The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-04-21
CORRESPONDENTS.

To THE PUBLIC: Mr.. Castle ought TO feel
badly Moved, as he SAYS, by an imperative
sense of duty, he comes out, over his OWE
name, TO deny what has been denied st least
hundred times-ihe ISLANDERS which Cor
respondent chooses 10 send from here 10
the San Francisco Herald and forthwith,
editorially, and anonymously over the sig
nature Of Justice" they open out on him.
When s man is ont over his own name, il
would be supposed that any person who
proposes TO make personal comments, would
have the self-respect TO furnish his By keep
ing il back, he Hkens himself to one firing
from behind s wall, at another walking bold
ly along the public highway. No one can
say that Justice who adopts the same
signature as that subscribed 10 s most calm
and wel-written article in the next column
of the same paper. is the same as be who
wrote for the Herald, but il is open 10 that
suspicion. The correspondent seeks TO earn
five, or perhaps ten, dollars, and is willing to
obtain them in the way which Mr.. Castle, in
his mild and gentlemanly manner, character
lies in the following words: The writer,
If he knows anything q; al, kssol5s soeV enough
that there is no such system as that which
the language forced Coolie servitude' con-
veys the idea of, TO an American or English
mind" Forthwith some one, from his am
bush fires at him the epithet of willing tool"
who has obtained some crumbs to CON-
pensate his sad fall What falls fellow cit
liens Was not every word of Mr.. Castles
article trues and known 10 you sll to be sos
But listen to the Editor: :" His conversation,
composition, aye, even his very walk in life,
has been toned down on its present key ever
since-wel, ever since be was made q member
Of tf< R-ry CotlaeiL" Passing by the alb
surdify, that gentlemen now arrived at 60
years of age, is corrupted by seat in the
Privy Council, and that 4" bis walk in life has
been toned down" by association with the
members Of thzt body-though the meetings
scarcely average one per quarter-let US ask,
Is not his walk in life pure and blamelesss
Is not his statement entirely true, which they
say is :" fib or falsehood - Is be not fully
in accord with our most worthy, philsn-
thropic, and virtuous citizens, with those
directly interested in agriculture, and those
not interested at all, except so far as the
prosperity Of their neighbors influences their
owns Certainly, il is SO. Then let man,
even Of sueh character, attempt to defend
himself and the community from injurious
and that paper which asks your
support must not only open upon him, itself,
which, though unpleasant enough, has the
redeeming quality that, in this case, the Ed
itor is known, and consequently the men are
pitted face TO face, and if Mr.. Castle chooses,
he may retort the al hOHsiAeu srgument-bui
allows anonymous writers to follow in his
track Well, "every one TO his taste" Per-
haps it is all right If our fellow citizens
think so, If must be so.
But there are two or three other little facts
to say that the first article, in the same paper,
signed Justice" was written BY Mr.. Castle.
Now, in view of the fact that the calumnies
condemned BY him are Endorsed editoriaHy,
in the preceding issue, BY the statement that
g the Correspondent looks al passing events
with an impartial eye giving the quotation
As an illustration of the impzrtiality, and
that the tone Of the second article, signed
e" Justice is similar, IS respects Mr. Castle,
to the editorial in the last issue, Is it too
much to say that il is open to the suspicion
that the signature Is not coincidence at all.
but that Correspondence of the Herald,
editorial comments, and "Justice'' End, if
not written by the same hand, sll emanate
from the same source from there or
:. thereabouts :" that, in fact, the writer
took Mr.. Castles signature after having seen
his article, You see, Mr.. "J1sticen End
deals in wholesale SANDER, and the paper
makes itself the willing propagator of IL
ssIf planter should be suspected of oppos-
ing Minister, q few pointed directions TO the