Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-11
The Native Press.
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Gtrrom the Hawdli Pn .tiuaI
good donl OF aurprwo IN felt IN the community
nt the policy purHuod 10y the honda Of government
In appointing utter ntrnugcm whp drift hilhcr
who have no inlorcetn In tho country md pretend
10 affection for the people or tho land, to vUcnn
eica which occur In government employ, without
giving thought to those to'whom the country bc.
longs.
what we should like 10 sco, aud we firmly thin,
would he for the best iutoreHta and the honor Of
the nation Ia this when vacancy occurs by the
death or resignation OF any government employee,
In hlling such vacancy preference should nlwnyH
ho givon 10 our own native people frat Of NIL, II
possible uoSt to the children Of foreign pucntH
born here, then Ia tho Foreigners who have
married Hawaiian womcn nnturnliacd Foreigners
foreign residents who hnvo vcHtcd iutcrcNtH III tho
country aud the last clnHs of all FROM which to
Rulcc, Rhoud be new comorH from abroad, But II
IA Hpocica of tronson "a tho nRtion aud the
country which ho serves. for II government official
IL hnHtlly mako appointments from among thunc
who are entire strNugora to both the nation aud
tho country aud who have regard for M.
Aud therefore VIZ call upon the hcnda of do
pnrtmcntH Of our government, To hocd thiH popu-
lar gcntimont-to consider well and take 1t to
heart.
people to the memories of the missionary Fathers
Bingham, Thurston, whitney and thcir associates
who have passed. away, ns well NJ 10 the low foe,
BILE ones yet lingering, for their having brought
the light and education To these islands. They
left homes and friends and sailed fnthomlcaa,
rolling seas. around the stormy cape, out OF love
for n people living under the shadow of death in
these islands, to impnrt the gospel, and they did
not bcgrudgo the toll and trouble of the way,
writing, labor the results OF which nrc enjoyed
by the generation of TO day. Some OF people
have blamed the frat teachers, because they did
not begin by teaching M the English language.
Such ~ not however our own view, for we believe
that the course pursued 10y our teachers wns the
best ut that time and their adoption of the Hn
wainn language wnH probably tho cause of their
prompt acceptance by tho nation on their first
trance, for thereby they wcreabe 10 have pleasant
intercourse with the chiefs and the people.
But now that WI have learned u little out Of the
great mass of human knowledge by means of the
degree of education afforded in Hawaiian M
founded by tho Fathers there /, vet tho brold and
deep running stream beyond-if we but possessed
u knowledge of the tongue to which we are
strangers. And therefore we think that tho past
fifty and more years i'll which We have chung To our
mother tongue ough. to suffice without nntic-
putting that our own language will fade entirely
from our own lips but considering tho interests of
the present and the coming generations and their
children. We demand of our representatives in the
Legislature of 1889, that they unite in passing an
adequate appropriation for the instruction of our
children III the English language, which IL IL now
conceded il tho business language of tho world.
We desire to see English schools established in
every district, which shall be free to all children
without any tuition charge upon tnronts, the
entire expenses being betrayed by government, ~
IL tho case with day schools Mt present. Let not
the Legislature begrudgo the expense, for the
benefit will be to u.s. Hawaiian parents. This has
long been neglected in the past, but it
should be unitediy taken mp, and with voice
let us demand that our children be educated in
the English language, Its possession will be Of
great benefit to them and their children. Let M
not be slothful therein, for in our opinion the
time has come when we are found in tho back
ground III our own country affairs. The only Hn-
waiians TINT occupy good positions in the
country, are those who have u knowledge of Eng
lish. Let M earnestly support this measure.
communication appears in the same paper
from IL. Nj. Whitney, in support of English
schools.
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