The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-07-21

of the nation. lie has proved himself unfit to
be entrusted with the duties and Office of Min
lister. For these reasons the public demand his
retirement.
The Minister Of Foreign Affairs has simply
piped to the Minister of Finance, seconding all
his efforts To injure the interests of the merchants
of Honolulu. What else can be expected from
one who IL not and never can be designated Il
Hawaiian, who yields prime fealty to another
Sovereign, whose decoration as a member of the
Legion of Honor he wears, and whose title ne
signs and Slories in. Can Hawaii ever prosper
with such to minister to her wants?
Usage, courtesy and precedent, all demand
that the remaining Ministers resign. Why
should they hang on the nation like incubi-
CHASTITY leeches, sucking the lifs-blood from the
honor and dignity Of the Crown and Government ?
Have our cringing Ministers never read his
tory, or have they forgotten it, or do they defy
it? Examples are in the memory of each from
glorious old England. Are they oblivious to the
passing events of the world, or DO they love
place and power 50 much that they cannot De
kicked out?
No true patriot can wish for anything but
harmony in the Government, and that in all it's
branches it should be in full sympathy with the
people. No man can seek for change simply for
the sake of causing change. However much
the King may prefer one man to another, when
any officer becomes odious to the people, such
an one cannot be retained without the whole
nation suffering thereby. And such is the case
ow-the Ministry have become odious. by their
own acts, and their further continuance in Office
can only be in defiance of public sentiment,
accompanied with public distrust and suspicion.
IF not possessed of manly honor sufficient to
tender their designations, they must stand before
the people as offensive excrescences.
We have always maintained that one if not
more of the ministerial Offices should be filled by
nGtiUe Hd,rGiidnS: and now that there is an OPP
pOrtunity for the reconstruction of the Cabinet,
we again urge 1t. The general policy of tie
Government has been such. for the Minister of
the Interior has always been a Hawaiian till the
death of the late King. Gov. Nahaolelua may
not be equal in every respect to some who have
been named as likely to fill the Interior Office,
but for all that he can fill it honorably, as did
His Majesty before he was called to the Throne.
All that is required is efficient men TO ,cork
uHder him. Public Offices should not be award
ed to foreigners when they can be as well filled
by Hawaiians. The former always create more
Discussions. jealousies and dissatisfaction than
the latter. And By right the Offices belong to
Hawaiians, and not to aliens.
The Foreign Office should be filled by a man
whom the people can believe to be one in heart
with themselves. who serves not for the honor or
the salary attaching to it, and who is willing to
forswear every foreign power and potentate, and
recognize only Kanehameha V.
The Department Of Finance should be pre-
sided over by one who has The undir,ded conf
dence of The business men of The 6dnd-one who
will not spend his leisure hours in schcming how
easiest he may destroy the trade of the group, or
rob tie people of their inherited rights, their
business and their property. In short. one who
will aim to establish security, and remove that
distrust and uneasiness which has characterized
the past few months. and which will surely
gather strength unless a change is made.