The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-07-19

1850 -
Mr.. Castle, in his letter ia the Gazette Of July
9th, labors very bard to make his readers believe
that was concerned in, that 7 was the irstigator, il
not the actual c~oncccter Of, the resolution that be
should be invited to visi, foreign climcs. The real
mover, author. and only person ooguizani q that
famous resolution and myself are SO incztrieably
mixed up in Mr.. Castles sentences. that it is at
times almost impossible 20 distinguish Of which per-
son he is speaking.
Mr.. Castle, there were too many people present at
the meeting, who knew that l was not in the secret
Of the resolution to afford you the shadow Of a
chance Of making others believe, IN Honolulu at
least, that | was the culprit and as it did not meet
with 4 seconder, although | was there. your pathetic
appeal for sympathy for your injured self and those
belonging 10 you. as against me, is wasted Thrice
hsppy you must be in your conviction that tins pro
posed cession Of territory, or even Of annexation IT.
self, to the United States, would be for the greatest
possible advantage to the natives Of these islands as
well as for your own interests, and shall not at
tempt to shake it, but TO me it docs not appear
strange or unnatural, that natives, when they heard
that you were planning the transfer of themselves
and their country to a foreign power, should invite
you and yours to leave that country until the trans
fer was effected. Whose bull was it that gorcd the
OK, yours or theirs?
To Mr.. II. \. P. Carter's letter | have not much
to say. am surprised, however, that a gentleman
so able, so astute, and gifted with such crushing
powers of argument and elegance Of composition,
should have taken such pains TO gibbct that very
cause he professed to advocate Every one that
was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and
every one that was disconnected, gathered them
selves unto him Is it possible that Mr.. Carter has
been dabbling in forbidden lore? The charmed
bullet has done its duty, but not as he intended it,
Is it the natives who profess 10 be in distress, or in
debt, or disconnected or some other people? Let
the facts speak for themselves. There may be some
truth in what he says concerning the "bigotry"
that caused the expulsion of the Catholic priests
from this country, but instead of 8 narrow minded
fears | should read intolerance or perhaps
9 self interest - if he wish for exact information,
however, | would refer him to Mr.. Castle, who prob
ably is better acquainted with this matter than any
one else. One thing is certain they have faithfully
done their Masters work among the people they
hoped to save, and have not asked for money or
lands for their own benefit. Some have gone to
their rest, and they died as poor as they had lived.
To the writer of the article signed Reciprocity
while thanking him for the courteous manner in
which he has met me, l would say, that |, myself,
am q firm adherent to the principles Of free trade,
but that my address to the natives was intended, not
as a lecture on that subject, but as an expression of
my views on the proposed cession to the United
States of America of q portion Of the territory of
these islands.
l now come TO Mr.. Whitney, and he requires a
little more attention at my hands. In his leader of
July ID he says: "Mr. Rhodes knows perfectly
well that the Government has no paper now.
+ = The object of this false statement is evidently |
TO prejudice the natives &C., &c, &c. If the
Gazette is not the Government paper, what is the
meaning of the Hawaiian arms impressed upon it,
and the by Authority column? Did Mr.. Whit
ney suppress the Minister'S official note that accom-
panied the ministerial declaration that appeared in
the Gazette Of the 9th and the ADVERTISER of the
18th, hoping to conceal the fact that the Gazette is
the Government paper2 If so, how vain were his
hopes-the truth will shine out in spite of every
effort to prevent it. The last link in the evidence,
although it is hardly required, is furnished, Mr..
Editor, by your remark" the inevitable result of
su6stdtSing a newspaper, like everything else, is to
set things running at skies and sevens..'' Whose is
the false statement, Mr.. Whitney's or mine?
At the close of my address | said elf we should
live in such a manner as TO cause that dreadful
disease !aprosy to spread among us and seize upon
the body of the nation, !" &C., sc. Mr.. Whitney, in
his pretended criticism of this passage, garbled, of
course, to suit his views, says, CAS- three-fourths of
the people are now more or less diseased, - &c, &c.
Is this the truth or is it n wicked SANDER of the
people through whom he gets his bread? There is
so much Of the same description that | am at a loss
where to choose. | will select one instance, and
then leave that part of the subject. He says, speak
ing of me, "He knows or ought to know that no
Chinaman has had the disease - Qeprosy). [ do
know that amongst other cases a Chinaman who
came, or was brought here under contract,-never
went to service at all, but was sent at once from the
ship that brought him to the leper hospital. The
minutes of the Board of Health will prove that. |
Most of us remember the efforts he made for weeks
together, for purposes of his own, to misrepresent
me as an advocate for, | having been a strenuous
opponent to, the issue Of paper money, and how
thoroughly his Misrepresentation were exposed. A
The castigation he received from the editor Of the
.NuhOu for his disgraceful endeavors TO induce ma
tives to tell him something to the discredit Of the
said editor, is still fresh in our minds but nothing |
will teach him uprightness.
will not, as others have done, call him a pig |
headed man, but l find him, in the prosecution Of
his schemes, so very peculiar in his ideas of truth
and honesty, that it will require some very extraor-
binary action on his part to induce me to pay any
further attention to him.
My address may have been at once an incen-
diary utterance, and an exhibition Of namby-
p~ambyism - it may appear absurd to a thinking
man of foreign birth, - and be as insipid as " tomato
sauce - but | have the satisfaction of knowing that
it is appreciated by those to whom it was addressed,
[ have the further satisfaction Of knowing that
| have with me one &" thinking man Of foreign
birth, - second to none in his mental culture, or the
honesty with which he expresses his convictions. [
shall finish this letter by an extract from his address,
at the Hawaiian Hotel, March 18th, 1873.
Amongst much other pertinent matter, Mr.. Phillips
then said elf the Pearl River project could be
made acceptable at Washington, is it for the advan-
of Hawaiians? Those interested in sugar may
be tempted to say, Give US anything to open the
San Francisco market. Sufficient for the day is
the evil thereof They should consider, however,