The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-28
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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~ In the Legislative proceedings of Monday,
as given elsewhere occurs the following report
Mr.. Kumahoa introduced q resolution that the President or
person Of the publisher Of the kuOkoa to answer for the
grievances against the introducer Of this resolution published
Mr.. Hatchison minister Of the Inierior) ADVISED that the
resolution be Withdrawn, ~ i did not do any good 70 bring
these newspaper publi-hers before the Assembly that DR..
Guhek, when editor Of ne kuok9g, was brought beiore te
assembly and cer-ured fr nissiatemenis whnch oceurrsd "a
his paper but what god did il do; Is The paper more i2yai
and has been determined 70 overthrow the Government and
revoiutonize u. The idea Of the GWokoG il to transfer this
Lyons asked for proof The Vice President stated that the
/ 10 NOT think aDy one I'M The Assembly has more cause for
eonpLainthsainSt the AdUertis'r anil KTokoa than l have. l
have been misrepresented repeatedly, but l treat with con-
tempt any articles against me that may appear in those papers;
their sole object j. u heap contempt upon the Government and
overthrow IL, which i beyond their power, DC, DC
The ADVERTISER and KUoxoA are published by
the same person., who is responsible for all
editorials in either paper. Mr.. Kumahoa pre-
scented n resolution 10 the Assembly, which was
laid on the table, and 80 reported by us. He
mistOok the purPort of the report, and brings in
his grievance, seeking n public censure without
the slightest cause. We wish to state here, once
for all, that if cur reports contain errors of fact,
we shall always checrfully correct them, when
ever they are reported 10 Us.
Regarding the language of the Minister of the
Interior, as quoted above, we might as well. in
order to avoid misunderstanding, use plain Ian
guage, and say distinctly that if he intends TO
charge US with disloyalty to our Sovereign, or
with any attempts to create revolution, or to
transfer this Kingdom to any other country, We
brand the assertion as y FALSEHOOD, COM
ing from whatever source it may. The whole
plan of the present Ministry seems to be to
80 fL,:- I.-, ook- C-,r, tIo ;,erooFiOp pf
Legislative committees and the people by raising
the cry of - traitors or annexatiOnists."
We admit that this has been so far n successful
dodge, but the time will come when it will fall
upon l~istless ears. We ask who are most likely
TO clamOr after annexation? We believe that
owners Of large tracts of land, sugar planters
and graziers, are directly interested in such a
1t has struck many as strange that
upon the return of two Of the present Ministry
from missions abroad they have invested largely
in real estate. Is it possible that the principal
consFirators hold ministerial portfolios? No enc
knows better than the Ministers themselves that
have always denounced annexation in what
ever form it has come up, publicly and privately,
even to the loss of patronage and friends, and
that no more determined supporters of Hawaiian
independence can be found than ourselves.
If he intends TO express the idea that Ministers
- the Government it betrays a con-
ceitedness and vanity of which no one probably
Ministers are the chief executive
officers o. the Government. While the Govern
ment (as the British, for instance,) may be the
most perfect known, the Ministers may be imbe-
Giles, and are always subject ito removal at the
will of the Sovereign and people, while the
Government remains the same as before. We
oppose the present Ministry, because VIC consider
its policy unwise, and because it or more correctly
speaking, its leader, has eyinced a disposition to
private interests at the public expense to
Cypress the native race, and thus hasten their
extinction, and to aggrandize himself and his
friends at the expense of the people.
In common with n large majority of the foreign
and native population, we believe there can be
no permanent change for the better-nor that
the rapid decrease Of the native race, which is now
to become virtually extinct within the
present generation, can be stayed,-until there
is a change in the Ministry and in the policy of
the Administration. If none is allowed TO take
place, then We must all suffer alike-chiels, ma
tives and foreigners and though Ministers and
their friends may retire with ill-gotten fortunes,
the people will, when too late, realize the fact
that it las been at their expense.