The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-06-07
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THLRSnlI- HNE-

Tan unluimity Of sentiment with which the
r-,ie" OF tire present position Of the Minister Of
Finance. that appeared in our last issue. was
greeted by every class yl our readers. Is thr
strongest, possible index 81 ;ar existing public
feeling respecting o., political c,ur>. and the
budget presented ty him. Even the ministerial
organ las fr once 81 Ear yielded to public -auti-
maut a. % second our structures. hy questioning
tae TraTri.Jy OF the Ministers policy. both la tie
increase IT si!arf-~a ami other i.sms Of the budget.
AMI in r.sgec, 20 The public debt aud the priuci-
%. of praho7loH Q, domestic industry recommend
ed .r adoption ~ him. And s .ar La- it dis
rerueI the Drift of public Min, at this time.
tina, j.. hl- not dared o. sustain tie Minister ON
single point, while on che contrary. Il. condemns
him ON several.
u, then. in reviewing the course and acts OF the
Minister. we view them. not through % deceptive
kaleidoscope. in which two thousand dollars a
year reyolyr with "a wonderfully magical influence.
bIJ through the clear and uulf-rru,tcI lens of
public truth and justice, l. IT at go @, Dee won
irr,i at that tine arguments diler, though Lead
iuz o. theslmr verdict tn. result OF the review
made in H., Pafsa.,igq. and the result OF
the review made in the CoDusr1oi. are virtually
tie slme-G pubic contamination y He Mlistr
Of Fn0noe.
To understand the anomalous position OF tie
government organ respecting the policy Of the
Minister of Finance. it must ha remembered that
tie cabinet l. NOT = INIT. and that tine sentiments
Of the Minister Of Foreign Relations. a. expressed .
in years gone by, are openly in favor Of tIse fr7ae
AMI free yortS-scn timeuts acquired by u long eX-
peri-nce N mercantile pursuits. and confirmed
by the observations OF a cosmopolitan life. On
the other hand, the views IF tLc Chancellor. or
Chief Justice, though OF less weight than those Of
the Foreign Secretary, are equally well known 10
- of a decidedly protective caste. The opinions
Of the Ministers being thus dramatically opposed
t. each other. if We can .iudge from thoir public (.
ayCwals. accounts in part for the government
organs condemnation of tine protective system,
advocated in the Finance Budget. It is an old
prOverb that "a house divided against itself can !
stand"-a proyerb equally true when applied
b q government cabinet. =
Our review in the last issue is Judged by the :
government organ to be .'insultingly PERSONAL" y
and Is BIASED on a REASONABLE spirit What !
Cannot the course Of the Minister be reviewed or f.
bis policy exposed in its true light. without the p
~ Of personality being raised IN the part Of his :,
press and his advocates. The government editor
detractiOn Of public officers. and so DO we: o.
.ud yet more. We jeprcclte dragging private iudi- q
idUals into controversy. In our humble opin- =
On, the public acts Of public men are public pro- :,
and We. a. public journalists. hold ourselves r.
liable t. the same rule. We speak Of no act, r.
lying or opinion Of the Minister. which h. him ~
Elf has not made public property. In Mr..
ireGgs person we have no enemy 70 punish. As 49,
" a. we know. he has done Us TO uer~onalharm =
rom him. We have no benefits u ask, no iayors