The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-10

would have hop-l->-Iy -ibJettcd him
lie was once actually connected with the Gov
crnurnt paper under the ancient regime. 80 THAI
from one at THE iaS. Ae has become oGe 81 The great
outs. l. tae>, are facts, and ! believe tlry are.
iic cause of his bitterness &C spirit j. AZ once an
parcHt. He c.U la 1al.r be- q fsni 10 Hs N..istry
a -tyopNi5He1li. l admit the grapes are sour.
In replying 70 the above. which I consider
myself bound to notice. l shall speak plainly
and a. briefly a. possible. No one knows better
than yourself tina; the only Offices l ever held
1Edsr this Government. / received uHsoHated
/ filled the psf Of public printer Tor four years,
and voluntarily resigned it. ! then held the
Office of Postmaster General SIX years. and only
after thrice rendering my resignation. to assume
charge OF this PAPER. was a successor appointed.
No one knows better than you that l never made
application for Office under your or any other
administration Of this Government. rs the
communicates impuEns me with an attempt 70
" become connected with the Government Press, :
and in addition thereto to obtain &. the place
of Postmaster General" l deem it proper 10
make the following statement:
When the Hon. G. VI. Robertson was called
into the Cabinet, (about January /, 1861
learning that he ~purpoSei TO discontinue the
P0iyEeSiGH newspaper, | called on him 10 in
quire if any plan had been fixed on respecting
this change. Finding that none had, l renewed
the offer which had been publicly made in the
columns of this paper, several times during the
last ten years, 10 execute all the Government
printing for four thousand dollars q year, and in
addition reserve one column Of this paper free
for the U.s. of the Government. in any way it
nigh; choose to occupy 1.-THE Polynesian to be
discontinued, and the public types and presses
stored.
This was the original tender made by me to
Judge Robertson, who thought 50 fIvorably of
it that he requested me TO meet the Ministry
which was then composed of Me>srs. WylIie,
Robertson and Varigny, and confer on the sub
ject. | did 50. At that meeting Won appeared.
but by what legal right you wormed yourself
into the Cabinet. l have Yet to learn. 1t was
yourself, if | remember rightly. who was dis
satisfied with my offer. and proposed that I re-
linquish the time-honored and 10 me valuable
title this paper bears. and substitute in place of
it ..RoYAL HAWAIIAN GAZETTE" displaying
with it the Hawaiian coat of arms. Moreover.
it was proposed by one of the Cabinet. that |
retire from the editorial control, and that anoth-
er person be engaged as editor. l had not an
t~iciIated any such sweeping changes as these,
when the simple proposition first made was
brought up. 1t was then suggested, a. a make
weight, that | resume the charge of the Post
Office. and relinqui>h all control of the paper.
At this stage of the proceedings. and after two
conferences had been held, His Majesty. the pres
ent King. very wisely withheld his arpray-A-r
and vetoed the whole scheme - r's|Ff-I'n'
poIoe<ion nsrsr -, except that the
ro' yGS;:eS SeeR Is Wa5ltlir. which had become an
intolerable burden, was discontinued.
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rectorsLip of the Government Press. nor for the
Office of Postmaster General. l had been advo-
eating for ten years. as you we'll know. economy
in the printing department and the abolition of
the government printing monopoly, regarding it
then as now Il gross injustice and wrong. | had
repeatedly declared that the public printing.
which has cost the Government yearly on an
average over Sl5, OGO, could be done for $1,000,
and offered to demonstrate its practicabiIity. The
question at issue wasone Of priRciph, not of proft.
1t matters very little 10 Te who does the work,
if only the wrong shall be righted, and at the
same time the public treasury saved a loss Of
ten Thousand dollars or more a year, to be ex-
pended in much needed public improvements.
Should consider myself as having violated
the confidence reposed in me in this matter. in
making public what 1 have. had not your COM
munication called for some statement l say
YOURS. for no person living. besides yourself,
Messrs. Robertson and Varisny, was supposed to
know anything of it. or if he knew. HAD ANY
RIGHT to refer to it in public. Neither of the
gentlemen named probably had any hand in
the communication l am therefore left no
alternative but to conclude that you, as the only
remaining person p:ivy to it. and as the inter-
loper at the conference, are responsible for the
article. and have chosen 10 make the statement
public.
The communicative was Doubtless penned for
the purpose of injurng and disturbing me but
it can only have tie contrary effect. The part
taken by me in the conferences referred to was
undoubtedly an error, as the Publisher of the
only independent paper then here. I have to
thank YOU most sincerely for making the charge,
and a~dording me the opportunity to answer it.
while parties are living who can corroborate
my Statement. 1t WAS most fortunate for my
own interests that the scheme fell through as it
did. although the lead OF the Ministry at that
time (Judce RoberpOu) Is = man in whom every
one repos-s The highest confidence, and | have
no doubt that any arrangement made with
him would have been faithfully executed.
With such men FIR Cabinet officers as he. His
Nlaiestv's Government would command undi-
yidei respect. and criticism would be disarmcd.
You say that the Paayfc Commercial Adr0-
Hser has been set up in opposition to the Gov
eminent Of these Stands" When. in 1862,
you used the edi,rial columns Of this journal
to expose the fauls and short comings Of His
Ex David l.. Greg, then Minister o: Finance.
and were - successful in your efforts that he
was not merely deprived Of Office, bu: compelled
to migrate 10 the yin;ry Sierras, you certainly
did not think tina: "the Pacific Commercial
4drertisr was set rp in opposition to this Gov