The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-03-07
More Governmental Impotence.


The want OF courtesy and the overoearlns'
iii''eraI attitude OF the ministerial organ when
ever Tree speech anu Tree '"'"SnI are c'hce'hed'
We're never more FULLY eAemPLIhed than IN It, last
ISSUE ID It's comments on the resolutions passed
~ lit 'ahu 'leTicdI -ASsoc'"'lo" respecting Tie
AT mluSate' &c. IN 'he course OF lis
EeniaFAS' IL says
aud 1877 MA ~ ,E Ea-' nj ri y iu1- :, S-' - 's ss rlr "a r.. q,
yyoe,.sig Of h2htiHg me asril rits ms o'H rsagors. u
eighth. ana q r~I~aLu. 4 sanitary Law by Jsrivy talss Jrt-
70 diatr o.. and ~ - IN h. .I,res ,h- giss-Ssf1- r-g.sIy
81 Tsm.lt.as Them, that ho*eygr truly and lawfully they may
and so',alati,us Of religion, yet are they no, called upon to
a-a-ure-. the the rigpAr, AMI ~ r lmr AN" IL: a., q, sL L'1 6, Ts
go , y 80 -. i1y sPr.aa an diminish te r'ri,rae- OF a d.,
this Association. 4nd ~hca have saved hundreds alive Al this
a yirtuagz, - nv = t ~ 5I y.1E i- ~ I m iws r-Is,. 70
Now, by what right. We wish 70 ask. does the
editor of the PoLyReslaH set himself up a. an
umpire 10 limit free speech. and u turn upon
any worthy class of men and publicly charge
them with BEARING FALSE WITNESS"
Has it come 10 this. that there cannot be an ex-
preston Of sentiment ON any measure Of public
interest. without the Ministerial organ openly
and undiS.Jisinzly accusing those who chance
to differ from it. with unqualified Els-hood? Is
~ tllN JUSTIFICATION LOT S4tl an dEl>C Nt bower
because it Is done to please a Ministry who have
lost caste with the public. or because it NAV
have been done at their suggestion?
In this case, the reverend gentlemen who are
the object Of the Ministerial organs malicious
charge. are above all suspicion, and have for 4
long time been devoted to the temporal and
spiritual welfare Of the natives. and are really
the trucst, frmest and most devoted friends of
the nation. They have simply spoken out their
firm conviction respectinGa legislative enactment,
that II Is unwlse, and IN ITS effect will produce
more evil than good, and that thus believing,
they will urge Its repeal. For this honest and
candid expression OF their views, we find the
Ministerial organ starting up with the rage OF
a hyenii' and accusing them in language which
no code OF morals can defend. Even had 1t
been shown that the resolutions We're passed
with an evil purpose In view, there could still
have been no apology Tor such language. on the
part OF the Ministerial mouth-piece.
That the government Is responsible for this
understandable assault, no one can doubt. And
We ask, how long a government can expect to
DE respected, when such acts are sanctioned on
the part oil Its employees! y Ministry that VIII
resort TO such weapons or such language to de-
t0't '"o'' avs u1'i'o No iN'P'0C nv "''"ON
Is however, only 4 legitimate offspring OF, ana
all that we can expect from, the pollcy pursued
by the government IN sustaining Il pubic press
to defend 1t, and malign all who may differ
from Ii. Courteous discussion can no more be
expected from a government journal, when poll
ties are involved, than classical erudItIon can
be expected from the wild savages of Central
Africa. We have time and again, brought up
arguments against the propriety OF the govern
ment owning and publishing Il political journal,
but we have never yet recorded an instance
which supp IT'S our position SO strongly as tins
malicious and uncalled for attack on Il body of
disinterested ~clergymen, whose only sin has been
that they have dared to express their conviction,
tbo+ i,w ub;ob w,s ro.ortIy nossed j. in its
80 I
oPFoSeu " '"e Id" Vi you "nu " '"o
welfare OF the native race, and therefore they
feel it their duty to seek its repeal.