Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 50, 1 Malaki 1894 Edition 02 — GORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

GORRESPONDENCE.

[\V. <!■_< -n <t i. il onrv !rt- re~5<oti-ible fcr U.« opm on* or tn« ntun»cct» of oax { o/rres{x) nknl*. ] Editor Holohea: 1— Is it trne that “onr dear and Reverend brother in Cbrist” Sere:io Bisbop owns considerable land near Pearl Harbor—and in t)iat wav in the events of annexa- * tion woold be made “Sereno’ both iu uame and in deed? 2— Is it true that the same “Cbristiau gentlemar*’' was the biggest toady to the t}ueen nj> to tbe el«-ventb boar previoos to tbe revolution und tbat he now eau 1 on!y cbaracterizo her iu such j terms, tbat even a “r#verend,” j witb anv man in him, sbonld be asban;ed to use witb reference to a woman? 3— What cbarges did the other “reverend brother in God” Hyde make against tbe b»to martyr Father D.tmien and wbat was Stevenson s rej)ly? It is well in tbe iuterests of the puhlie and morality that all ■ byj)ocritos and j>barisees be tbev : “reverend ’ orotberwi.se sbould be unma , -kt'«l aml shown up in lbeir true character as “sbeej> in . wolvea clotbing” aad as “wbite- | wasb sepulcbers.” Plenee kiodly auswer the above quories. Tkuth Seeki.\g Tocbist flu resj onso to our esteemed correspoudent. wo will state: Tbat tbe vcry reverend Mr. Bishoj’. does own considetable j>roperty uear Pcarl Harbor aud tbat lie besides bas aeoumulated eonsiderable <>f tbe goo«ls of tbis worM during tbe sj)ure minates i wLen he wasn’trunningaSundav

school or abusiug Hawniian women. Th« “fiUbv lucre" so very umeh approciated by th« political parson wouhl bo eoaaielerablo incrt' isod ia his pockets if au »nueiation boom eouhl be worked successfully. 11 Tho rovorend geutleman has boeu a very obe«l.ent servant ofthemueen and has used verv different lauguage about her, ; previons to his prospect of selliug j lijs Pearl Harbor lots with a profit.

Ak au cxani(>Ie we sLall nsk oui corre8pouJent to read thc following lines whiok appeared in the Review of Reviews upon tlie acQcssion of the Qoeen from the pen of Ihe rovoreud (:) gentleman. "Shc (Liliuoku'aiu) has ]oiuj LnJ a proiuineut plaee in H*>no1 ilu society, associating from vouth with the most onltivateJ 1 tdies oHhe cnpital. Sho has a perfect use of good Rnglish and a g<x>J litemrv anil nn especiallv RO<xl musical education. The Queou s iuanner is peculiarlv winning. her bcariiif» nohle auJ heeomii g the Inw auu characteristic of Hawaiian ix>yalty. For soine vears glie has been a member of the \\ oman s Board of Missions aml au int< resteJ participant in their uiectiugs Sho has loug l*een a verv active patroness of the largo eemiuaw fur training native grr?s auil is gre«tlv looked up to bv teaohors aml pupils.” 111 The okarges brought bv the rovensnd l)r. (?) Hyde agaiust Father Damien arecontainod iu a letter whieh he wrote to a certvin Rev. H. B. (»age aud whieh rcads ! as fo;h>ws.

Honoluln, Ang. 2. L'i89. Doar Drotber: In anavor to vour inquiries about F.tl»er Dttmen. I eau onlv reply thoso »ho knew the man are sorprised at theextrav«gaut uews {.‘aj>er lauih.iion», as if be was a plulautrophist. 1he simple trutb 4*. he was a ooarse .lirtv man. headstrougand bigoted. lle was not seut to Alololeai, bat weat thore withont orders; did not stay at the Ieper settlemect be hoeame one himself) but circu)ated freelv over the whole ialaud (less than half the island is devofed to lepers) and he eame often to Houolulu. He had no hand in the reforms and improvt.inents iu«ngarated, whieh were thework of onr bo«rd of healih. hs oeeaePoo required and means »ere previdetl. H.e was not a pure man iu Lis relations with women, and the leprosv of whieh be died sboold be attributed to

his rices »nd c*relessne?s. others b«re <Iane maeh f-r th-3 leper«. ocr o«rn m'n'-ik*». ti>e gorera- j meni nl»«= : :«n>, eto., bat nerer < Catbolie ids*of meriting , life. Yoars. etc., C. M. Hti>e. Me rogret thst onr sjiace for- : bids os to print tbe scatbing and scorebing btter whieh Rohert LoaLs SteTenscn wrote in his gloriocs wrath uga:nst the man who cou!d pen the defaming words over tbe s'gnatare of C M Hyde. We shali 1»e pleased to »Low tbe 1» cgtbv letter to onr corresp ndent if be will eall at our office. A fcw exlracts from it

m>y g ve those who bave not read it an idea of tbe force and the indignant Ianguage used by Stevensc n. He says: “Daniien w.is coarse. ’ It is veiy possible. Yon make ns sorrv f«<r the Iepers who had onlv a eoar.se old j>easant for their friend and father. But you, who were so refined; why were you not fbere to cheer them wilh the Iights of cultnre? Or may I remind yoa that we have some reason to doubt if Jobn tbe Baptist were genteel; and in tbe case of Peter, on who.se career you doubtless dwell approvingly in the {'ulj»it, no donbt at alh be was a “c«<arse head-strong” fisberman. Yet even in onr Protestant bil>le. Peter is called Saiut. “Daraien was dirh*.” He was. Think of the jioor 'epers annoyed witb a dirty eomrade! But tbe elean Dr. Hvde was at his food m i fine house. “Damien was bead-strong.’ I bel eve yon are rigbt again; aud I tbank God for his strong beud and beart.

“Damien wasnot a jmre man in hisrel;itionswitb women andetc.” How do you know tbat? Is this the n;;tnre of the conversation in tbat bouse on Beretania street whieh the ealiman envied. driving past '- raoy detailsof miaeonduct of tlie j>oor j>easaut priest, loiling under tbe clifls of Molokai ?