The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-06-11
THE PACIFIC
Commercial A06erttser.
SATURDAY,, JUNE IL.
IInIsters and HuIahuIas.

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g on the question of voting the supplies requires
a by the Government papers, the Ga@ene and Al
y OkOa. During the discussion, the Minister tool
: occasion to refer to the ADVERTISER and its pub
Usher in the following language:
IL ANY one had a right to oppose the ministry, but i
st was carried farther than that in this city by a certain
. newspaper. They have tried for years to bring tn,
King into ~disrepute and ridicule, which items Wer'
copied far and wide, and this paper compared Hi
r Majesty 10 King DahOmey at one time (but it wa:
during the absence of the ediOr.) There were many
letters published in this paper with slurs on the King
d but his naue was not published. In the case where
His Majesty gave q party at Waikiki for the Duke o.
a Edinburgh, the article in this paper was very similar
II to that contained in the Overland Monthly, which
L dealt in innuendoes that the ladies were only waiting
for the darkness to come on to enable them to prosti-
tute themselves, and that was published Also (Mr.
T Lyons said he had read the article, and did not draw
any such conclusion, but if the Minister thought
{ otherwise it was a case of 90 evil be to him, who evil
thinks.") Mr.. Hutchinson said he did not speak of
the idea the editor intended to give, but the impress
sion received from the article. He cited these IN
stances to show that the paper was not as loyal 49,
pretended to be.
1t has always been a rule with the publisher
Of this paper Dever to allow any article or item
to appear in it, which could by any possibility
be construed as offensive 20 our sovereign or to
any of the GLIs, whom we have ever treated with
the utmost respect and Difference and many are
the items and articles sent to us, which We have
consigned to the waste-basket for no other reason
than that they might be thought offensive. We
were, therefore, amazed at the language uttered
by the Minister, and quite at a loss to know
what he referred to-. On inquiry, and referring
back to our files, we find that an anecdote told
by General McCook, which was copied into this
paper during our absence on another island, is
the one alluded to. THE same item also appeared,
t0Ord for I0ord, in the G,lzetfe, the official organ
of the Ministers. \ charge made against them
of an attempt to burn the palace would not be
more unjust and untruthful. than this silly charge
against US of a design to ridicule His Majesty for
doing what We had no agency whatever in, and
what the Ministers themselves had already sane
toned. So much for the Minister'S first grievance.
Now respecting the kuIahuLa party which was
given to the Duke of Edinburgh in July last.
The Minister states above that it was given by
the King. Now, on the authority of the Gazette,
which is considered in some quarters very relia-
bic, we deny this assertion. as the official organ
stated in its issue of July 18th. that it was given
by another person, and that His Majesty was
simply present as a guest. But be this as it
may, it isNf no material consequence to a correct
understanding of the matter, rs our comments
referred not to persons but to the performance,
and the only language used by us was this:
On Tuesday the Duke and several officers Of the Galatea at
tended a Euau or native feast at Waikiki. His Majesty and
The Queens DowageT kalaDa and Emma, and Her Exceilency
the GoSernsss Of Hawaii, with other ladies of the Court were
native party" wehaye heard It stated that it was so Intended,
have married foreigners, were invited and ,heir husGGnds
questionable procedure. and one eH nst ca 4 y s Ia eRgen sSg
good feeling We regret to have to chronicle the fact that the
disgraeeful Hula-dance was a part of the programme, and trust
ior the sake OF common decency that ii may b. the last time
audience. Had not a heavy shower Of rain fIuen AZ abont :
O'Clock II Is possible that the scenes so clearly depicted in a re-
enacted.
Is there anything here disrespectful to any one
in authority? Not in the least. Much less dis
loyal. But says the Minister, it is similar to the
language used in the Overland MONTHLY, &C..
Let US follow up the ghost that haunts the Min
lister, and see what it is. On referring to
the article alluded to, which by-the-bye, is said to
have been written by a worthy naval Off
Ger, and is in every respect a chaste, graphic
and true description of island life and amuse-
ments, it says:
the deafenng CHATTER Of the calabashes, the noise of Hawaiian
vaie his voice above that OF his neighbor. IL IS anrstionsbIe
whether the united din Of a dozen boiler foundries in full opera
was all welLmeani, however, and conformed in every respect to
SssstS This reyeiry nsnaIIv ern maui O y clue a.
unbridled debauchery and drunkenness, wherein all restraint is
laid aside but, happily for the natives, this relic OF their bar
barism is fast dying out, under the saIutary influence of the
Is there anything in these extracts-and they
are the only ones which appear to have disturbed
the Minister s peace of mind-that ~iustifes him
in saying {" that the article in this paper was
very similar to that contained in the Overland
Monthly, which dealt in innuendOes that the ladies
were only waiting for tue darkness to come on to
enable them to prostitute themselves" Nothing
" whatever. Neither the writer of the item in the
ADVERTISER or the article in the Overland. ever
Of prostitution in connection With the
above and probably no one else did unless it
were the Minister. y mans perceptiye faculties
must be very crooked when Inc draws such
from such plain language. And such
is the senseless twaddle on which Ministers base
heir arguments and debates in the legislative
balls of the country. The truth is, when we
'ome to slit the matter over, there is no founda-
ion whatever for these statements. There are
persons in this community, pampered and fed at
Inc public crib, who are constantly searching for
s%omething in this paper which they Can distort to
Is injury. and who are acting as petty tale
'eaTers, endeayOring to excite prejudice against it.
The facts We have disclosed furnish n fair sample
Of tie scandal retailed about by them which is
epeated so often that themselves believe it.
This dragging forward of the Kings name to
screen themselves, is characteristic of our lilli-
'utian Ministers, who when driven to n strait,
.ttempt to raise n dust by false charges, then
behind the person Of the King to shield
y noble Roman would disdain to
erve his sovereign thus. The Kings name is
aercd, and this b~andying of him about, as if be
we're a football, however agreeable it may be to
is humiliating to the people. The
oyalty of a Minister who can use his master for
uch purposes, can be guaged with a very small
MEASURE. r
When we come to talk of the morality of
I~uIahulaS, there can be no difference of opinion,
hat they are debasing and demoralizing, and
hould be discouraged by every ~virtuous man and
woman in the country. We have held and
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