Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 135, 9 June 1894 — CHARITY IN HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

CHARITY IN HAWAII.

•*joti*| Corre*pondme* of t5w Tr*c»cf1plj From vhst »oarce9 do tbe A«o»*rir*n people d«rive tbeir kno»l«*.ltre of ert*nt» at Honoluln. Hn*l how ii the»r opinion on Hhwaiinu qnestiooH f inoe«l? First, t!.e pr*-n <lespntclie« frorn lienee; i all. or nearly all, of wbich are prepared nn<l«r tbe sopeniaioo of ttie party in power Second. fr<<m tbe S.in Francisco press, j tlii» l>eing fr<im loeal and »eltish reus<ius a unit in fnvor of tbe an- j nexrtionist«. Third, from j)rivate letters. all of wliieh. going to the United States from the same party. bnt Spcaking as individnals. eonhnn the testnuony of the more pnhlie utt» raucee. Clearly, therefoie, whethcr the provisionalists be right or wrong. the American P* >p <• have had little opportunity t<i form lhcir opiniona save on the evidence <<f th< se who cause<l the revolt. The fact abore stated constitutes the excus<* <>f citizens of ihe Uuitcd States that tbey have not iuore generallv reaented the |>ernisteut assumption <>n that part of the revolutioiiists that it is Amerienli eapilal wliieh deiuauds our prot«otion. Amenean inttrists and property uow in jeopardy here. lt is Hawaiian |>roperty, wrung from Hawaiian laud whieh has lieeu leaaeil at merely uominal rentul bv tho favor of the Haw iinu Government, cultivated bv oheap labor imported by the pi ivil«*ges of Hawaiian law; the iiumense aeemnulaiiona, the euorim<us dividends. result froin the favoring conditions given by tiie Hawaiian Govcrnment to the f»ugar pl»nters. notebly tho reci procity tre«ty. a meaaure inaugnr ted under the brolher of Liliuokalani. There liee before uie an t>flicinl statement of the ten ni*«st pro»|x*rous plantations; by lhis it is clear that an investiueut of $4,065.1100 in sngar pro<luced last vear an avenge dividend of *2‘2.0 jH'r eenl. the highest j>ercent.<g<* being forty, and the lowest thi.teeu jH*r cent. ls not the above suftioient evidence tbat tlieir mercantile j>rosperity h»s lxH*n enormous. and that they were not oppressed very prievouslv in their incorporat©d est»tes? TLey will be bt<ppy. iodeed. if for tbe tweuty years to eome their confederated wi«dom shall succeed iu giving to thera «oeh eub.stantia! returns as those whieh have flowed into their |¥.>ckets onder tbe reigns of those sovereigns of whoiu they cannot speak oh«ritably to*lay. Wl y, then, did they rebel? Whr. indeed ; lt was *nother il!ustration uf the <>ld fable of the goose who laid the g<dden egg 7 lt was the oKl «tory, aud the Koya!ist governroeut niight have quoted to them their owu Bible wbere it says, "I hnve nourished «nd bronght upchildren and th,ey li.**ve rebelled Mgviust m**.’ It was the airogance of richest and not the turuing of poor worm under the heel of the oppressor. It was the love of jH>wer, it was the gree<l of gain. Let us grant tbat snoh |.H>wer wouKi have been wisely used for the benefit of the Hnwaiiao, if you will; let us never insinuate that tbe gain would have been or is that of the pir*te or filibuster; none the lese is it true that love of j>ower aud two eents a pouod addition«l profit cao«ed tbe revolt more th«n «ny other secret «priug of «eiion. Wheo men move together, or when the acts, it is from fixed motiv«s; tbere may have been thoee in th« | provisioDahst tanks in whose , breasts patriotism («s thev unden»tood it. whieh means bere devotion to the l«nd of their aooestora, not to the land on whieh ihey were boro), arousid them to «eiion, but the master motive of tbe n>ovement proee«ulod froni tbe arrogauce of eapiUl, aseocuted eapiUl whieh brooks no oppo-

sition; «nd like Alexander,is not i satisfied wi ,b the world it has al- < ready conq iered. 1 These imn, in private life, are tbe venr cr*am of the world; they are bospit. ble. even where the stranger bas at times entered their doon but to betray the faults and toibles of their family circle; tbey are nionl and religioo», ofierii g to the Go<l of their fathers tluir daily lives in hum ble etfort .o follow thst of His Son; lhey ire charitable, using * tbat term in aj<plicatiou to a desire to llesa and help otbers. so that mo-t of tbem do some thing for tl e education and supjH>rt of Hai aiian youtb. This is tl e individn«l life; now. wonld Ihal tbe saioe coald be \vritten of the associated life of the commcnity, but in truth, it caunot. It is no easier for them to make this the kiugdom of beaven thau it w is for tbe rich man to euUr it burdened witb his weallh in the days when tlie teacher of N;<z*reth stated the difficolty. And therefore we fiud them l«cking iu that charity I whieh thiuketh no evil, bear»-th all tbings, seeketb not her own an<i belitve'h all tbings. Tbat wh eh they have said of their queeu the stories they have circuluted cf the private life of < some of hei a<lherenLs, could be r©adily reci >rocated in kiud. Let the Boyalis , tbe Hawaiian, have tbis to hw cre<lit; lie has never descended t; th.<t k ndof warfare. liut is it no sad tbat tbe scaudal and tbe gos;ip of tiiis civil strife sbould hav > eome f»om lips on whieh the iotes of prayer have scarce boen hushed? That for real forb«arance »nd thut sdence whieh is golden, w 3 must look not to the children of he raissionary but to the descend mts of the savage or the family of the nnbeliever. It is not f >rgotten here that the onlv detrac ion frera the merits of the mart\ red priest of Molokai eumo from one of their number after tho lip\ whieh had prayed for tbe dyin ' lej>er every day for nearly twen y years were cold aml silent; witb is this is a dead issue, ; but since I have beeu here two articles havt apj>eared in a native newsj>aper r#seuting the oldslauder of Fathe • Damien’s cbaracter. For tbese Ilawaiians feel; they bear wroug iu silence, but the heart is hea>y and sore. •‘Tbey tbi ik weare inditferent” said a full-lloodod Hawaiian to mo. “Tb<s<> j>eople who bave tried to bartar away our nation: und wby? ><’e do not deny that they have bten our friends. We Iove our frie ids; we meet thera in private life j ist as w« always did; we try to tr<at tliem bospitably aud courteo isly, we say notbiug of tbe wrong tbey buve done our queen, and v hat is our returu* ' They send word to other nations that we do n )t care; that we will cheerfully scbmit to loss of na1 tiona!ity. Thoy are utterly wrong; we feel our jx>sitiou and sufter, ' keeuly, sadly. th«ugb silently." Other testimonv at my eommand mostly coifirras the above. >io j>ersou ig:u>r.iiit of the Hawaiian teuiperainpnt ean «ppreciate ' the inteusc delicacy of this peo • jde. Oh, how they lovo tbeir flag! No w<<nder that the provisionalists p«rty. baving sought to <>blitente the nation. now »ro considering »undry designs for changiug ra<lically the naiional eusign, thos)c»>lor» whieh were ouee btfore hauled howu by a foreigo powir, but whieh tbe uative, to l is groat joy, saw restomi after nearly six months j by ihe saiue |H>wer. Thus there is a jrecedent for their simple, honest, CbriUian f«itb tuat the United State? will do as honorm- ! bly by thei» as was done by monarobio«l Great Britain, aod ihe firat act of Oolonel Bionnt gave the eol )r of tr <th ko thia inference. But how did they greet the cbangc of enūgnsf Would «ny otber uation bave aliowed a ‘ foreign symtol to flutter undis I turbed for ov» r two moothsf They bore i; until the day eama wheu by tte order of tbe American m nister it wa« to eome down; then they «ssembled to see Ihe r )stor*tion ol their owu. A frie;id of mine atood by a group of Hawaiiaoa as the cbauge was m ide; down eame the Ameneae. aml ep roae the Hawaiian eolo». * * Why don* t yoo cbe«r" he asked 8iie*»o» w«»

the answer. *‘Why don’t \ou cheer," be demanded again. His 1 eyes bad been raiaed aloft. or he I voold not hare qoestiooed them. j For. torning aroond and looking I into ihe dark facee of tbe meo and women at hia elbow.th«re 5 were great tears of joy rolling down their eheeka, aod voices woold havebeen drowned in sobs. • Besides/ sa;d one of the men to him, “we woohl not do anvtbicg to hurt the feelings of tbe Am<ricans: it is their dag, you know.” That is Hawaiian; it i» not car teacbing that gave tbem their i ation.il chamcterist;cs. Tbey are children. say those wbo woold ’oe tbeir gU!rdians. Well. suppcse thev are. and spoiled childien at that. Who w«s it that said ie iuost receive his teaehings as a little child‘ who not on!y suffer?d bnt loved httle chi!dren? Wbat estuuate wouhl we make of a;iy }K?rson who shoohl hate a ch;ld or t »ke the ieast advantage of ts innocent confidence? Wliat is their uational cnstcra wheu tbe latter mentioned baeomea fact? Within six months I have answered that questi*m frora observations made in t ie eveniug on the streets of Londoa, where tl»e poor outcast wom.m wan<lers in search of bread What is her fate in Hawaii? As soon as it is kuow that sbe requires the sympathy of her friends, a eonple of good women with wiiom fortune has been kiuder iu that thoy have husband, home and huiuhle meaiis, go for her —k> rejiruHt h and draw aside tbeir skirts? U », uo: but vie with eaeh otber m iralucing her to give her child to them to be reared, clothed aid educated as a member of their own family circle. Thepoorni> tler does not lose her positioi, and the child is forever ignora it that be is not in tbe home of his owu j) >rents. Mow, the Hawa - ian did not learn to cut this broi d mantle of charity froni the New £uglaud fashion-plate. This custom is univeisal; nob o and fisherman «re proud to perpetuate it, aud wheu to a marritd pair of the humbler class a ehi d is born there is no need of ansi)ty, for the ieady hand aud ho».- | pitable beart of more than one of the pareuts’ friends not on!y stand ready, but almost angrily nrge their elaim to receive the litt.e stra-n«»er. There was a lady lieie O •' in puhlie life who bad in h*r service a most duvoted married pair, they were loyal to her, tme to eaeh other, «nd in one iusta'ice uearlv paid for their const:iucy with tbeir lives; a child was boru to thein, and as a delicate rewartl, this noble lady said: ‘‘Tbat ehilel shall be mine, iu that I will rea *, 1 educate and clothe it f« r yon; t shall always have tbe best and live in plenty.” Again, in anotber 1 partof the island was bornanothf r infant, and some oue toid the nob!e lady that her own bnsban.l ; onght to assume its snpport. Aud ' sho resented the irapntation? N<-, she said, *‘go and get the ne-v comer; 1 oannot do it, but it sha 1 be placed with a friend of mine. and shall never know repro«cb ur want, but be fe«i, clad and rearel as well as anyoue iu the kingdom.” t \Vhat has been the resnlt to two beautiful. innocent childrep? They eall the woman who has reared tbem ‘‘mamina;”the noblo p&troneas is one whose life hai been from gir!hood to age fre3 from the least attack of social I eninitv. But whut was the result • to tbeir benefactor? The woman was Queeu Liliuokalani, and in I thus showing her benevolenc«) and confonniug to a naiional cust- m. making berself thereby the j eqoal of ber bnroblest subject on , the glorioas, tbe divine plaae of that cbarity whieh coveieth h ( roultitude of sins. ahe ex|>osei. j ber own breast to the wicketl at | tacks of her poliiioal enemiee. Again would I assert in terms as strong as language ean makt : them tbat I write not from hear i say. but after penonal interviews. I I with eaeh and all the paiiiea to 1 tbe at>ore trans«ction. Charity | like crime is contagioos; it took «11 cooler judgement to controi my impolse of conformity io Ha- | waiinn custom and beg for mysell , ‘ «nd Chaancy Hall School the , honor of bringiog up one of tbese iniaad vaift in lbo institutioo wh«re the Queen*» boaband re> i eeived his edocation.

At one end of the city of Honolelo is the misssiouary setainary for the instruction of Hawaiian | girls; in tbe temporary penury of the royal patron I caanot say how miny there are now tbe receipieats of her bounty, but untii recently twenty were sopported there from her piirate purse< that ahieh was true of tbis institution was also true of otbere wbere she wvs placed the cbildren o( her poorer friends. Further. wien tbe m-an- of this instituti?n were insafficient, the manageis went to her majesty; sho beard tbeir story and drew seventeen thoosand dollars frv>m her own funds, when she gave to them for investoient, the ineome tc be used for tbeir good. Whai w.is done w:th this sum' It wa« put nto constroction bonds ol a |)lant:ition railroad company, from whieh no ineome has been derived. aud on whieh probably r,ot a cent of principal w’.ll ever be paid. and the mun who was responsible for tue loss to the qaeen o. : her intended benev<>lenee, and to the seminary for its fuud, was one of comraissioners who hurried to Washington with the annexation tre;<ty. When one of thf q een’s miuisters wrnt iut<> h«rpresencednring the last days of li«r power, h. found her dilligently studying the appropriation bill. He told her tbat owing to limited revennes. tl.ere must be general re- , dnctions, aml looking at the items, bo cut down nue after the otber. “But.” sbe said, “it is g >iug to be verv bard ou those poor sch >ol teachers to have their salaries so reduced; they do not receive any too mueh pny now. “I know ifc, your majesty,” said he. “but it is necessary; there’s only just so mueh money to go iound.” He bad noticed that on the memjrandum before her she had writ »n her own name at the i i head of her list. “I will tell you,” sa;d sbe, drawiug her pen1 cilthrougb tlie figures, “Begin with me; take oft’ all tii.it item, that’ll help ten tbousand dollars;" thus gur-endericg the sole cash payment whieh she received from the depa tment of finance, rather than crijple the means of the instructora of her people. But w iat then woukl be her meaus of snpport/ therent of the crown lands reserved fmm all time wei-e the ineome of the sovereign, as previously ev])Iaine<l bv mo in these letters. These rentals h ive been confiscated to tlie nse of the provisional gov- . rnmeut, audnotwithstanding this ><ccretion of their revenues to the Hiuount cf say $50,000 their disbursemei>ts esceed by moro than 100 per ceut the public ex|>euditure uuder the qneen. Besides whieh, when she was in receipt of this sum, a big retiuue of the natire people were snppo:ted frora hef purse. Some have placed it as bigb as three Lundred in number. Now. it is paid to seud c«)umussiouers to Washiugton tu pay Mr. Thuraton’s living th< re, to snpport President D*>le and lus eouueil, aud further to mainlain the provisioualist anuy of iliens whieh are drilled d iily to p-event the Queen’s rest oration the throne. Thenative Hawaiian receives little or no benefit from the bount;ful provision of ;be Iv.aiuehamehas. JcLirs A. Paljieb, Jb.

Exqland has its Houee of Lords whieh tbe people are trying to demollsh' Tbe p.g. of Hawaii | proposes to have its hoase of lords in a close corpor«tion of 15 members, elecled by a high property *[nalifioation. In addition to th s, tha Dole draft for a “repoblic ’ provides for a Hoase I of Pricc s nqder the gaise of an “Advisory Coancil,'’ one third of whieh will be appointed by a | oypber Hoase of Representatives: one third by tbe House of Lords: and ono-sbird by Empemr Dole. £vident)y tbe Potentate of the eigbt years appointment is resolved tbat tbe ‘people’ shall not eome between the wind and his nobility. Bot tbe masses generelly get tt ere all the same. LoXDOX ijsy 30. -Geoeral J ohn Be«aton r a C«l)fomian who haa been stayiog at ihe First aveno« Hotel in lais eity. has been arreated «nd charged wiih caosiog : Uie deatb ol a man named Ooorg* t Bart* ‘0-