The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-10
NIX. GULICK AND THE HULA
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quoted In yesterdays paper, therefore,
David, SON Of Jesse the shepherd king
Of Israel danced before the Ark Of the
Convenant to express his JOY and 20
sing unto the Almighty his praises
There was handed down from time i'm
memorial unto this generation, but the
coming Of the white man has democrat.
lied the sacred art Of hula, not all tho
white men who have come here, but
those few who are narrowminded
enough TO compose the art according to
their immoral lust.
The missionary fathers and mothers,
all praise be unto them, for had they
discovered the immortality in the hula
they would have long ago suppressed
il. They coming here as descendants of
: the Puritans, knew that back in their
homes, where they burnt up witches for
imaginations, had to work with kind
ness and use their brotherly influence
! towards the resurrection Of Hawaii mel.
! Now, Micah, daughter of Saul, Knocked
King David for his action--that is the
dancing of the hula-before the Ark.
What was her punishment9 She was
cursed by Jehovah and she became
4 barren.
The hula in itself was held sacred
The scholars were picked out from the
virginity and dedicated unto Laka,
the patroness of beauty and mirth. To-
day, for the pleasure of the white man,
they pick up anyone willing to make
money and degrade the art of hula,
which was held sacred for the dedica-
tions of our heiaus, the heralding of our
aliis at birth or burial, and the cere-
monial feast of hoao (marriage).
Now, dear brother, the cause of the
Mid Pacific Kirmess is for the good OF
all, irrespective of nationality. Allow
us to quote unto you Holy Seriture:
First Judge not, that We be not
iudged'; seeond-' For with what
Judgment We judge, we shall be judged
} and with what measure We mete II shall
be measured to you again.; third
''And why beholdest thou the mote
! that is in they brother s eye but con
, siderest not the beam that is in thine
, own eyeqD Therefore Scripture has
been quoted, whereby we as a people
. by our kings and queens, now have re
ceived your fathers here, Mr.. Gulick
, with open arms, but in those late days
| Why did you not make a distinction
, for yourself, as one to convert thi
people from the degradation of hula
ism2 We still adhere to the Ter
, Commandments, taught to our kings ant
queens Dy bhe Boou iulSSiohuAy lubhei'
, and mothers and have not moestet
the Tenth Commandments; "Thou shall
not covet thy neighbours goods"
We do not mean all the white peopl
or the good missionary fathers, but II
those narrow, bigoted, immoral-mind
:. ed persons, such as you, Reverend Gu
: lick, who have lend your name to he'll
. your immoral minded friends for adver
! tisement
! Reverend sir, you state that "Hi
i Late Majesty Kalakaua, falling heir t
/ the throne of the Kamehameha, mad
o himself the patron of the hula and tn
attendant corruption sitting upon
e throne, then tottering to its overthrow
/ he openly espoused this great wicked
is ness and by the best of his people wa
d, regarded as was Jeroboam, the son Q
le Nebat, who caused Israel to SIM VIII
Y, speak of the dead7 Where were yol
g Reverend Gulick9 We are sure 20
h had all the opportunity of redeemin
n such court as King Kalakaua's, th
r. only monarch of Hawaii who linked th
lie great world of commerce and made HI
d waii conspicuous as the center of a
10 traffic of the Mid Pacific. Honor is a
rs due to his late majesty, who was tn
Il seventh monarch on the throne of bah
a. Hawaii just breaking forth from II
a. shell of barbarism. All praise is du
la him who is resting in peace at Mauni
10 ala, which by right, you Reveren
I Gulick ought to get up a subscriptiC
e. towards a monument to His Late Nj
iesty's memory. There are others, n,
,e of Hawaii IS kings and queens, wi
is have public institutions erected to the
Is memories.
q, Now, you say hula is word thu
is can scarcely be spoken in good societ
i. What do you meant
Reverend sir, respect is due yol
hoary head, but your narrowness maxi
: one forget self. We, as native son al
n. daughter of Hawaii, are shocked
q your lack of knowledge of the Hawa
~ ian language, for each person of Il
= nobility has hulas or chants compost
~ for them, as did the old bards of Sec
- land for their chiefs.
~ What can we say to the best of II
ve white people7 Where Europe swarm
Vi with the degradation of its own, II
" second Babylon of the world, Ameri,
us has its pest, and poor little Hawa
ne mel a weakling-not n century old yet
~ civilization, but only "A new born bal
1r of ninety months old-receives degra
ne alton and slaps in its face from an 0
by teacher who has not finished up
as mission by converting the white m
from his immoral impression of
oil hula. So, Reverend Guliek, we q
is daily invite you to learn Hawaii
ny authority and good manners from us,
he your language is not at all fowery b
he rather belonging to one off the pulp
in So, now, we see you in your true ligl
os What is born in the flesh comes out
lr the bones and blood As an old sayi
,ly in Hawaiian, You can judge bad FRI
from its soil
he You forget that we are American
ir. the children Of the good missiOna
( IS fathers and mothers that has made
os. wall what it is today through the he
nd Of our kings, queens and the nobili
ng We are the descendants Of that gre
race, which has handed down to us so
ter Of the customs Of the Israelites, G
ser eumeision, city Of refuge, passover,
ca. hula and peace offering.
ADRIAN X. PALEKALUHG
1T (Puea-a- Makakaualii)
Honolulu, Feb. T. 1911.
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