has
been visiting, the relics of CUSTOMS habiliments,
and other ancient things are preserved To this
and 30 il is with the Hawaiians, But IL tho pre-
dictions Of certain people fulhlled,-and we
pray they may not then, at the expiration Of fifty
years allotted for the extinction Of the nation will
have also disappeared the ancient hulas Of the
chiefs and the people. Some of the hulas on tho
occasions referred to-. celebrated the battles OF
Kamehameha's times"