The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-08-14

so-called social pariahs. have dill
gently inquired and have learned OF
possibly one half-dozen of butcher
class here, but of the butchers 1t is
only fair to say that the Korean EN-
peror, about eight years ago, by an act
of imperial grace, decreed that their so
cial disabilities should be removed. and
they are no longer in the outcast
classes If Judge Robinson is ready to
come before an American public and
denounce our butchers as social pa
riahs. 1 am afraid he will find himself
in hot water. So as fer as the social
pariah" accusation is concerned, l
think the Judge has ventured into I'M
familiar territory.
Judge Robinson charges the Hawai-
ian Koreans with being moral lepers"
in their own country. A moral leper
is one so diseased morally as to be
beyond recovery. This l take 1t is his
sense. But again / must say that the
judge Is incompetent. The most he can
say is that those with whom he had
dealt We're guilty of moral turpitude.
There are vicious men among the Ko-
reans and these possibly are the men
with whom Judge Robinson in the per-
familiar. nd apparently these are the
men he takes a. typical of the Korean
people! 1t is the most .pecious of
pleading to hold up the GRIN inals of
a nation as typical of its mental and
moral character. Suppose a Korean
should come to America go to our
courts of crime and draw from their
grim records the materials With which |
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suit might be a moral monster to-
match Judge Robinsons Korean moral
leper. But 1t would be no character
ization of the American people. Flow
ing in the midst of the Korean camps /
spread over these beautiful islands are
currents of life which If known would
show how bascless is this charge But
few Of the Koreans can communicate
with the residents here and few of the
residents knew the Korean language.
so that these ideals-these manife ia
tons of helpfulness to each other. these
expressions of severe condemnation on
the misdeeds Of the vicious are I'M
known. They have been in these is
lands but three and half years, they
come from a form of civilization an
,ient and admirable in some of it's
but utterly different from
ours, everything Is new and strange
md segregated by lack of means of
communication from mary of the ideas
n our lif telling In hard bu honest
labor, they need ard plead for
he kind word and friendly 10 k. And
am very glad to bear testimony to ,
he fact that with but rare and con- ,
picuous exc options they are receiving
his. The charge of beirg moral lepers ,
$ brought by Judge Robinson is only {
case OF calling hard names In the ,
midst of an argument" 1t indicates
subjective condition In the speakers !
lind but is unrelated to any objective
eality.
1t is hard for me to believe that r
Judge Robinson is serious In charging h
he Koreans with being religious ia
atics" either in their own land or r
ere in the islands Speaking for those Il
ere. would say that as lar as my n
ersonal observation goes. no Korean 7,
as brought to this country his a.
esthen gods and no Korean temple "a
oks skyward from Hawaiian soil. II
lere is religious fanaticism In that 1t
for Judge Robinson to point 1t out. r.
ut many" of the Koreans are found ir
attendance upon Christian services.
ne Roman Catholic priest whom 1 had u
e pleasure Of meeting told me he had NJ
dreams In his congregation who made Ii
tier Christians than some of the ia
her nationalities under his care. Due, :.
ubtless, 10 religious fanaticism!" In '"
any camps they have secured halls
pm the plantation managers, where is
ey worship God according to the OF
achings of the Christian religion. l al
und one case where an earnest
Iristian mana laborer in the fieids- w
order to provide place for Chris IN
N service in u camp where there ,.,
re but handful OF Christians, Sc ~,
red a hall and out OF his own money
At he had saved expended $40 in fit
q 1t up for worship. This, / sup
Sc, is religious fanatlcism" At an We