The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-05-31
HAWAIIAN CIVILIZATION.

tiser OF Tuesday last, is a notable
specimen of fine writing, and is s'rohg-
~ impressed with disingenuous sar-
casm that is sometimes attractive TO
superficial readers.
BROAD is the road nor difficult to
find
That to the house OF Satire leads
mankind"
It ia not improbable that this article
has been syndicated in order to COM
bine the diffusion of falsehood with
liberal compensation for the literary
twins. Of whom the Filipino doubtless
furnished the ideas and the American
the phraseology. The joint compost
ton is n succession of gross libels up
on modern civilization, especially as
manifested in the Hawaiian Islands
It Is filled with perversions or exagger-
ations OF truth, with false differences
with inconsistent and mutually de-
structive statements, with manufac-
tured assumptions and with unsound
reasoning. In all that has been pup
lished about Hawaii, in more than leo
volumes. besides the daily and weekly
press, 1t would be impossible to ma
parallel for its injustice and It's
malice.
AS an introduction to its culminat-
ing description of the beasts of prey"
and the vampires" to whom 1t d.
rectly attributes the defamation Of the
native Hawaiians. it undertakes to
apply what it ironically terms the
blessings of civilization" to mature
peoples" with whom, in contrast with
each other, the Filipinos and the Ha-
waiians are classified 1t refers, cor
rectly enough to the consolidation Oh
the islands under Kamehameha /, and
then commits the objectionable error
of claiming that, whereas the FIJI
pinos voluntarily accepted Christian
ity, the new religion was thrust upon
the Hawaiians by one OF its Kings. Inc
fact is that idolatry was abolished IN
Hawai-! in 1919, as the result or pro-
gressive movements in that direction.
through the influence and virtually the
action, not of Liholiho, the reigning
monarch, but of Kaahumanu, the
prime minister and subsequent regent,
woman of great force of character,
who. before her death, theoretically
devoted herself to the diffusion of
Cnristiah eauca'loh a''oe ~ P
The shout OF 1873, when the ioo's "eie
destroyed, Ihe tapus are at emu anu
the gods are lie, pecaii'e an
cepted fact in 1924 when the heroic ka-
piolani. at the crater Of kilauea, sue
cessfully dared the goddess Pele In
the name OF Jehovah.
There were no MISSIONARIES III Hid
wall, when ldoiatry was oNer'hio"i,'
The hrst arrived the next year, any,
In combination WIN 'he pest
ian natives, the EFFORTS Oh these hoo'e
ana devoted people, WHOSE iahNs We
augmented from time 10 tiiie' WIN"
the next seventy-hVe years, estapi'sh-
ed civil and religious fperty' TO d great
degree, upon the lslands' ana ueVeiop-
ed Christian civilization TO an extent,
unknown among the fii'p'nos anu
scarcely paraiielea on me A''iei .'"h
continent. Ihese missionaries e'hp'os
ed no sword, they Illustrator no Gun
trasts between theory anu prac'''e'
they We're not the ihtrouucels W vi
apologsts Tor rum they spreau no ui-
mentlonaple diseases lhes iii"ue ~
appeals to hrupp ana MaNi'ii ou'
they conquered hos''iity ny se"'iei'es''
they surmounted obstacles oy patience
and by lnteiiigence' tpev reaeieu .iie
native heart as wei as 'he ia'iVe
nina, ana all that IS pest anu Illus.
durable IN the moran picture ria"aii
now presents TO the "oriu, is uue "
their lapors, TO their sacriiices anu "
their ehaurances'
Inc so-caiieu missionary anu
anu-misslonary factions, 'ie eA's'
ence OF which IN Ha"ah Is more as
sumed than real, Is the prouuct VI
transitory business and poilticai con-
ditions, and Is whoily uhconnec'eo'
even by misleading names with tne
civilization and CHARACTERIZATION OF 'he
Hawaiian people. Inc permanent ana
successful work or the MISSIONARIES,
both Protestant and Catholic, Is spread
all over the islands. If there are twen-
ty-siN or twenty-seven churches IN
Honolulu, the services OF whlch are
attended by thousands or decently at
tired and well-behaved men ana wo-
men, this fact is to be credited TO the