The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-05-28

old Chief a, the head # the cahai, 50 LITTLE acquainted WIZ"
the English language IS to make 50 great a ou"ie' ~"
state paper 50 Important, Has he not spoiled TOO nan ""9
Of foolscIp to expect such an idea to b acceP""' 't "a"
NJ Sir.ree: the people believe. and with very good reason th"'
the Proclamation meant Chem a." just what 1t saii' ""u N"s
more" and the haste which the junto have nade 10 :" 'N 'e
spurs and beak Of their half fedged IantiinG' Is L 'N"us
IT Is contemplate; but they mus, not fatter themselves in"'
.,vboIv has been humbuEsed by il. or made to believe that
they will not try to carry out the original programme II hey
can get the Convention packed to suit themselves
Now suppose I was = Government officer, ana III M
zeal for the coed Of the people should take it INTO my head 10
announce myself n candidate for Parliament and try my hand
in one Of the country dsncts-say Kaneohe-and being ao'e
to control a certain amount of Government patronage, shou"
say to all the petty officials Of my department, that If they daTed
to vote against me they should lose their Offices and suppose L
should be defeated and all these poor fellows should be ous'edi
and suppose l should try this gan in kau, Hawaii, and then
run my man Friday in Ionolul u, and find much TO my chasrh
that neither chicken would fight. Do you think would d the
right man to inspire confidence in the people by placing myself
at the head Of a reforRutOry movement of this kind! IL IS
amusing to see his anxiety to get Judge Allen into the same
dish with the rest. and he tells us that he, Judge A., fully con-
Cured in the method suggested; but is he prepared % say ne
was also acquainted with the matter TO he " suggested! III
he was, he certainly showed his wit by bowling himself Oh the
stage while he could do it gracefully, and it is a richly ludie-
rous sight to see the whole batch scampering like a lot of ragged
urchins, who by some unusual stroke of mishief, have laid
themselves liable to unpleasant consequences-,he Chief Justice
in one direction, the aged Chieftain in another, aEa " Me Lud
Bishop" in a third, and each peeping from his hole o see what
is to come OF il.
And now let me say to c. c. II. that there are some things
which the less they are stirred the better for all concerned, and
1 advise him as a friend to drop that Proclamation like a hot
potato and change sides, "as a lawyer knows how" while there
is still a chance of saving his bacon.
Let him follow in the footsteps of his Industrious and far
travelled friend, L. B., and cease suddenly from inhicing
any more of his lOng-winded homilies upon a people who,
however poorly qualified they may be to rightly appre-
ciate and wisely use the Constitutional privileges they at pre-
sent enjoy, have got his measure pretty accurately, and in this
matter understand very well the difference between meu1n and
tHUm.
Rats {" well. well, well, what are y0u going to say abou.
rats" echoes up from IIanaleD leave a sinking ship, and il
c. c. II. has not wit enough to see the fate of the Cabinet plainly
foreshadowei, let him keep on with his quill and he may be ava
kened some fine morning by a shaking which will seEd the whole
precious batch on a pilgrimage, not to Hanalei and Hawaii, but to
land rendered classic by the pen of Milton, the paradise of
fools. =" Sc mote it be" Yours,
Honolulu, May 20, 1864. SAAIyEL-