The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-08-06


y We copy from the Polynesian the following
communication, addressed to this paper, for two rea-
sons: first, because we happened to puoiish .Magis-
ter's first article in our columns, and this appears
necessary to properly understand the former. Sec
ondly, to give .Magis er the benefit of the more ex-
tended foreign circulation which his valuable compo-
sitions will thereby receive. The present commune
cation appears to be little else than an effusion of
bile, and contains nothing worthy of notice, un-
less it be the fact that our Latin dictionary does not
define .Magister as the master of the Royal School,
Perhaps .Magister possesses a later edition. We will.
in conclusion, only suggest to .Magister, whenever
he again aspires, unprovoked. to act the part of cham
pion in any cause, or seeks to throw a "food of
light on d discussion, to bear in mind before hand
that he has 8 a good name'' and a IS character for
honesty at stake, and if he comes out of the strife
worsted, he should not lay the blame on others, where
the fault is his own.
From the Polynesian Of August LIST.
To THE EDITOR OF THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL AID
vERTIsER--SIR In your editorial of the 23d inst.
you take such notice of my communication (which
was intended for your issue of the previous weekly as
seems to require q few words in self-defence. Wby
you should seek to divert attention from the main
points at issue between your editorial and my COM
munication, and turn from personal hattery to per-
sonal invective-not to say abuseI am at q loss to
conceive, unless youA oSe entirely unwilling to have
your own I" fllies and 81 nroclaimed, as you claim
it to be your legitimate provinceN Ssaclaim those of
mankind in general. ~
In your editorial of June 25th there was an b.
fattering to me personally, but accompanied
misrepresentation concerning an enterprise in which
my warmest sympathies as well as my efforts were
enlisted. moving that both were given forth with
out due knowledge. I took occasion to ridicule the
one and correct the others. NV desire for truth in a
matter as dear to me, as it could be supposed to be
to any one, led me to run the hazard Of sacrificing
- c.-1e IL =
felt that friendship. l can only say l am sorry, but
cannot help it.
But how are those corrections met, Not. indeed
in the spirit of pleasantly in which they were made:
not by counter facts to justify your own position, but
IN the spirit of the angry school-boYn and with that
sophistry which is the final resort one engaged in
Really. sir. I am surprised att bur lack of tast. in
violating all rules Of honor" the sake of publish
should renounce your Allegiance to : the rules which
hold among Journalistic fol- the sake of giving chr
rency to dispA y of :" ped 6try." But Sc the unkind-
a ess eu1 m el t aa ). which you enaeavor to Il.
IN attemntiaa1s under a disguised name, to ASSAULT
U journalist in his own Journal" did NOT
dream that the word .Magisfer, in defence of the
Royal School, could possibly disguise its defender,
especially from any person who had seen the inside
OF Latin Dictionary. If did, and the authorship
OF the article was known only by the spedantry',
contained In it, then you must allow that i0noranc.
was iouno Wnere credit was given for knowledOe.
and the mistake should be charged to nv misfortune
rather than to my fault Certainly / intended tn he
known by the use of q word which, in the circum-
stances, | thought to be very specific.
In order to illustrate my position, let me supnose
III 1t be supposable-your brother of the Poluaesian
to come out with q flaming editorial pronouncinr the
congregation that ~worships at the Seamen's ChaneI
a set OF notorious Sabbath breakers. If. in these
circumstances, your ne;ghbor should defend ths
Bethel congregation and sign himself Pastor. or anv
thing whose most obvious meaning was Pastor. wonid
your brother of the Polynesian think Of ;dent;fv;nr
the author OF the defence by his use of ad;ect;ves,
but' suPposing the article in question to have been
Intended TO be OF an anonymous character. did sin
SO previously that you were bound by .sail the ,uias
Q. nonor' not to notice 1T Since you have disowneJ
me editorials OF your own Journal, was not the one
winch mine was intended to correct If tho sams
Gharacters Could | any more than guess With v S%,ro
! was dealing! And is there any system of mo,.Is
n winch 1t is laid down that an editors RIGHTS ss
greater than q mans? 1t scc, known thai ~
journalists do not notice anonymous commur;cs.;oms
sacepe when they answer their purpose: but s,ch
eeneraiiy announce the fact before hand that thosa
sno "r1se may know what to expect Perhans Il wss
zone. l 90 not remember to have seen Is Res;ds
one might very naturally suppose that much Of your
SuttsaPondenoe was disguised. p or at least conclude
V.