The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-07-07
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. :.

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To-Day this paper enters upon its ELEVENTH
VOLUME, it having been first Issued in July,
1856. The causes which led to its establish
ment-the necessity for an independent, liberal
journal, free of Government control-exist as
strongly now as then, as recent political events
must show. 1t is no easy matter. however, to
publish a paper of this class, in so distant or
isolated n locality, where every type, every sheet
of paper and every article used has to be brought
eighteen or twenty thousand miles, and where
the expenses of publication are SO greatly in
creased. Yet we have conducted it for ten years,
successfully so far as its finances are concerned,
without Government patronage, and with what
credit, as a newspaper, we leave our patrons to
judge for themselves. For the uniform good
wishes and assistance we have received from
them, of every class and nation. we return our
cordial thanks. At one time, lately, the pub
Usher thought of disposing of the paper, but the
probability is that he will continue to publish
it ten years longer, if life and health are spared.
1t is enlarged to-day, in order to meet the de-
mands of the increasing business of the city and
Islands, and in improving it we shall always
aim to be ahead of, rather than behind, the
spirit of the day.
Our aim has ever been to furnish n complete
NEWSPAPER, adapted to the necessities Of the city
and country in which we live, and the circum-
stances we are placed in. If at times this paper
takes a bold, and as it may seem to some too
ultra a stand as regards the Ministry. it must
be borne in mind that the case Is different here
from what it is in almost every other nation,
inasmuch as the Ministers sustain, at the public
expense, Il paper To defend and laud themselves,
and of.en to abuse rival journals and traduce
members of the community who do not agree or
think as do its conductors. No nation in the
world, that we are aware of, sustains at the
public expense, a political Journal. or even a
printing Office to compete with private labor and
industry. Consequently, ours is a peculiar po-
sition, and ours a peculiar Ministry-blind to
what may be termed governmental comfy. If,
then, we are mt times severe, it is because we
are encouraged by circumstances 10 be severe.
Holding a press in their hands. at their own beck,
Ministers say practically. Strike. Int hcar."
Well did a Senator in t c American Congress
say recently, when discussing partizan or Gov
ernmeDt-paid papers:
A papcr that cannot support itself cannot be
of auv service To any one to depend upon IL is
like leaning upon Il man who cannot stand mp to
spend money upon IL l. like wasting fuel IN the
attempt TO kindlc n stone. The day when such
papers were read mas passed ana Toe Jay EdS
long since arrived when q paper. To he OF service,
must first establish a value to he public. 1t must
acquire q character fnT the reliability of
and tor the candor Of is argUmcnts ii" ~"
4 considerable degree, iudcper,,- - g "
Government control h"f-. ,ry n,c ON 49,
great value iT'lS.lis services. OF all the foolish
that are made for political purposes,
noe are more useless and wastciul than those for
the support Of the class of newspapers that very
few read and that nobody believes
As heretofore, so an future, we shall strive to
make this paper firm for the right, truth, FoPu-
lar liberty and equaIity-that equality which
aims to make OF every citizen a MAN, whether he
be red, black or white. The true journalist of the
independent of. nor a slave to, public sentiment,
who guides. instructs and m~odifes, without
outraging TIE moral, social or political sense of
the communicate who, with u suitable re-
gard and generous Difference To the opinions of
others. feels the weight of a real responsibility
resting upon him rs a medium through which
great public interests are seen and discussed.
Ii IS his study and aim not only TO reflect the
light upon these topics derived from other sour
ces. hut TO add to it. if possible. vet another
Mcneil of rays. ut the same time to eliminate all
deceptive shades and false cOlorings. He gives
the impress Of truth, justice, and individuality tn
everything which emanates from his pen is
willing to discriminate between true progress
aud mere change, sound conservatism and dam
gerous radicaIisIn. between the honest and genu-
inc impulses Of the people. and those paroxyisms
of passion excited by artful demagoguc appeals.
IL Is an erroneous impression to suppose the