The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-06
Correspondence of the P. C. Adveri.erl
A Reply from =. Mechanic

Ma. EDIToR In the PoiyEssidn OF the 9Th FEB,
Mechanic is charged with being especially Offend
ed with Mr.. Widemann and government officers gen.
orally. In the communication published in the Com
mereial of the 9Th, 1 can see no ground wherein
the writer can base his charge. That | and others
are opposed to Mr.. W. and others in political affairs,
is admitted; and probably We do not see so much to
admire in them as the writer does; but that We are
particularly offended with them is not the case. The
writer says be is not a little surprised to find that all
the display of i'll feeling and veza;ion arose chiefly
from three grave circumstances with which Mr.. W..
is Connected.
Now, then, the bare fact that he already holds
several Offices under government, IS sufficient cause
Why he ought not TO be allowed to represent the peo-
pie in the Legislature, for the very reason that IT IS
to his own personal interest TO keep salaries up to
the present figure, if not to put them as much higher
as is possible.
The critic says, Mr.. W. was elected at 8 free and
open election. Now we are not prepared to admit
that it was a free election, for the very reason that
there is not one native out OF ten that will enter boldly
and cast his vote to suit his own wishes, when he
knows that the vote will be taken from him by these
same men he wishes to defeat in such a manner that
they shall know how he voted. aud therefore giving
them a chance to show their spite hereafter by turn
ing him from any situation he may hold, whether
private or public.
Again. he says. Mr.. W. is a Catholic, and has so
conducted himself as to gain the support of the mis-
sionaries. If the writer will please look again he will
find that there is no fault found with Mr.. W. for
being a Catholic; for we are well aware that there
are Just as good men protesting the Catholic faith.
as thereare among the Protestant ; but we cannot
conceive why Protestant Ministers should use their
whole power and influence for the support of one who
not only differs so widely in religious views, but goes
strongly for measures in the Legislature that they
are preaching against.
Thirdly, Mr.. W. holds Offices under government,
and that Mechanic also admits that Mr.. II. holds nm
office, a fact which in the writer's opinion placed us
under the sod long ago. But as we are still here,
and whilst We strongly advocate the principle OF
allowing no public officer 10 sat in the Legislature,
we consider it our duty to choose the best of two can
didates, and to the best of our feeble judgment did
SO by supporting Mr.. II. And We candidly believe
that so far as the welfare of the country is concerned,
that we do but express the sentiments OF the majority
when we say that we could have had more confidence
in Mr.. II. had he been elected; and we believe that
Mr.. HIS defeat was not on account of his political
principles, but on account of the private i'll feeling
of a few towards him.
Having disposed of Mr.. W., Mechanic pitches
into government generally. Now. whilst our greatest
nun 10 W g hho
dent that it must sink lower and lower. so long as
the present system of carrying it on is pursued by
retaining men in office, (from Crown Ministers to tax
gatherers.) whom the people can have no confidence
in. and stufing them with gold pills forced from the
people. But as the writer in the Poiynesian pre-
sumes that the legislature will take this matter in
hand, and see that officials are paid according to their
labor. We will hope that better times are to come
Again, Mechanic says. why do they, the Ministry,
place men over us who are our greatest enemies.
Now, whilst we have very great respect for the Minis
try, We do not forget that they are placed there for
the purpose of fulfilling to a certain extent the
wishes of the people; and if the writer will take the
trouble, he probably will 6nd that the wishes of the
people here have been expressed in the proper way
and through the proper channels, but that they have
not been met as they ought to have been. Not that
We think the Ministry would willingly. see our rights
usurped or trampled under foot, but that they have
been blinded to the true state of the case by those
whose personal interest it is to keep them so, and who
are determined to keep our rights in their own hands.
even if they stoop to some very mean acts to carry
their ends.
In the same paper I notice a short communi-
cation where the writer, who seems to be a person
that evidently wishes to NEEDLE with every bOdy's
business tut his own, tries hard to hurl a shaft at
80 Mechanic" lie no doubt feels himself to be a
bright and shining 'star,'' placed in the heavens to
guide and direct poor mortal man in the way Of being
discreet. in order that his money shall be like the
widows cruise, inexhaustible, so that he may be able
to support himself and family, and have a few more
dollars to put into the public purse for the support of
public drones. But as the " STAR" like a stray comet,
appears to have no fixed place. or purpose in hurting
his shafts so wide the mark, pointing at nothing that
bears upon the case under discussion, we will pass
him over. He evidently is seeking to be placed in a
position where he can put his hand into the public
crib to the time of a few thousand dollars. so that
he may become a worthy and industrious Office holder.
Yours. A MECHANIC.
P. S. 1 wish to state for the benefit of those who are
finding fault with Mr.. Hollister as having dictated
the communication published in the Commercial and
signed it. Mechanic that Mr.. II. knew nothing of it
until after its publication. 1 will also say that if
they wish to know whose sentiments they were, they
will fad them expressed by two-thirds of the inhabit-
ants. both foreign and native. in the district.