The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-06-11
"sav. me from my friends"

: SrR:-It has been with mingled feelings Of indigna-
ton and regret that l have from time to time noticed
in the California papers articles on the islands and
rulers that should cause a blush to come TO the cheek
OF any gentleman.
The extract in the last weeks Commercial, taken
from the San Francisco Chronicle, is scarce worthy
of notice; and yet, it doubtless does a far deeper
amount Of injury than the writer ever suspected or
thought of. Thought of would fain believe that
the writer of it did not think, for certainly no candid,
thinking person would deliberately write so gross a
ecurrility, to call it 10y the mildest term, as that
piece appears to me to be.
have yet to learn that any honest calling disqual-
ihes a person from rising to higher or more impor-
tant situations, as his abilities may be brought into
notice. 1 doubt not Judge Robertson to this day
would not regret the short acquaintance he had
with the seafaring portion of the community, although
III the f0recastle; and the writer happens to know
that while there he won and has ever merited the re-
spect and regard of the gentleman who was the cap
tain of the ship. His faithfulness in g little things
has been rewarded by the intrusting of more '~'weighty
matters of the law"
But it was not my intention in this article to de-
TEND the Judges. Their names are known, and known
but to be respected, save by a disappointed few. My
more particular purpose was to bring before the San
Francisco press the suicidal policy of their unjust and
ungenerous criticisms. Do they forget that this is q
young, rising, growing nation. That though there
may be mistakes, or faults even, that the best way to
remove or correct them is not for outsiders to bring
all their powers of ridicule and sarcasm to bear upon
the rulers; although it is their practice to abuse and
Willy one another and their public men, to decry
their government and its officers, to institute self
organized sVigilance Committees and consign
from a secret tribunal their fellow citizens to an ig-
nominious death ,arraying themselves against the reg
ularly constituted authorities, and proceed to the
most extreme measures; yet, it is in nowise necessary
that they should strain their eyes so far as these
islands, to pick flaws. 1t is true we live under q
monarchy; but in no other land is there more safety
or better guarantee in the pursuit of life, liberty and
happiness. We have confidence in our courts, and q
general confidence in the administration Of the gov
eminent; and if the "press'' will be q little less free
in their generally erroneous structures on us, we shall
be the better off.
1t is not in human nature to sit down patiently
under abuse wrongfully charged; and if for no other
reason may American residents here use the words at
the head of this article, ''Save US from our friends, -
and from the effect that such repeated, uncalled for
paragraphs can but tend to create on the part OF
His Majesty, the Prince and the other members Of
His Maiesty's government against Americans. And
I would here remark, that the very correspondents
who write the offensive articles referred to or furnish
the matter for the journals abroad, are most anxious
for the honor Of an Introduction to the palace and q
presentation to the King and his family, if not actu-
ally applicants for government favors.
1t is to be hoped that this will fall under the notice
of San Francisco editors, and that in future they vii
remember that there are many Americans here whose
interests and the interests of their country are In no.
wise promoted by the course pursued by their unklnt
AMI uncalled for aspersionS. AMERICUs.