The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-02
Press Criticisms.
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80 49, AAAh AAAN AtAAN VI tIA
Professors sounds harsh. YET | am inclined to be-
lievc tha, be is correct in his assertion. do not
mean TO be understood rs believing that this - hate"
is Of a nature 10 induce open warfare. that Is, IL is
not blind hatred. but that there never was, and I
venture 20 say never will be. a real. genuine good
feeling and hAterniratioB between John and Jena
than. Americans always speak veil, nay fondly, Of
the Mother Country until they visit her shores aud
travel through the length and breath Of the land.
Then they almost invariably return home feeling dis
appointed and disillusioned with John Bull Eng
lishmen visiting the United States are contcnt to
acknowledge THAI, for a young and raw country, IL
does very well, but they cannot stand the Yankee.
Amongst all those of England who have viaaed the
United States and let their impressions recorded. l
fail 10 remember one who has even hinted that the
ties thai bind the two esuAtrios together arc other
than those Of business. while cot a few have taken
especial pains TO sheer At what they di not compre-
bend aud oOmPare-odiously-those things that were
Ineligible to them with the originals as foand in
England. With Americans an hoAost, undisguised
coniemp, for the odd fogyism " Of Joha Bull is
taught him in the familiar strains Of Yankee Doodle.
kept alive by spread-ragle orAliDns each :, 4th,''
and refFeshened by Boston tea drinkinEs, fancuil
Hall meetings and annual undertakings Of Banker
Hill monument This feeling of contempt only needs
II little check; England only needs 10 snub Jonathan
in the least degree 10 develop the - hate " that Prof
Smith declares to be felt by Americans toward Eng
land. The English feel that the growth Of the Re
public is a standing menace to al monarChlosi and
AS a consequence she has always betrayed an indie
cent haste in taking advantage Of those political
crises that seemed 10 endAnger the safely Of the
Republic, 10 place herself ia antagonism 90 Il.
Americans see this. and cannot help feeling that
they are justified in % hating" England pretty
heartily. Finally, Americans hate England because
she (says she) rules the seas; they hate her because
she insists upon looking upon the IsppLys%s7.
ephemeral experiment; aud they bate her. because
they are born for that purpose. The writer in the
Friend adopts the Pumblechookian plan Of " away -
ing with what he does not wish 10 exist bnt that
does not alter the state Of the case. There Is one
point. however. on which he is sound; he says the
Americans no more hate England than do English
men hate America
The Gssene states boldly that Uncle Sam does
not want to treat with US for q naval station here,
Z" having now more territory than they can take care
off,! Who told you 30. Mr. GazeteH Not Chief
Justice Allen. l will wager; for | do not think that
he would come all the way from Washington. on his
present visit to the islands, to give utterance TO such
a sentiment. Hooking at the extent Of teFntpry over
which U. S. Grant presilea, / can Ipnagine the CD
sehe stafi-editorial arguing thus 1.-The task Of
taking care Of the Hawaiian Kingdom, having proven
too much for Us. - speaking ejitorially alt foaows
that the Government Of the United States, with its
Republican simplicity, finds il has more territory
than they can take care Of" ss
. In view Of the inflated ideas some of us have tf
our Importance in the political economy Of the world,
it may be well to remember that oVr aggregate Of
square miles of territory is about one seventh that of
New York State, and that State is not remarkable
for size.
You hit the nail on the heal RgaiD, dep +. g,
A, when you ascribed our backward march
'gainst time - to a want Of labor and capitar-rspe- -
cially labor. Pray what has become Of the Hawai-
ian immigration oocIety,~-Irs originator, prime
mover. aud secretary having gone into newspaper
editing. are we to do nothing more until he abandons
his costly experiment and returns to his secretary
ship? If such be the case, and Il, az experience has
shown, he is not to be choked of from lib grasp 81
the quill-e1itorial, why not get n fresh secretary who
will not only carry on the projected work but come
in for all the glory Of doing SO successfully -
Il want TO take this opportunity Of congratulate
ing my friend Of the .Nahou, upon one brilliant sue
cess that he has achieved. To make this one solitary
triumph the more conspicuous, il may not be Rmiss
to enumerate what he has not done. lie has not
written himself into the Cabinet or Privy Council,
nor has he edited himself intoaany one Of the nu-
merous minor offices that have been given away
lately; nor, | will venture TO say, has be made him
self any better known 10 the Hawaiians than lac was
before he started the -NuhOu. Ia view Of these fail
ures, liable to be encountered by the best Of u.s.
it is pleasing TO be able TO record the fact that he
edits a paper without any scissors I! There nre but
two parallels that suggest themselves to me just now
the Commercial Herald, New York, and the Lone,
don Punch, two Of the dreariest papers published.
The .Nthou's account Of the Royal Progress is
good. There are a few items though that imply q
draft on the Imagination. rather than an actual ex-
perience. As for instance. How could the Rlauea,
going from Hilo to KaAlualu. Kau, pass Onomea
and then Kaiwikil Again, we are iold that
His Majesty put NJ" in Hilo at Poonahoahoa,
which js Sir Thomas Spencer's name mot that Of his
bouse> and il means " broken head" Again. no
mention is made of the huge Transparency Z" Stout
xxx" which, | am told, graced the ~ente2nce to the
Royal Abode. 90 @t~
There is a venerable joke that hM more than
the rounds Of the papers lately, about one man
who was 81 brick, - and another who was n ''brick-
aver" Having read it two or three times in your
VARIETY column, and the Gazette having published
I, may 1 request as a great favor. that you have one
II the conpos distribute the stickful Of type in which
t stands? l should be willing to miss the old With
for a few months. for the sake Of seeing how
resh and hearty ii would look when il comes around
gain.
Il see you want to revive the Hawaiian Agricul-
ural Society. | wish you success in the. undertake
ng. If you do succeed you will have accomplished
feat that will throw Archimedes into the shade
lie only desired a fulcrum to move the world, while
ou will have started these islands into new life and
elton.
Public Health.
The last census has shown a steady decrease OF
be population since 1866. The Board of Health
not neglect to investigate. as thoroughly as