The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-01-10
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steadfast friend ~ humanity made th'
following remarks regarding these H.
iands
4 will not deal With the so-calisd
moral reason the missionary enter.
prize ! have the greatest honor and
esteem Tor the missionaries I hay.
not. however. a great regard fer th.
missionary enterprises In the Sandwich
Islands. We found there a large num-
Der u happy contented people They
enjoyed their lands aud lives There
u now left only decaylng remnant,
who ara infected With dissaso. from
which they can never get clear They
own a small share OF their land. and
more than one-third Of that land Is In
the hands Of the sons and daughters
Of those missionaries. piety and pro-
NJ have gone hand In hand"
Mr.. Atkinson, " he had chosen TO
do so, could at any time. obtain the
truth about missionary enterprise In
these Islands, from impartial men who
are not missionaries and can he found
within a stone throw OF his Office. He
seems rather to have preferred to get
his facts out OF the Encyclopedia OF
Lies, edited by the Father OF Lies. and
compiled from the literature Of the IT.
responsible beach-comber.
| We do not defend all that the mis-
sionary has done in his philan,hroplc
/ work here, any more than We defend
the conduct OF the Puritans in many
! things. Whatever the missionary or-
Eors have been, they are not those spe-
Gifted by Mr.. Atkinson. The universal
cause OF truth Is not promoted by the
ABSOLUTELY incorrect statements made
| by him. We believe, moreover. that
Mr.. Atkinson Is not the kind OF man
10 dIsparage unselfish, and valuable
work in the creation OF Il little nation
ality in the Pacific, that has command
ed the respect OF all nations.
The man who, in these later years
has done more to publish, as the actual
truth, the wild statements OF the beach
cOmbers regarding missionaries Is
Julian ID. Hayne who has just been
convicted Of forgery in New York city,
and his trial revealed a rare record of
villainy in many places. II was not
surprising to US that he and Capt.
Julius A. Palmer were drawn towards
each other, while residing here, by a
common dislike OF the missionary.
When Hayne discovered that the mis-
sionary had no use for him, he prompt
~ began to repeat the stale story about
the robbery OF the natives by the mis-
sionaries," as they were developed in
the dives" This story Is the slogan
of every cad who has infiamed his
Imagination with the rancid legends OF
luxurious license OF the tropics, and be-
lieves that the missionary stands In
his way: Of every wandering tramp
who has failed to become prosperous
and hates the sight OF prosperity in
others.
II. Mr. Atkinson had looked up the
records OF the transfer of real estate on
these islands, he would have found that
the missionaries owned only a small
fraction of It, while those who are not
missionaries, the many corporations,
the ranchmen, the trustees OF the great
Pauahi Bishop estates, the property of
a native Hawaiian, and the government
itself, owned the far greater part OF the
land. The statement that more than
one-third of the land Is owned by the
sons and daughters of the mission
aries" Is absolutely false.
Mr. Atkinson could readily have as
certained the fact that the kings, chiefs
and thinking natives, for many years,
warned the people against mortgaging
and selling their lands and that special
provisions have been made by law, for
securing homesteads to the natives, but
the natives have preferred to let their
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Mr.. Atkinson could have read, IL he
had chosen TO do so, the history OF the
grand "mahele," and the persistent
work OF the missionaries In securing
for every native in the group fee sim
Pile homestead, without price in substi-
tuition for a feudal tenure.
Mr. Atkinson has allowed himself to
be betrayed into making a grossly I'M
just charge, through his inexcusable
ignorance. The sons and daughters OF
the New England missionaries to these
Islands have the right to expect a bet
ter comment from Mr.. Atkinson on the
honest efforts Of the descendants OF the
Pilgrims to create here a New England
in the tropics. II the dead hear, the
ghost OF one OF the late Chief Justices
OF Massachusetts, would have risen and
checked those slurring words upon his
own flesh and blood, and the efforts OF
Pilgrim descendants to establish
Christian civilization in these Islands.
SKILLED LABOR.