The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-10
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10.
To His Ex. Chas. Coffin Harris.

AZ @-o NA- S4-aS-S Ol-A Ald-l-S,
Minister of Finance. &c.. &c.
SIR You surely will not be surprised If |
address you as responsible for the communication
signed 3, which appeared in the last ministerial
issue and is transferred to the fourth page of
sthis paper, as a literary curiosity too choice To
be thrown away, The article would doubtless
have been inserted in the Ga-ots as editorial,
had it not been tina, the newly-aPpuinted editor
had a delicate regard for his own reputation.
and also under the suggestion that its paternity
would less readily be detected IL ~orten recei~-::
an equivocal H.; sIvls, the hog appearing over
sAcItement- Initial. The assertion made in
this paper that the Government press WOULD
DRAG DOWN THE MINISTRY THAT SUPPORTED IT
as il had Others, seems TO have been too pointed.
too true, and too pregnant of evil, to be allowed
to pass by unnoticed, even though it was solemn
" asserted. only the week before, in your own
organ, that the Ministry have never replied
to any matter making individual and personal
attacks upon themselves" My reasons for be-
liesing that You alone are responsible for the
article in question will become apparent before l
close. You have too often appeared in print to
fatter yourself that even two paragraphs of
yours can be published without their paternity
being recognized. Yours is n style altogether
too original 10 be read without finding admirers !
Had YOU remained in your OWN native land, a
fame C) more brilliant than that of Artemus
Ward, Josh Billin.s, or Petroleum V. Nasty
would unquestionabiy have been yours. The pop
ular applause that might have greeted you there,
will never disturb Your rest here. however high
the I;,lnacle from which you may date your com-
positions. |, however, promise chcerfully TO
contribute my quota towards giving You a world
wide !ane.
If the eminencc You have achieved as n
Cabinet Minister, has created an unnatural
giddiness and symptoms of insanity You
have no one to blame but yourself, although l
must plead guilty Of having innocently been an
accessory, so far Is | allowed YOU the free use
Of the columns Of this PAPER to aid You in climb
IN 10 the dangerous hight. II Is unfortunate
if the elevation has so disturbed your repose
that the vision of "a cell IN the isylnm at
halIhi' haunts your feyered brain. The ex-
pre>sions which so freely abound in the COM
munication give positive evidence of the most
alarming symptoms-for We find there visions f
"a reckless prodigate,' = the votary of a whi>-
kew bottle. d. q sot'' a taking occasional sips,
RAISING in bewildered confusion. The phantom
NANAAAtI ~ GA" N.N N'AA
Wet in The Jail" striving 70 q. break through the
stone which e~ncloSes him." 4 victim not of the
=. dashinE burglary" but Of - small frauds and
petty larcenics." Ito which - forged initials"
might beaGded.) followed closely by - a monster
that mastered him" with detracticn and slam
der. personalities and scurriIous attacks" and
at last &. hopeles>ly objected him" Had the
frightful panorama closed here. it would suffice
to stir the deepest sympathy of the Immunity.
But il moves on. revealing " the old man of the
sea" Lboring to distort the views, warp the
Judgment. unsettle the principles, and sour the
disposition with ISLANDERS and vituperation.' -
while in the hay distance looms up the horrid
spectre of "a censor Of public morals armed
with = press. types and paper" c~5nsisning 70
the depth Of iufamy," and betoking '' 4 state OF
actual insanity
This. sir. is no fancy picture, but one exhibit
ed by your 0trn press. If not drawn By your own
hand. 1t reveals 4 condition of misery and
suffering, compared with which the torture OF
delirium Is pleasure. and which must excite for
the patient the sympathy Of thesmost c.ll0us
heart. If such are the visions that haunt the
fcvered brain of a Hawaiian Crown Minister,
who undertakes 70 father and direct a press. III.
case i indeed pitiable and @foIl3rn. and one
which even - cell in tie Asylum at Kalihi''
offers small hope for cure. Lik Millions fallen
angel,
Ills zre;chsd bn.r gave way.
Al he b-o@me = ~recs. al -au-em driven.
Without one glimpse Of reason ~ q h=avsn-'
1, is with the keenss; commi=eration for the