The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-24
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Aobertiser,
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER "a.
To the Patrons of this Paper.

WITH this issue of the PACIFIC COMMERCIAL
ADVERTISER, my connection with it, as Pub
Usher and Editor, ceases. The paper, together
with the types. presses, material and stock, has
been sold to Messrs. Black & Aud, who pro-
pose to carry it on in connection with the book
and job printing business, for which they now
possess frst-class facilities.
In making this transfer, it is proper for me
to state to its many staunch friends and
liberal supporters, who have stood by it from
the first with a loyalty which could not be
surpassed, that 1 have been DESTROYS for the
past two years of selling the paper and print
ing establishment and with this view adver-
tised it for sale some time since. Negotiations
for this purpose have been several times pending,
but with no satisfactory result. The offer re-
Gently made, which has resulted in a sale, was
so liberal and accompanied with such guarantees,
regarding its future course, that all objections
on my part have been overcome, while the
interests of its patrons appear to be well secured.
l ought also to state, that the recent action
of the Maui resolutionists and the withdrawal
of four or five names from the subscription
list, have in no way influenced the sale, un-
less in securing a more satisfactory price than
might otherwise have been obtained. Recent
assurances that L have received from planters
and others, endorsing the views of the paper
on the labor question as sound, have satisfied
me that its course has been generally approved.
NY only regret is that I could not continue
on, at least to the close of this volume, in de-
tense of what 1 believe to be the only sound
basis on which our labor system should rest.
But the opportunity offered of disposing of
the paper, on my own terms, was one not to
be rejected.
From the commencement of its publication
in 1856, my sympathies have been warmly en-
listed in behalf of the laboring classes, both
native and foreign. This sympathy has perhaps,
drifted the paper, at least in the view of some
of its firmest supporters, into apparent antag-
onism to their interests. Nothing, however,
can be more erroneous than this view for, in
the opinion of all sound political economists,
the improvement Of one class must benefit
every other class in the community. In other
words, L am, and hope ever to be found, among
the advocates of the moral, social and political
of the LABoRING CLAssEs-the corner
stone on which rest republican institutions and
sound government.
My successors, who are young and enterpris-
- ' 10Y N"P"NO "a JoN5"5 "h"o
course is best to be pursued in order to insure
the future success of the paper. They will soon
learn that it's frmest supporters embrace a large
proportion of the mechanics and workingmen
Of the kingdom, and. that to- identify it with
heir prosperity will be the surest road to sue
cess. Should the paper cease to reflect the
of its intelligent supporters, it will not
be long before another journal will be demanded
and sustained, which will utter no uncertain
sounds. The day has passed by when the press
an remain long muzzed. in this or any other
country. /
l can wish my successors no greater prosper
ty than that, at the end of another fifteen years,
his Journal may show, in their hands, as much
Improvement, and that it may as well supply the
wants of the foreign community then resident
m the islands, as it has during the first fifteen
ears of its existence.
In conclusion, l most heartily thank all who
aided me with their pens, their purses, or
4dvice, in maintaining successfully through SO
many years, unaided by subsidies from any
uarter, a journal devoted TO the commercial
of HAWAII NEI. {
HENRY M, WHITNEY.
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