The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-11-11
CORRESPONDENTS.

Mr.. EDITOR: The sapient editor of the
advertiser, in defending and excusing the
writer of the Washington Letter." seems
inclined to shield him under his supposed
right as private correspondent. The editor
even goes SO far as to intimate that the au-
thor's rights are SO sacred in this respect that,
owing to the fact that the "letter" was pub.
lished in the Bulletin without his consent and
against his express remonstrance, it should
not be criticised by those, even, who are
most affected by its Misrepresentation
Now, in the opinion of many, the writer of
this letter neither stands in the position of a
correspondent of a public journal who
chooses to withhold name, nor in that of a
person who writes private letter to an indi
vidual. As a general principle nobody will
deny the right of an anonymous correspond
ent of public journal to retain his imperson-
ality, nor the sacred nature of private cores
pondence between individuals. Although
those responsible for both species of cores
pondence have frequently been severely pun
ished land that in no less free country than
the United States) when by misrepresenta-
ton and falsehood others have been injured
either in character or material interests by
them. Let us now inquire as to what the
writer of the memoranda" attempted to &C.
complish, and for what purpose; also,
whether the relation in which he stood to-
wards his fellow-residents, the people and
government of this Kingdom at the time of
writing his memoranda" was not of such
nature as rendered his act one of such gross
treachery as to deserve, that his name, posi-
ton and calling in this community should be
ascertained and published, so that every per-
son in this Kingdom might know for a certain
ty who this ambitious intiiguer is, who to
gain his end resorts to the most malicious
misrepresentation.
The end sought to be accomplished by this
" influential" gentleman was the defeat of
the ratification of the Reciprocity Treaty
by the United States Senate; partly for
the purpose of committing a malicious
injury upon people among whom he had
lived, and by whom he had been supported,
for ten years; partly out of mere spite to
Government which had protected, but never
harmed or interfered with him, and partly to
crafty an ambition which is made too palpa-
bly, manifest in his production to require
mention here.
The relation in which he stood towards
the people and Government of this kingdom
be he whom he may-must have been
somewhat as follows: 1t is known by every
one here, that no person has resided in this
country for the past ten years and held an
" influential position, except as one of
those who have been actively engaged in
some commercial, agricultural or profess
sional pursuit, which must necessarily have
brought him in contact with every class of
our citizens, and identified him more or less
with their interests and the interests of the
country. He owed to his constituents, for
their confidence and support, that he should
not commit secretly any act which would in
jure them. He owed to the Government, for
its protection, that he should not misrepre-
sent it in order that he might make enemies
to it those who were its friends. He owed
it to the character of respectability which he
probably bore, that he should not violate the
eighth commandment. He knew that the
people of this Kingdom had been DESTROYS of
q Reciprocity Treaty with the United States,
for longer period than ten years. and he
ought to know that the Government had
labored faithfully to procure such treaty.
But, with such knowledge, being filed with
q venomous animosity against this Govern
ment, which his vanity and egotism made