The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-23
BISHOP HAMILTON
ON MISCEGENATION
Continued from page one).

doubt that the suggestion viii be
adopted. A bishop will then visit the
islands at least once a year"
Bishop Hamilton is at present the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Howard
on Beretania street and there he was
seen today.
1--WE do not aim to interfere with
the work of any other church." he said
in speaking of what he considered to
be the mission of Methodism rather
we wish to forward every Christian eff
fort. 1 would not raise a finger to
take any person from the fold of any
other church but there are any number
of people outside of any Christian in
fluence and these are the people we
want to aid. 1t seems to me that there
is big field among the Koreans and
this field has been discovered and
worked by Rev. Mr.. Wadman here in
Hawaii The field has grown too large
for him though and if we left him, h III
kill himself with work. He must have
at least one assistant. He is unset
fish and accomplishing but he cannot
| be expected to go ahead attending to
the general duties imposed by the work
of a church and at the same time at
! tend TO the Korean and japanese mis-
sions. 1 shall make a report recon-
mending special appropriations for tbs
japanese and for the Korean work tc
the general missionary committee. This
committee" explained the bishop, lis
composed of all the bishops, all of the
missionary secretaries and also repre-
sentatives of the entire church, botf
lay and clergy. 1t will meet in Buff
falo New York next November but il
the meantime a provisional appropria
tion has been made for our Hawaiian
work"
Speaking of Methodism generally
Bishop Hamilton made the remarl
that it is rather an inspiration THAI
an organization. John Wesley, he s.
was always a member of the Church o
England and it was only in his in
tenseness that he differed and had diff
ficulties with his mother church.
II cannot say it too strongly" h
said 1--WE have no quarrel with an.
other church and 1 am glad to sa.
that no other church has any unfriend
illness for us. Look for instance, her
in Honolulu. The people of the Cen
trail Union church have given us sym
pathy, aid and indeed actual supper
when it was most needed. That is tn
true spirit"
Perhaps in his much quoted utter
: ances on the subject of miscegenatiOl
, Bishop Hamilton is best known.
.
that" he said with a laugh when tn
2 subject was introduced, but the fac
is that l have been misrepresented.
did make a speech in which 1 REFER
=. to the gradual mixing of the races bu
1 simply made a statement of fac's
= did not for an instant advocate mis-
cegenation. But what is the use @
closing ones eyes to the existing stat
of affairs? There were 10000 mullato
born in the United States last yeal
That is a concrete fact enough is
. not? 1t makes no difference whethe
this was the result of slum life G
whether it was the result of some c
the vices of the rich-the fact remain:
If the United States is to be the seen
5 of the soliditication of the human rae
: we should prepare for that At a
events nothing but good can come fror
a free discussion of so momentous
subject. The suggestion that I wa
v ever an apostle of miscegenation is AT
s surd, am a Virginian-but I hav
d said and Iso say that the human rae
d was once a unit and there seems to m
4 no reason why it should not become s
= again. OF course it would be matte
It of centuries but there is no gettin
g away from the facts as they exist tC
day. Our personal prejudices cannC
# stand in the way of events but theI
s surely should be no objection to a FIRE
d discussion of any matter of this sol
= and because a man states the facts a
4 they are there is not any necessit
= for the conclusion that he approves {
existing conditions"
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