Nuhou, Volume I, Number 19, 10 March 1874 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

I -No !oreign armed in<ervention \vas needed, or at l?ast it ought to have been avoided, during; the late election riot in this eity. And when ministerial organ says, that "unless an armed farce coul'd beJbrought iu to eheek the rioters. the bui'lding (Court House) would jpe iirc|d, and the destruction of this and | other p|roperty woukl follo\v"—the statement ! cannot; be sustained by any facts or evidence. it be!ore inaking this assertion, thaf the and Clerk of the Court, thffugh unaided by any of the poliee force, " persuaded the rioters " to leave the records t>f , the Court and the Library " untouclied." ; Tlus " furious " mob that ivoukl have " ]aid tiie city in ashes, : ' was easiiy " persuaded " by a unarmed ofTicial to let certain books t)ind papcrs alone. And \velearn from one eipiiient and intelligent official in tlie buildirig duriiig a!l the time of the riot, that none of the real angry rioters who clubbed the Eepresenta"tives took any part in the destruction of furniture, books and papers in jthe House; lut an indifTerent ponion of the 111 ob, who, in a spirit of mischief and fun invaded a tabooed edifice and played smash wilh shouts of merrkiientandlaughter. And i:he serious, intentional rioters were neithei l savage nor murderous. They had 110; a i}uu'derous weapon iu their Uands and improVise.l their clubs out of material found on the spot; and we are satisfied that in their fiercest rage they showed 110 purpose lo kill a single man. The Representa{ive Kapnle, told us that the nioinent he laid down and sig;nified that he was bad!y hurt, he was let alone. Others \vere passea by as soon as jstruck down, an€ so it is evident to us that there was no niurderous intent evinced towards the especial objects of mob anger, the native Representatives, and not the slightest disposition to molest a forergner. | Now the molestation of the foreigner aiul |of fore|ign properiy eauld be the only cxcuse for a foreign armed iutervention. This excuse did not t?xist, and therejfcre this iutervcntion wasbvoughtabout by goverjuneiual ar.d >'ow.irilice. ihei'e \\as oue | ioreigner struck, the man Folev, o% acoount of his interferenee in behalf of Represeniatives tnat wero _assailed, and he was rescued ' a;W !iurt by the simple cour!ageous presentatjou of hinise!F by the BrU,ish Mr. Wodehouse. Other ! foreiVners. residents of the plaee, and who eoula not elahn! immunity froiu assault ou ;account of au}' popularitY , natives, vet withs(ood the angry inob, shovea 'thcm riglit and R-ft, aml even "periuaded"! |them not to ipf>lest certain thiugb. The puWi.<her »f th|s jp.»per. w!io h.ul iuade hiui-

se!f objectionable to inatiy in this inob, o•• | account of his active partisan effjrts in 'opposition to the pretensions of their car.did*.it ■- and vvho was assailed \v4h a few dei.uncidtory vvords by some of the mob s yet fe!t th-j--he had no occasion-to fetir any personal a-- ! 3auU. He stood in ihe midst of ihe excite.l ,crowd %vhen Gov. Nahaolelua was endeavor- , ing to pacify them with a few worJ!addressed from the Court House bakony ; !and amid all the cries of'rage there was not ' hostile word, uttered . against foreigrier~- | ' and no harm was interided against them, We sav } as we have stated before s tfrBt !heard some furious women cry out :: pepelii, I hailuku, puhi lea hale ;'' kill, stone to death : | • burn the house : but there is no evidence jthat the mob intended to carry oul any such ; fpurpose, , | i I ; But alarmists will s|ay, anu those who ,desirea permanent armed oeeupalion, ihai! j the infuriate mob unchecked, a£|erdesiroying l the Court House, wou!4 haye, into, j other buildings for drinkable.j and aiateria! |for combustion, and that arsprf and a fright-, j ful saturnalia would liave se£ |u upoii the icity. Bosh ! We do not believe this ioi \ lOne moment. One JRepresentative> Komoike-, : ehuehu, wiiha pistol iti h}s hand, made a lane i through this considerate|mob. night. ,had set in, enough of |citizens were ( around, would have rallied anj organizel <for the |Jefense of the town, evej| if official--1 had continued mcapable of and out of . their wits. But the neryovs men in powei\ |With no presence of iniqd, hastily appeal for to foreign represenfatives. Thesegeu-, iUemen, whatever may $e their convictions j must heed this appeal, aad the lof men-of-war respond , when called upou s 1 with their force as a mat|ter of duty. Foreiga j Kepresentatives and Commanders deserve jhonor and thanks at our ,hands ; at the same jtime vve assert, there was not as mueh oeea-, ,sion tor a ioreign interventiou 011 account of| jperil to ioreign interests ,during our late riot ias there has been ia Sfin Fraacisco some|times, for the interventiqn of a Chiaese lleeii i when a lawless mob of t,he ci:y was murder(iiigsome lew on accouut of an--1 tagonisni of races. ; » !

, ;i Ouly iive old peopie iu t]iis loveiy jvalley !" \vas the exclaruatioii of ai\ iutelfcigent uaveler as" we visited \vith. uiiu the. ! paradise-likejgleu aml vale of Hauualei, o; Mouuiaia loaui, t!xro,ugh wiioso mubrd(geous flowery meaJs tuere iueaader3 u ,sweei limpid, fertilizm>j sueaui, whkh irri(gaiēs space euough of rich soil to keep iu ,liappy aŌlueuee oae thousaud souls, aud i w ".ich ouee did, according to all evideuce. , uoui'iih about tbat uumbp- oi jocuud Ilawai-! i Aud all are goue, though not ail to i graves, ali except these iive scabby i o rc J" bcads. •• Aud wheie are those goue to, , who are uot iu their gra,ves ?" The youug . nien luwe goue«to sh;p oti piamjtious, whale ,ships, guauo ships, or L to eagage iu some ! , paltry jolibery, ur humuiuui aiul debauchcr\ ! ui Houolului aud tli«i k —a few niee boaraing schools 4 to bc titted for hoiues thut i exist i but the most of them to fuluil , ionie dauuuble uude by thei; i ( parcut§, or frieuds, wuh |t ]ascivious Chiua ! . muu, sotue lewd īuvirgiu iui - Oh! Brothers, we $hould put 0:1 sack- ! cloth aud wiih tfe Nuie\itCi, raUic. . thao \vuh BcUk4i^|r t w lieu uand(writiag is 011 the wall, a&4 ihe euetuj, is our citiuel, aud tcady ttf stnkc >u our acart. i - 1 - - - 1 - ! i

Smart Havvaiians are scamps/' ult is the reputation now" possessed bygraduates of Lahāinalunav that they are more jeduca(ed v than honest." So says Mr. C, J, Lyons the son of an American Congregational ary, in an address delivered before the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society on the 31st of Jānuarylast j and here Mr. Lyons speāks the opinion 6f "every observant person in these islands. r The safest native tō trūst with money, or to do a job of work faithfully, is one who cannot sign his name. Those who have been crammed with a little learning geem to have no other purpose in life to live by ehieane and to feed on the simpla and hard working, This is so mueh the case, that the outspoken stranger looking on says, - >l your educational system, and your immense literary supply for the native mind, of whieh you boast; are a curse to the islanders, only tending to make work dishonomble,'and the obfaining of a living by the exercivse of fraudful wit, meritorious. ?? But shall we dismiss the school-master who turns out only rogues ? Not so, but it is certaih that if the had been mo*e 01 a meehanie, or plowman, than a tnathematician, our sons of savage sires would nowl be rnōre valuable members of society. But the chief reason why schōlastic education is hurtful in Hawaii, whi[st beneficial else\Vhere in ChristendftnV is because there are rio honie influences to lny the foundations pf,character and tō train the "hearts of in virtuej and in such condition ks tliev were found and still are, industr?āl training was tl\ol chief requisite. This mu.st be looked to now. Drop some of your books and take up*the hoe fnore. Ēncourage scliool farms. " Steady work will help chastity more than preaching. We have too mueh schooling, especially among the girls. Such lots of niee girls are now turned out of schools 5 but they are, or at !east they think themselves too good for oative men, and look to marriage with whites; and failing that, heeome mistresses. It is the curseof this poor miserable country, that with only about 48,000 natiye people, so many are turned out of pseudo philanthropic institutions gotten up by mistaken bgnevolent foreigners, as ladies and gentlemen, who will not work, and whose aim is t<? live by offlce, vice, or as parasites.