The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-09-18
Hawaii for Hawaiians-A Voice from
ihc WiudMnrd IsIaMd.

Mr.. EDITOR Whilst the Widemann carriage
blocks the way, having taken my respectful peep at
the ermined curiosity, may l venture to suggest 'ha''
by moving to another position, we may vary '"e
show by looking at it from another point OF vlew'
which places his unlearned Honor in the carriage
there rather in the back ground, and relieves him
from that prominence in the picture which l should
think must have become very painful to him. FER
haps the enthusiastic friend 's from Maui " CD (who
deserves all sorts Of praise for discovering that we
really have any such noble and perfect characters
among US as the one he has So lovingly portrayed,)
did not sufficiently study the effects of shade whilst
pouring such a flood of sunlight on that face and
figure, or he certainly would have left these honest
bushes a chance to retire behind some pure shadow
and spared his friend. Suppose now we turn
attention in a different direction, and leave the hon.
orable gentleman to cool his brow a little. So L
plunge my fork into the middle of the kaibob, and
hand it up without further parley.
Uhy is Hatcaii aipays forgotten /. l mean the
Island of Hawaii, the largest, the finest, the richest
enthusiastically and the grandest Island of all in His
Majesty's dominions-the Island of Kamehameha the
Great, where his and Captain Cooks bones lie bur-
led? Why, in any matter of this nature, such as
the appointment of a Cabinet Minister, Judge of the
Supreme Court, Ambassador "a questionable honor,
however), or other high officer of state-why, during
the deliberations which must precede the bestowal
of any such honor, are the claims of the Island Of
Hawaii so invariably, one might almost suspect pre-
concertedly, overloeked2 Why is she treated in this
~contemptuous way? Do they think that nothing
good can come out of Galilee? What show in the
conduct and parades of this feathery Kingdom, even
to the extent of two yards of blue ribbon, has she
ever been permitted to join in? What special civility
or act of courtesy has ever been protfered her save
being allowed the privilege of paying her taxes?
What share or chance of plumber in the shape of a
ever been allowed to cali her own, Who is there in Cabinet,
Council or Bench, mot 10 speak of the army TO stand forth
manfully, as a patriot should, and speak n word of pride or
authority fr his own, his native Isle, the gem of all the group ?
No. Foreign countries must be searched for men of low
proof OF their great efficiency and invaluable services, are
presently sent of again on fruitless Embassies, AND NEVER
MISSED. Are we suffering now from the absence Of a HGr
Minister supposed TO be in Franee) whose sympathies with
Hawaiian things were the growth Of an accident, or whose
loyalty may or may not be above pari Did we suffer much
during the absence of our Department Minister, or miss his
elaborate witticisms and supercili0us graciousness, what time
he " dotted the lions hide" and smiled carefully with Sena-
tors al Washington Could we dare TO imagine a Cabinet
devotion 10 The cause Of his fellow Isianders, there would exist
a proper pride in him, and he would have something better to
do than hutter his feathers in a foreign Court. And wouldn't
IL be well that one Of the Supreme Court should be of this very
compliment to her and a peculiar knowledge of her require
menis?
and l think even you Of the metropolis can scarcely find any
thing in il 10 take offence At. II is no novelty here that men
least, of their Excenencies in the Cabinet. And one unlearned
Judge may, and promises that he will, "try to learn" And
pray pity him when pestered by abstruse learning on either
side, sweating like Issachar between two burdens, called
upon from his fingers ends to decide a knotty point Of law from
prosecutors more pesky Than horse flies and pitiiess as fate, in
such sad plight bewailing like another hero OF our acquaint-
ance, unused 10 stormy weather, " Oh brother John that I
were once more Oh the solid earth, and somebody kicking me ~
September Q. 1869.