The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-01-10

"THE MEN Of the country are great enough for
the country, - was the remark made in our hear
ing in the course Of a conversation about pros
Pectiye vacancies in high Office, and it struck US
as 20 wise and pithy that We " made u note Of
it." Musing thereon, we remembered how, a
few years ago, the government looked abroad for
one who should be equal to fill one of the first
Offices in the state, and secured a gentleman Of
considerable eminence in his profession and in
position in his Owl country, who for some time
served and ornamented this government. He
amiably endeavored to be at home with US, but
we were never entirely without a feeling that he
vas too big a fish for our mall pond-or thought
himself such-and when, upon losing Office, he
took such ostentatious trouble to cleanse himself
Of IN temporarily assumed Hawaiian nationality
and at parting delivered us his heaviest back
stroke at our political life, and his sincere prog
nostieations Of our speedy deeadence,-there was
q general feeling that hereafter we might dis
pense with such imported talent.
We remembered too with what difficulty and
after how long a delay another important Office,
about the same time, was filed from abroad. 1t
seemed to 60 a begging, and in England and
America it published our distrust in our own
community as being without the material for a
civilized state.
We thought too of a high official who is now
reported as ready to resign Office in view of some
thing better elsewhere, who has frequently been
remarked as being essentially an alien, who,
though serving honorably, was without material
interest, investment or homestead in the country,
with nothing to prevent his taking his carpet
bag and leaving the kingdom by any steamer.
And we could not fail to remember too another
chief officer, who, though not like the last men
toned without n valuable stake in the country
and a home here, yet finds it agreeable or neces-
sary to be so often and so long resident sat
home " in the United States, that it is only half
certain whether he lives here and visits abroad or
lives abroad and visits this country.
Nor did We forget the animadyersions that at
tended the official course Of still another, owing
to the extensive and engrossing business interests
with which he was encountered.
And thinking of such instances in our expe-
rience, we considered that this much should be
settled for the prospective appointments-that
they are to be homemade, Of men who bona fde
belong here, and who, in the case of judges at
least, are professional men. They need not have
been born here, either Of Hawaiian or foreign
blood. There are foreign born residents here
who have completely adopted this country as
their own, and who have no other these should
be at no disadvantage, oeteris P0ribuS, with either
the native race or those born here Of foreign
parentage. But has not the day passed by Tor
sending abroad for missionaries to teach us or
strangers to govern us? If we have not resident
talent quite equal, in our view, to make Excel
lencies and Honors of, why we must even put up
with such as we nave, ana wait Tor great men
until we can produce them.