Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-08-02

Our disesteemed daily morning con
temporary is nothing if not venomous.
Fortunately, its sting like that OF the
Honolulan mosquito, is never really
fatal, though it is certainly annoying.
But occasionally il mistakes its victim
and stings an ally. This fact was
notably the case in It's issue of last
Thursday. The leading editorial was
meant to score those comparatively few
members of this community whose
privilege it is to be descendents of the
missionaries, clerical and lay, who,
during the past half century have
borne the brunt OF the increasing strug-
gle to uplift the native race. 1t was
meant to cause sneer at emission
aries and their children. The would.
be sneer recoils. 1t provokes the
reader to quote from his Jarves, or the
book written by "Haole" in 1883, or to
refer to more recent history and cha-
lenge the truth Of statements such rs
these = =" In early times the
party Ithe missionaries had everything
their own way That day is past
1t will never, never more return" 1t
is unqualified false to say the mission
aries had ever everything their
own way, or had ever their heels on
the neck of the native race" Ii we
take the word missionary" in its
generic sense it may easily be made to
include the law-and-order, virtue-and-
morality, portion of the community
always the natives best friends All
those who dislike intemperance, abhor
vice, deprecate extravagant or dishonest
administration, always have been, as
they are now, more or less closely
united agains, the free.and-easy, go-as-
you-pease, devil-take-the -hindermost
policy OF those who believe in license
and respect law merely because OF its
power. Ever since these islands began
to understand the meaning of Christi
ani,y and civilization there have been
anti-law, anti-moral influences at
work, with white mems money. white
mems liquor, white mems powers OF
cunning to undo what the missionaries
had tried to do, as calamity and as
unselfishly as men ever tried Most of
those missionaries have gone to their
reward. Their children who survive
them are in only few instances
politicians. They are the husbands,
wives, fathers, and mothers of a
respected minority of Hawaiians. Their
best heritage--ior few OF them have
wealth, and none are among the wealth.
est-is the reputation OF their parents
Naturally, they are hurt a, the SANDERS
Of Hessian scribblers, who assume 10
have mastered the social and political
history OF these islands and who sit in
judgment upon the deeds OF men and
women they never knew and are in
capable Of understanding. But with
the hurt is mingled the proud satistac.
ton of the knowledge that their
parents, whatever their errors OF judg-
ment, were responsible for none OF the
vice, the crime, the social aud moral
degradation which has been the logi-
cal sequence Of the devil take-thc-hind-
most policy OF such men as Richard
Charlton aud W. NJ Gibson and the
Hessian insolent who miscdits the
Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Our voyage Was almost ended We
had nigh been wrecked in the Financial
tempest but were steady sailing into a
safe harbor The "Gold Bill served
as beacon light towards which We
were smoothly gliding, leaving on our
right and left rocks, reefs, whirlpools
and quick sands. Suddenly our light
was obscured, thundcrbolt rent the
cloudy veil which separates this island
group from the great American Con.
linent A fash OF lightning revealed
the Tier spread like mantle over
our beacon light, while the poin, Of a
"daggeit = penned the words, Amer
lean reciprocity treaty demands that
Soga shall hereafter br paid for duties
at Hawaii's receipt OF Customs.
Cold for duties Is a step IN the right
direction. Let us all aid to carry out
the letierof the law let Independents
be the las' TO object to the enforce.
ment OF this law. Xc don't like the
way !, was brought, bu, We sdui, i,s
justice.
On the hs.t and touflh pages Kaickerbocker
tells s0neshing u What Nes York knows
about culture the world over. S. Z. D. re-
views Captain Dut,on's ~osk on ''Hawaiiaa
Volcanoes and an oecasioasl contributor COZ
reefs few popular euoss q shes< sbsosd, 10 rs
gard to islsnd LIE.