The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-28
THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN


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rl Gnm.u No. Gilman uI Boston InH
stan h.. indebted Iur COPY oft Hu ode
dress given 1t fbe NHh1nk Conference
nN Alexander B. TvumhIN author uI
Hawaii and lta People. N BEL entitled
"ThU Native Hawaiian of yesterday uuI
today THE following are extracts
from Co.,
au 1920 che American missionaries
arrived They came generation too
late. DO they had proceeded the Hood
off evil Influences with which the bad
whites bad inundated The group. 10 De-
possible that they might have won the
king. and persuaded him Co Withstand
in greater degree the vicious stimu-
lation which swept over the island
Even at their later coming. had their
views respecting the education of
heather been those of Gen =. e.. Arm-
strnpo of Hampton institute, himself
the SON of "a Hawaiian missionary, had
they establish. as be- expresses it "a
routine of industrious habit and been
more plastic iu their conception of the
true methods iu dealing with this primI-
tive and inferior people they might
have toughened the fibre and prolong-
ed the life of the race, But ut seems
doubtful" says the author of The Max
ing of Hawaii whether they or any
others Cat the period of their arrival
would have had any profound or per-
mancnt effect
"Thev were already ouieebled i'm their
physical stamina: they We're debilitated
/ i'm mine by despotic government and
/ generations of mental Nacuity and their
superstition persisted IN its influence.
! with no ethical perspective, the pri-
mitive cult being abandoned is II
strange that after half "a century of
| Christian instruction, a female member
of the church was very much surprised
! that she should be communicated for
| aE1ltery, while a IN ile communicate
/ was only suspended for theft2 Is II 70
! be wondered at, that a race under these
! conditions should be unable to COM
/ prehend the need or the claims upon
! them of the rigid morality which the
/ missionaries tried to inculcate?
! THE readiness of the kanakas to be
! beguiled by smooth-tongued Leaders,
| and the results which followed the cleo
ton Cas will be seen further on in this
papeD), have proved that the average
| Hawaiian of today has no true COnCep-
! ton of elf-gOVernment and no capa-
| city for the exercise Of the duties Of
! American citizenship.
THE natives have been urged to ac-
| quire freeholds without cost. In 1860
much desirable land was sold to them.
! The missionaries made strenuous Ell
| forts to have the common people secure
J homes of their own, and in course Of
! time 1l,0O0 natives have become pro-
prietors of land. But today the native
owns far less than he might OWN, be-
| cause of Incidence and imprOVidence.
! He is careless even of his rights in
| property. He allows the land to slip
! easily out of his hands. Too lazy to
work the soil, he mortgages his holding
i'm order to build a house, Wrlch soon,
with the land, is lost.
Perhaps degeneracy is 6 % strong a
word for the situation. IT, Hawaiian
of today is far in advanc- in many res
poets, of his pagan am .stry. In a de-
gree he is a civilized man. In many
ways he is an attra tive specimen. He
is clothed: he attends church In con-
! siderable numbers he generally lives
in a frame house: he enjoys, to a GER
tain extent. the diet and some of the
amenities of modern life; he reads,
| writes and has a pleasing address. But
he is not al all what he might be with
his advantages.
| He knows far less than he might
| know by the aid of schools, open to him
for more than two generations. He is
| apparently Indifferent to the larger edu-
| catiOnal privileges offered to him. There
| is much to encourage effort to raise in
| dividuals to a higher level, but very lit
| tie hope Of arOusing the race to accept
! anu aCI upon new we" OF me WIN
| lts social ana clVll responsibilities.
IN an CONDITIONS OF cltlZenShlp, there
! LoIe' II must ne cohcGqeu tnat IN no
! respect are the haIiNe haWallahS mold
| ing their own or making progress. The
| hahaka Is Cohtehted with the arrest or
ms ilSS seal mental ana moral develop
Iilenl. ne queen IN 1885 could NOT
arouse Suillclehl zeal IN her own behalt
70 10 MAKE hef cause probable success.
10 ne sure she was personally unpo-
Put"I WIN ihG mass OF her own race,
i ~. tle n.aJorIty were lndlHefent ana
iSIoI4it III EoNer4Ihehtal matters al
! lhoush the cry HaWah Tor the Ha-
va mans, tidG Suiile niue taIshanlc Ell
iect. IN the resurrection that followed,
~ IoSo lile lalINeS joined only IN smaII
mum tii ipeIS, 3IIu some OF Ihese We're coer-
art ~ 9 9I,i G ci ny GrIHk, 10 take
bi aI, III '"e leepie hoSIHe ueihohStfa-
'iC ..rrr
TO-DAY, SUI sun up tnG haIINe iaWalah or
con,,o - I 'It Si,oii,alH III cIfllIzalIoh' lie
,ji,,t ,;ic us slshlhcance or
5 ,,i:yii. H!IiSeIi 10 us requirements.