The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-15
Election ana the Ministry.

Oh the people, IN aWaking their PATRIOTISM ana
love of personal liberty, there can be no question.
But they may degenerate, by abuse, 50 as to be-
come a curse to the people, and the source of
endless troubles. They may easily become cor
rupted Il - as to lead to personal animosities, which
breed civil disturbances, terminating in anarchy
and revolution. No citizen can wish To see any
such exotic growth ON Hawaiian soil, and every
peaceably disposed person will seek to discourage
it.
During the late elections, the campaign doeu-
ments issued from the government press, and the
speakers employed TO advocate the government
ticket. gave utterancc TO the basest ISLANDERS and
falsehoods. When called to account, the innocent
reply given was that 1. anything is allowable on
election day" This Is n great mistake, and if
continued viii end in something more than mere
words. No man will tamely submit 10 see his
character traduced before Il crowd OF anywhere
else, by 4 hired mountebank, without demanding
satisfaction, prompt and effective.
1t is no apology for a public election day SLAM
derer to claim that he is only acting for those in
authority, as did Bill Ragsdale on the 81 of Feb
ruary, when after one of his harangues, during
which he accused DIR. Judd and his sons with
aiming to sell the islands to America, and after
uttering abusive language about the American war
vessel in port, on returning inside of the Court
House, was met by one of the Crown Min
~isters, who took him by the hand, heartily con-
graduating him for his bravery, and rafting him
Justify on the shoulder, accompanying his actions
with words that showed how he felt. No Crown
Minister, fit for the position of adviser of the
King, would countenance such proceedings, rs
did DIR. Hutchinson on election day.
IL the whole truth were known, this Minister
would be found to be the promoter of much of
the hatred that is gaining ground between the
natives and foreigners, using such supple tools
and agents as are ever ready to serve for paw.
The indignation which has been excited against
him since the election, among all nationalities
resident here, we are sorry to say, will react
against the good name of the government. The
feeling that there must be n change of Ministry
is gaining ground with all. When we hear
foreigners, not of one nationality but all, de-
nouncing the acts and course of the Ministry,
with a u~nanimity which is seldom seen, tue honor
Of the government demands a change.
In the last issue of this paper, Mr.. Waterhouse
chose to publish his views regarding the manner
in which the late election was conducted. He
simply expressed what Inc felt as n man interested
in the permanency of the kingdom, for the sake
of his children and his property. There was
nothing personal or exccptionablc in his letter.
lie probably ict as we feel, that we have rights
ut stake which we or our sons may be called to
defend ut the point of the bayonet against traitors
who are by their acts striving to bring our gov
ernment and King and people into trouble. He
had as a landowner Il perfect right to express his
opinions on the subject, as has every landholder
in the kingdom.
Immediately on the appearance of his letter,
we understand that DR.. Hutchison threatened to
retaliate by publishing an apology given by Mr..
W. to another party some three years ago, and
probably would have done so lad not the most
urgent remonstrances been made by several
parties. As it was, an article appeared in the
official Gazette, understood to be from DR.. H.,
which, without attempting to disprove the state
ments made, INDUCED in the grossest personalities
about Mr.. w, and raking up the affair referred
to, in Il most und manner.
Now we ask, by what right or usage can q
Crown Minister use the public press to vent his
personal spleen against any party? Had there
been sufficient provocation, even then there is an
impropriety in a Crown Minister resorting TO
such n procedure. The public press is not es-
tablished to traduce private parties, with or
without cause; it is intended solely to serve as a
medium to express the views and policy of the
government. These acts of gross violation of
private rights are alternating the good opinion of
the foreign community from the government;
and how Ministers of the standing of Messrs.
Phillips and Varigny can consent to share the
public odium that attaches to their associate, or
how Ills MAJESTY THE KING can longer consent TO
employ as his representative a person with the
disposition and character which the Minister of
the Interior exhibits, is not clear.
The government is pursuing the course that
tends To make enemies, and 10 create general dis
satisfaction. We who are born here desire
nothing more than the permanency, honor and dig
nifty of the kingdom while every foreigner, who
is either n subject or has a permanent interest in
the country, desires above all things that the
government may be conducted in such n way as
to merit the respect and loyalty of all. But
when such acts are permitted to be publicly
done, as the last Gd>ette affords another instance
Of, every person must be filed with shame, while
righteous Indignation burns in his breast.
If we speak warmly, it is u because we have just
grounds, and because it is incumbent on us AZ
journalists to give utterance to the public sem
timent. 1t is because the course pursued by
the administration is not conciliatory, nor one
calculated to draw forth the support and respect
of the people. We desire nothing more than the
glory of Hawaii and her King,-but that glory
and the honor of the country demand a reorgani-
zation of the Ministry, and the selection of ad-
yisers more in consonance with the true interests
of the people.
Honolulu, February II, 1868.
To r Smith M