The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-06-25
Correspondents of the Pacific Com. Advertiser,

S. KoNA, HAWAII, June 6th, 1851.
Mr.. EDITOR Allow me through the medium Of
the .4dOcrtiser to ask a few plain questions for the
benefit of those whom it may concern viz the arbiters ?
of justice on Hawaii.
Can natives enter q foreigners land with guns.
come around his house in the night or in the day
time without his permission and against his known
wishes under any preteace whatever? Can they
moreover carry away a large stray hog which they
have shot on the land, bid defiance to the claims of
he owner and the natives planting on the land, whose
property has been destroyed by hogs (this one in
particularly and threaten also the luna, with law
for complaining Of the trespass' Does a stray hog
in such a case belong to the land OIL which it is hunted
and killed or does it belong to the trcspassers, who
have nothing to 60 with the land, and were in no
difficulty from hogs?
If in such a case the foreigner after trying ever
other method IN vain applies to he law for redresss
justice melted out to him fairly by putting him in for
the costs of Court /? anu if from this decision of the
native magistrate, he appeals with c~unfdence -
a Judge Of the Circuit Court, can it ce pcs>.ble that
law and evidence only, influenced tie Court in con-
trming the decision of the lower one--a decisicL
which leaves the foreigner de6enccleas on MS own
property surrounded by natives, many of whoin have
little faith in doing right and less in being honest.
The worthy Circuit Judge Of the third district stated
that a stray hog was a public nuisance, but he ought
10 hare cdded that lawless men are a far greater and
more dangerous nuisance. A stray hog, if known as
such can be summarily deaf with by the owner of be
land or by the persons planting on it, but bow Gle
lawless men to be dealt wish who set at defiance the
rights of property and whose conduct has received
the sanction of the Courts of law-are the owners Of
land in such cases reduced to the alternative like the
indians of North America of fighting for their hunting
grounds
Who is the public benefactor the officer of Justice,
who when he succeeds in capturing a thief places
him in confinement and returns the money to the
owner or the mean dishonest wretch, who stealthily
pursues the thief, gets the money from him and
pockets it himself? Perhaps these inquiries publicly
made may elicit a reply from the proper quarter,
and if the decision can be cleared up and satisfactorily
explained on any principles of justice or according to
law, I shall have nothing more to say.
A RESIDENT IN KoNA HAWAII.
Mr.. EDITOR The recent judicial and ministerial
appointments forcibly draw attention to the fact, that
the duties of the guardianship of the public purse are
still supposed to be vicariously performed by q gen.
+lemAu, the whole of whose time should be devoted
20 another department. And the patient public have
not yet received from the powers that be, the slightest
iItimation whether the gap in the ministerial ranks
is to ne filed Or not.
Whatever the intentions Of our rulers may be, the
government of tie country is unconstitationally adj
min:stered. L is q most remarkable Circumstance,
ana ii may be equally honorable 20 the Cabinet and
fortunate for the public that whereas, in more an
Gent communities than ours. it is found necessary so
iea'ously 70 guard the strong box as not to allow it to
be opeaed except on the authority of an officer speci-
ally opryanta3 20 see that no improper drafts are
made on its keeper, here, SO pure is the executive, so
able asd considerable for the public pocket, that it is
NOT considered requisite to FL the one Office of guar
dian created y tbs Constitution.
But let us take a glance at the constituent elements
of the existing executive. They consist of but two:
first, a prince, young, ingenious, unsuspicious, but
who is amongst the foremost of his race in intellectual
requirements; and second, an elderly gentleman, fully
competent to take care of his own interests, active for
his years, industrious in his habits, for his office door
is seen to be open at an early hour every day, not ex-
cepting at times the Sabbath, patronizing in his de-
meanor to most small people who do not, like HIM
self, rejoice in Office, and noisily but laboriously face
tious after his own fashion, as though he wished to
conceal his profound diplomatic abilities under the
appearance of intense animal spirits.
But to return to our n1uttons. The public mas u
right to know the reason why the vacancy in the
Department of Finance is not filed. Its interest
requires that an incumbent should be appointed to
the Office created by the constitution to watch over It's
pecuniary interests. We have amongst US good men
and true-men of tried ability and unimpeachable
integrity. some one of whom could surely be prevailed
upon to don the ministerial mantle. Why then is the
selection not made-why is the public not certified
that it is not, the intention of the ministry to tribe
with the public service? Can it be that our Island
Talleyrand, has some secret agent whose services 10
designs to reward at the proper time with II =,
spoils of ofice-or is the vacancy to remain uhnlreU
for fear the great mans glories should De eclpsed-
or what in Garth ;s the reason. ExcHEoUER-
"a Healthy State OF Commerce.
DEAR SIR Lest the readers of the PolyaesiGH
might be. misled by an article in last weeks paper
showing the g balance of trade against u.s. to be only
/ 2.741 30-we would state for the benefit of thoS'
who read the article IL haste and did not stop Oca'c"-
late and figure upon the astonishing result uhN
there is a slight mistake of only $1O0,oOo w. say
one hundred thousand dollars.
Presuming that the mistake will be discoSereu - ~
recti6ed befoSe the issue of another paper, We VIZ
merely call attention to the error and hope sucn =
carelessness won't occur again. Yours