The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-30
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
L4Nr4RY %.
rI.e Expected nerractIon.

the Expected fteiTIEtlOIp-
Our l.te -~rretur-- On the cyur-e II Hi Mar
tyt- ministers proving uuan-wcTable. they forth
with abuse ~ Ier-,naliy. When We undertook
the management Of tli- PAPER, We ezTsecel little
ei-e than abu-e from tie ministers and their all
hesent=. We have not b-n DISAPPOINTED. ~
managers Of tbe Ga=afe, they have a-ain allowed
their temper - obtain the mastery, and. throw
ing a-iie the sentlemanly character they assume.
they have taken W tie r5ie which comes mosr
natural, and treat ~ o. a di-h q personal abuse.
They -eem . have forgotten the little siaeuitic,
which tend 10 make Ta--ably pleasant the life Of
a journalist and 81 which they lave patei -
much IN time- past.
IT their T~ui-Ieei- ani shortcomings have given
~ a text upan which 70 found editorials which
have had the effect &, make them appear ridicu-
lous, who have they 10 blame but them-clye-,
T. the Ga-efe hboring under tie delu-ion that
their abuse o. u a. individuals viii D. accepted
by thi- community a. argument ia defence Of
their governmental policy?
Hut To- the article in question, n short prefee,
in which a lame aFology i made for the existence
Of their Vet organ. bring ~ o. the following:
O1r province j. With passing events Ne there
fore call particular attention o. The p = fdrsF-
fser % th@ 10Th, ia which the following statement
u,rurs.
-The -ttn@:'s t=-Ht- proesf7l n.W-aT.r. s7td a.ier
rsrts-s IN -fa- faIsu W.rea h-1ebtsu7i. All 81 -E-ht E-
NAL. Ard @trrsse- are Eart-l. D. q iay apr.sr- wtl a
lIss - r-a.1.E Q = n-a=,r~ - s54 10 isi-
=st.d oar msr.stat. have caus- 81 c.uPisirt that one
s4vaaes % t- NAH. giving mean smTI- ofTartzaiiy d en-rt
pgfehs~s az s.l, t--..s.y . graf sdy.niase f.sSs=s
=zEs thfaszh ale Pre--ef h1uzatoa-
SOW We affirm there = not the slightest fOunda-
ton for this relation there Is not a particle Of
truth in IT. 10 = . pure Invention. deliberately
made to inJure some one.
IL - ;.~Tsf1l.. hlf gsy Iagn f7lng scLlf sLDuld
b. 1s hHsDsIiA- position 1s s9~i.fg. sfsd protesting
q, b. q ErisfiqH. c1afi d. 50 bds@ as a. ptdiisE srch
fetYas far JIfs- The facts are a. follows The
Agent Tor tie Steamer lid NoT receive bis I-4peTs
before any other person ~ thc community and
when be- did receive them. they came through tie
Post Ohic-. We have waited for the r-tTIciion 0f
tue mis-tatrnfnt. bat in vain. The Agents tor the
Stramer- inss m-d Mr.. Whitney, Agent that BE-
had published what was not true. and requested
him o. contradict IL. but neither explanation nor
contradiction ha- been forthcoming.
Let u dismiss the sentence which we have
taken the liberty to i~talicizc. by rcnarking to the
writer AMI his colleagues that it l. evident that
their ideas, and Ours, A. 20 the duty OF Christians
and gentlemen differ - widely that we prefer to
be guided by oar own conscience rather than by
their gauge.
We stated that the MoHEqHa's agents procured
newspapers on her recent arrival before the mails
we're delivered. Who are tire steamers agents?
We were informed by reliable, dsiHferesied Iar-
tie-, eye-witne--e-. tLat Mr.. Bollmann came from
the steamer with a newspaper OF new-IaIer- in
his hand. together with other matter. which the
agents admit to have been the steamers manifest,
BILL, and other TaP"rs necessary to enter
her at the Custom HDu-c, the steamer being. &C
% theBoard If Health, in quarantine. Our
infDrrsants have since assured "a. that they are
positive in regard 70 tie newspapers, but could not
be equally 20 IN regard ~ tbe balance Of the
Wss not thiz a foundation for oar statement?
also sad that other PARTIES received neyspa-
rers- VIII the Ga-eTe deny that it, marine re-
porter did not obtain IaVers? We know a party
Jaw their reporter with a fe Of paper, and
mother PARTY who read one Or the file long before
the mails were landed.
We then stated thar our merchants had cause
% complain that one house WIS allowed % receive
t. papers from tie steamer in advance of Others
should be equally privileged.
VIII the Ga=ette deny this?
Now W. affirm" that We had a god and -uf-
icient foundation for our statements we wish the
were equally well founded. Il was no
invention. and WIS not made t. injure any ore.
,ut rather to protect the right Of merchants WIN
annot claim t. he tie c-pecial Iet- Of the Gov
Tnmcnt.
The agent for the steamers did call uIDn ~ anil
crnandel a Tetraction. We answered tIat If, upon
Onsultatipn with pur infpunant-. a reasonable
Dubt c,uIi b. admitted n O. the Etct- claimed. VIC
you'd chcerfully make the correction. After
o~nsultinS with them. they being I%o-itive, and
moving them 70 be reliable. we had No c,rrec-
or rctr1rtiyn e. make. We ienlcrei tic
gent the u-e u our columns e. make ans state
nent he ehosc. by which to di-abu-c the public,
T be- could. We submit t. the public, could VIC
b more or le--?
We would remark that cdii"r- arc very much
Ike other individuals. that wc lave friends who
b what they can o. assist us in cOSlucting OyT
aIer; that - certain SYMPATHY cxr-ts between
i, which makes It unpleasant To hear them
tylcd damned liar" ur their information a
damned lie" That VIC DO not resent such
lnguage, j. not becaure we -ianl in awe or fclr
4 the Jartics who usc IL. bat simply because we
n control Of eli o. which they are evidently
transsrs. On two occasions, Of late. rctTactiOns
been demanded by I~artie- in much tie SAINT
and il NAV D. a matter of surprise To-
Ie1n. ~ IL seems t. H. to the Gd=.ffe. that
neither explanation nor contradiction ha- been
,rtlsoming-"