The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-03
THE PACIFIC
Commercial advertiser.
SATURDAY,. APRIL 3.


The Lawyer Editor and Minister
There j. q writer Tor the Government PAPER
who cannot forget that be was once q lawyer.
This idea i the prominent one in whatever he
undertake.. In -cial life, in his Office, IN con-
verS=tion and composition, '=hop" stands out in
bold relief. lie cannot realize that there i q
difference between words spoken, and words
printed that al argument before a jury ON dry
points Of law, or % destroy OF % di-toTt the evil
dence Of 4 wi;nes- against bis client, j. quite an
other matter from tie attempt to blind OF mi-.ead
an intelligent community in regard TO @ matter
Of fact which Is On record.
This writer states that in regard to the discus
sion on CyDlic Contracts:
Tn pint originally Tut bore TIE a.mirns public ~a-.
t3i if-a- W. lf-i1fi f.d printed u satf-'t- 1
lu-. = Fss - ~ oss--- raIs-u.H- o. O. ~h.tasr Or ~,
drs nj r-l O. b. ellsIt=-el HL t-t F-t-
q stateHeut which We most eIuphatiealiy con-
traiict.
The discussion pertaining 70 CJY.!e Contracts
wa originally opelel by u- when we questioned
the right, assumed by tire Executors Of tine eulte
Of the proprietor Of Priueegile Plantation, ., as-
-ign rhe contracts and c5al.= o. tire Iart.- wha
AA~@ rr La.H".a..a eos r~ "RA |HH"s
We then took tie ground that the contracts were
not ~a--iguable, owing q tie death Of tic mas
ter, q POSITION which We are satisfied cannot &c
e5ntr5yertei, as tie Ii24th Section Of tie Civil
Cole is clear and explicit upon that point.
IL re=pJu-c q tLis, one u d.. Executors Of
tie estate named. asked O. q favor that we should
iH-eTt the following
oar au--.aa a- tl called % taz .I,a-a, g. -zr.--t
aa-a... r-lr. q. rlH l-.E.rl..f .g faH Eu.E-..r- n o.. CIR
t-ae-- 6 a1ar -a1--- O. OF --tlt.si -e late y g.. Wy
adsr-r- laI t-.-l-.ra- O. 90 -er..s q taar elrlssrI r
49, F-.ig-. IS. $50 r.. FL -. - ~ F-..,- ~
--rl--- zl ~=v-L tlat hls O r-lt O. a---l a. c--
t.fn. q o. lir-et.--
with tie re4ue-t that j; should not be rrcfaesI
or followed by note or comment. This was
eagerly gruIei AZ by a writer in the Ga=e's a-
t-antan1lut u am ap-lJ-, and az such Wa made
the text iT q two cyllmu article. We ,Ecu felt
called upon % state tina; tie Iaus=-Ih was wit
ten p one u the Ezccut.r-. u explain ns.lr ac-
ton IL making tire Illegal a--.-rmeut-. At the
same time we used the following language in re-
gard o the Collie Contracts adopted by the
Of Immigration.
welewev=r - o. s~.~ast-g q us Will matter WIKI
.f-afrFrrI.srs 10 issfgrs- .l s.-,.a .i te La- g re
be d. as o. -...umalr sal BAD q Ina-.sr.a
Ehy O. CO. '-.- y g--1ct !, a'-rI o. I.-r
f~u 70 rltr-rt va tae r-at ~ ts-s-a.-s 20 fu1rsrV-
anizs ST. o. 81. he C---rt--.4 o.! ISL
In answer 70 this the ministerial writer came
forward. like d whipped school boy, denying the
responsibility IF the Government for the open and
outrageous violation Of law, which no man who
reads can question, and stultihei himself by a.
serting - that they (the cyntractz) were prepared
and printed in HDn.k0ng, in accordance with the
.iews Of the Colonial Government. which views
have, likewise, the approval Of the home govern
nent in Great Britian''-an attempt u throw
IN the British Government the responsibility Of
, violation Of Hawaiian law.
The writer for the Government, still endeayor-
M 10 ~extricate himself from the dilemma, di=in-
uses the argument:
That q a clause in a olutraet, - eoutrary % ths law q
D. Land. & ~7gd b. uiter.y VOID aat y o. effect, an the -
l. anil the fact that thy are c.a"-ivir apparently. O. D. avail
~ against th= h~ g us= A1L-
We then asked the writer If be would e. under
AXE 10 lay in an oIeu, candid. manner that tie
assignment Of a C0olic or Bonded LabOrer By
Juc person % another. a. las been frequently
lone in this Kingdom. i lawful The follow
NJ crafty answer i given.
TIE g1asrsa b= -E a-sHi- vLther. 1 90 au r!
-r.a t.a.c.r. b.. r-1--Hgy te.a f.. a Ills E...
nsfat. p 90 mEel e.ullms1iaa hg g. alEea1r. %
-s r- .-t -f T-s- aI ta- FaHsHl t-f- -..-. pa
avs. ana l- received 81 aa aa-s.r. ult tasy sa.rr ~ -rlz
re K-=-- shat VII prevent "a ula ira a==r- O.
a-aatea .. slr-Hrt.r r.me-#lra t-t :1rar. ra-y
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