The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-06
ICorresp0nasne. Of the Pacific cOmmerelal Advertiser
RcpIy 10 The Pa%Iyncsinn. by u

Mr.. EDITOR The writings and contortions oil
the poor PoiyResian editor, under the slight stirring
up which We gave him last week are SO Iitiable,
that really we are almost sorry for his sake that we
called forth such a bitter and abusive article a. that
which cruces the last PoigneSigH. And We beg par
don of the public for having punctured the govern
ment gall-bjadler when they are called 10 endure the
offensive odor which a. - consequence i, emits. We
undertook very mildly to rehuke the impudence and
meauuess Of that ueaLIy sheet, in raising 50 constant
ly On every moral question which it attempts 10 dis
cu>s, the maI-dog cry Of Missionary Bigot
Fanatic . HyPocrite -!
As a taxpayer, but neither a missionary nor a
politician, we thought it time that he editor should
understand that his Billmgsgate Vocabulary had
about exhausted its force in that direction. II the
Government Organ has no higher vocation than to
defend the nation against those terrific monsters, the
American Missionaries, i may be "A wholesome disci-
pline for those public enemies 10 he thus berated,
week after week, by the geutlemauly individual who
Il hired for that purpose. But a. i tax payer, we
protest against the use Of public money TO sustain n
sheet which serves no higher end than to keep alive
obsolete distinctions, and 10 cast udium and abuse
upon a large class of citizens. Is there anything in
this spirit Of faction, hitherto the curse and the bane
of society here, making it worth the while OF our
rulers TO sustain IN organ which does more than any,
NIHS tst 10 heep II up Dul tHe missionary lilHlI9
Of the PoIyHesiIa Is evidently chronic and iucurable,
and doubtless that political toasting- fork would soon
grow rusty did it not serve up to lis 147 subscribers
bToiie6 missionary at least once a fortnight. Poor
Polly can sing only that same old song. The Govern
ment Donkey brays over again. 70 endless repetition.
that same Wheeling, canting tune.
How hard pressed TO find some vulnerable point in
our article must the touchy editor have been when he
thought it necessary to expend so much force upon
an accidental misconstrucIion of a single sentence
In cur manuscript We find we had written plainly
enough, What Is this law which good men are de-
uouncsd for opposing But by 81 strange for-fro-
tfy, j, was misprin'ed. What Is this law for which
good men are derourea for opposing" This typo
graphical error is made the occasion for an exuItant
charge of inability TO write English. What if We
should retaliate upon the gentleman by asking him
to parse one OF his own brilliant sentences in the same
leader
The weI-Lno~n rYrsIng o, similar acts in other couB,re,
invariably been il favor IF the same interest"
The uorEiag-HGre been" HUE II i7fee4
o sGpieat Po1ynesian! s. far from any thought OF
charging the Government Organ with derourizg
hose who oppose the prostitution act, such an idea
never occurred to US. We never feared that that
paper would derour anybody or anything, erceDf II
tGrgs amount Of the public rersHue for a minus
yuaHtty Of public serrjCe. Its capacity and rama
in that respect, no body viii question.
Whether or not the government editor vas the
natural father Of that bill or helped 10 lobbv il
hronzh the Lower House, j. uo' a question 70 be SET