The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-03
NEW ENGLAND AND HAWAII.
Relations Between Them Shown in
Various Lights.

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versity yesterday afternoon, says the
Boston Heyaid of May 4th. DR.. A. A.
Miner presided and men with frosted
heads formed the greater part of the
audience.
The subject Of the afternoon was
"The Relations Of New England to
Hawaii"
The religious relations were described
by Rev. Edward G. Porter, .of Dor
chester He told about the early dis.
coveries of the islands, and about
Captain Cooks voyages, as preparatory
to the advent of the lsslonaries. The
death Of a young Hawaiian in New
England resulted in the sending forth
Of a brig with a company Of mission
aries. While they we're on the way the
tabu was done away with and many of
the idols we're destroyed The Old
powerful king wss dead and the young
king, who ruled in his stead, received
the missionaries and gave them per
mission to begin their work
The letters written by those New
England missionaries show the state of
things There were ceremonies for
almost every act except marriage The
ldolatry had been given up, but there
was nothing to take its place, and
license of the widest kind prevailed,
and the people were sinking down
into the deepest kind of degradation
They had almost no language, and the
missionaries set up schools until with
in a few years there was the un-
paralIeled spectacle of a whole nation
going to school This was done
through the fundamentally of the
King and chiefs. The whole nation
also were soon ready to embrace
Christianity as well as education, and
the islands came under Christian in
fiuenCes
In leaving this subject / would say
said the speaker, that nowhere in the
world is there a better example than
that of New England in educating,
civiIizing and outstanding the whole
nation.
The political side was presented by
Admiral Belknap, who explained some
of the causes of the revolution. Ad-
yenturers from all parts of the world
have tlocked to Hawaii, and the recent
troubles have been the result Hawai-
holds a dominating position in the
southern Pacific, and with a stable and
conservative government it would be
come a commercial centre. This gov
eminent has maintained a virtual pro
tectorate over the island for many
years. 1t would be great strategic
point in time of war as well as a com
mercial Certre in time of peace. Ha-
wall owes a great deal to New England
and the United States, and now con
tains a great many New England men
and women who have made their homes
there. If the Hawaiian flag ever comes
down for good and all, the stars and
stripes should be the flag to 90 up, and
no other
Mr.. ]. f, HunnewelI of Charles.
town spoke of the commercial rela.
tons. He said that in the greatest
age of American commerce, after the
war OF 1912, many merchants took
their lives as well as their fortunes in
their hands and went to distant lands
to establish commercial houses. One
of these distant lands was Hawaii, and
my father established a house there at
an early day The United States has
had, and, with fair management, always
will have precedence in the trade with
Hawaii Sugar raising is one Of the
great industries, and the planters are
many of them Americans. BY the
former tariff they were protected, but
now they are all unprotected There
are some forty three kinds of Hawaiian
exports, from birds to sugar, hides anc
coffee. The number OF bananas ex
ported has increased largely, while i'm
ports have increased.
Whoever helped Hawaii, helped the
) religious and commercial interests
there as well as the spirit of liberty.
Rev DR. Clark, the senior Secretary
of the American Board, was called upor
and said that the influence of the meet
ing would be for the union of Hawai-
with the United States
Mr.. John d. Gilman spoke briefly o
the situation at Hawaii, where he hac
spent twenty years of his lite. He tolc
how the last King had turned back the
5 wheels of progress and the Queen, hi
sister, followed in his footsteps. She
listened to the agent of the lottery
which had been turned out of the
United States After getting few
measures like that passed, she turnec
out her cabinet and, creating new one
to do her will, she tried to abrogait
the constitution. The right of vote
was taken away and the judiciary wa,
} left unprovided for, and no one car
t blame the young men, not only Amer
+ cans, but all nationalties en- masse
who took the government into thei
own hands. They are not adventures
but born on the land
. What will you do? Shall we cas-
them off? Shall it be that those who
: have offered themselves to us shall b,
turned away Columbia should wea
Hawaii as one of the brightest jewels il
her crown