Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 49, 14 Nowemapa 1894 — SELF-CONVICTED. [ARTICLE]

SELF-CONVICTED.

Tbo Rev. Sereno E. Eiahop appeaml tbe otber evening before tbe 80-called ” societv anJ refuted a gtatemeut made br the arch-enemy of tbe reverend gentleman. Jamea H. Blount. The commis8ioner whose report has more value tban any other historical work on Hawaii says; ”It may be remarked as a significant fact, that with two exceptions. tbe cbildren of the missionaries neglected to enter the ehoaen field of tbeir fatbers. they seoroiog quite content to Iet the $ouh of 0>e (fentie ī*lan<1er* take their cbances. while for themselves they gonerally prefer~ed lives whieh gave promise of more tangible rewards for thr*ft and energy.’’ It will be seen that Mr. Blount ou!y refers to tbo.se sons of missionaries, who have devoted their time to save the souls of the ‘*gentle Islanders. Mr. Bishop auswers him by montioning the uame of twelve '*sons of missionaries” of. whom the very large majority have nol doue duty as soul-saviors in Hawaii-nei. Mr. Blonut did not svy a word ubout Jthe etforts of these miasionary sons iu other spheres. He siroply «aid, that only two had devoted their time and strength to do the ‘soul-business in Hawaii-nei. And accurding to the Reverend Serēno E. Bishop, he certainly was correct. The followiug “sous” are mentioned as missionaries, but they certainly did not work in the Hawaiian field of roligion where tbeir fathers and brothers made fortunes, but confined themselves to otber climates; 1. L. H. Ouliek spent his time in Ihe Sovith Seas. America aud iu a pleasure trip to Spaiu aud ltaiy whero he “converted ’ Romau Catholics ‘J. J. T. Gulick is au “evolutionary” scientist in Japan. 3. Hiram Bingham devoted his time in trnnslating the bible to tho Gilbort Islanders —and we trnst they digested it. 4. O.H GulickpreachesChristiauity—uot to Hawaiian--but to Japane.se in Hawaii. 5. W.Gulick istrying to Christianize. tho most Christian eountry called 8pain whieh according to the A. B. C. F. (und tbe rest of the alaphabet) is in a sad state of heathenism. and he is also n connoiseur of Spanisb wines. fi. T. L. Gulick also considered Spaiu a successful field for eonversion and he usod earthqnakes and dynamite explosions in a most sensational manner. 7. F. W. Oamon. whose fathor was not a “missiouary” is saving Chinese souls but take no interest iu Hawaiians 7. S. C. Armstrong oducatod niggers and lndiaus in the United Statos but devoted no time to assisting Hawaii&ns to heaven, as did his ku-i dancing brother when he atKslakaua'scourt plied them with bad gin. There conseqneatIy of the list presented by the Reverend Bishop remain only four who staid in Hawaii. W e leave it to the publie to say what benefit any of them ever had upon the natives or how many souis they ever tried to save. Not as raany a« ihe iuleana« whieh they did $am. Tbere is 1, the reverend Sereno K. Bishop. He has worked as a surveyor and land-speculator and has occasionally driven ihe old Fort Street eongregation into insanity tbrougb his idiotic and somuiferoas sermons. He is suppoead to be an expert on sun spots, bot we don’t think that tbe great register whieh we are told is kept above will show many &ouls to his credit. As we ean say nothing good about the oltl man we refrain aaying anything disparaging. His uu-chnsti*u and ua-charitable eondnct towards ihe Qaeen on whom he at one time wae fawning i» a suilicient proof of bis oharacter. The fact, that Mr. B!ooutkioked

him out of doors, ou aeeouni of ; his boori»h impmleuee is the trne reasoo of his attack on tbat high!y edocated and shrewed coimnissioner. 2 Henry H. Parker. the one t*on of a mi*siooary to whom Blount referred has worked in his church »iuce 1863. He is an honest and an bonorable man, and if the rest of the breed bad followed in hia footsteps not one word woald ever bave been said ag«inst tbe missionaries andtheir sons in Hawaii-nei. 3. A. O. Forbes wa« never a very active worker among the Hawaiians. To his credit be it said thongb, that he did hisdaty in a modest and nnselfisb roanner and never for a raoment tried to take any undue advant«ges or enrich himself. 4. O P. Emerson hasdone more than any other m;.n to alienale the Hawaiians from the church and to estrange them frora christianity as it is preacbe<l here. He may be as Mr. Bishop e aims an eflicieut secretary of the Hawaiian Board, bat he is certainly uot amoug those, who bave Jevoted their times to save the sou!s of the “innocent islanders.” It wil! therefore be seen that Mr Blount was more than correct in his statements. By stretching a little, it ean be admitted, tbat two sons of missionaries took up the work of their fathers among the Hawaiiana. The rest did 1 1 not. And let ns fina!ly ask the Reverend gentlemau who speaks to the old ladies (male and females) who form the cousiu’s society, 1 what has become of tbe sons of the raost genuine and most earnest missionaries' \Vhat are the Baldwins, Alex anders, 8mitfas, Baileys, Castles, Cookes, Rices, Lymans and other descendants of the pioneers doing to<lay? Everyone is doing well on the good things of this world, aud 1 ; everyone of them have deserted the missiou of their fathers. 'I — A Gratuitous Insult. 5 l I Mr ArthurWhite, who wascharg ed tbis morning in |tho Circuit Court with assault with a deadly weapon, pleaded guilty this morning. JudgeCooper sentenccd White to 24 hours imprissoumont aud to pay a fine of $300. Anybody kuowing something abont court proceedings would realize that tbe judge only desir- ( ed to give tho accusod a nominal imprisoumeut, aud that the real punishment was the fiue. The executive officers thought differently. r } * Mr. White was prompt!y fur- | uished with a striped suit aud marched to the photograher where he had his picture taken aud given a plaee in ihe “rogue's” gallery of Mr. Low. The court never intended that sucb u humiliatiog process shonld have been gone through by the , 1 prisoner. If he should be punished severely a <litferent term of imprisonmeot wonld have heen given. A simiiar proceedure has never been used in , i this countn% and the foolish and ,; autocratic act of the petty official, .' who is responsible for this ontrage should be disavowed by the autbority as well as condemned by evoiy citi»en immaterial of individual opinious in regards to White’s otfonse. it is understood that the attorney general, and bis deputy have disapproved of the treatment of \N hiie, and that the blame fails aitogether on Uie heads of Marahal Hileheoek aad jailor Low. Tho otfenso of White is wellknown. After a base-ball game between eeiiain loeai teams tha pitcher in one of them admitted, tbat be had “sold’’ tho game. A considerable amoani of money were loet akid “base-baU” virtaalh' broke ap for the season. The corrupt pitcber claimed, that Whike was the briber. B hite denied it &ad there was iU-feoiing between ihem. White the?» gol the l>oy oat to Waikiki aod ihrashed him. The boy ran and White who waa considerable onder the iuhuenee of liqaor fired a shol for the parpose of soartng the feUow. lt vas a pitch dark night and Whiie’a attempt to

sboot in the air was cot a snecess. The builet took effect in the !eg of ihe corrupt youngster and tbe c«se is tbe couseqnence of tbis attempt of White. Taking tbese c rcumstances into consideration; the provocation of punishing the young fellow and the non-inW-ntion of sbooting him tbe judge gave White the comparativeIy ligbt sentence above mentioned. Tbe execative officers sbould be taoght to adopt tbe same spirit as that expressed by the decisions of tbe courts. aod tbey should promptly and positively be probibited froiff airing their personal spite on any man given into their charge by the courts. And W. O. Smith is tbe man who shonld prevent it.