The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-31
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Commercial Advertiser.
JULY 81.

1T is n matter of surprise to many that the re-
Gently appointed Associate Justice should allow
n charge which calls in question tic soundness Of
n reputation for . more than ordinary powers of
intellect and n round and ripened Judgment, Ut
~rightness of principle. unsullied honor, and the
purest integrity We Charge and can maintain
that this paragon Of virtue eoolly intimated to n
citizen who had been foolish enough to make n
tender for government patronage, and who was
wronged, that 1. lie didn't work it right" and
that the person lie had thus insultcd told him, in
plain and unmistakabIe language, that he regret
ted to leave the Interior Department entertaining
the opinion generally held, 1" that nothing was
done right in that Department An effort has
been made to give tire singular sentence, d" You
didn't work it right" some harmless construe-
ton but the parties attempting il were cOm-
PEELED to retire diseOIDfiIted and chagrined. Ii is
useless To attempt giving it other meaning or in
tent than that the party could only obtain justice
by substituting some individual III " the ring -
whom, we will leave our readers to judge.
Some jealous aspiran; for promotion in govern
ment service takes the trouble to quote our re-
marks upon the appointment Of James w. Aus
tin, Esq., rs Second Associate Justice. Mr..
Austin was appointed temporarily to fill the posi-
ton unexpectedly vacated by Judge Davis, and
we said ut the time was not possessed of the full
requirements to &c him for the position; but
who will gainsay our assertion that be ut least
enjoyed the reputation of being an honest, con-
scicntious man, in whom all who knew him
placed unboundcd confidence, and entertained a
profound respect? Can this be said Of his sue
eessor? The Maui 81 correspondent who en-
dows this would-be- Daniel with all the yirtuc-.
was unwilling to let even the ring know his
name, doubtless surprised ut the fluency Of his
pen, and the iatness OF his panegyric.
The effort has been made TO excuse the ap-
pointmeut Of Mr.. Widemann upon the ground
tia- O. IaDccllor and his First Associate are
-,uri layers. We admit that such is the case,
and, moreover, that they enjoy the confidence of
the community, but it IL rumorcd that the Chan
cclior is 10 leave on the next Idaho. IL will be
~rsmomberGi that il was during the absence of
Tire Chancellor that tire present Constitution was
thrust upon the country. Coupling the con-
tcnplated absence Of the Chancellor with the ap-
pointmcnt Of Mr.. Widemann, we may be ex-
cused for asking-What next? Some individuals
in this community feel aggrieved at the occula-
patton, by an agent OF His Majesty, OF property
which they have long enjoyed and supposed they
had o legal right to, but which they are now
compelled to surrender or go into n law suit.
Upon this very question, which interests every
who holds land under award of the
Land Commissioners, the recently appointed JUS
tice has expressed an opinion upholding the
claims of the said agent. Can it be possible
that thi opinion influenced the appointment?