The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-20
Nasty.
Posi- OrrIS. C0NFEDEEIT = RoAD-.
(Which J. in tine Staff nv Kentuckv.)
n-..rrfar 18th l~sS

December 18th. l>6S. J
The Message wuz reserved by Us at the Cor
ueTs, ez mite hey bin expected, with rapcher.
It, ast0neshin how persistent \. Johnson Is
How dclftefullv and reslerly he does throw them
old ideas of hissen at Congress. and how shame
fully they hev got into n habit Nv treetin Nv EN- F,
Why. they retOJsed 10 hear hs message w hat
q pity ii l. that one who hcZ 50 much faith in
hi--elf cant git anyone else 10 hey any faith in
him. When ] red Nv the inhuman treatment
Congress gave him. !, ez a Eedral offs holder.
shed tears. \. johnson hem yoOsed me we'll
he hez put me into a place wher Their Is skasely
nJthin 20 steal,-but 50 long as | hold a COM
mi-un / shell drop the Olishl tear at insults piled
upon him. Poor johnson Ne and Secretary
Welles are the only two who DO stand by him,
onle>s we mcleod John Quincy Adams, Jr.. wich
don't count much, ez he Is only one-eighth Adams
anyhow.
The fnanshel policy NV the President struck US
the most favorable Nv any part nv II. Iroo, we
don't none Nv US pGy taxes, but Bascom, Penni-
hacker and McPelter, who kev distilleries. and
who in addi-hn hold the pOsishens NV Assessor,
Collector and Whiskey Inspector, know that
under the butcher Grant, witch i comm, thercll
be n new deal. and that they'll hey To pay.
We're well pleased at the lice and the balance
NV u liked il. becOz, ef the Nashncl debt amt TO
be paid, the tax on whiskey kin be put At a still
lower tSger-
Indeed, 50 well pleased were we that we felt it
rite and proper 10 call n meetin 10 endorse it,
witch we held at the church,, ez yoOsUal, pre-
sidin.
Bascom intcrdooSed n rcsolooshen commendin
the fnanshel policy nv the President. which we
wuz a goin 70 pass, when to our disgust, Joe
Bigler riz. Ef the cholera wood be quite shoor
Ia take that cuss ! believe the Corners wood be
wiiiin to take its chances NV it. But notllin will
kill Joseph. lie spoke ez follows
81 approve NV this rcolopshen and hope 1t
may pass yOonanimus!y. Debt, my fcllow-citi-
zens, l. n B1a-constrikter witch crushes all who
find theirselveS within its folds. Debt hcz blitcd
the undcrsincd-Dcbt hez bin my rock ahead
thro life, and Debt is KILN me now. 1t amt
Debt exactly, neither. that hurts us-Its the
paying NV Debts. Now. \. Johdson's policy
scots INC. lie takes the debt witch bears interest,
and in the most simple manner possible, makes
the interest pay the principle. lie takes this
BOa-constrikter, puts Its tail in its mouth and
makes il eat itself up. Sich fnanshel skill heZ
bin exalted by few and surpassed by none. /
move the passage NV the rcsOlooshcn, and three
cheers for \. Johnson
The resolooshen was passed and the cheers
given with a will, when Josef riz agin.
Il rev one more remark to make sed he.
- Wat is rite in nashnel matters is ekaily rite to
apply - the matters NV individuals. | approve
NV the Presidents method NV payin dcbtz, bccoz
IL shows me an escape from ny troubles. | hcy
a small piece Nv land onto wich my esteemed
friend BascOm holds q mortgage for money loaned
ten years ago. | hcy paid interest onto that note
promptly for ten years, wich ut ten per cent.
amounts to ez much as the principal. Now
Wat IN thunder are 700 gittin att" spoke
up RascOm. turnin white.
The gentleman Is clcerly out NV ORDER
replied Josef. al hcv the floor. VIII the Chair
perfect me in my rites or must | perfect mysclf?''
To rcsOOm. | mite in iustis demand NV
Eascom my note. hevin paid him in interest more
than the principal amounts TO. But | shel tenn
per my justis with mercy. | forgive him for
taken the interest | hev paid him all these weary
years, and shell make him this proposition:
Keep the note till the interest amounts to cz
much ez the principal and then give it to me,
" But how about the money witch Ilet yoo hey,
yoO swindlcr? -
{" Hewitt | paid it to VOC in the INTEREST,""
askt Josef.
We'll then-how about the interest? = yelled
Bascom, very much excited.
Wy, hewitt | paid it reglerly, and don't
perpose to keep Iaym it," replied Josef. Kin
anything be lairer? You he'd better take my
proposishen. or | may possibly repoOdiatc alto
gcthcr. The creditor class mustn't bear too
heavy onto the debtor class. There is a limi;
beyond which we won't be drove"
To wUnst Their wuZ a excitement in the house,
Dcckin POgram swore that Bascom shood give up
n note witch lac held onto him, and lssakcr GayitJ,
who wuz also in debt, fell onto Bigler's neck in a
dclirium of joy at this happy release from his
troubles.
Thank the Lord" sed the Deeken, 4. for
thus maxim my way easy"
And they al demanded NV Bascom their notes.
One Patrick. who hedn't paid any interest for
six years, insisted on hcyin the amount lac hcin't
paid endorsed on the note, and bcCoz EascOm
called him n = fool" he went for him. They
and the fife became gcneral-thc Htcs
were put out and the mcctiu broke up in con-
iOosiOn.
This discussion didn't interest me, becoz debt
don't bother me. / hey bin liyin ON an improve
iucnt on a. Johnson's idea all my life. viz, I
lon't pay neither interest nor principal. / kin
therefore look at tie question calmly and without
fHgwrIfE rUrr-r ,Yta fLn@ Hn--.r, ,-rry Mt
rite. lie ought to practis wat he preechcs. IF
the government shell pay IT. debt with the inter
why shell not that sufirin SAINT Dcckin Po-
gram? But men amt alluz willin 70 apply great
principles 10 their own cases. It's one NV the
Of human nachcr.
PETROLEUM '. NAsEY, p. NJ.
(Which Is Postmastcr).