The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-08-13

splendid uniform. towering above the tor-
esSn dlcnitaries shout them. fsoiscd Anai
StSscly. conscious ~ their rank and ancsS
nv, peers q the mobility 81 any SSe.
Full iuSt,ec l. done II thoSe noble wa-
men. the WIVES Of hSrneharnehS and his
chiefs to ksxhumanu. hSlSniuokJ. IA
pso,xni and ether MOBILES who Joincd the
Christian Church nCi long after the Srri.
val u the little bGad q missionary pc
nse-S which NrTivei st hailua in lSso sitter
: voyaz-a u SIX months frun Boston.
Briefly We must PISS by the death of
Isholh0, ksmehGmeha ii. in England.
the epiSoSie ~ the re-eStshliShmsnt u Ha
ws,iizr Undergraduates by ReSr Admiral
Thomas. after the hzief UsrrpAtion 81
C1pt Lo7d Ge0rce PSule;, and the diff
culties with the French Missionaries and
Naval authorities, Snd coIne 10 lS4S when
the hing. hsu,ehsuehS III. voluntarily
Sur0endeUei his absolute power, and grant
81 written lswS and constitutional Freedom
u his people. who hSi never drsamei Of
such things the grand division Of lands
N lSt1. and come 70 the writers summing
IN
Hawaiian History L lind divides itself
INTO thres periods Of thirty yeSrs each.
VIZ
/ From 17ao to 1874 the generation
preceding the mission. time Of mental
sctiyiiy and nS;ional puogrSs Snd the BE-
ginning ~ the nations physical decay, al
due 70 the presence ~ foreign discoveries
and traders.
; From 1871 TO 1854, in which the peo-
pie embraced the Christian faith. and CIV
Hired institutions WEE established through
the etorts O: American Missionaries. work
irE GcSIr>I tremendous Obstacles
3 FINN 1Ss1 10 the p0esent time. These
yeSTS, 81 - whrch come within my Own
pe-sor2l knowledge, present 4 curious
uacOui
The TreGIy and It's results. the vast IN.
fux q Chinese males. with other nation.
glitieS> the increaSeO u wealth. the decrease
q morality. the prOg7ess Of leprosy, the
uecs-tly created -z-s- t1liy feeling. an
touched upon Snd we eOme 10 the Period
I q Decay dating from ISL
Following Liholiho, and hamehzmahy
/ ". were his brother Lot. LunSlilo and
/ halGkzuz- all sinca 1880. over whom ths
Missionaries had little influence, and IN
scrupulous men 5 great deal. The drst
TWO we-e Of high rank and Nbility. and Ne
/ csiye6 much Of the ancisntreverenoe giyer
70 hirEs-~
hing halakaua has now at the heSd o.
I his Government an ex-Mormon priest. {
[ talented unsc-upulous man. whom no on,
I trusts ~ respects holding his position en-
tlrely through his ability to handle tbs
- hing. who though Smisble and IN
| teLliEelt / utterly without executive C
! pacisy OF wisdom and i esteemed etc
The eight thousand Hawaiian voter
( have today their own way with the 81
I hundred white voters. whose Representa-
/ tivas, until lately. have always led then
| councils. Though now wholly sc: aside
I the missionary and decent element Is wait
I M the logic q events The lSSt Les-isla
tune. having repealed the Act prohibiting
I the sale Ut liquors 10 natives. lniempsr
1 z-cs ! increasing frichtfully'
I The natives are still the light -hezrTel
attractive people u old dancing gayly I,
| their DOOM. eSrlssS Of fate. always smiling
I In graceful Costumes decked with vTesjhS
I mounted On carl,nded horses. they nd
/ Ike centaurs- knowing no future, =
/ Il i impossible in the limits Of this II
I ticle 10 give even g complete rssrlls, how
I ever condensed. u the thirty psCes Q
/ this remarkable extract Il would bowel
tc- al i /, were reprinted II paInphle
form and circulated throughout the island
II bgsG languages
Without pretending to endorse ever.
statement. 10 agree with every opinion
10 fCCsee always the same future as tia
/. predicted by the writer. It may - safel
said that the paper / well worth seriou
study
To conclude. General Armstrong says
The summing CD OF Hawaiian HiSt0r,
= 1t presents Itself today Is. that from tn
reign OF kauahameha the Great to that @
kslakaus. there has been q swift adoption
| Of the eZter1als OF civilization. hand i
/ hand with & steady physical decay. and
+. promising, but suddenly arrested mors
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