The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-09

which the native Hawaiian must lead
if he has desire or instinct TO With
stand the sharp assaults OF the strong
| er foreigners.
Had the trustees of the Bishop es-
tate learned of those who are build
ing up communities among the Amer
lean Indians: had they investigated
the practice and rules Of the British
Government in protecting the natives
of many of the South Sea Islands by
a beneficent isolation, they would have
| learned that the only hope of main
tanning a progressive native cOmmu-
nifty was in placing it where the white
| man held no ownership in the soil. \
community Of natives, instructed in
| few simple industries, relieved by iso-
| lation from a killing friction with the
whites, and especially instructed in
| the art and ways Of amusing them
selves, would gradually maintain it
self, and even thrive and show an in
crease in the birth rate. While the
white man could not, perhaps, be en-
| JHtIy eACluuSu lIOuI Int pIoiCt' HIS III
fiuence and presence could be lessened
| by wise regulations, such as the Brit
| ish enforce for the preservation Of the
Fijians, and which are said to be adj
equate.
For the purpose of perpetuating the
native race, the Island of MolOkai,
with the vast area of its soil in the
hands of philanthropic trustees, fur
nished a most remarkable opportunity.
| With or without design, the young
natives in the Kamehameha Schools
are now graduated into a city which
is the most vicious whirlpool OF wick
edness not only in these Islands, but.
we may venture TO say, in any country
bordering on the Pacific Ocean. The
conditions presented by the native
character and needs have been entire
ly neglected, and they have been
treated precisely in the same way as
if they had inherited the. habits, the
ideas, the moral strength of the Anglo
Saxons.
1t would be urged in opposition 20
such a grand scheme if it had been
proposed, that the natives would not
remain or live on the Island of Mo-
lokai. They surely would not, if they
were required by sober minded trus-
tees to lead the somber, cherries, and
strict lives which have for three gen
erations driven the youth of New
England away from their sepulchral
homes, in which the use OF secular
music, and the diversions of amuse-
ments were considered serious moral
offense But one with the gift of un-
/. derstanding the native character
Iwould have made them contented and
happy. if the race is not in it's last
extremity.
The last opportunity of restoring the
native race was, in all probability
lost, when this choice spot. SO admir-
ably adapted for the purpose, was sol'
2 to the whites and the Asiatics.
: Whether or not the experiment
g would have been successful was not
. and is not the question, any more thar
? | it was a debatable question with tn
= Pilgrims before they embarked on tn
. Mayfower, whether or not they woul
: be successful in making homes on tn
inhospitable shores of Massachusetts
: Bay.
+ No one can blame the trustees G
r the Bishop estate for not having mad
# one grand effort in the best applics
O ton of the great charity in the
V hands They acted according to tn
e light they had. But there was othe
light which they failed to see.