Nuhou, Volume I, Number 12, 4 April 1873 — Disturbance at Kalihi [ARTICLE]

Disturbance at Kalihi

t (Jonbidcrable oxeiteiucnt was ruu»td on VVednc6 j<lay last bj thc report of an uprising of tho |lepere at Kalihi, and of an attcmpt tu shoot Dr, | Trousscau. The watter vas csaggeratcd, and !amoilg the various it is difficult to light ■ on tl>e exact facts of the ease, and \ve will onlj' j briefly give the outline of the piiikia. | Aiftong the euspected lcpcrs detumed at Kaiihi i i'or treatuient and probatjon, was one Jiin, a well i known shipping agent and boat-boj, who haa j long bceu 6uspected of hijiving the dread diiOiu-c. j Ihe Doct«r apjx>inted for the purpo6c decid<xi i thiit ho had it, aod uurīug his visit on Wedueej day fised 011 huu ae one pf those to be exiled to j Mol«jk»i. Jiiu violentlj tlic fatiU decree, |and in vahi, jthat he was thc victiia i not pf leprosy, but of afra drinking. aud finallj j in reeklese deepair, attcuipted to ehooi Doetor and bcingbj|God"s piovidence foiled j in his lell purpose bj tl|e accideutal dropping of I the eap off his pistol—he att€mpted peisonal | violeucv. We are happy to hear tliat tlie bravc 1 Doctor eeeapeil unliurt. Xiie#ivtciicu uiau wae • o?er-po\vcrod aud eouvcyed lo pris<.ni ilarshal I but uot bcforc he had turncd lus Eeudish i endeuvore li&e\viso to thoot the Maxshal, t in liie n.H.'klossnest lie Wuuli prvfer to bc liaugo,i ) to the lmug loatlieomc dcat!i at Molokai. | a[ * ct for tlie j\risoii the icI »aimug lopcrs >vere ealuieU dowu, aud ou j tho Mar«lial s returuiug and iheui | w>pftrAWljr, iUßrmcvl tbej had no euuplaiuu t> jiaakp, but wexc as vxjuifotUl>l,y situate\i as iin.ii fate would allow. I ll will grMtlj ciHlc«r our l<dovcd King. to t Uje lioa(t« of hia peo}iie, to iicar tliat thougt, , 6uflcriug Jroiu teuiporarj iudispositior., wl.ieh j wutined lum to bis r«idcucv, jct wlieu tho re I port of Uie pilikia auiong hia uuionuuau- su'o,jetfts rcaehed. lūui, Lc owu v\wufott aml |6j»fclj a.<ido, \ud at oniv*sT*out tor tiic k\'u>; ,of t ic I<V tlic lu.liiie lt!'.

!oved presence and bj hie royal words of admonition s he •woulel bc able to quiefc and bring to a aenee 6f their duty liis afflicted eubjectß, Ile lortunately wae met bj the good nevvs that all wae peaee again, and so did not go on to Kaliiu, We. earnestly coLntnend the vigorous aeiion taken to put down thie (ell di6ease. To the administrators of the law, it must be a painful 'ta6k, but none the lees mußt it be carried out. Our King, has in this point, ehown liia love for his race, in so actively promoting the uprooting of the foul that is corrupting the very vitals of the nation« We fear mistaken notions have been "fostered in the minds of «ome of our natives, that it ie an unnecessary cruelty to isolate the affiicted leper from his family. The experience of the past shows us it is the only w r ay. llad thc law been more activcly carried out \ve should not have so many hundre<J specimens of loatheome humanity in our midst, ēowing the sceds of disea6e in our offspring and rising generation. We have the authority of the Bible for this isolation v We wouM in justice iio.all be very eareful and have the benefit of ali the experience that ean be obtained, on eaeh before it is doomed to that last sad home at Molokai. And we think among the various denominations of religion now T settled among us, therc should be found somc scrvant of Christ, w r illing to jmnister to his Master in tcnding the souls of these poor outcasts, that having lost all earthly oys they nray be led to prepare for the world to eome, 1