The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-03-06
VrUm the Fricnd fE march,
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.


rerused with interest by the readers of the
FRIEND. The first is an extract from a let
ter written by an old resident of these ISL
ands, but now residing IN the vicinity of
Boston, under date of January 18th, as
follows:
Rec. s. G. Damon, HonohRu My
DEAR SR-Never has a President of the
United States met with more brilliant re-
ceptions than nave been accorded TO King
Kalakaua during his journey from Omaha
through the principal cities to Boston.
In one respect, Kalakaua's triumph sur
passes that of any of his predecessors.
All political parties and all classes of men
have Wed with each other to pay him suita.
bic homage.
A becoming kingly dignity without pride,
pretense, or ostentation, has gained him
universal admiration whilst his modest,
frank and cordial bearing has won all hearts
wherever and whenever he has allowed him
self to be presented to the public-more es-
pecially the hearts of ladies-due no doubt
to the Kings gallantry-as at a large gath
ering Of members of the Hawaiian Club and
others, at a reception given by VIM. F.
Brigham, Esq, of Boston, where the King
saw more of the sex than at any previous
reception-he was heard to remark that he
was tired of talking with gentlemen, but
would be pleased TO talk with ladies. No
corporation or body of men have appeared
more gratiied with the cordial greeting given
them by the King, than the officers and
patrons of the American Board at a recep-
ton, on the same day Of his arrival in this
city, at the house of Hon. Alpheus Hardy,
where His Majesty, in the fullest, sincerest
and most gracious manner recognized his
obligations TO the American Board, through
whose instrumentality his people had become
a Christian and civilized nation. But that
you may not think that our love of Hawaii
has lent the color of the rose to my
statements, [ give you the impression the
Kings visit has made upon a disinterested
elderly gentleman-a friend of mine-and
who, though he has never seen the King or
taken special interest in Hawaiian Affairs, is
a very close and accurate observer of men,
as he has been of the reported conversations
and impromptu addresses of the King on
diverse occasions to private and public bodies
of men. Referring to such interviews, my
friend land | never knew him to do or say a
false thing) remarked, He has never
made a mistake. He has everywhere sowed
pure wheat and no tares and he con-
III ouDSllICC w ICllChSl dllu
wherever he has been presented or called
upon for a recognition of the homage sought
to be paid to him. whether by Ecclesiastical,
Educational, Rail Road, or Manufacturing
Corporations whether by Governors and
Counsels, Mayors and Aldermen, or the
multitudes that nave greeted and cheered
him at every Rail Road Station, King
Kalakaua has always said and done the
right thing-at the right time and in the
right place--'He has never made a mistake.'"
/ have myself felt surprised at this, as [
believe this to be his first visit to a foreign
country /; and [ have sometimes cast an eye
behind him to see if | could find advisers
and prompters, but | nave never discovered
any. His own good sense and tact, | pre-
sumo, have been his only advisers and
prompters and these appear never to have
forsaken him.
King Kalakaua's visit appears to have put
the people and the press in good humor
towards himself and people, so that the dis
appreciation of constituents is less to be
feared now by members of Congress in the
matter of the Treaty than at any former
period but should the Treaty fail, the
Kings visit will not be lost, for it has raised
himself and his people in the estimation of
his friends, and at the same time disabused
the minds of those who remember the
Sandwich Islands only as they were in
the days of Captain Cook.
A New Bedford correspondent writes un-
der date of January 1st as follows:
New year commences cold and clear, Their
momete below zero. His Majesty Kalakaua
is here, and although it is SO cold, the whole
of New Bedford are ready to give him a
warm welcome. He is riding about the city
with Mayor Richmond. The streets are
t%hronged with citizens who are greeting him
with gladness. The City Hall where he
gave a reception, seemed to be more crowded
than it was when President Grant gave a
reception. The King looks well, but he suf-
fers from a bad cold, and is unable to speak
to ar assembly of people. l had the pleas
ure of taking him, Mr.. Allen, and the Gov
of Maui by the hand. | hope their
presence here may hasten forward the Reel
Treaty. Long live the King.
The Rev. DR.. Pierson, formerly a mission
airy in Micronesia, thus writes from Abel,
Dallas Co., Iowa
The FRIEND is a welcome monthly guest
at our house. We still feel a deep interest
in our island friends though out of sight
they are not out of mind. We are now
with interest the daily notices of the
King of the Sandwich Islands as he is pass
ing through our country. Everything midi
Gates respect and honor for a King who
travels to learn from what he sees in other
nations how wisely to govern his OWN. l
see the secular papers call upon the people
to show him the more respect because he
does not come on any diplomatic business.
I trust that he will return with nothing but
kindest feelings, and pleasant memories in
to the American people.
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