Nuhou, Volume I, Number 11, 13 January 1874 — Obscene Publication. [ARTICLE]

Obscene Publication.

Lahainaluna, Dee. 31, 187^. Mr. Editok : —To-3ay. on in«peet*ng n. %veek!y manuseript jouina], publlshed by eome of t1»o st-udente in this seminary, and whieh l.a- hUhei' been quite intelligently conduoted 4 there WHte found two pieces of libidmous jesting. T! e writer being called to aeeouni with a pros]>eet c f expulsion, excused himself by showing that he had estracted the aforesaid filth from a per eolilmn filled chieoy uith similar xnaUer, namely, Ka Nuiou llawah, ī>ook 1, Xo. 7, Pee 10, page 0, eolumn let. ī cannot auppoie that the Editor of that f-ho< t wouM knowingly permit his native iis*l?tant to introduee such matter into hh columns Bnt it is therc, has contributed to the educat?on of youth into evil, and calls for x>ublic reprol»atio' , in whieh I trust that Editor \yīll heartily join. S. E. Bisnor. fWe are not at all surpris£d at the statement of Mr. Bishop. The paper referred to has a ehmaeter so notorious for vio!ation of all decen<:y and courte?y, tha?t our only surp'rjße is, that any p-ei-their families for thcir wives and childreii to read. We understand that Ihe artiele referred to, if printed in English } wou!d tonsign to the State prison the printers t editors a'nd all eonrected wl::: thc publication. And yet there r.re men here who cheerfully contribute to H* suppor:. ur.d think they are doing a grcfat publie serviee.— Ei>. Oaz.] ' ' 1 1 i The iievercnd JSereno l>ishop dcnounces a? 44 fiith " certani native language iu the Nmoi Hawaii with whieh he says its co!umns are Ellel, and through the eolumne of the he ea!ls for an espression of public reprobati-n Thi? | ehe eame Ilcvcrcud who iu au addcc>s before the Mission Cbildrcn s Society*>aid that there was such a nameless iaini " an,d of | iu Uie evory day gari'ulous ,discoursc of lae ll.\- | waiiau poople tliat the inissionary p\renU liad novei aUowed iheīi' oUikkeu to wilL L = " ! 1 ' 1 " - - ! iliO nauve, and had ever si\lulously kep( ttiem 6epaiated tVom what they deemed ineradicable | polluliou. And ihi<? view of the laee» aud of Uiea' kuguage woukl have sk»ine coufiimattou to &Uau£CL > <> aou to partkvlly iufonvK\l p\H^oiis, view oi evidouce«> fumishk\t bj the aud tho Uterature ovei; whieh this KeTereud and Lls | associatos have had a pvoa\avy and iuSuenee, Ae for instance, £dm| &rtleies of e.>muiou use aud eeitaiu aetious are iu Ilawaiian PieUonaries pd ,oiher, | plaiu xuuues, whieli Lt woukl be as 1; , wouU be pum§M>lc bj L>\v, to traiislate ia;e | ploiu aud iutrod,uee inio a jiciuteJ lieaiiou m any s eousc~ %ueu% \ve wlio are £vuiiliar wUIi n.mailai: | language are aeeustouied to j\ freedom ntterauee, wliieli l>elongs to tlie old naturalucs:: :f | aud lras uot beep aEeelel or | bj the of the OospeI t exeept in u\sUui- , oea wheie a eeru\iii ekvss of uot i<arilie " uminaiive | lu\s u*ea the tendev tvaii \ e miud in\o tlvc eoiili"i: " ,L-i :

Uenee of tbe family, and crcated Cbristi;m frabits', a Ohristian he;irt, and absolatcly puro Obristian Hpeo<Jb, by I>\ faitbfnl iraining as well «s preacbing. Ce>nsidering tben tbe vet unpruned state of thc iiativc language as now used in pnnted puhliea t!uns ; tbcrc riiay be emplojed, "\vithqut "giy?ng . any oilensc to native tbougbt. or Bentiment, a grofc'sness of uttcrance, wbieb, if literally,'tranelatcd, wo\dd sbock tlie refined sentiment of our age and civilization. This, bowever, ougbt not 10 be regarded as tbc fised nohnal eomlilion ol' thc lang:uage, bceausc it is possibie to convcy. i\ny statement tbrougb tbe niedium tnc Kawaiian congue witb purity ol uUenwiee. Dat tbis revcrend gentleman and bis assoeiateF wou!d ?eem to be mdifierent in respect to tbe correetion of eitber purity of tbougbt, or expression in tbeir intellectual cultivation of tbis people as evidenced by a publication named tbe Kuokoa. whieh they subsidize, and wbich is an exponent of tlicir view:> aud intereets in tbese islands. Ttiis Kuokoo :icwspapcr, of whieh II; M. Wbitney is thc avowed proprietor, receives a large subsidy of inoncy from thc cccleßiastical body, o.f whieh Mr, E, Bisbop is a member, and whieh directs the afiairs of thc Oongregational Mieeio.h in these And as thē paper ib apoken of in a report emanatlng Aom thxs Body as a great light (hoomalamalama) nnto these īslands lefc U5, by the iilumihation whieh its columns afford, examine into the darkness of Hawāiian thou<:ht and ... • - • O - utterance ; and then tbe public eau more intelligently judgc in respect to the siu of the Kuhou 11 AM r Aiī, as relerred to by the l\everend Oensor, In the papcr we speak of, tbe Knokoa> a story bcen continued now morc than two years. This story is cXciting to thc mind of tbc natives, regarded by poor unregenerate creatures as thesole attraction and is the e!uef cause ōf the large eirculation of that paper. It is entitled {£ Bobiana Lo,'' and stated to he a translation from an Arabian work, and appears to be such a trauslation in its first numbers ; but for the past year it is cvidently only the production of unbridleu native imagination. In the issue of Augast 16, 1873, 011 the first page and beginning at the fourth paviigrap!i ol the ēolumn, we have a description of a hula, or lascivious pqsture dance in an imaginary Kingdom • of' ,dmmoii<3sover ' whiclr a 2iegro King lailea. The bero of the st.o,ry v .Lo. Hipa, āvrives during : the ābsencc of ihe King, when tlie lewd revel is in progress, wluoh, by and by, Lo Ilip.i leads wit!i sueh eSect, tli€tt" thc Queen of tbc negro King steps down f'rom !)ev throne to take a partin it. She bccomes jcalous of of bcr woinen, whom shc fears may be favored by thc stranger ; ehe sets a spy to watch him, —contcmplates the inost obscene results, and as he flics apparently from lier embrace, shc givcs utteranec to eome lascivious and untranslatable expres6ions. Again, in the issue of Oetober 4th, 1873, in the first eolumii of the satue story, we have a pieture oF lascivious encounter sct forth with abominable plainneea. But we camiot eonlinue to citc thc instances equaliy as atrocious as the above, many of whieh have becn plaeeel- on our table by fricnds, both foreign and native, who havc long becn disgusted with |he obscen!ty of the KuoJioa } and who *are simply astoundcd at the efforontery and recklessncss of ihe cditor of the 11. who is ako publisher of thc Kuokoa } in his denunciation of thc Nniou for improper publication. M e arc nofc goiug to defend eoiue jokcs introJuccd into our native columns entitled, fi Auoai o ka la,'* or hiimora of the day, in viewing them lrom a fbreign stand : poiut. (Xhe puhliehei; of this paper isoiot aa great ivu adepfc in the llawaiian language as he hopea io bc. Ile is uided by a skillful iiative assistant, who, howeYor, nequirod his first editonal espcrieuce and tastes iu tiie Kmhoa OMee.) But we will say that fchcse ? jokesarc like huudr£ds of douhle eutendres we' ean piek out of even reBpectablo fbreign journals *' aud arc comparatively innoeeni and harmless,; whea eonsidered id eouneeiion with v the sustained' studied libidmous thouglit the ol}geene fcalacious \ utteranees, the abominable nasimess, thc deso-| lating, covrupting vileness, and aeeumukUoi fllth' of the Kuokoa, whieh should uiake it a steuclī u\ ! uny moral atmosphere, and eause lts publislicr' nnd its revereud abetfors tō be eonsigned lo infa-■

' inous pniijßljinc*i»t l»y the h>w of an\ ehil- ! izcd J;uid. und bv tho outrn"«."l ieliiiiuui- un>.l ' r m/ e D moral sentimont ot any Chri6tian community» I We would rathcr thrust oar right hand iiito Ihe flameB and let it he chnrred inlo a cinder i!um to knowingly uiid willjngly employ it in inditing any impnrity tbat wonld alioele the tenderest of ; minds. Tho publisher of the Nunou ean refi?r to evc-ry line of this paper Hnc<* its first issue, and to ' evcry line \ve ever publi>hed hel'oi'e m his mother ! tongne, and he'delie>: thc produetion against him i>f one impurc ! thought <,r utleranc; ; —and thcn ' 1 \vhat pretence has thi& viie pander of thc Āuukoa, ' this trader un 6bscenity,— \vhat pretence has he ' ! to speak of Our {J violation of all decency?"' ■ ' When he, if al'l ihe publication \ve refer t£ \vas translated and laid before any English or Ameii- | ean jury,—he \vould be condemned as a pimp to ' vice to an ignobiinioviB punishment. " : The pnbhcafion of tne or this story of'' Uobiana Lo, an ontrage. It must euuee the | S moPt painful il'elleeiioii?' to an intelligent and be- ' ! nevolcnt mind' that desircs the welfarc of this : race ; —it is paniful to obterve, in this eo-colled \ ' story, not on!y the obc:eenity whieh pervades it, ' but the innnity and stupid' drivcl of \vhieh it \$ ' ! composcd. It ;iB deBolating to the mind of any friend of lla waiians to thmk that they could be ; ] intercsicd in 'such Uieanhiglesjs trash. whieh is ' | t o t > j I only iiiaue attractive to the most Ignorant and j j imp\irc ; by its spirts of nastmeeif. ! : lis page of Biblical instruetion ? for whieh this ' ; papor is subsid.ized, is made acceptable to those ' ! nativcs who are still iiabued with heathen impu- , | rity of thought, by its pagc of libidinous ex-1 'l citation!, as thqugh it were a. prostitute cngaged * iin the distribution of re}igious tracts, and who _j acquicsecd in laseivious favor in order to promote ! : lier pious colportage. And you, oli, friends of| ] līawaii ! who lar and near bave looked \vith in-! i tercsc upon thg redemption of these ieles ; \vhat ] | ehall you thinjb of this our Ilawaiian religious j j instruction, wljich may bc taid to plaee a.brothel j j at the portal uf the lemple and \vould sweeten ; the eup of lifeSvith the savor of iiell. j 2saval.—ll. ,15. Al r s stejim corvette Tenedos ar- . j riv.ed in purt 011 Mon>Jay afternoon. She experieneed , very storniy weather during the passage, but made a | ' iāir run across ; of fourteen day£. Her tonuage is • ! 1/275, horse-power 350, \nd she lias mule 13£ knots. ! | She carries 8 guns aud 193 men s and is one of the ! j finest of the new wur ships in tlie British aavj. The j followiug. is a lL|t of kCr officers: j H. Liogard Ray» First £ieutenafft--Ft&ncis R. Bromilow. Second Lieutemnt~Benjamin D. Aelanu. C. Bigge, Nunyatinj Lietitenant—Johu M. Liov\l Stajf Surijeon—Charlcs 11. Slaugliter.* Poymaster—Th!omas O. Joynsou. } ehie/ Engin€€ī\— Thomas Witt. j Sul>. G. ilaapu-iL 11. W. Jcucs, H J. ! Morgan. 1 j Nūv. $iib. Lieuicnant—G£(yrge A. Wartelgh, \ Assisiūnt Payri\asia s~2. AV, D. Davev, F, U, liale. : Clerk— S. H. \\"arn. ! Ertgineēts—Jōsbph Wylie, Georgc āuiek. { Midskipnun-~li. E. M K. W. Llen a. i *Yau. MuUhipmau—Aruot llcndcrson. , i Assistant f i i ttt , Cuiss—Geor£c l£e;ut. { Boaisitāin, 2nd'C!ass—WilUam Lowe, - j 6rttn«cry 2nd C?ps—Joseph UamiUou. ? | CarpcHter+ <|/tm,--Ed\via.Ed\vards. —Ulizetit. „ , p 3T A evening (last Friday) was im-. j provod by a dplightful socuil gathoring at Capt. I Makee"s residcncc, at whieh \vas plresent, our I weleome viijitors the Captain and ofilccrs of thc j luiuloni the ehief diplomatie and Consalar rep- | resontatived, aiiid a lull reprcsentation of our j best soeiety. the pleasant ciitertainmcnt afibrded [ by the host and ho6tcsses \vus highly appreeiatod by every delighted guest. i ; j j <- v a lew eopies ieū oi' buck nambers I ot' Nmov; Volnmo 1 und 11, both stitchcd toj £cther iwoli or .fo,oo fov both volumos. Back mjmbovs|or Xi noi U.nv.vu iu Euilisl» uud Ilawaīinn, in |wv;ii<pevs i\\uly to ui.ul, okvcu j nu!nliers 7"> eefi!s. | Kri?mt».~l'n tlio " tiv.ike-up "of tho sevcuth | i>age, in ioukiiM of PdUoV of Gan:i(e, the follow- | iug liue was ojuUto<3: porsons should aid iu i »ts oiroulutiou, or t;ikc it iuto."

A XoiiT"K ī>nnf.-Ji Orn'CLi?.—Ai:tong th? v ir!ou.v aeeounla uf the butcliery of ? V\'i'giuiu* t we find the foltowiug ieeorJ of t*j? prompt atid ecfee u;d actiott of Cuitirn h\ilqv L of llie I?rītīel» war vessel A r iohe : The British war vessel JYiobh ;w! }icr : . Lorraine T left .lamaiea in such haste that se\eiā! o l ' hfer crew, who were ashore on !ea\e, \vcre !eft lohind. He hnrdly stopped to cnst anehor f*t S before he hnstenetl nshore and pvotested ag:imst t'if- ! killing of any rnore of the Virgirnus crew. Oenei'ā 1 ! ; Burriel answered him saucily in a leiiei', sajing thir every esecution that liad been ordereJ would be pr* ■- ,■ ceeded with. Commander Lomiine instīujl!j returii:ed a reply that in the absence of an Ameileaii ujdii-fof-war, he would pvotect n,ot ouly the interests of hh t country, but thoīe of the Ūnlted ānr! that tr , Burriel liarmed a hair of another prisoner Le woull ; bombard the city. It was generally t»e!ieved ut San- ! tiago that this action ot the Britīsh C'.»mni:-!rjei | sa\ed the lives o'f the rest of the i r irginivs : Commander Lorraine afterwards obta:ried five eopio- ' of theproccss of the Court Marti:il eondenining 5 to death, two of whieh he intended to tr.-insuiit t onr GoTernment, and two others to hl? ownThe nbove reminds us of an incident In tLe , experience of Mr. W . M. Gib£un when he sallei iin his yncht the Flirt, Hc wae'eonstrained I>y lßtre?s of %veAther nnd othev eirc>nnstanees to pu: i into an almost unknowp port naiiaed Maeeio, i the coast ol Brazii. There \vere inutineers 01. ! board, with whom the ownei* arid eaptain had 1 had eome hard battlee at the Cape de yerde I=l- - ands and other }ointe, These concerted vvitl. ?offieial viliains on shore to seizc th!e vessel and 1 off with her on a slaving criuse. | They eut u*> ! the first officer, who died of his wpunds, aod de;I perately wounded another, and got possetslon j[ t the ve?sel; bnt the o\Vner with | the help v f i boat's crew From the British bdrk H>oarded his vessel, rc*ained posscsslon and pu: ial! the mutineers in irons. Ile |had barely rci gained his property, when the Tillainous Br«izillar. |authoritiee at this obscure poinl |taking advar.c!age of the fact, that there was no Ameiiean rep- ! resentative on that part of the eoast, sent a forcc | under command of a Guardamor, seized the vesitl» ipue a guard ou board of hei% her pwner eicaping on shore, and takmg refugo wi|tfi aix gcntlemai\ Mr. Burnet aeting as!a British Vicc Consul, and tliey were about to run ihe F<ln on: of the harbor when the British sloop-of-\\ar CV;;commanded bj Captain Drake, who wL running down the coatt watehipg fur *lavers> steamed into the harbor, in eonseq|ienee of haviu T observed a notieeable eigtval of made by a faithful cabin boy left 011 board the Fliri 10 eook for and wait on her captors, paptaīo Dn\ko \vent ashore, saw the distresscd Afiierlean, examined hie papers, esamined his vejssel, and beinfallj satMed of the nature of the denounced them as outrageous, hlgh lianded *robberv, and notified the o£icials tlijit inaiinueh thc commander of t!i«i Farl had no representatlve of his countrj at that point, he ajs the representative of a power friend& wiih Amerīea demanaed the rffctoration of the Fiin io het owner # under tho threat of usiug his guns» if h!is demaud not complied with. The owner w;atj .epeeSilj pu: in possession of not only his \essel, bat ef a gcoi indemnity for violence doiu\ and! for fiaiaduleu: d6teution i and he went 011 !way leeling that he could ne\er unlo !lus ī\y\ forget the chivali\nis galiantry |of a Brithish Captain s wlio so bold!j jx\lressed a wroug :L;: did not eoneem the !ionor or ihe kiterest of lus 2^. But we venture to express the liop-e British of!ieei s w 11! not elaiui a monoj.vb' tlus geiicrous spirit of taking up the gage of bktde 1: . behalf of a dietre«eed or lu\rd s(rau£er* : \vit!v whoiu we iuas elaim eouuuunitj of |orre!tgion. Wesa\v how Tatna!l \\ent iuto . Ifight before the Peiho Fort*s thut did not eonee::. ihuu ; but ®eeing Britons with their handsTu!l s i worked hie guns he eselaiuaed, * ; Vood :s thicker timn \vater." And eo it is; and in gwat of baUle« for the worl^ % s liberties u,u mny eome, the Lomines and Tatnajls, aīii Drakos, aud «II other sueh galh\iii heart? ef tbc EugU<*h *peakiug raee wik stand like brotl:ers together to eoutend for a iuutujal desuin\ aiul thej «hull guatvl tbe peaee of the parld .