The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-31
The Late Memorials.

l1oNOLILl 80. Cue
Mr.. EDIroR Your iutimation, that the memorial
to the King in reference to the Minister and the
Mission to Washington or the subsequently published
card explanatory of the former, were suggested by
the ministry, is incorrect, and, is no doubt the result
of transformation upon your part, which you will be
glad to correct as it does injustice to both the minis
try and the subscribers of the memorial and the card
At the request of several gentlemen | drew up the
former and under circumstances which lead me TO
know that no minister had any in,imation of it. l
did not see the latter or know anything of 1t till
brought 10 me with the request that l should head II. as
my name appeared first on the former ; but l had the
assurance at the time, that it was unknown 10 the gen.
tleman chiefly interested, and subsequent inquiry has
shown that no minister had any knowledge whatever
of any such intention of the originators or their sub
sequent act, certainly not till it was in circulation
and probably not till the names were most of them
affixed.
Another point l will mention. Icertainly had no
intention of disparaging the gentleman who was ap-
pointed to proceed To Washington, but simply, " in
rieIc Of the experience gained to intimate that no
neIc mar, having much of that experience TO gain,
could enter upon the mission as advantageOusly as
the one who had already gained il by eighteen
months Of diliGent service. 1t is no dispsragement
10 one man that another should be selected 10 con-
duct an enterprise, with which he had become perfect
ly familiar by experience. | would add that there
was no meeting of the Pr1vy Council, but OF the Cab
met Council only.
As il is pleasanter TO praise than to blame, you will
be glad to correct the serious misrepresentation
which may result from your former remarks
Respectfully yours, 5. N CASTLE.
REMARxs.-We insert tie above communica-
ton with pleasure, as it gives us an opportunity
to set this memorial matter right, and TO state
that since the publication of our last issue, we
have ascertained that the second memorial, head
ed by Mr.. Castles name, iUaS composed on Sun
day, the 18th inst, by leading German and
English merchants, and consequently could not
have been the one sought for on the Monday fol-
lowing.
Mr.. Castle is entitled to his honest but mis-
taken sentiments on the memorial as he is on the
charcoal question, but his communication fails
to set the matter right. About the origin of the
first communication, we had nothing to say, if
Mr.. Castle drew it up, his name appears in its
proper place at its head.
No one knows better than does the late envoy
that at the meeting of the merchants with the
cabinet, the idea of a second memorial was sug-
gested, and approved by the Minister. And if
Mr.. Castle intends to deny this assertion, we SIM
ply say we have quite as good proof as lie can
lhOudCc-
As the case stands, therefore, had not the gen
tlemen originated the memorial on the Sabbath
named, we feel convinced that one would have
been drawn up on Monday i'll response to the
wish of the Minister, If, indeed, this was not.
We do not suppose that Mr.. Castle, or indeed
any of the signers, had any : intention to dis
parage DR.. Smith. They did il thoughtlcssly,
and some of them without perusing the docu-
mcnt. They signed it, as one of them himself
expressed it, Just as he would sign any of the
numerous petitions for which our community is
so famous.
We have no objection ''to praise any man,
who may deserve it, but let it be done in Il way
not to injure the reputation of others. This spe-
cies of funkeyism may serve the purposes of am
bilious men, but it will eventually recoil on the
actors, and we hesitate not to say that the signers
of the second memorial will yet see the day when
they will he ashamed that their names are on it,
or when their signatures 10 that document may
be used for purposes little dreamed of when they
appended them.