The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-01


from Venice has tried to put into the
right light some discrepancies of Cath
olics and Protestants with regard to
religious intolerance or persecution /
appreciate his good Will Did he sue
coed? The public shall Judge
AS religious influence should work TO
build up. not tear down. it is indeed
deplorable. as he says. and I add, is
always and under all circumstances de-
plorabIe. that examinations and recrin1i-
nations should be thrown at each other
by different religious bodies. But the
one who starts must take the response
bility of the consequences
If, I answer again, it is with the
real desire. that truth should prevail.
that prejudices should fall, that mis-
takes If committed in the past, should
be honestly confessed by the guilty
parties and avoided in the future. and
that mutual respect and confidence
should reign Notwithstanding the diff
ferences OF religious opinions.
Our Venetian man seems not to be
free from prejudice against Catholics,
if il is of them he thinks when ne says
that accusations are to be expected at
the time of their religious revivals.
Catholics are not accustomed TO pro
woke other denominations, but they
have a right to defend themselves
when wrongly accused.
The same prejudice. I am sorry to
say. is also at the bottom of Prof W.
D. AIexander's history when relating to
the beginnings OF the Catholic Mission
in these Islands A scholar of history,
he could not help knowing of the terri
BILE intolerance of the Protestant faith
in Hawaii in early days. He had put
it as mildly as possible in speaking of
misunderstanding and mistaken be
lief OF somebody. as if the first Catho-
lie priests were fomenting discord and
them to be deported. But this is a
false statement and the conveyance Of
an utterly false idea. And the proof
OF my assertion is a document of the
highest Importance TO an unbiased
scholar Of history II is the statement
of an eyewitness of the events, not a
Catholic. but a Protestant: it is put
down in writing in the year 1S31r~au-
thenticated by the official seal OF his
office OF whom? OF Mr.. John C
Jones. consul of the L. s. Of America
What does he say?
United States Consulate,
Sandwich Islands.
To all whom this may come, be it
known that I. John C Jones, consul of
the L. $ at the Sandwich Islands, do
publish and make known 10 the world
that ]. A A Bachelot and P. Short
during a residence at the Sandwich Is
lands of four years, have ever and all
times conducted themselves with the
greatest propriety a.sa decorum, obey
ing at all times the laws and regula-
lions of these islands, leading quiet and
peaceable lives. respected by all for
eigners who have had the pleasure 10
be made acquainted with them
They have been prosecuted and
driven by force from the islands TO
seek an asylum they know not where
merely because they We're Catholics.
The king and chiefs have publicly ac-
they have not single
charge TO bring against them, that
their conduct has been meritorious and
ora isevorthy during their residence on
these islands. but because their religion
is Catholic they have driven them from
their shores
Given under my hand and the seal
OF the L s Consul at Oahu this cath
aav of December. 1881
JOHN c. JONES.
L. s. Consul
This settles the charge Of fomenting
5iscord and sedition. as Prof Alexan- |
Ter puts it
The Hawaiian chiefs were worked /
1p by the Protestant American mis-
;ionaries in a similar manner as Pom |
Jus plate was by the scribes and the
in both cases clique Of /