The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-09-25
The New weekly.

y new aspirant for popular favor and support
was, on Tuesday morning last, launched on the
somewhat uncertain sea of Honolulu journalism,
under the name of '.BEyNETT's Own" 1t presents
a rather modest four-column page, well filled with
advertisements and original and selected reading
matter, reminding one of Ayres' DAILY HERALD,
which flourishcd here three years ago, but as yet
lacking the spirit and vivacity which characterized
that short-liyed but very readable Journal.
It's editor daslics at once and Enthusiastically into
the arena of political dispute, raising his voice
against the introduction of Chinese laborers in
any way whatever, and contending that European
labor will satisfy all our wants and furnish US a
better material from which to construct our ma
tional edifce. We agree with the writer in his
remarks concerning the desirability of European
laborers-the more of them brought here the bet
ter for us all.
Another of it's political articles is devoted to the
Supreme Court, in which it attempts to white
wash the newly-appointed Second Associate. The
pith of its argument rests on the theory that be-
cause a blacksmith may become a good shoemaker
or carpenter, therefore an unread clerk may be-
come Il sound judge of the highest court in the
kingdom, without the requisite preparation and
study. This reasoning, if it proves anything.
proves too much, as under its operation, we
might be obliged to accept any artizan as good
material for the Supreme Court bench, simply
because he is a good artizan. The editor, quite
unintentionally, hits his favorite judge a hard rap
when he asks, {" won't the mountain now bring
forth a mouse?"
Now that we have our pen in hand criticising
our cotemporary, we might as we'll notice his
silutatory, in which he says:
"Tbereforc. we shall be careful to AVOID the use Of hasty. or
nnsesmiy language, believing thar cool, calm and gentlemanly
sonahty, slang, OF scuuility shall lind no place in our columns"
Good resolutions are always to be commended,
but the difficulty of adherins to them may be il
Illustrated by the opening sentence of the very
next paragraph, which reads:
AS in every instance Of reform. there are those here ,cho
are The ready fools NJ His Satanic luejesty,n &c.
However, we merely instance this to show how
easy it is to make promises, and how difficult to
keep them. Notwithstanding, this unintentional
slip-up, we trust our contemporary will improve
in quality, size, and favor with the public till its
oracles may exercise that influence in moulding
public opinion, which every well-conducted Jour-
nal possesses in proportion rs it is free, unbiased
and independent. And we further trust that it
may meet with such success that at some day not
far distant, the government may see the p~ropriety
of retiring from the arena of journalism and po-
litical strife, and trust To the patriotism of the
people for that defense and support which they
are ever ready to give, when it trusts wholly to
them, instead of seeking, Us it now does, to stir
up political strifes and personal animosities among
those who are its warmcst friends and ERNEST
supporters.