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I believe the missionaries failed. as the missionary effort will always fail under like circumstances. for the reason that they failed to recognize what I believe to be a fact. that a form of government and a form of religion is a necessary adjunct of the social compact. and that every race. be it civilized or barbarous. has the best form of religion and the best form of government it is capable in the aggregate of maintaining. and if you undertake to give a religion of a higher civilization to a barbarous race you must accompany it with that civilization and a full understanding of it. which is impossible. Therefore. while those people adopted outwardly the forms of our religion. they were unable to comprehend its meaning or appreciate our civilization. while they imbibed our vices and faded away. I have now shown the utterly worthless character of the native population and the worse than worthless character of contract labor. and I have undertaken to show by the testimony of leading Congregationalists in this country that the dominant invaders who now rule those islands are also incapable of enjoying a republican government. and are only capable of maintaining a despotism. I will read from a California paper. the Call. of San Francisco. on the 17th of this month: CONFESSION B ToimusmaTow TE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT ELICITED