The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-08

oVhe wv NV hho", th"e pno.O "fO
many young ITawaiians Of Christian
character, of spotless reputation,
and Of recognized ability, who
might havs been in office to-day IL
they would have perjured themselves,
but who have been turned out--by
missionaries sons.
| do not bring this as a reproach
against missionaries sons, who find
themselves in charge Of a steamboat
without rudder, in the trough Of
the sea, and a missionary's son forced
to sit on the safety-valve. But you,
sir. were on the watch-tower, WELD
ing the influence Of "the Oldest
paper in the Pacific, devoted to the
moral and religious interests of Ha-
waii," aud had you no word Of coun-
sci to give them?
l have before me q letter from
man high in the councils Of the
Provisional Government, who writes,
81 am sorry to add that most of the
Hawaiian churches are to-day injur-
Ell by political discussions" That
is from the pen of missionarys
son. very much fear that the his
tory of 1893 has simply killed what
we have known as missionary influ-
cnco amongst the Hawaiian people,
aud that It will never revive. /
could mention missionaries and mis-
sionari"-' snl->~rlin arc broken-heart-
ed at iIiu condition to which these
political discussions have brought
the Hawaiian churches. When ynu
led the Hawaiian tc aa.rcia'O ia Ills
mind the teaching which you repre-.
sent. with the attack made on his ia
stinct of nationality, you tampered
with something which YOU can never
restore.
This movement, whether right.
eOuS or unrighteuus, has been, as
you so frankly state, largely Off
cered by missionaries sons, but
the force beneath which impels
it. is entirely beyond the Off
GERS control, and is one that must
often make them shudder. You
adopted the revolution as a mission
ary movement. and il is chiefly owing
to your complete Identification with
il, that every native now regards IL
as q missionary movement. One Ha-
waiiau pastor addressed TO his peo-
pie these words, Their fathers
brought us tho Bible they push us
with their bayoncts." The result is
that there is not an earnest worker
amongst your association through
the islands. who is not suffering in
heart aud work to-day because he
has to bear the rcproach which this
suicidal policy has brought upon
the good name Of his mission. No
possible result Of the appeal to Con-
grcss can undo this mischief, and the
great problem for all Christians to
consider, Is how to- make up for the
religious influence which has been
lost. But that problem must wait
now until the din Of strife has pass.
ed away.
wrote you from abroad, on the
2nd OF January OF last year, an open
letter aud IL was published in the
BrLLETfS Of Feb. iith. quote from
that letter the following passage:
But there il n very much more
serious aspect TO this controversy.
BY association, though not by birth,
l belong to the missionary party;
by friendly and social intercourse
though not by actual association,
am connected with the members OF
the Congregational church in Homo.
lula; and cannot shut my eyes to
tho fact, that tho declaration OF
views which you have made, will be
held to reflect largely the views OF
the missionary party, and OF the
church with which you are connect
' ed. Is il not OF overwhelming i'm
portance that those whose names,
and whose fathers names, have been
associated with the early introduc-
tion OF civilization and Christianity,
should retain To the end the conf
denco and faith OF tho Hawaiian
people! Can anything in the way
OF profit or worldly prosperity make
up for the great loss which the mis-
sionary party would sustain, IL the
natives, whom they and their fathers
came TO teach, should learn to
identity them with the enemies in
stead Of with the friends OF Hawaii!
And yet ] fear that this process has
already begun and that, unless we
rouse ourselves To recognize and To
adopt the standards OF national
morality aud loyalty which Christen,
dom has proclaimed, whether for
large nations or for small, We shall
find that the estimate which the ma
tive has formed to our disadyan,
tage, is being held by the world at
large
With such letter in existence il
must have required a sublime cour.
aye I" write what you have written
about me, and to sign il with the
nam" oi missionary's son.
There are, however, three accuse,
tions which you bring against me
and ! am bound To say they are
well-founded ! wonder you do not
get wearied with repeating them
but at any rate here they are:
! am personal guardian of the
Princess kaiulani, | am representa-
tive Of the Canadian Pacific Railway
and, worst Of all apparently in yo,ll
view, ! am an Englishman.
Those statements are all awful,
true, and you grieve that you can
not raise prejudice against Hawai-
ian nationality bV making than