The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-02-03

ships of conducting paper. in a small and
isolated community, which does not. thor
oughly, appreciate the patriotic efforts of
those, who point out the wrongs and inju-
ries, under which the said community
might, possibly, be suffering. 1t may ap-
pear most liberal, TO manr. N tender the
use of papers columns L. any one in
jured by mis-ststements, TO make any
statements he chooses. to disabuse the
public mind. But the difficulty rests in
this. perhaps. that the public mind should
not have been abused, and if it is so,
it should be dissbused by the same person
who abused it. Again: Many have not
the time, and still more are too modest,
or too unused to writing, to bring their
personal and individual assertions before
the public. to rectify any wrong. Nor is
it very satisfactory for enc to take the
pains so to do, and find his remarks fol-
lowed by the Remarks" of the editor; to
the effect that our information was relia-
bic this is the statement Of the offended
party our informer was "disinterested"-
and therefore, by inference, the statement
Of disipterested, but unknown informant,
is to be taken as true, and that Of the in
jured party as false. If one says that the
" steamers agents procured newspapers,
and, for aught we know, letters of advice"
when, in point of fact, they procured nei-
Their one nor the other, the mere adding
Of the words for aught We know. does
not seem 10 alter the gist Of the sentence
Is not the sentence meant to convey the
idea that such letters were procured,
though Others could not obtain Them Is
it not OF the class of statements, which are
sometimes characterized as faIsehoods, by
" innuendo y Again: Il it be said that
=" our merchants have cause of complaint,
when one House is allowed to receive its
papers from the steamer, long in advance
of the mails, giving them ample oppor-
tunity to eject purchases or sales. possibly,
to great advantage not this state.
by innuendo" - more especially when
taken, with the rest of the matter,-that
such has been done and is it not intended
to convey the idea that merchants have
cause OF complaint, though in point Of
fact, there is none whatever? Is not the
true intent and meaning, 20 excite feel
lug Of discomfort and Jealousy towards
the House said to be SO favored, and to-
wards the officials said so to favor them
If so, it is meant TO ipjure But it is said
that the Agents did receive the papers
necessary to enter the ship at the Custom
House. to wit, the steamers manifest and
freigh;-bill, etc. Are these Letters of ad-
vice?' VIII our merchants, whose goods
we're manifested, and to whom these
freight-bills pertaned, have cause Of COM
paint against Messrs. Hackfeld & Co., or
any one else, because their own goods
were allowed TO be entered, and their bills
Of ladng made accessible to them?
1t is, certainly. the duty of the editor
of this paper to tell the merchants of this
port, and those interested in its commerce.
that all persons are dealt with alike,-nor
is it personal abuse to anyone to say so.
In common life, the customary grumbler
most frequently becomes tedious, and per-
sons to relieve the WEAKNESS of hearing
him, sometimes supply him with imaginary
grievances, to hear him expatiate on them
We can easily imagine that the profess
sioual editorial grumbler will frequently be
made the subjecs of hoax, or will find
some one quite willing to feed him with
the food he Graves and that he will fire.
quently miss the mark, in finding, not only,
that there Is no cause OF complaint, but
that he can not persuade his patrons that
they are, in the smallest degree, injured
An editors life is hard and it must be
very hard indeed, to have three calls within
a short time of persons deemiDg them
selves injured, and intimatiDg want of
in ones yeracity, in rough
language. But every thing has its bright
as well as its dark side and it must be
great consolation, under the circumstances.
to feel that ones courage is yet un1nch-
ing, and though we :" do not resent, it is
not because we stand in awe" Who is
afraid
'Naauao,' in the correspondence of the
paper. Uses the following Lam