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VOL. I.
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LAHAINA,
Ajoruenr OUTRAGE.
The Herald for the present month
gives the particulars of a third outrage
‘committed by men ®rom a civilized
and Christian country, on the Native
Authorities of the Sandwich Isiands
-and the members of the Mission.—
Some notice of these transactions ap
peared three or four weeks ago, in ex
tracts of a private letter. We are
glad to see the whole affair, in all its
turpitude, held up, es it is in the Her
ald, to the detestation of the civilized
world. We think the missionaries and
their friends in this country have been
too forbearing; and we hope that
hereafter no wretch can be guilty of
such conduct as that ~related below,
without being publicly and by ndme
hianded over to the infamy he de
gerves.
We should be glad to lay before our
readers the whole article in ¢he Her
«ld, but must content ourselves for
the present with the following ex
tracts.— Ver. Chron.
In the month of October last, a third
attack was make upon the place,
which was, in some respects, more
aggravated than any preceding - one.
The assailants were the officers and
crew of the John Palmer, an English
whale-ship. The assault was made
under the direction, or with the sanc
tion of the captain, who is said to be a
native of Massachusetts.
The history of this affzir is well
written by Hoapiri, the governor of
Mavi, (of which island Lahaina is the
port,) in an official despatch address
to Kaahwmanu, the regent of the Sand
wich Islands. - Before the reader en
ters upon the perusal of this document,
Jet him recollect, that four years pre
vious to the date which it bears, the
~ man who wrote it was au uninstructed
pagan, not able to read or write. Let
the official yeport be comsidered—its
order, explicitness, freedom from ex
traneous matter, and from every thing
like swelling and bombast, and its man-
Iy assumption of responsibility; and
fet it be said, whether such men are
to receive abuse and insult, and their
towns to be fired upon, not only with
out provocation, but when the rulers
are discharging a great public duty,
which they owe to themselves and to
their persecutors? and whether the
civilized world is to look calmly on,
and see the peace and the territory of
the unoffending natives barbarously
violated, merely because riotous sail
ors will not brook the restrainis of
civilization and Christianity?
The letter is as follows:
Lahaina, Oct. 24, 1824.
Love to you Elisabeth Kaahumanu.
This is the word which I have to
declare to you. We have recently
been in difficulty: we here of Maul.
Noone else isinvolved, I alone. It
was my own personal resolution.
This is the ground of difficulty which
vou are to consider—a strict regard
to God: because you and we had said,
the women must not go on board the
ships for the purpose of prostitution.
[ have strictly observed this word of
ours. s
There have recently gone off se
cretly several women for purposes of
lewdness, Nukoko and Mikabako and
others, whose names I do not know.
When | heard by the people, that the
ships had got possession of the women,
then I requested the commander of
the ship, Cgptain Clark, to refurn to
me the women. He would not con
sent :—he ridiculed what I said.
That day passed; next morning I
urged him again; three times I insist
ed on it R
~ Hesaid to me: Your efforts are
i vain. ‘lt is not right. It is not thus
in Great Britain. [t is not right for
you to withhold women from English
men. Do not keep back the women,
that go in the bad way; otherwise a
man of war will come and destroy you
all. "
Then I replied; I do not at all re
gard what you have said. There is
but one thing that is right in my view
—-that you send me back the women;
—but understand, if you do not return
them; I shall detain you here on shore
till we get the women.- Themyou may
go to the ship. :
My requirement was not at ell com
plied with. /
Then I sent men to take the boat.
The boat was detained by me; and the
foreigner was detained by me, here on
shore. 3
He said to me: this place will be
full of ships; and Maui shall be free
from tabu, or entirely burnt, so that
not a cluster of houses shall be left.
My ship is ready to fire upon you this
| night.
| Freplied; if the gns of your ship
fire, T wirl take care of you. You and
| T and my chief will go together to an
| other place. If your men fire from
| the ship, we the people of the island
will remain quiet; but if the people
| of the ship land here on shore to fight
| us,'then my people will fight them.
‘| You and T will sit still, and let your
- | people and mine do the fighting. 1
will take care of you. If you do not
| { give me back the women, you and I
| will dwell here on shore, and you shall
, | not return to your vessel. I have but
| one desire, and that is, the return hith
||er of the women. T ended.
) We continued together from the
.| carly to the latter part of the evening,
- | when the cannon of the ship were fir
) | ed. !
Mr. Richards had come to me, say
| | ing, ¢I have come to promote recon
£ | eiliation, out of love to you and out of
» | love to them.” ~ Mr. Richards inquir
- | ed of me, “What is your design?” I
-| replied ‘my only design is, that the
-| women be returned. We were per
. | suaded to resign by Mr. Richards. 1
- | therefoxe sent back the foreigner; but
s | did not obtain the women.
1| These are my thoughts concerning
t | the ‘recent doing in this place belong
§ *ing to your king, It is mearly right
NEW ECHOTA, WEDNESDAY CTOBER 15, 1828,
perbiaps, it is nearly wrong perhaps.
te said to me, I shall sail to Qabu.
Boki and the consul will come and
fight us. -
Where are you? Look out well for
Nakoko and those with her, and if you
can get them, send them back bere to
Maui; and if the vessel does not an
swer, then give direction to Palekalu
hi. It is ended. Loveto you all,
HoAPIRI-KANE.
. Eaplanation of the foregoing letter.
- All the readers of these pages may
not have been informed, that Kaahu
manw has been a person of great au
thority at the islands for the last twen
ty-five years; that she was one of the
wives of old Tamehameha; that in
her former state, she was !ike other
pagan rulers, except that she exhibit
ed uncommon talents and extraordina
ry haughtiness; that, three or four
years ago, she first gave evidence,
which has since been continued, of
strict rehigious principle; that she was
admitted to the church in December
1825; that she was previously associ
ated with Karaimoku in the govern
ment, as joint regent with him, till the
young king should be of sufficient age
and capacity to administer the public
concerns, that, since the death of Ka
raimoku, this trust devolves upon her
alone; that her influence and authori
ty with the natives are paramount and
undisputed; that though foreigners
have tried to render her odious with
the natives, they do not appear to have
succeeded at all; and that she uses
her power discreetly, and to the satis- -
faction of the chiefs and people. Her
brother Kuakini, commonly called
John Adams, is governor of Hawaii,
the largest island. When Kaahuma
nu was baptized, she took the name
of Elizabeth. §
By saying, No one else is involved—
I alone——Hoapiri means, that he takes
the sole responsibility of what was
done by himself and his men.
The boat referred to was the cap
tain’s, in whit‘*\ he went to and from
Lits ship. |
By saying that he should take care
of captain Clark, Hoapiri meant that
Capt. Clark should be put in a place
of safety; and not, as our readers might
understand him, that instant, deserved,
and condign punishment should be in
flicted for so gross and wanton an out
rage. |
By my chief is intended Nahienaena,
the young princess; and by your king,
Kauikeoult, the young king, then in the
foyrteenth or fifteenth year.
The sentence—it is nearly right per
haps, it is nearly wrong perhaps—is idio
matic, and probably means—perhaps
I was right—perhaps I was wrong: of
| this it belongs to you, a$ my superior, to
| judge. :
The letter is signed Hoapiri-kane,
which is, Hoapirt the man, to dis
tinguish the governor from his wife,
who signs her name Hoapiri-wihane,
that is, Hoapiri the woman. - This chief
was, at the last intelligence, describ
ed as a firm and consistent friend of
religion and morality, and as a deter
mined supporter of the laws. -
The phrase translated love to you, is
the common salutation, and means, ac
cording to circumstances, affection for
you, or respect, sympathy, or general
good will. .
Further particulars.
Other documents received at the
Missionary Rooms, correborated by a
person of veracity, who left the islands
last December, authorize the state
ment of the following particulars.
Mr. Bingham and his family were at
the house of Mr. Richards, having
some time before gone to Maui on a
visit for relaxation and the recovery
of health. Toward evening, on the
23d of October, captain Clark with
two other foreigners, followed by a
great concourse of natives, came to
the gate of the mission house. It ap
peared that the boat bad been seized,
and captain Clark was highly incens
‘ed at the conduct of the governor.—
He declared, that within an hour from
the time the new. should reach tha
ship, the town would be destroyed.
A messenger soon arrived from Ho
apiri, requesting captain Clark to
come to his house.
On going to the house of Hoapiri,
Mr. Richards found captain Clark
there, with most of the chiefs. He
inquired as to the cause of the diffi
culty, and the measures which the go
verner had taken to .obtain redress;
and at last suggested to Hoapiri,
whether it would not be wise, on the
meek and forbearing principles of
‘Christianity, to permit. captain Clark
to go on board his ship, particularly
as he had agreed to have the business
settled by 9 o’clock the next.morning.
After conversing half an hour, the
governor gave his assent, and restored
the boat. By the time the boat was
ready, the light was hoisted, and the
firing of a nine pounder commenced.
The next morning, the places where
the balls struck were found, and there
could be no doubt that the mission
house was particularly aimed at. One
of the balls passed over it, as could be
seen by the direction of the ship, and
probably at a distance of not more than
four feet from the roof.
Hoapiri sent his- account of the af
fair by a special messenger, in a ca
noe, on the 24th. The Johm Palmer
sailed for Oahu the same day, but
without any settlement of the difficul
ty. Thus the captain totally diregard
ed his engagement made the evening
‘before, in the presence of Mr. Rich
ards,
From Hawes’ Lectures to the Young Men |
of Hartford and New-Haven, ;
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
CULTIVATION OF THE MIND.
~ Another requisite for meeting the
claims of society is intelligence, or a
careful cultivation of your minds. In
despotic governments, where the sub
ject is a mere vassal, and has no part
either in making or executing the
laws, ignorance is, no doubt, as the
advocates of legitimacy claim, an es
sential qualification of a good citizen.
The less he knows of his rights, the
more contented be is to be deprived
of them; and the less he understands
of duty, the more pliable he is as a
mere instrument of ambition and pow
er. Not soin this country. Here
every man is a public man. He has
an interest in theé community, and ex
erts an important influence over the
interest of others. He is a freeman;
and this ought always to mean the
same thing as an intelligent man. He
possesses the right of suffrage; and in
the exercise of that right, he is often
called to aid in the election of rulers;
to deliberate and act respecting the
public welfare; to fill offices of influ
ence and trust, and to perform innu
merable duties in the course of life,
‘which can be well performed, only in
the possession of an intelligent and
well furnished mind. And certainly,
whatever be a man’s circumstances,
he cannot but be a happier and more
useful man, by possessing such a
-mind.
It is not an extended, eritical ac
quaintance with the sciences on which
I here insist; this must of necessity be
confined to a few; but such a measure
of knowledge as may be acquired by
men of business, by all men who will
but make a proper use of their facul
ties and time. Franklin was a man
of business, he was an apprentice boy
in a printmg office; but by a careful
improvement of that time, which by
many young men is thrown away, he
became one of the wisest statesmen
and most distinguished philosophers of
his day. Sherman, too, of our own
State, was a man of business; he was
a shoe-maker; but by self-impulse, by
patient, untiving effort, he rose from
the bench of the shoe-maker, seated
himself in the halls of congress, and
there took his place with the first.
A small portion of that leisure time
which you all possess, and which, by
too many, is given to dissipation and
idleness, would enable any young man
to acquire a very general knowledge
. of men and things. A judicious econ-
NO. 33.
omy of that time, for one year, womnld
afford you opportfunity to read a great
many useful volumes, and to treasure
up much useful knowledge. The
means of inteliectual improvement
were never more abundant or accessi
ble to all classes of persons, than at
the present day; and I may add, never
were there strenger inducements for
young men to avail themselves of those
‘means, and to aim at high attainments
in knowledge. Society is rapidly ad
vancing in general improvement; the
field of enterprise is fast widening,
and useful talents of every kind find
ample scope for employment. And
permit me toremind you, my friends,
‘that in respect to mental improve
‘ment, - the present is the most impor
tant period of your life. It is, indeed,
‘the only period in which you can en
‘ter upon such a course of improve
l ment with any hope of success. If
from the age of fifteen to twenty-five
a young man neglects the cultivation
}of his mind, he will probably neglect
it till the end of life. If during that
period he does not form a habit of
reading, of observation and refiection,
he will never form such a habit; bug
go through the world as the dull asg
goes to market, none the wiser for all
the wonders that are spread around
Lim. _ p
I am the more anxious to impress
this subject upon your minds, because
I consider your usefulness, your press«
eat and future happiness, as most in~
dimately connected with it. A young
man who has a fondness for books, or
a taste for the works of nature and
art, js not only preparing to appear
with honor and usefulness as a member
of society, but is secured from a thou
sand temptations and evils to which
he would otherwise be exposed. . He
knows what to do with his leisure
time. It does not hang heavily on his
bands. He has no inducement to re
sort to bad company, or thehaunts of
dissipation and vice; he has higher
and nobler sources of enjoyment in
himself. At pleasure, he can call a
round him the best of company, the
wisest and . greatest men of every age
and country—and feast his mind with
the rich steres of knowledge which
they spread before him. A lover of
good books can never be in want of
good society, nor in much danger of
seeking enjoyment in the low pleasures
of sensuality and wices.
From the Missionary Herald:
CHICKASAWS.
JMonroe.—lt was mentioned in the
number of this work for February,
and for April, that the Mission among
the Chickasaw Indians, formerly un
der the care of the Synodical Mission
ary Society of Georgia and South
Carolina, had been transferred to the
Board. Mention was also made of a
pleasing attention to religious instruc
tion, which had been for some time
’witnessed at Monroe, cne of the sta
tions in the Chickasaw nation.
The Cburch at that station was or
ganized in June, 1823; and then com
sisted of members of the Mission famis
ly, and one colored woman, who was
the first fruits of missionary labors
there. From that time, till the com~
mencement of the present revival, tha
Lord had blessed the preaching of the
Gospel in an encouraging manner, & 16
had been added to the church.—Since
March, 1827, 42 more have been add
ed so that the church now consists of
58, exclusive of the mission family.
~ The school at Monroe bas been
suspended nearly a year, because no
suitable person could be obtained to
teach it. The schools at two of the
other stations are seriously embarras
sed for the want of regular and devo
ted teachers. The stationis in the
most populous part of the nation there
being, according to the best estimate,
more than 800 souls within 10 miles
of the mission family. 3'ive-eights of
them are Chickasaws, and the remain
der colored people of African descent,
with a few white men having Chicka~
saw families.
-The annexed account of the revival ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᎥᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ.
ᏔᏭᎧᏁᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᏌᏉ ᏧᏂᎴᎠᎪᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
ᏴᏫᏁᎬ ᏗᏂᏬᏂᏗᏍᎩ ᏦᎢᏁ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎤᏮᎫᏢᏗ
ᎭᏎᏍᏗ,’ ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ,
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏑᏖᏢ ᎢᏯᏅᎪ ᎢᏴ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏦᎢ
ᎮᏠᎸ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏘ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ. ᎠᏕᏗᏱᏍᎬᏃ ᎢᎠ ᎩᎳ
ᎠᎾᏮᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ,, ᏅᎩᏁᎢ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏘ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
ᏣᎳᎩᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏗᏂᏬᏂᏗᏍᎩ, ᏔᎵᏉ ᎠᏕᎸ
ᏬᎧᎾᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏑᏕᏗᏴᏛ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ ᎠᎾ”
ᏧᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ. ᏦᎢᏁᏃ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎩᎳ ᎣᏂ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᎯ”
ᏌᏗᏒ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᏓᎬᏍᏗ.
